The Emporer's Cloths

So the French elect a President that wants France to be more like the US? How can that be? They hate us? At least that's what our media tells us. Fred Thompson sheds some light on some indications that maybe everyone doesn't hate us.

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The election of Nicolas Sarkozy to the presidency of France has been a serious blow to those who claim that America has earned the undying hatred of Europeans. Oh, to be sure, the French media hates us, but there are a lot of people who say ours does too. Regardless, Sarkozy’s victory has sent shock waves through the world’s media centers.

A French president who openly admires America is an embarrassment to those who view us as the country bumpkin cousins of the sophisticated Europeans. ...

...He has praised America’s dynamism, freedoms and prosperity, and he promises to work for reforms that will make France more like the U.S.

So what’s happening here? Could it be that we’ve mistaken the French media for the French people? Might the same be true of Germany, where pro-American Angela Merkel beat a critic of the U.S. to become that nation’s leader?
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... It has been a long road, but the forces of civilization and order are beginning to understand that we are in a global struggle against the forces of death and destruction.
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Just a reminder that Fred Thompson might be running for president. ;)