On the flight to Fiji, the man next to me notices my Canadian passport, starts chatting me up.
"Aren't you glad you're a commonwealth citizen? We're so pleased to have Obama now."
Don't get me wrong, I'm elated Obama is president, excited about the hope it's brought to people (which I think will have as much positive effect as any change he directly brings about). But the world wasn't particularly crazy about Americans before W., had they forgotten?
I can't begrudge Americans their pride too much, but come on! Where were they when Bush was re-elected? When I cried no too loud and left the room in tears, scaring my class of Korean kindergarten kids and the secretary who brought me the news.
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