We Americans have a bad reputation in the eyes of the rest of the world. It is the face of our politicians that give up that reputation. Most Americans are like the rest of the world. Hard working people who claw and fight for everything we have. It is our politicians and Hollywood that show Americans as being self-absorbed egomaniacs.
And another thing voting for the presidential election is pointless. With the long standing electoral college, why bother? If you look at the numbers for Bush's second term as-well-as Clinton's first term (I believe it might be his second term) both men lost popular vote but were both inducted as president. The both won bigger states with more electoral votes or in the case of Bush won all of the "Nascar Dad's" votes, which is the Mid-West, South, and West. John Kerry won all of the big states and east coast. Kerry had more votes from people in the states he won than Bush did, but because of the Electoral college Bush was re-inaugrated. So to sum it up WHY BOTHER!?! Our government doesn't even trust us to vote.