German Media: Will Anti-Americanism Disappear?

The latest Der Spiegel cover seems to offer a glimpse of what's to come...

"The Capital Crime: Anatomy of a World Crisis that has Really Just Begun"

With Obama, Spiegel and others will no longer be focusing attacks on the American executive (at least in the short-term) as was standard practice under Bush. Instead, as we have previously speculated, they will likely turn to attacking broader aspects of American society (the economic downturn is the current dominant theme) for all that is wrong in the United States and the world. Think World Scapegoat USA. Think pet peeves. Having to respect Obama just makes accomplishing what readers require a bit more demanding. Just slapping Bush and a desecrated US flag on the cover will no longer cut mustard after January 20... 

Comments

[GringoTex]

OT,but still newsworthy.

german-students-lay-waste-to-holocaust-exhibit

More self-centered and immature than anti-Semetic, perhaps, but an act is an act, regardless of motivation.

[MyVoice]

"Just slapping Bush and a desecrated US flag on the cover will no longer cut mustard after January 20..."

Well, the MSM will continue to blame Bush for anything and everything as long as possible. You betcha!

"With Obama, Spiegel and others will no longer be focusing attacks on the American executive (at least in the short-term) as was standard practice under Bush."

In case you guys missed it, but the MSM is already bashing and making fun of Obama, although he's not even a "president-elect"!

Note: The Electoral College elects the president and this will happen in December... Until then, Obama is just a presidential candidate like all the other presidential candidates and the Electoral College is free to vote for whomever they want. However, this is just a technical issue and the Electoral College is going to vote for Obama -- unless the lawsuits filed against Obama are successful and Obama gets removed from the ballot. So, it's not really over yet, although, there's little chance that the courts will stop Obama...

[Helian]

This is so 1968, isn't it? Taunt when you know the ideals of those you taunt will prevent them from striking back. Aesop knew the type:

"A Kid standing on the roof of a house, out of harm's way, saw a Wolf passing by and immediately began to taunt and revile him. The Wolf, looking up, said, "Sirrah! I hear thee: yet it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on which thou art standing."

Don't hold your breath waiting for them to print a cover of Mohammed with a bullet through his head.

[Aquarian]

Will Siemens international kickback schemes be similiarly featured?

background, SEC 12/12/08 complaint: http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2008/comp20829.pdf