Friday, April 25, 2008

British Columnist equates damage of US primary election with WWI

This article by Matt Frei actually makes valid points about the British perspective of the US primary between Hillary Clinton, even though it has many cute britishisms- such as sinisterly ability of Clinton in "breaking eggs to make omelettes" and "potted plants" and the Duracell(not Energizer) Bunny." My favorite part was the part the seeming non sequitur of WWI- until it became clear that Frei equated the emotional collateral damage of the democratic primaries with World War I- a war so devestating and divisive that it caused Germany 20 years of poverty, was a main component in starting WWII and brought the rise of fascism to Italy and Germany and threw all of Eastern europe into a turmoil they still haven't emerged from.

This is not what dreams are made of but is a recipe for resentment.
World War I ended one day after four years of brutal trench warfare caked in mud.
The Germans were stunned to hear that they had lost.
The humiliation of the Versailles Treaty added insult to injury.
The rest is history.
An unconvincing victory for either Clinton or Obama courtesy of some begrudging super-delegates could fatally damage the Democratic Party in November.


To read the rest of the drama queen's article, see below.

This is the article.

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