There was a lot of back and forth with the entire “America is stingy” meme. Wrote a bit on it here at Jakeneck when it was a hot topic. It was, of course, a phantom conjured up by the mighty righty machine. Amazing what it can do sometimes… As noted, the Washington Times first mistated that a UN representative had said “the US is stingy” and whoooooosh! the wurlitzer took it and ran with it. Soon, Rush had it and that was all she wrote.
It’s an excellent example of how the right will take a non issue and use it to their political advantage. Because, honestly, who really thinks that American’s are stingy? Historically, everyone knows the opposite is true. It’s not even worth debating IMO. So, what’s all the fuss about? Politics. And, we can blame the right-wing Moonie Times for this one folks…
As far as the facts are concerned, Daniel Drezner scribed the definitive post on this issue, and it’s worth reading and hitting the links he cites. Gets all the salient points, and manages to bridge the right and left while doing so…
