What made this extra sweet was that it was preceded by the Oliver Stone film "W". May I ask, what was the general consensus in Scotland when Georgie was elected in 2000?
Well at first there was a lot of tutting and shaking of heads over the Florida farce. The popular opinion at the time was that he was utterly useless, a complete buffoon, and would, thankfully, disappear from the political stage once his four years were up.
You know how that turned out...
I can't think of a more despised international figure.
I think it's kind of interesting how even people outside of the United States care so much whereas when the media over talks about other countries, it's usually for flimsy topics like President Zarcozy's girlfriend or Spain and the issue with models being too skinny. Topics like Hugo Chavez' outright criticism of Georgie are passing and he is actually more discussed in depth in stations catered for Latino viewers. Our politics are out of whack it's not even funny anymore.
Yeah, quite a few friends have told me that there was little-to-no news regarding other countries when they were in the 'States. It freaked them out ever so slightly.
I think it's more a media problem than anything else. *shrug*
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What made this extra sweet was that it was preceded by the Oliver Stone film "W". May I ask, what was the general consensus in Scotland when Georgie was elected in 2000?
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You know how that turned out...
I can't think of a more despised international figure.
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I think it's more a media problem than anything else. *shrug*