Freedom is their cup of tea

http://www.calgarysun.com/comment/columnists/salim_mansur/2010/11/26/16333216.html#/comment/columnists/salim_mansur/2010/11/26/pf-16333216.html

In my last column, I suggested the likely result of the recent U.S. mid-term elections might be gridlock in government, and that many Americans view favourably such a political stalemate in Washington.
Such an idea is, of course, alien to Canadians and Europeans alike. But America is a republican democracy, and its ideal is equality of citizens in freedom.
This republican ideal remains sufficiently strong, despite corruption of institutions and erosion of values. It can still motivate enough Americans to mount a defence of their individual freedom against the capriciousness of an ideologically expansive and intrusive government.