Vive la Obama différence! Why the French love Barack Obama

[SpookyCat]

From Salon.com (pop up warning if you are not a subscriber...sorry!)

"I'm not an American ... It's your election first," Solvit says. "But I am a world citizen, and what you do will affect us ... If we see that the U.S. is changing, it's good for all of us." Solvit also believes it's a Republican thing to say that foreign support is bad. "Everything is moving. He is a symbol of this new evolution."

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/25/obama_paris/

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This is a long and thoughtful article examining not just how France views the U.S., but how it views itself.

It gives me, dare I say it? Hope!

[Cant trust em]

1. C'est merveilleux!

[SpookyCat]

2. Oui!

Especially given the French nickname for Shrub..."Le Idiot"...

As a traveler, I'd love to be able to say I'm American, and not just I'm San Franciscan...

[Cha]

3. Kick and a Rec'd for reading later..

thanks, SpookyCat!

[SpookyCat]

4. You're welcome zidzi!