Believe it or not the election wasn't only important in America, but in the whole world. As Americans we are in our own little world during our elections, but this year the entire world was watching with bated breath. So many Irish asked me "You're voting Obama right?" On the night of the election I went to an election party that ended up being really lame because everyone there was too busy playing beer pong to even really care about why we were there. My friend and I ended up going back to my flat and watching the results coming on TV. My irish roomie was also watching it with us and she was just as tense and nervous as we were. Later on we met with some other Americans and stayed up until after Obama's speech (i.e. 5:30 am). It was overwhelming to see history made and we all began to regret that we weren't home to experience this with the rest of America. It was great to see how much this election meant to other people outside of the US. The next morning my roomies greated me with big smiles and said "You must be thrilled!". I almost feel that this election is going improve our relationship with world and I couldn't be happier.
Cheers!
Roni
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