Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Case Against "American Exceptionalism"

Michael Lind, Salon
"There is no denying it: America is the greatest country in the world," according to Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and Republican presidential candidate, writing in the March issue of the American Spectator. Cain is upset that President Obama, while in France, did not inform the French and other Europeans that, compared to us, they were inferior and unexceptional: Unfortunately, some politicians have either forgotten or chosen to ignore the glory of our founding. In April 2009, President Obama told a reporter in Strasbourg, France: "I believe in...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/06/07/the_case_against_quotamerican_exceptionalismquot_256867.html

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