The Olympics have been on, in case you haven't noticed. While watching said Olympics, we have been inundated with shots of Americans, i.e. Michael Phelps and George Bush.
With all of these PR shots of the president, it got me thinking. (Uh oh)
Everywhere we look, people are making fun of the guy. However, he was re-elected! Where are the 50.7% of the people who voted for him? Did every member of the media vote for Kerry? This is not to say I support the current regime, but if I was new to US politics, I would be mighty confused.
Recap of the popular vote.
Popular vote
Bush: 62,040,610 (50.7%)
Kerry: 59,028,444 (48.3%)
(From Wikipedia)
Where are you, 50.7% of the people? If you voted this way, defend it. Or else vote differently! How sad would it be, if you voted one way and then derided the result?
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Comment: Are you the one that voted?
Doodle Blue Hair Girl
5 weeks ago
1 comment:
Well, I've been mostly following the Olympics through CBC broadcasts so I get much less of that American arrogance/ignorance.
Although I find myself in limbo between either watching Canada get their ass handed to them in sport 'x' or American broadcasts laced with pompous and ignorant commentary.
You can't get through a single segment without them politicizing the whole thing. And Bush had the audacity to preach about giving the Chinese the 'freedom' of Christianity and religion during an interview. All the while having the correspondent directly antagonize the Chinese government. Every NBC journalist wants their own time in the sun to peddle their backwards opinions of some Chinese government controversy shtick. The events become secondary to their own interests. Not only are their arguments unprofessional, they are clearly biased and uninformed. I can only imagine what Americans think.
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