As small business owners, my cousins in France always vote for the French conservative party. They do not support the "socialism" that ensures free education and excellent health care for all French citizens, and they would never suggest we back an American candidate who was socialist. But they love Barack Obama:
"Ch�res cousines et cousins,
Comment allez-vous tous apr�s ces �lections fantastiques ?
En France nous les avons suivies avec une fi�vre ph�nom�nale; C'�tait le d�lire, tous derri�re Obama !"
Or, in English:
"Dear cousins,
How are you after this amazing election?
In France we followed the election with a phenomenal passion. It was delirium here and everyone was behind Obama!"
The congratulations I received came from Germany, England and Canada. Now that we have woken up from our 8-year long national nightmare of incompetent corruption at the highest levels of government, observers across the world feel some of the same relief that we are experiencing here.
If you doubt that an election can affect the home exchange community, I can offer my own recent influx of swap offers from Europe, despite the fact that I mention in my listing headline and first paragraph that I am not interested in Europe at this time.
How you vote does strengthen or strangle home exchange. I hope our future political direction supports the swap community. I know my own voting will do so.
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