Georgie

I have been fortunate enough to travel to other countries. During my travels I always find it amazing how in tune other countries are with our politics. While I was in South America, the US was just starting the election process for the 2004 elections. People knew of the upcoming election and who was running it. It amazed me that a country that far away from us knew so much. Granted, they didn't like George W because he had offended the entire country in one swoop by essentially telling them they were daft for not just listening to him and instead asking questions. Everyone was incredibly accepting of the fact that I was American. What was equally interesting is that is one minute they could excitedly ask you about America and tell you how much they liked the country and in the next moment tell you how much they disliked the president and hoped for his failure in the upcoming elections. Not going to lie, I agreed. And not just because I feared for my saftey. It was one moment in my life where I was bigger, or the same size as most people.
In Scotland its much of the same. People are very accepting of the fact that we are Americans. They will tell us all the places that they have been in the US (mostly Florida) and then the next moment tell us they hate Bush. Everyone is interested in the next elections and cannot wait until he is out of office. I have heard him often called ''the war-monger.'' The fact that the Democrats won the houses was a point of great amusement here and even made the papers. I must say I chuckled along with them. But I have never been a supporter of Bush nor any of his policies.
Needless to say not many people are very supportive of Tony Blair either. But at least he didn't make the Metro's list of top threats to world peace like George W did. He lost only to Osama Bin Laden, and it was a close call.
Tonight, I was poking through old documents and came across a ''resume'' that my father-in-law had sent to Mike before the 2004 elections. I was able to find a more current one online. After reading all this, I am pround to say, ''I voted for the other guy.'' The next President has a lot of work ahead of him to help the United States to get back on track, and maybe to impeach Bush.