These are not only "...politically incorrect times across the pond..." but elsewhere too - Britain, Australia - all Anglo nations. The reason is the past has never been truly resolved to everbody's satisfaction. Its not good enough to merely have a pretentious sector of society functioning as PC (politically-correct) police.

But Rachael Jolley misses the point entirely when she imagines that accusations of “socialism” against Obama have anything to do with the cold war or international politics. The "S word" is simply code for "black" or "negro" and that is the residual white racism that the Democrats have failed to address.

Instead of an election which would unite Americans, it has become one of the most divisive ever. By running their best candidates against each other, the Democrats have spawned a sexist campaign which has then turned to the other prejudice deep in US history and the American psyche.

The truth is that most white Americans are not pleased to have a black leader. That goes for many Latinos as well. It would have worked out far better if the Democrats had just accepted Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as a single team from the beginning. That was never good enough for the politically-correct pretenders, though.

The rresult is that neither side will be able to satisfy the American populace. The Democrats have failed to see this and the Republicans are assiduously filling the gap as far as women are concerned as well as white people who are still terrified of black power ruling their country. Perhaps they actually have a reason to feel that way, too?

The latest Gallup poll based on a 3 day rolling average says its too close to call. So are other opinion polls which give Obama a big lead, going to sink his Whitehouse quest>

Goodness knows who will win this presidential race - although given the preference that Americans have for idiotic and disastrous rulers, it's probably a safe bet that McCain will win.

But if McCain loses as predicted, it will have been entirely his own fault. To begin with, there was very little chance of a black person being elected as president. Yes, Obama is an inspirational orator and clearly attracts huge crowds. Indeed, his stated policies may just be what America needs. But I still doubt that if they had an alternative, most whites would have voted for a black man, in a country where blacks still can't walk the streets safely in certain neighbourhoods, and where the races live virtually apart. This was why, in spite of the utter disaster that the Bush regime was always bound to be, McCain (one of Bush's cheerleaders) was neck-and-neck with Obama at the outset - and was even edging forward.

And if he loses (as I hope he will), it would not be because of his appointment of the emetic Sarah Palin as running mate, as many observers have suggested. Many Americans, if anything, rather admire her mindboggling ignorance, zealotry and hypocrisy. It would be due to his deliberate abandonment of policy at a time when his people are facing extreme economic hardship. Perhaps Americans are not that stupid, after all...

When posting on the BBC Radio 4 Today message boards, I used to call Bin Laden "the pied piper of young Muslim men"....a NWO media creation. I now use the same anology on Amerikans...."Obama is the pied piper of desperate Americans".

Joe Biden has already let slip in private meetings, that Obama will face a major crisis (NWO cnstruct) which will have many Americans crawling up the walls and the rest of the world running for the loo.

Something has to happen that will free Obama from his shallow promises and allow the NWO to continue rampaging and looting across the world. And all this done by a KENYAN!!!!!LOL

BTW, a Google search of "Obama is a Kenyan" produced 5,350,000 results in 0.20 seconds. Truth and law matter not in this NWO controlled world, as US judges and Governors block all truthseekers to Obama`s real identity. A man who has only spent two years in the Senate and in those two years has received more funding than 20 year Senators.....for all I know, he`s proberly a CIA manchurian MK-Ultra plant.LOL

Dane; I live in London and over many years, I`ve had lot of contact with Americans. In the main, they are business people and as a generalisation, they are Republicans. These right leaning Americans also visit the reast of Europe. From talking with them, it is clear they are VERY DISTURBED by our cohesive society.

Yes, some Americans can get Medicaid, but somewhere between 50 and 70+ million Americans have NO ACCESS to any healthcare. Some retired Americans have simple choice, buy cat food, so they can afford the drugs they need, or eat and go without the drugs they need....it not nice, its not a very civilised country. In America, you can work all your life, bring up a family, retire, get ill and lose the lot, because of massive medical bills.

You claim that America is a mixed economy...if it is and I VERY much doubt your claim, then why is US inferstructure falling apart? Lets be honest, the US is structurally falling apart. Most State and city government are on the bring of going bankrupt....never mind the dire state of Federal finances and you are heading for the worst economic construct in living memory and you are doing this from a BUST position.

Sure, there are some very wealthy Americans and they do give to charity, but the vast majority of this money goes to the arts, medical research and elite schools. It is clear that this does not work. Below is a link with a very good article, which has been written by an AMERICAN.

http://www.webofdebt.com/article/manipulation.php

Britian under Thatcher, Major and Blair has moved towards the US model. Our welfare safety net is now SO weak that Brown is seriously worried about people being kicked out of their homes.

Your last line is seriously worrying. The US hasn`t earned its way since the mid 70`s. The US has survived by making war and bullying other nations to send their hard EARNED savings to the US. The US requires over $3 billion of global savings just so they can pay the interest on US debt.