Varney Says U.S. Is “Down In the Dumps ... Like Europe, Which I Escaped 40 Years Ago” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 05/18/11 7:39 AM EDT From the May 18 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends: Video file Previously: Varney says Obama admin prefers “failed European socialism” to “restor[ing] America's middle class to prosperity” Varney suggests stock market drop revealed “the failure of the European model” Varney: U.S. becoming “more and more like Europe” and “I don't like” it Fox Business' Varney: Europeans “hated George Bush” because they're “pacifist pagans” who “hate practicing overt Christians”