Here is what the left expected to happen during the World Cup: Europeans were supposed to smirk at us.

But they didn’t. - Jimmy Watkins

• They were supposed to mock our religion and our guns. 
• They were supposed to turn away in righteous disgust at our abundance and free refills and buffet lines and big trucks and big houses. 
• They were supposed to shake their heads at our supposed lack of culture. 
• They were supposed to see a racist behind every tree and under every rock. 
• They were supposed to catch a glimpse of discord and poverty and hate and perpetual ignorance. 
• And they were supposed to leave here hating this country even more so than when they arrived.

But they didn’t.

• They fell in love with us. 
• And by “us,” I mean the real, everyday America...