http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/st...334135,00.html
here is an article from the guardian written by the independent ombudman about the reactions to the letter-writing campaign of last week.
the selections that were published last week under the title "dear limey assholes" were illuminating, like looking down some discursive sewer pipe.
the guardian's response is interesting.
yes, it is quite a band of enlightened fellow travellers bush has assembled.
quite a fine time to dip into the sewer that is american politics, this as well.
of course, the problem is with the guardian because they gave it a try.
the horror, trying to "influence an election" by pointing out that people outside the states have a stake in how this election turns out as well, that bush is and will continue to be a disaster in terms of relations with the wider world.
how dare they point this out?
the problem must be with the guardian.
here too.
the article above, quoted out of context btw, is obvious satirical--the conservatives here take it seriously.
"how could they call for the assassination of the president?"
well they arent.
you would have to be stupid to think otherwise.
the horror is not being expressed by stupid people here, however:
it is being expressed because, and only because, the source newspaper is the guardian.
the guardian is a better newspaper than any in the states. it is a source of information not skewed to the right, that expresses a viewpoint the bush crowd would prefer did not exist. they tried an experiment with clark county that did not turn out as they imagined (read the above)
so now you get the next step in the typical american right pattern of smearing the messenger--the guardian is calling for the assasination of the president.
it is absurd.