And stop falling for Rush's sloganeering, there was no "apology" tour.
Thank you. I am so sick and tired of the "apology tour" complaints. Yes, heaven forbid our president dare to acknowledge this country may have made some mistakes and isn't the perfect "#1!" country we like to tout it as. Our standing in the world has
improved since Obama took office, and it's really sad that that fact doesn't matter to some people here in the States.
Seriously, I don't get how it doesn't concern people that other countries are horrified at the thought that Trump might actually be our next president. I don't get how it doesn't concern them how
angry our allies are at the thought we could vote for someone who is not only blatantly ignorant and disrespectful towards the rest of the world, but PROUD of that ignorance and disrespect as well. We already made that mistake with the Bush administration, and completely screwed up our relationship with other countries the world over in the process (and made already iffy interactions with certain countries even worse). And now people are seriously willing to consider voting for someone who will cause our country to make those same mistakes again, simply because "Hey, he's a tough guy who doesn't need to win the approval of the rest of the world!"? Really?
Also, the mention of Putin leads me to something that's been confusing me about the right for a while now. On the one hand, they constantly talk about how scary Putin will be thanks to Obama's policies...
...and yet, on the other hand, I seem to remember hearing a few right-wing pundits talking about how they wished Obama would act tougher, like Putin did, and saying so in a way that makes it sound like they almost admire Putin's ruling style, at the very least. So which is it? Is Putin a scary figure or someone Obama should emulate?
(As for the mention of Sanders from a few pages back, any idiot supporters of his who are causing violence and doing other stupid shit need to go away. You're not helping matters at all.)