GOP presidential hopeful and former House speaker Newt Gingrich has run an ad against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney that takes aim at the latter's ability to speak the French language, as reported by the BBC. The Newt 2012 ad can be seen at YouTube. This isn't the first time politicians and/or the political climate in America have been inspired to stir up considerable anti-European sentiment in this country. This has often been the result of foreign policy disagreements and/or war, taking aim at even the most innocent of bystanders and objects.
"Freedom fries" and "freedom toast"
CNN reported in 2003 that France wanted the United Nations to let weapons inspectors have more time to do their work in Iraq instead of giving the green light to the invasion of the country, led by the U.S. and Great Britain. This didn't sit well with two congressmen -- Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, and Rep. Walter Jones, R-North Carolina. They reacted by setting in motion the changing of the names of two menu items that were served in House cafeterias. French toast and french fries became "freedom toast" and "freedom fries," which caught on at other eateries around the nation.
Dachshunds were once called "liberty pups"
Anyone who has ever owned a dachshund knows just how special and unique they are, but in this day and age, who would ever see them as representing the enemies of America? Yet The Economist reported the name "liberty pups" became fashionable among patriotic American dachshund owners during World War I. But these lovable dogs were used to stir up even more anti-German sentiment, as the Almost Home Dachshund Rescue Society reported that during the same world conflict, they were used to represent the German enemy, and thus, the desirability of this breed declined during that period of time.
Obama's policies linked with Europe by GOP partisans
Republicans and tea party members have so many issues with President Barack Obama that they are never short of verbal ammunition to use in which to attack him with. One of their favorite jibes is branding him as a "socialist" in the style of European countries.
The New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof remarked Romney said this of Obama: "He wants us to turn into a European-style welfare state," and that former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum quipped that the president is "trying to impose some sort of European socialism on the United States."
Yet the Socialist Party (United Kingdom's entity) currently says on its website that no genuinely socialist countries on the continent exist, saying the following: "Sometimes countries have governments that call themselves 'Socialist,' but they do not carry out genuine socialist policies." This is in answer to the website question, "Are there any socialist countries in Europe?"
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