Derb –

Re:

Commonest response: “Darn it, you’re right, but I really hate to hear about it.”
Commonest line of dissent: “The US citizenship made no difference, Derb — you’re still a rain-sodden fog-shrouded English pessimist. Americans don’t think like this.

These two things are not mutually exclusive, FYI.

Oh, and you inspired me to pen a column answering the ultimate question: What is a conservative? Scribbling now.