EU or US same lyrics different melody

From The Brussels Journal:

Jose Manuel Barroso today called on Tony Blair to “stand up against public opinion” and have the “courage to ignore populism,” in relation to the forthcoming EU Council summit in Brussels. At the summit next week it is planned that the Heads of Government of the EU 27 to sign a ‘heads of agreement’ on the new Constitution.

This is one of their favourite terms. If it so happens that what they have to say has the support of the public, our elites will tell us that they have democratic legitimacy. However if public opinion is in opposition to their plans it is nothing more than ‘populism.’

This is of course an attempt to discredit public opinion, because of course ‘populism’ is very close to the way in which Hitler and Mussolini misappropriated plebicites. Thus those who are populist are evil near fascists, whereas those who have the support of the public are democratic.

In a rather amusing aspect of Barroso’s speech – the above comments were unscripted response to a question, Barroso went on with the classic meme, ‘If Europe doesn’t get an agreement on this then we will descend into chaos.’

To be fair he didn’t use that term, he said, “Losing this opportunity would be the greatest failure of our political generation.” though I have heard it innumerable times over the years. The French were told it, the Dutch were told it, the Danes when they were voting on Euro membership were given a similar spin, as were the Swedes, the Irish and so on. The problem with this scaremongering is of course that when the people decide to reject the elitist programme, the world still keeps turning, trade is done, people go on holidays, people fall in love, argue, die.

As I read this I was overwhelmed by a sense of familiarity. This is exactly the same kind of horseshit that the open border/amnesty crowd are trying to force down the USA's throat.

John McCain's detestable little butt-boy was on some news show whining about how he was sent to congress to work with Democrats to do things that the people of South Carolina don't want done (or something like that, I admit that after listening to about three words of his phony corn-pone drivel the black rage swallows me and I don't remember too good).

I guess elites the world over are really the same inside.