The American President Americans have been waiting for
Last week I was checking out the campaign websites of the American presidential campaigns and couldn’t believe the tagline being used by John McCain’s campaign:
The American President Americans have been waiting for.
WTF? As opposed to all the Canadians running for office? It’s brazen, it’s racist, and a sign of the nasty, fear-based campaign that I’m sure is to come from the Republicans. I was hoping McCain was above all of this...
Here’s the accompanying campaign video, which includes the use of the pronoun “she” referring to the United States. So, add sexist to the list.
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Of greater concern should be the wave of protectionist sentiment sweeping BOTH the Republicans AND the Democrats. The last time the Americans circled the wagons it exacerbated the effects of the Great Depression. Let's just hope this result doesn't come about again because of another bout of populist rhetoric...
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