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If it should be immaterial what Americans think of Cameron, why should we care what Brits (or anyone else external) think about Romney?
I certainly don't. I don't care what they think about our election, period. It's not their election.
I don't particularly care what Americans think of Cameron. I was having a laugh at the amazing, self-conscious lie that Cameron is a "European socialist" of any sort.
That self-same nation is also the one which my forefathers had to bleed and shed other's blood to separate ourselves from due to their tyrany and lack of values.
The English were far more traditionalist than were the Americans of the day.
I do not believe that the United States HAS, EVER HAS HAD, or EVER WILL HAVE true Allies. Not the UK, not NATO, definitely not the UN. Nobody.
You may continue to believe that. Reality, apparently, will never convince you otherwise.
No. SOME of America's intellectual and cultural heritage comes from Great Britian. Other parts of it come from France, Germany, Spain, and a host of other nations whose people have come to these shores seeking to add something to the melting pot. America is a "Stone Soup" and pretty much always has been. For those unfamiliar with "Stone Soup", it's a term for a type of pot-luck even where everyone brings whatever ingredient they may have and places it in a kettle. The resulting, often quite unusual meal is divided between all who have provided something.
The influence of Spain, France, etc. on America's heritage is vastly overstated. Over 90% of the Patriots during the Revolution spoke English as a first language, despite the fact that French was the lingua france of the day. A vast majority of our early literature, and virtually our entire body of law, came from the United Kingdom, as did High Church Anglicanism.