> People don't like government interference in their lives. They also
> know about
> the history of authoritarian leftism (i.e. the Soviet Union and China)
> and they want no part of that either.
Most ordinary Americans don't know a thing about the rest of the world. If you asked the average American what the Great Wall of China was, you'd most likely get, "Yao Ming, center for the Rockets".
-- DRR (long-suffering Blazers fan)