So its over. I have been watching with interest (the same way as you might watch a car crash) the popularity contest that is the American presidential election.
Its at this time that i usually always feel smug that we in the UK vote for the party (and we have way more than 2 that you can vote for ) and their ideals and manifestos for change. Its about conecting or agreeing with ideals and principles rather then how someone comes across on TV. However this has now changed for the majority of people in the UK, even to the point that when the last leader of the labour party stood down, people asked why there was not a general election. Sometimes I really do despair.
However back to the US Election and I really was shocked at some of the people the interviewed running up to the election, especially on the republican side. I mean if it wasn't bad enough that the majority beleived Obama was a Muslim (his middle names Hussein he cant possible be Christian), and to the middle class republicans who didn't want to be seen as rascist, so obviously couldn't say they weren't voting for him as he was black, being muslim was a good enough excuse instead.
However it got worse. I heard interviews with people saying that if he was voted in it would be like the LA Riots of the 80's everywhere in the US. To the downright racists hicks and some of the vitriol spewed out you jsut wouldn't want to repeat in private, never mind have millions of people on TV know you even thought like that.
All in all though with Obama elected its got to be good for the US as a whole. I mean their reputation worldwide was as bad as it could get with Bush in charge, however i think just the fact that obama has been elected will mean that there perception all over the world will improve.
