We’re a wowy-kazowy power, damnit!
: Joi Ito finds a humiliating quote from Tom DeLay to John Gibson on FoxNews:
John, we’re no longer a superpower. We’re a super-duperpower.
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There’s a certain truth to the phrase assigned us by, apparently, the French — hyperpower. But who can’t giddily chuckle at the phrase ‘super-duper’? It does have the effect of deflecting negative imagery.
Anyway, DeLay was only echoing fmr. US ambassador to the UK Ray Seitz, channeled through Chris Patten:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/news/patten/guard30_03.htm
Patten, of course, is no fan of US dominance and has actually repeated this quote several times in various speeches and op-eds over the last year. (Apparently it was a personal remark.)
