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07-23-2008, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul11 View Post
Both countries above recently forsook the incumbant liberal parties and elected someone more conservative and friendly to the U.S. Franch did so as well by electing Sarkozy.

The Irish people just shot down EU treaties and so did France a few years ago. Maybe this is only a blip in the general liberalization of Europe, but it could indicate that Europeans are not satisfied with the loss of national pride, borders and sovereignty. Possibly, after experimenting with so much socialism, they are finding it's better to have personal responsibility and do away with the nanny state.
No disrespect, but I'm finding your ideological bias hard to swallow frankly. Because Europe isn't as capitalist as the United States doesn't make it "experimenting with socialism". Nor does a couple of right leaning governments being elected in Europe mean that they're "finding it better to have personal responsibility and do away with the nanny state".

I mean does the hypothetical election of Barack Obama as US president signify the "US dissatisfaction with it's social injustices" or that "they're finding it better to instill a sense of social responsibility and do away with the more libertarian values that it has long held dear"?
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