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Wednesday, 12 November 2008

The best way to celebrate Obama's victory, is overseas.

Greetings from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

“A wildly diverse crowd of about 60 people were raptly watching and listening to a newly minted American president. You could have heard a pin drop. Smiles prevailed all around, and when Obama finished, the African businessman standing in front of me turned around, his cheeks traced with tears. He’d heard my colleague and me speaking and gathered my nationality. He looked me in the eye and said, ‘I love you, I love America. Congratulations.’ Now (recognized as) an American, I received congratulatory messages, handshakes and a few hugs — including most unexpectedly one from a Muslim woman in hair-covering.
“A German man told me, ‘It’s like we have all won.’ ”
That pretty much says it. The world is now looking to the United States with hope.
Posted by Melissa Chi at 09:09

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