I’m the Greatest F—-r Here
Matt Straw, IDS Columnist
You don’t have to look far today to find people talking in plain language how America is the greatest nation in the world. Whether it’s the correspondents on MSNBC, Newt Gingrich, Fox News, it’s basically reiterated every time you turn on the TV, and how Obama, by trying to be diplomatic somehow doesn’t believe in “American Exceptionalism” despite the fact he directly spoke of his belief in American Exceptionalism in his speech in Cairo, is not a believer in America.
I’m not in a position to make a statement on American Exceptionalism, as having never left the country, I have no basis of actual comparison beyond what is jammed into my head by media every day. I’ve never even been to San Francisco, which apparently shouldn’t even be part of the U.S.
Having said that, I have to defer to Lewis Black and his position on American Exceptionalism. As he says, “There are countries that may be giving stuff away every day. Canada’s one of those countries, you know what they give away? HEALTH INSURANCE!”
