DaveHam wrote:
I was in the US for the election; Obamacare was about the only point that was consistently discussed in what passes for TV analysis, so no excuse, the whole of the US knew what is was unless there is a large portion of the population that qualifies as deaf and dumb.
The results of the election come in and - Obama won by a larger margin than the TV pundits reckoned. The people spoke (that I believe is democracy?).
We then end up with a re-run over the US budget. The rest of the world looks on powerless as a bunch of die hards decide that they don't want to accept the democratic will of the people. Another fiscal disaster looms.
I don't care about the US system, you have created that for yourselves, but this brinksmanship and partisan stupidity threatens everyone else in the world. I do hope that the people of Iraq and Afghanistan take due note of how the democratic system they are getting works.
Talk about 'do what I say, not what I do'!
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