OMG I AM SO EXCITED IT'S FINALLY HERE ELECTION DAY IN AMERICA.
Random Election Thoughts
*I've said before how lots of people, once they discover that we're from America, ask us who we want for president. And I've said how glad they were to hear us say that I (Froody can't vote, remember) was going to vote for Barak Obama. Everyone seems to like him. I did hear a blurb from Germany that said basically how "business as usual" didn't work (think: global financial crisis) so he wanted something new and different. So, I guess Obama represents a change to everyone.
*I mean, according to CNN, my little vote added to your little vote added to their little votes will affect policies that influence the WORLD. Man, I never thought about it like that.
*Some folks here get confused over the fact that if all the Americans they speak to don't like Bush, then how did he get elected in the first place? They look skeptically at us when we explain
that people who like Bush tend not to travel to East Africa or the Middle East and if they did they didn't do the budget safaris etc.
*Our Arabic tutor listened with eyes wide when we said that, as Americans, we could stand in front of the White House and yell out how much Bush sucks and how we hate him and all his policies from the top of our lungs and no one would do anything. Except maybe some police might watch us and eventually might ask us to leave. She said, "And that's it? You'd be allowed to go home?" And we said "yes." And Froody added how this trip so far has made him appreciate the Bill of Rights.
*Anyway, if you're able I hope you vote or have already voted!!
3 comments:
I hope they are voting and not just assuming that "that guy" or "the other guy" will win. That they think that they're vote "won't count."
VOTE DAMMIT! EVERY VOTE COUNTS! :)
The world IS watching - I wonder if the Americans in America, really understand that??
cnn and bbcw give me the impression that TONS of americans will be voting this time around, and to me that is more exciting than just who wins. (hooray for obama!) each vote is important.
i don't think most americans living in america really understand that.
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