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Here's The Thing About Spain

18 Sep 2008 04:35 pm

Nobody thinks that Spain is our enemy.

The Bush Administration was trying to punish Spain for pulling out of Iraq, certainly, but they were at least cognizent enough to not make a huge public ruckus about it.

In the mind of the average voter -- Spain is Europe. 

It's Barcelona. It's Madrid. It's basically Italy. It's Mediterranean and sexy. and it has certainly never threatened us, at least since the days of fascism, which are a distant memory to 70-80% of voters.

So....

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