Fantastic read at Daily Kos: (click link for full article)
Even if you are not an Obama supporter, the world thinks much better of us now, based on the reaction the writer is hearing:
Upon seeing my button, everyone, without exception, smiles. I have received preferential treatment all day long. They didn’t make me pay extra for a heavy bag, they treated me in short, like royalty. The stewardess told the pilot, who stood up in the cock pit to give me a thumbs up. Even the immigration official barely looked at my passport. He was much more interested in knowing an Obama supporter and what I thought would happen today.
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The man behind the counter is Malaysian. He asks if I voted and when I confirm I have he laughs really loud and says something to the other official sitting next to him. This man laughs too. They both look at me intently. The one, fighting to find the right english begins, “This is (something in Malay). I smile saying I don’t understand. He looks at his colleague and rattles something in Malay…The man says just a minute. He gets out a book. It is an english translation book. He says something to the man and hands him the book…pointing to a line on the page. The 1st man turns back to me and says…”this is fan/tas/a/tic…fan-tas-aahhh-tic…how do you say?” I tell him, yes, he is right “Fantastic”. They laugh again at their attempts. I laugh too.
