House of Eratosthenes

Not much to the setup. It’s another Euro-weenie screed about how when America elects a President this year, we have to keep the “world opinion” in mind…read that as, do what people tell us to do, those who purport to represent the world opinion, but who in reality haven’t even begun to go door-to-door finding out what the world opinion is. Just a bunch of control freaks. Or one control freak. Who wrote a Euro-weenie column.

Link here.

Alex’s response below.

Giggity.

Howdy there — just one of your provincial American readers weighing in on your latest missive, which was so full of Wrong that it’s hard to figure out where to begin to rebut it, and which I can’t hope to rebut in full without devoting much more time to composing an e-mail than you really deserve, so I’ll just touch on a few high (low) points, and maybe mock you a bit while I’m at it.

First off, you mention the prospect of “A generation of young Americans – who back Obama in big numbers – [turning] cynical [and] concluding that politics doesn’t work after all,” in a manner that suggests you think that would be a /bad/ thing. That figures. Those of us who still value freedom, however, and want less socialism and for the government to meddle less in our lives, would like nothing more than for the young generation to wake up and realize that politics is for suckers. Maybe, in their new-found cynicism, they’ll go out and get real jobs, in which they can actually create things and generate wealth and prosperity — rather than seek out new ways to leech off taxpayers, curtail freedoms, and serve as a drag on the economy. Waking these kids up sooner rather than later is as good a reason to reject Obama as any.

As far as what the rest of the world thinks about whom America should elect, I recall this isn’t the first time you’ve trotted out the idea that Americans need to take the rest of the world’s opinion into consideration. In fact, didn’t you suggest four years ago that since the American president affects the rest of the world that everyone in the world should get to vote? That column gave all of us a big laugh over here. Well, OK, not all of us; just the few of us who read it. But in case I didn’t write you then to give you my opinion, I’ll tell you now: that sounds like a capital idea, and we’ll get right on it — just as soon as the rest of the world gives us full reciprocity in voting in /their/ countries’ elections too. After all, the leadership of those other countries affects Americans too, such as when we rely on purported allies to help us out in putting diplomatic and economic pressure on regimes that threaten us and our allies without undercutting our efforts behind our backs. And let’s face it — it would really be safer and cheaper for us if we could just vote the leaders of hostile countries out of office instead of having to deal with them through diplomacy, economic sanctions, and threats of military action. Actually, I really like this idea: let me know when I get to vote in the next UK parliamentary election, won’t you?

But for the time being, it might baffle you, but we Americans are still going to elect a leader that we think is going to act in the best interests of America. That doesn’t mean participating in some global popularity contest. While some people think it may be sort of nice for America to be liked by European bureaucrats and effete poncy patronizing Pommy columnists, the rest of us don’t really care whether you like us or not, and we’re not about to elect a transnational socialist in order to gain your admiration. In fact, those of us Americans who still value individualism and freedom wear the derision of your type as feathers in our caps. You don’t have to wait until November for the American finger — you can have it right now if you want.

And as for your speculation on whether Obama’s defeat will be “deemed to have been about race” … well, of /course/ it will be so “deemed” — because that’s the spin everyone who supports him will put on it, whether true or not. Even if we clearly reject Obama because of his socialism; his adherence to the discredited McGovern/Carter/Brzezinsky/Vance/Christopher/Albright school of pacifist-internationalist appeasenik foreign policy; his hostility to economic liberty; his close ties with the Blame-America-First contingent of the Left; his scheme to nationalize the health care and energy industries, along with whatever else he and his ilk can get away with nationalizing; and his insufferable Ivy League prick (translation to UK-speak: “posh git”) personality … everyone who wanted him to be elected will already have their minds made up and will scream loudly that it was about race. You know what, though? We’re not about to be mau-maued into voting for this turkey just to avoid accusations of racism, because we know that even if we elect him, we’re /still/ going to be accused of it whenever we don’t do exactly what our self-professed betters and racialist/multiculturalist would-be commisars want us to do: we can’t win with them, and we can’t break even either. Which is why we’re going to invite them to kindly pound sand up their asses while we reject Obama anyway, for our own reasons, and let the chips fall where they may.

And finally, if the rest of the world wants Obama as a leader, they can have him. Once he’s defeated here, the UN is welcome to him. We’ll have a great time watching him bask in the world’s adulation while aiding and abetting the world’s various kleptocracies, thugocracies, socialist bureacracies, and tyrannical regimes in trying to undermine American interests while leeching off its foreign aid largesse. Seriously — take Barack Obama. Please.

I guess that’s it for now. Cheerio, old boy — looking forward to your next humo(u)r column.

Alex Xxxxx
San Francisco, CA

More on the same subject. Some will like this one even better. It comes to our attention via Boortz, and it provides an up-to-date complete electoral map of The Chosen One’s expected fortunes on Election Day. Enjoy.

AHhaha… great riposte.
- pdwalker | 09/12/2008 @ 00:45
Bravo Alex.

And Bravo Morgan for reprinting it here so I didn’t have to wade through that twits prose and comments to get it.
- vanderleun | 09/12/2008 @ 00:46
Oh, Steven Den Beste also gave his thoughts on that particular article

http://chizumatic.mee.nu/president_of_the_world
- pdwalker | 09/12/2008 @ 00:48
Nice job there Alex. Thanks for sharing Morgan.

Had a similar conversation with an Obama supporter recently. She started with the whole ‘We’re hated around the world’ BS. I listened and let her talk. I think I kind’a surprised her when I said “Who cares?”

I also told her that it’s is all overblown by Lib’s to make people fell guilty and vote for the more ‘Global’ candidate, i.e. a Democrat. I went on to list the newly elected, American friendly, Conservative leaders of various countries that basically refuted her theory. She didn’t have much to say about that for some reason.
- tim | 09/12/2008 @ 12:19
Ah, I forgot to add; I’d be interested to know how many Blacks have been elected to lead the counties listed in the original article to support the author’s argument (besides Africa of course). I’m thinking not too many, could be wrong…
- tim | 09/12/2008 @ 12:29
That’s just one of the most beautiful things I have ever read. I’m all giddy over here – need to pour some beer in me to make it last.
- Andy | 09/12/2008 @ 14:19
Now THAT was out-frickin’-STANDING. Alex has the Brit vernacular down, and that made his comment all the more effective. Helps me to restore my (faint) hopes about SFO, too. Who’d a thunk something SO good could come out of The Bay Area SSR? Not me…
- Buck | 09/13/2008 @ 12:53

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