While I wished I'd be in NY for election day, it was also nice being in France - the place after all that had the gall to stand up to Bush and his push to invade Iraq. Fucking freedom fries.
Anyway, there isn't one person I spoke to today - people from London to Geneva to Bahrain - that did not express their RELIEF that something had happened in America that might lead to change. All I could do is agree.
And while some who know me would disagree strongly with this statement, this honestly was not about Democrat or Republican. What has been missing in the United States of America for the past six years is one thing: balance. Or more accurately, checks and balances. It's what makes democracy work. Which might be one of the reasons it's not working in Iraq. Or, as my new friend from Bahrain pointed out, when two sides have been fighting for more than 1,000 years (the Sunnis and Shiites) the last thing you want to do is make it easier for them to kill each other. Well, those weren't his words exactly...but that's the message.
Leaving France tomorrow. Looking forward to getting home.
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