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The degree of idiocy, blind optimism driven by nothing more than the desire to be convinced, and foolish belief (someone even mentioned Tony Blair, only to conclude that Obama will no doubt be better) beggars belief. And the one person who is trying to object to this insanity is silenced. Truly, in the land of the self-blinded the one-eyed man is lucky to escape with his life.

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About what? And I would point out that in spite of the visible and soon to become irreversible decline of American power and prosperity, the Presidency is still the most powerful elected office in the world. A wrong choice affects everyone. I want to see Europe free of American protection and starting to pull its own weight in the world, but not in a way that damages and diminishes everybody and favours nobody except the villains, Putin, Ahmedinajad, etc.

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calling it "insanity", claiming that you were "silenced" (people argued against you and obviously didn't care to listen to what you said, but nobody prevented you from talking), and implying you were lucky to escape with your life. That's what I would call hyperbole :)

Yeah, I don't want that either. But even if Obama fails very short of a lot of people's expectation (which he will, given how high those expectations are), I don't see how he can be that bad that he will increase the US's decline, or more than McCain would have.

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I certainly was silenced. The thread has been closed to further comment from me. As for the rest, it is a quotation from Menken, and if you do not understand metaphor I am not going to teach you. As for the results of Obama, have you forgotten that there is a tremendous recession devouring the American economy even as we speak? If Obama manages that less than successfully, American power will collapse like a deflated balloon.