"Bush" is the most embarrassing topic than can ever come up if you are an American traveling overseas. Agree?

Question

How can you defend the chimp and save U.S. face? It's hard.

Answer 1

I agree completely with your assessment of the situation. One day, I can stop traveling abroad under the guise of a Canadian.

Answer 2

I found myself apoligizing a lot when I was in Europe. It was immediately after Katrina and all people could talk about was how could the US try and dictate what other countries are doing when we don't even take care of our own. We could only assure people we met that at least half the US citizenry voted for him.

He really does look like a chimp.

Answer 3

"Bush" is the most embarrassing topic that can ever come up in the United States as well. So I can only imagine how foreigners laugh at you for being governed by that man travelling abroad.

Answer 4

Not at all.

if you are a United Statesian traveling overseas maybe, an American unlikely. Why would an American from Bolivia be embarrassed about Bush?

Answer 5

No, their ignorance of world events is. The problem is, the yanks who NEED to travel are the least likely to.

The US, despite being one of the wealthiest nations in the world (on per capita income), it has the LOWEST percentage of citizen who hold passports among industrialized nations.

http://travel.state.gov/passport/services/stats/stats_890.html

In 2006, a paltry 12.1 million yanks (4%) applied for a passport. Since they are usually good for ten years, that means few yanks renew in a short time period; at most, 50 million have valid passports, and that's assuming that all applicants in the past ten years keep and have current passports, that none of them are early renewals.

The US is, for the most part, a bunch of go-nowhere know nothings when it comes to world affairs. Those I have met actually believe their country is well respected and that their ideas are taken seriously in other countries.


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Answer 6

I've never traveled overseas, so it wouldn't be right to answer this. However, I work in Yosemite in the summer months, and I get to meet a lot of foreigners, they all pretty much say that he's not too respected in other countries.

Answer 7

Agree. I was in Amsterdam a few years back. As soon as the normally calm and pro-American Dutch discovered I was American, they all made a point of telling me what an asshole he is. I was very embarrassed, eventhough I agreed with them and explained that I was not a Bush supporter. They sounded like they were holding me personally responsible!

Answer 8

I disagree. I don't think traveling has anything to do with it. You shouldn't call him chimp though. They have feelings too.

Answer 9

I agree. Sadly there is nothing we can do at the moment other than vote accordingly in the upcoming election and count the days until that sad sack Bush is gone. I hope they slam the White House door on him and say "Nice try, and good riddance, war monger"

Answer 10

confident. two times to the Phillipines, as a results of fact my husband is a Phillipino. i do no longer think of i choose to stay there nevertheless as a results of fact their existence is in simple terms too puzzling. they have not got working water each and all of the time they ought to fetch it from a properly and there is maximum of canine each and each time you bypass out you could desire to hassle approximately getting bit, plus it is so warm there you're consistently sweating. i think of i will in simple terms stay right here interior the U. S.!!!!!!!!