Did you know that there were German elections in late September? (yes - i real read newspapers. slate provided no info on the elections of course)

Were you aware that the German socialists were soundly defeated? (yes, but they were defeated in the LAST election cycle too - so i'm not sure what point slate is making here)

there is a specter haunting europe - capitalism. German, France and Italy are rejectiong socialism. Gordon Brown is about to get is incompetent ass kicked right out of 10 downing street. Canada and Mexico have right of center governments too

soon america will stand alone among western powers as a leftist, anti-capitalist regime.

no wonder obama is cozying up to cuba, venezuela, and honduran ex dictator mel zemaya. he's lonely