This is not true of the French citizen. They may be stakeholders of sorts, but they are not stockholders. Thus, he/she is quite free to state their opinion as to who they want me to vote for, but not to cast a vote of their own.

I have been reading quite a bit of American history as well. My take on it; though not perfect, this country has been far more of a positive force in the world than a negative one, militarily or otherwise. God help us if the Soviet Union or China held claim to being the world’s only superpower.

Stan

Let’s extrapolate what you are saying a little -

The election is just that.. a poll of votes of the population that come and select between the candidates. If we submit to popular opinion on the world stage.. we are at the mercy of public opinion in our own election affairs.

Here’s where I have a problem. I was playing devil’s advocate in my blog entry of course. But let’s think about this some more. Who should have a say in how the nation-state called America by most runs its affairs.

I don’t support running things based on popular opinion. We’re already at the mercy of public whims in this country. Are you suggesting that the public whims of people born inside our geographic boundaries are more palatable to you than the whims of the French, for instance?

But personally I could care a rats tail in hades what the world thinks about election results in this country. The election is just that.. a poll of votes of the population that come and select between the candidates. If we submit to popular opinion on the world stage.. we are at the mercy of public opinion in our own election affairs.