Posted on 11/05/2008 1:35:08 PM PST by pissant
VIENNA, Austria -- She was a stranger, and she kissed me. Just for being an American.
It happened on the bus on my way to work Wednesday morning, a few hours after compatriots clamoring for change swept Barack Obama to his historic victory. I was on the phone, and the 20-something Austrian woman seated in front of me overheard me speaking English.
Without a word, she turned, pecked me on the cheek and stepped off at the next stop.
Nothing was said, but the message was clear: Today, we are all Americans.
For longtime U.S. expatriates like me - someone far more accustomed to being targeted over unpopular policies, for having my very Americanness publicly assailed - it feels like an extraordinary turnabout.
Like a long journey over a very bumpy road has abruptly come to an end.
And it's not just me.
An American colleague in Egypt says several people came up to her on the streets of Cairo and said: "America, hooray!" Others, including strangers, expressed congratulations with a smile and a hand over their hearts.
Another colleague, in Amman, says Jordanians stopped her on the street and that several women described how they wept with joy.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Bleh!! You forgot the mega-barf alert!!!
The kum-bay-yah moment will end when:
1) The missle defense system is un-installed by a weak Obama to appease Russia
2) A dirty bomb hits a US city because of lack of border enforcement, or
3) Sha’ria law is passed in civil courts, like the UK
Cool is VERY important.
Let me know when it's cool to be a Texan again.
They have no idea yet what an Obama administration will bring to “the world.”
vomit inducing
It never stopped being cool.....among the right people.
The Austrians have a thing for charasmatic socialists who don’t like Jews.
What’ nu?
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I wonder if they have any idea the George Bush WASN’T ON THE BALLOT?!
I support the USA but not the president-elect.
I wonder if you will hear anyone say that..
Must have been a hooker.
Personally, I think it has ALWAYS been cool to be an American. We are still the most blessed people on the planet. (for a while...)
American should ask Europeans..who is the black president or prime minister in Europe ? Here in Europe ,socialist “cretins” are celebrating the BLACK ONE, but, here in the European union, we have 27 countries.not one black leader to be seen....RACISTS.
Good one.
oh and the Russians put new missiles in place today.
Why is it that the Germans or the French or the Brits or even Canadians are so hip on the US electing a “minority” yet their government has never done such?
Didn’t know it ever wasn’t cool.
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