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The Informationist:

Life during the transition from industrial age to information age.

Bruce Abramson

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The Greatest Country

I found another of Yglesias’s posts just screaming for a comment. He titled it with the provocative quesry, Which is the Greatest Country of All? In return, I asked Who Fits?

I had a conversation with a friend this afternoon. I have just returned from Portugal, he from Italy. I said that the more time that I spend abroad, the stronger my feeling that we’ve got something unique going in this country. He said that time abroad reminds him of how sick he’s getting of Americans--and how much he prefers Europeans.

Which of us is more representative of the Democratic intelligentsia? I’d like to think that I am, but I don’t. I suspect that he speaks for many affluent, educated, Democrats, completely apalled at Bush’s reelection, who prefer to seek the company of “sensible” Europeans. Personally, I’ve got my problems with Bush, but I’ve seen worse. Chirac and Schroeder come immediately to mind.

Posted by Bruce Abramson from on 06/02 at 04:28 PM in American Government, Politics, and Domestic Policies