Most of us get tired of America at times - even many Americans. And in Canada, while we earnestly believe that most Americans are good people, and are indeed our friends, many of us sometimes feel a little beaten down by the cries of friendship from the American government (not just the present one) that go along with softwood lumber disputes, the attempts to influence our laws, the condemnation of our attempts to help our industries (while subsidizing American agriculture to the tune of billions, and making laws, for example, that don't allow so much as an American fishing boat to be built outside of the US), the occasional agressive attempts on our Northern sovereignty, and on our oceans, and the often insufferable your-big-brother-doesn't-approve lectures from American diplomats, and on and on.

America is huge, rich, seems mostly owned and run by enormous corporations and devious politicians, and is seen as pretty ruthless in pursuit of its own interests. It's certainly up to Americans to run their own country as they see fit, but no one else need approve, and anyone can express an opinion about it. You must keep in mind that outsiders do not see America from the same perspective that her citizens do, and sometimes we are indeed distressed by what we see.

I'm sorry some ordinary Americans get their feelings hurt whenever an outsider (especially one who is seen as having benefitted from US exposure) comments adversely on present day America, but it is certainly our right to do so, and that includes Rufus. I'm not a Rufus fan, but I think he is talented, and he obviously has a following.