Eldorado 61,360 #1 Posted November 4, 2020 The US has always elected a bully, nurtured him and asked him to go out in the world and do the presidential thing: fight the evil that is the rest of us. At the same time they have expected their president to be nice at home, have mercy on their Thanksgiving turkey and keep talking about the American dream and affordable healthcare. Abroad, US presidents have wrought havoc, invaded and destroyed places whose names they could never pronounce, hosted murderous dictators from around the world at Camp David and found even more bloodthirsty ones to replace them. Full rant at the UK Guardian: Link 2 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liquid Gardens 13,020 #2 Posted November 4, 2020 28 minutes ago, Eldorado said: The US has always elected a bully, nurtured him and asked him to go out in the world and do the presidential thing: fight the evil that is the rest of us. At the same time they have expected their president to be nice at home, have mercy on their Thanksgiving turkey and keep talking about the American dream and affordable healthcare. Abroad, US presidents have wrought havoc, invaded and destroyed places whose names they could never pronounce, hosted murderous dictators from around the world at Camp David and found even more bloodthirsty ones to replace them. Full rant at the UK Guardian: Link I think there's a bit of a difference between one Pakistani (of all places...) commenter and 'the rest of the world'... 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OverSword 58,207 #3 Posted November 4, 2020 The presidents in my lifetime .. Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Regan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump....The rest of the world thinks they're sick of them? **** 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplybill 5,226 #4 Posted November 4, 2020 (edited) In 2018, the US gave Pakistan about $345,000,000 in foreign aid. I wonder if Mr. Hanif considers that bullying behavior? Edited November 4, 2020 by simplybill 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Myles 15,468 #5 Posted November 11, 2020 Dumb article. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Princess Serenity 2,335 #6 Posted November 12, 2020 Who cares what the guy half the whole away thinks. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammerclaw 29,510 #7 Posted November 12, 2020 On 11/4/2020 at 9:30 AM, Eldorado said: The US has always elected a bully, nurtured him and asked him to go out in the world and do the presidential thing: fight the evil that is the rest of us. At the same time they have expected their president to be nice at home, have mercy on their Thanksgiving turkey and keep talking about the American dream and affordable healthcare. Abroad, US presidents have wrought havoc, invaded and destroyed places whose names they could never pronounce, hosted murderous dictators from around the world at Camp David and found even more bloodthirsty ones to replace them. Full rant at the UK Guardian: Link Crikey, mate! That's ever so positively British of them! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eldorado 61,360 #8 Posted November 12, 2020 7 hours ago, Hammerclaw said: Crikey, mate! That's ever so positively British of them! It's the opinion of Mohammed Hanif, a Pakistani writer and journalist who writes a monthly opinion piece in The New York Times. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jon the frog 2,608 #9 Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) He's he talking about this one ? Edited November 12, 2020 by Jon the frog 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammerclaw 29,510 #10 Posted November 12, 2020 5 hours ago, Eldorado said: It's the opinion of Mohammed Hanif, a Pakistani writer and journalist who writes a monthly opinion piece in The New York Times. We'll have four years of this sort of thing under the next administration i.e. fear and loathing transmuted back to the usual loathing and contempt, abroad. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
itsnotoutthere 5,183 #11 Posted November 14, 2020 (edited) The Guardian, a far left 'news' paper & USA haters par excellence ....nuff said. Edited November 14, 2020 by itsnotoutthere 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Solipsi Rai 1,124 #12 Posted January 8 (edited) On 11/4/2020 at 7:59 AM, OverSword said: The presidents in my lifetime .. Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump....The rest of the world thinks they're sick of them? **** 6 Democrats: LBJ, Carter, Clinton (Bill and Hillary who did more), Obama and Biden: "Left wing, PC/civil rights/social justice, and borderline Marxism-communism". 6 Republicans: Nixon, Ford, Bush (father and son), Reagan, Trump...and is Mike Pence next?: "Right wing, racialist fascists and puritan-Christian capitalism". I understand why my grandparents on my Mom's side heavily admired FDR, Truman and Eisenhower (they were registered Democrats in the conservative 1950s). The worst overall rated president is Herbert Hoover, a Republican blamed for the Great Depression of the 1930s by not doing anything about the wall street crash of 1929. And we had 45 presidents, 2 of them were the same person (Grover Cleveland), and Hillary Clinton "did the job" while Bill held the presidential title. Edited January 8 by Solipsi Rai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
