Cantor says Americans are "better than" everyone else

[kpete]

Run time: 00:55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBBKBY5oj04   Posted on YouTube: May 05, 2010 By YouTube Member: ThinkProgress2 Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: May 05, 2010 By DU Member: kpete Views on DU: 1895

 
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/05/cantor-americans-better/

[Cant trust em]

1. This will make liberals mad, but I bet that it resonates with a lot of people. nt

[sasquuatch55]

17. "We've done nothing wrong" what a P.O.S.

nt

[Enrique]

2. video cuts off Cantor's breaking into song

a rousing version of "Proud to be an American".

by the way, where's Cantor's flag lapel pin?

[W T F]

3. Cantor sounds "French"

[sasquuatch55]

18. I think he's jewish.

nt

[RandomThoughts]

4. I will think more in terms of Longer Than.

And not only about Americans, or Cantor, but more in the ideas of love for all peoples.



Again not playing the game, just loving this song, and what it says in the way I see it.

Longer Than - Dan Fogelberg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Go6I2_PpBU

[PSzymeczek]

22. The name is the song is "Longer".

It's from the Phoenix album. One of the prettiest love songs ever.

[RandomThoughts]

29. Ahh, I remember it from old radio days.

Did not know it was the album Phoenix, that is interesting.

[perdita9]

5. So America shouldn't apologize for slavery?

Or denying women the right to vote?
Or Vietnam?
Or going to war with Iraq based on a bunch of lies?
Or George W. Bush?

The fact is, Obama didn't apologize in Cairo. So Cantor, how about YOU apologize for lying!

[dotymed]

9. Apologize for the

unregulated capitalism that has infected the globalized world. You know, the system that has made the vast majorities suffer while the very low percentage of the worlds population has more wealth than they could ever possibly use. Yeah that might make a good start. President Obama, why don't you apologize about the inequalities we have globalized and then do something about it. In 1970, when our top tax rate was 75%, were we a "socialist" nation? How about in 1939, when the top rate was 91%? Oppressing the masses (often militarily) for the benefit of the very few...now that is worth apologizing and making amends for.

[Angry Dragon]

6. "He doesn't see it that way"??

The reason he sees nothing wrong is because he is blind to anything he does not agree with. That is the problem, there are too many that feel that they can do nothing wrong because it is just what they want. Do not care about anyone except themselves. Never learned how to play with others.

[Kerrytravelers]

7. And this is the basis for the republican policies. We're better, and so we can do whatever we want.

You know, the Kindergarten Tactics.

:eyes:

[ExPatLeftist]

8. This attitude is prevalent in the US, and not only on the right.

The US is the only country where I have ever heard people claim to be the best nation on Earth or feel the need to compare nations at all in a casual everyday manner. (USA #1, etc.)

I have heard regular claims that the US is the most free nation on the planet (difficult to measure, and also IMO the US is far from the "most free" nation that I have visited or lived in), that it is the only country on the planet where going from rags to riches is possible (tons of people, including Oprah, repeat this over and over and it is simply and provably false), and that the US has the best standard of living in the world (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index>).

This arrogance runs very deep, and I think many Americans do not even realize when they do it.

Of course Cantor takes this tack to a psychotic degree, but I have seen this sort of jingoism from all sides in the US.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

12. It IS possible to go from rags to riches- Oprah is the proof.

Of course it only happens for maybe 500-1000 people per generation- most of whom are in the entertainment industry and only seem rich compared to the rest of us.

Take a tip: If you're poor, play the lottery. Your chances are better.

[ExPatLeftist]

14. Yes, pretty much in the US you die at the class you were born into.

Lame, but true. Some evidence points to social mobility being less likely in the US than other countries. I want to rip my hair (what is left of it) out every time I hear someone say, "only in America!" It is almost always not true.

[provis99]

25. much easier to go from middle class to homelessness.

The reality of the American Dream is that the slide downward is easier than the ride upwards.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

28. It's always easier to go down-

-doesn't require any effort at all. I get what you're saying though- in today's America a lot of people go down even when they're trying real hard not to.

Ever since Reagan the system in this country has been more and more set up to help the rich stay rich.

[JBoy]

10. Typical right wing dickhead.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

13. But now only the third biggest embarrassment to the state of Virginia

[ChadwickHenryWard]

11. "We have done nothing wrong."

There are a few one-word responses to that. "Vietnam." "Iraq." "Slavery." "Hiroshima/Nagasaki." The fucking Indians, for Christ's sake. Every smaller, weaker nation we have abused in the last 110+ years. Every community on the globe we have infected with the voraciousness of our greed. Every offense in the long, sad chain of our arrogance and perceived superiority. This country has had a disease since the days of President McKinley, and that man is one of the pathogens spreading the disease.

[happygoluckytoyou]

15. ARE WE A PERFECT NATION.... other than that illegal war thing.. a bit of torture.. well...YES

[fascisthunter]

16. Superiority Complex Motivated by Major Inferiority Complex

do us confident Americans a favor and STFU you fascist loser. Nothing american about unfettered greed.

[PDJane]

19. I agree that the US does tend to do the right thing..........

but only after they try everything else.

[GreenTea]

20. Lying, greedy, hateful Cantor is a fucking pea brain, a close minded pile of republican pig shit....

Other that, I despise the elitist republican fucker!

[JAbuchan08]

21. Of course,

but we must always remember that even among Americans some are more "real" than others.

[edwinmathews]

23. I am Canadian

and i am thankful we live next to the greatest country on earth .

[ExPatLeftist]

24. How do you measure greatness? n/t

[provis99]

26. maybe America isn't the greatest..

but we are definitely the loudest-mouthed nation in history.

[miyazaki]

27. And he's been 'everywhere else' to know this I guess.

Fuck that prick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Boudica the Lyoness]

30. He's an idiot

It's this belief (that America is so great) that stops America from improving, like it needs to.

[Crowman1979]

31. Cantor? Oh, he must be like Eddie Cantor....

...only he's not funny. Hell, he's about as funny as a car crash.