BRITAIN TO VOTE – AT 9:48 A.M. ET:  Britain will vote on May 6th.  This is of major concern to Americans since most of us, with the possible exception of Barack Hussein Obama Jr., think of the United Kingdom as one of our closest allies.  I know that's middle-class and old-fashioned, but I just can't help it. 

The Brits just held a TV debate.  The third party, the Liberals, clearly won, and that isn't good news for us.  We don't want to encourage Obama with progress overseas by like-minded eccentrics:

Labour and the Tories turned their guns on Nick Clegg today, hoping to bring the Liberal Democrat leader straight back to earth after his outsider’s victory in last night’s first televised campaign debate.

Sixty-one per cent of viewers chose Mr Clegg as the winner after the 90-minute showdown, according to an immediate online poll conducted by Populus for The Times. That compared with 22 per cent for David Cameron, the Tory leader and just 17 per cent for Gordon Brown.

Mr Clegg was back on the campaign trail after celebrating his win with a cigarette and a single glass of wine - and the mood on the Liberal Democrat battlebus was one of barely suppressed excitement despite claims that he had always been expected to shine on the big stage.

Lib Dem officials were hailing their leader’s performance at the Granada studios in Manchester as a potential “game-changer” in a close election which already appears to have given the party its best chance of government for a generation.

The "game-changer" is actually the possibility of a hung Parliament, leading to negotiations to form a government.  That's a mess.

It's apparent from press reports in Britain that many Brits don't actually know what the Liberal Dems stand for.  Think well to the left of Jimmah Carter, and you're almost there.  The libs want to give up Britain's nuclear deterrent at sea, the Trident submarines, and give amnesty to illegal aliens.  Sound familiar?

The libs won't win the largest number of votes, so they won't have the prime ministership, but they may force their way into a coalition.  That's grim, as they don't exactly love America.  On the other hand, if they gain power, Obama may love them.  Birds of a feather.  Oh, wait.  That may be a vicious, unfeeling anti-bird comment.

April 16, 2010