The adoration of Americans has begun! Perhaps an overstatement, but the idea seems to be making the rounds of a lot of American news outlets. Which I think is a little presumptious of them.
However, as a world traveler, and I use that term in the most romantic, if not the truest, sense of the word, I did have a drunk Irishman on his way to Libya, buy me a drink in an Irish pub in the Amsterdam airport. How's that for authentic? I have been asked many times, by people of many different nationalities, about my view of having Obama as a president. Most of the questions mainly referred to the fact that Obama is African-American. And, quite frankly, several of those people had a negative view of Obama's ethnicity. I could care less about that, I just hope he does a good job.
Personally, I was pulling for the other guy. However, since the election, I find myself hopeful about Obama. I actually kind of feel good about him winning. Time will tell, I guess, if these feelings are well deserved. The Irish gent, in Amsterdam, definitely seemed happy about the outcome of the election. He seemed proud of America, and Americans, for what had happened. For a second, I thought he was going to tear up. Of course, that could have been the Jameson that he was drinking.
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