How Long is Long Enough?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

...They all come from the right wing fringe groups of the japanese political spectrum which, now that I think about it, is not a valid a reason to generalize about the entire culture. If it was; I could say that the americans have a unfortunate habit of regretting how the civil war freed the slaves, just from what Rush Limbaugh spews on his show every day.
They exist, much like the BNP, but like the BNP in Britain the influence of these radicals is not large enough to judge the country by and I was wrong to do so here.

Though it is somewhat disconcerting that the mayor in the second example was still elected in the capital 4 times in a row in spite of his somewhat "politically incorrect" views. The more I read about the man the more I think the comparison to rush limbaugh is appropriate

Limbaugh is an ardent conservative, somewhat of a reactionary, and has a bit of a narcissist streak. In his ideal political world, the government safety net would shrink by an order of magnitude (not disappear), government regulatory powers would shrink back to Reagan-era levels or a bit lower, and defense spending would increase by at least a half point of GNP. He joyously baits political liberals (US def), hoping to get them in an uproar.

Regret the end of Slavery? Nonsense.

It is amazing who can get elected Mayor of a Capital city though [one, two, three, four] -- what is it about a capital that generates this?