Cherishing the few good things left in American politics

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One great quality that Americans possess that they themselves barely notice and give importance to is their behavior towards politics. In the southeast region of Asia, in the Philippines, the Filipinos are envious of how American politicians react before, during, and after the election. According to them, America’s politics is an exemplary model that their country should start emulating.

Unlike in other democratic countries, American politicians know how to concede and accept defeat. In spite of the close fight and the pre-written victory speech in his hands, Mitt Romney still managed to brave the stage to publicly concede to the incumbent president and, the most moving part is, the trodden challenger even promised to support Obama’s plans for the country.


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Countries outside North America also admire how elections are done in the States. In the US, candidates only focus on their opponents’ platforms and not on their personal lives—whereas the precise opposite occur in Thailand, in Indonesia, or in the Philippines wherein lambasting the adversary’s personal life is a staple political stance to move up and improve in the electoral ratings or to gain public sympathy. It rarely happens in the States, for politics here is always “platform versus policy” and never “policy against lifestyle.” But the dismaying thought is that Americans seem to have no time looking at the few good things that are left in their country.


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