The rebranding of America
A piece I wrote for Orange News has just gone live here.
The sentence which really sums up how it feels over here is: “It’s as if America is at once unable to believe its luck, and yet also taking this all completely in its stride.” Everyone and everything feels so positive, so elated, really rather surreal and dream-like, and yet also very real. And while I realise it may seem hard to marry up ’surreal’ and ‘real’, that’s exactly the atmosphere in America – well, certainly in Washington – right now.
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January 19th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Very impressive Andrea
Now that your famous I hope you don’t go getting all up yourself and forgetting about us poor bottom feeding bloggers :-p
January 19th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I shall never forget you poor bottom feeding bloggers, especially the poor bottom feeding bloggers who made this all possible.
January 19th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
You have it exactly right. Whenever we talk about our new president, we talk about how hard it is to believe that we actually made this happen. But at the same time, we talk about how hard it would be to believe it if he lost. There’s something truly remarkable when the better man actually wins the day. Even though it happens all the time in the movies.
January 19th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
I know what you mean, slag. it’s as if Obama’s victory actually shows why his faith in the American people – in people, full-stop – has been well-placed. and as I have said to American friends, America’s standing improves in the world as a result of his election not just because Obama represents America now, but because *the American people chose him*. no more pretending you’re Canadian when you’re travelling abroad!
January 20th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
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