This comes up every election cycle. And why this is important is because American Liberals view European Socialists as superior to most Americans. And because they view European Socialists as superior, American progressives want to be just like them if and when they grow up. Liberals, the snooty and snooty wannabes have always believed that Europe is just so much better and so much smarter.

Conservatives, republicans, rednecks and REAL Americans could care less.

Remember The Won describing "Europe's leading role."

Amen, brudda!

They love him because they don't have to live under his crap economy or government meddling.

He is the perfect symbol of their self loathing. Dinesh D'Souza explains it all.

Europeans have fought frivolous wars for centuries among each other. They have all taken their turn at colonialism and planting their flag on other countries. It is in their genes to meddle in other people's business.
For my part, they can have Obama. Take him and make him their "Dear Leader". Once they have him for a year or so, they will change their petty minds and want to burn him at the stake as is their custom.
Americans are so much smarter than the rest of the world about their own business. Americans have a history of liberating the stupid other countries, Europe included, as they have contrived to enslave each other.

Racism runs very deep among many europeans. Although a black president is good enough for the U.S. none of them would vote for Obama to be president of their country.

And Kate. Mustn't forget Kate. ;)

This is great evidence of how far Europe has fallen. Europeans worship socialism and have descended to mediocrity at best, and sheer laziness at worst. The best Europe had to offer immigrated to the USA and they have been brain drained ever since.

#10, Just to help you out here, I'll be happy to take Kate.

The one thing that stands out to me is how the Brits can support someone that has spent the past 3+ years dissing them completely. I don't get it...

I get this from a lot of Brits every time I visit. The reason is pretty simple - they get the majority of their 'news' from a filter of US sources, which are mostly well left of center. Add the filter of European media types, and it's pretty much all way, way left of center.
Ditto for Canada - the CBC is awful in their bias against anything conservative.

#14 has it exactly right. U.S. news is indeed filtered by our media and then picked up and further filtered by European media which is even more liberal than ours. When you throw in the fact that those who control Europe are the product of several generations of socialist entitlement, their reaction to our politics is no surprise. I own a home in Italy and live there a portion of the year. When I discuss politics with my Italian friends they are almost universally surprised that I don't like Obama or his policies. The regurgitate the "facts" from the U.S. media and admire that he is giving everything away, much like their own government. When you ask them how it will all be paid for they give you a blank stare. They are culturally mature but economically naive.

Europe loved Neville Chamberlain, they loved Benito Mussolini, and they simply could not get enough of Adolph Hitler so it stands to reason they adore Zippy.

Yes, Canada too. I was just there on business and one couple I spoke to expressed dismay and incomprehension as to why Americans don't want national healthcare.

17, national health INSURANCE. We already have national health care. It's a great idea if you can keep the gov't out of it.

They love him because they obviously hate us. Annnnndddddddd (to quote baby doc barack), misery loves company.

As far as I'm concerned, Europe can go back to blowing each other up, they're really good at that. But, DO NOT ask us to save your socialist behinds this time. A fight to the death is fine.

Trucker Observation: Ed West, you got that wrong. Americans despises EU libs. Next year when they come begging for more US handouts blue collar Americans (conservatives) will give them the finger.

Too bad their ancestors did not get on the ship with my ancestors and come to America, the land of freedom and opportunity.

Envy is a terrible thing. It is none of their business who we elect as President. I don't care what they think.

They should butt out!!!

The word is Obamunist, rhymes with Communist.

Europe loves a weakened and enfeebled America. It makes them feel strong somehow, and forget they are circling the drain.

Obama gives them both those things. That's why they love him.

The same European liberal socialists that ruined Europe now want to help ruin the US.

No thanks. We're an adequate job all on our own.

The U.S. should have stayed out of WWII and WWII. Our Founding Fathers would have let Europe sink, and so should have the U.S. in the 20th century.

Please note that the United Kingdom (composed of Great Britain--England, Scotland and Wales--and Northern Ireland) is not part of Europe, neither geographically nor culturally. The UK does, however, belong to the European Union--for the moment. Cancelling its membership is looking more and more likely.

Please also note that the Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron, said yesterday:

"We can see [economic improvement] with unemployment falling, also with a quarter of the deficit paid down in the last two years. There is more to do but these figures are good progress."

. . . "I think these figures show we are on the right track and they are accompanied, of course, by the fact that we have created one million new jobs in the private sector over the last two years."

That one million new jobs would be the equivalent of over five million in the US private sector.

See: http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=708657

Some European countries may be "on the way down and accelerating fast" but I don't think you can include the UK at this point.

Yes, there are many brainwashed Britons who support Barack Obama, especially in London and the south but if you read the Telegraph op-ed pages and go into the reader comments, you'll find some viewpoints at least as conservative as our own here at L.com.

My Sixth grade public education classes taught us that Britain, Scotland, Ireland was part of the "Continent" of "Europe". Not Asia, or one of the other 7 continents, nor are they a continent unto themselves.
While the English Channel separates them somewhat, only old turf wars separate them culturally.

Wow! After reading the article, and moreover, the comments by Britons beneath it, I am almost tempted to wonder why we expended so much American treasure and so much American blood saving these people from, first, the Kaiser, and then Hitler.

So not true, I'd say 47% of those "in" America care alot about what they think in Europe, but no Americian cares but that wasn't what was written.

It has been a long time since WWII. The generation we helped was grateful. I remember an English woman telling a reporter that: "When I heard that thousands of American soldiers were coming here I said, however will we feed them? When they came they fed themselves and they fed us."

I will not eat oleo to this day as I never got butter and living in New England where we did not raise beef cattle I did not have a decent piece of meat for the entire war. I remember eating a so called hamburger that was like eating rags. I left my office job and learned to run a machine at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. I was glad to do what little I could, with the exception of eating the oleo.

The Hope and the Change

The movie linked here is about an hour long.

It can be watched on Hulu for FREE. No account needed. Also are some TV listings avaialble here on mostly obscure channels. Kevin DuJan of Hillbuzz is pushing this one big time.

http://thehopeandthechange.com/

I've always believed that Europeans hate Americans due to envy. Our poor live better than their middle class and our poor can one day become middle or upper class citizens. You can't say the same for many European countries.

They also hate us because of our faith, they lost theirs generations ago and while they laugh at believers, deep down they know they're wrong which is why they hate conservative Americans.

Must be his Muslim jive. The rag heads are taking you over; it ain't going to happen here. Zippy will not have the chance!

Europeans are losing the demographic war to the invading Islamists.
The 500,000 euro wedding of European Royalty in Luxembourg reminded me of their class structure which contrasts with their European Socialism.
How much money did Geithner surreptitiously send to European banks to prop up Euro?
When will Berlin get tired of propping up Greek, Italian et al,slackers?
No, we could care less what Europe thinks.
The Norwegians gave Obama a Nobel peace prize. Why? Because he is anti-Israel as are they.

We were visting my in-laws in Ireland after the 2004 election. One of our relatives was commiserating with me over Bush's election and I proudly told her that I had voted for Bush. She was shocked. How could I have voted for "that" man?

I was shocked at how biased the news is there. Everything is about how terrible America is and how we don't do enough and how we're screwing everything up for everyone else. It's anti-US day in and day out. These people are brainwashed.

My husband was visiting during the first debate a few weeks ago. He sat down with his brother and they watched the debate together. This brother has lived all over Europe, most recently in Finland, and is essentially a socialist. He was shocked by the contrast between Obama and Romney and actually told my husband that Romney was nothing like what he'd been told he was. He ended up thinking he'd be a much better choice than Obama.