regarding president-elect obama
a couple representative conversations i had while backpacking in europe last fall–
1.
“where are you from?”
“i’m american.”
“ohh, no one i’ve run into in all my very extensive travels has had anything good to say about america. no one thinks you are doing anything good.”
2.
“where are you from?”
“the states.”
“oh, ok, i thought so, but i didn’t want to assume in case you were canadian or something and got offended.”
how excited am i (as an america-loving socialist-anarchist pinko liberal american) to not have these conversations next time i travel abroad? SO EXCITED.
