The Guardian weighs in

[Matabiri]

Recently, the UK Guardian newspaper tried to influence the US elections by encouraging readers to write to residents in Clark County...

Read about the idea here, and the totally unsurprising backfire responses here.

Two points...

What is it with Americans and their obsession with British teeth?

But if you don't wish to be an American, to live in Ohio, for instance, and participate in the American political process, that is too bad. Perhaps there is something wrong with you. Perhaps it is your teeth.

Who says Americans have no sense of irony?

Thank God above for you English! Just when I was beginning to despair at the thought of Bush being re-elected, you come along with a strategy to help us! Your invitation to your readership and rationale for offering it are provocative at the least, and laudable at best.

 

[TragicMonkey]

What is it with Americans and their obsession with British teeth?

Along with mincing effeminacy and over-intellectualism, bad teeth are part of the stereotypical American's stereotypical view of the stereotypical Brit. People who hold to stereotypes tend to gather their information from cartoons and Mad TV, and it shows.