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Thread #75142 Message #1316471
Posted By: GUEST,Larry K
04-Nov-04 - 10:53 AM
Thread Name: BS: Does the US bother about UK elections?
Subject: RE: BS: Does the US bother about UK elections?
The Druge Report shows pictures of the British Press slamming the American people. I think one of them says "How can 55 million people be idiots" or something like that.
I can't recall a US newspaper ever commenting like that on a British or Canadian election. I can't recall an organized campaign for people in the USA to write to people in Britain or Canada and tell them who to vote for.
I think countries should stay out of other countries elections. I don't like it when Carville or anyone else is sent to other countries to help defeat a candidate.
Only a handful of people in America even know who the prime minister of Canada is. Why should they care about Canadian elections if they don't even know who wins. I think the amount of money spent in this election was about the size of the Canadian GNP. In South Dakota I think they spent about $700 per voter on the Senate race.