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# I am not American,
but just so you know, George W Bush is a Republican.

QED :D
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 21:48, archived)
# I don't understand american politics, or why they don't have nhs, or why they say we have bad teefs 8(
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 21:49, archived)
# The concept of a National Health Service is essentially a socialist idea
In America, that places it on the far, far left of politics and in a realm where no-one can speak sensibly about it.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 21:54, archived)
# nicely put
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 21:54, archived)
# as soon as someone says "socialism" everyone scatters, screaming
but so many of our good ideas are socialist in nature. it stems from the need to take care of everybody and not just those who are fortunate enough to be able to pay for everything
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 21:55, archived)
# I'd go further and say that there are some socialist ideals, the NHS included,
which can actually serve to stabilize a Capitalist economy and make a country stronger. It's a sad state of affairs where options which could improve peoples' lives have to be rejected just on the basis of dogma or fears of unpopularity.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 22:00, archived)
# if mccain won it would be a sure bet to say the cold war would face a fresh revitalization
not that it ever 100% ended, in my opinion
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 22:01, archived)
# It is ok.
It took me years to finally figure it out.

They dont have the NHS because Bevan was English.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 21:54, archived)
# He was Welsh.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 22:27, archived)
# not for much longer
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 21:50, archived)
# haha he'll still be a republican
he'll just stop being the president, thank god.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 21:56, archived)
# Wrong...I've bought him

he's Attila's bitch now

I'm going to pay him back for 8 years of abject misery
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 21:59, archived)