Europeans waving American flags instead of burning them, cheering and chanting "Yes We Can" in accented English. Watching today's Obama speech in Berlin was thrilling. I was so happy to see my country viewed as a symbol of hope, as a world leader. Not as a torture state, nor a gas guzzling superpower with unfortunate cowboy impulses. Thousands upon thousands showed up to cheer and celebrate. (And yes, boo a little when Obama talked about Afghanistan, but I choose to accentuate the positive.) How could you not love this?Yes, I have problems with Barack Obama. (FISA, anyone?) But as a United States citizen who loves her country, it was nice to see evidence the rest of the world is willing to love us again, too.
I agree. A lot.
ReplyDeleteTruth be told, I thought it was flat-out bizarre that 200,000 people would turn out for a politician. An American politician no less who may not even become the president! I could think of--well hell, just about anything would be more fun than that. People are so weird.
ReplyDeleteYou're so right, Lodo. People are weird! Like those bizarre people who look up days-old posts on complete strangers' blogs and leave posts about how they disagree with the blogger. With all the education and entertainment out there in cyberspace, I could think of -- well, hell, just about anything would be more fun than the way you just wasted your time here.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think there was anything in regards to my comment that disagreed w/ your post. Just think its strange that 200,000 Europeans would come out to listen to a speech by an American politician who wasn't even our president. A European politician visiting America--any European politician would be lucky to draw 20 Americans. Jeez--sorry Gal.
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