Although Texas is nowhere close to being a swing state, the fever has clearly still reached us here in the GOP heartland. There are a fair few Obama/Biden yard signs, stickers etc rattling the cage here in Dallas. I do however have a question: who are the undecided voters, and what are they doing....tossing a coin? While we wait with bated breath for November 4th, 2008 those undecided better get a move on.........Jigna
Sunday 2 November 2008
Election fever
Election fever is reaching critical mass in the USA, and I dare I say it the rest of the world, and of course Stef and Rich. With only 2 days to go this is probably one of the most exciting elections in the USA in recent times, and we are here, experiencing it all! When I say it all I mean "it all", there have been comments, opinions, reports, shows etc etc. Even when we were out for dinner last night in suburban Dallas, both tables next to ours were talking politics, the usual embargo on not taking politics has been lifted. All our visitors from the UK have been caught up in the election fever; Roopa got so excited and involved she has taken it back home to her students, Andrew and Shazia watched the final debate with us and some American friends and experienced some of Palin's "real Americans", Deepa and Chris cheered every time we saw an Obama/Biden yard sign in the neighborhood close to where the new "W" Presidential library is being built and we have had countless email exchanges/Skype conversations with Dhara and Stef and friends. Our main topic of conversation over recent months has been the election, and of course what shall we have for dinner (we have to keep our energy levels up to read, watch and listen to all of the election coverage).
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3 comments:
this si the most exciting election in recent history. there is no way the democrats can bomb out like Labour did in the UK general elections of 1992.
at least I hope they dont.
its all too exciting for words - i really hope that the recent polls in favour of obama dont result in democrat complacency - if you are american and have a vote use it! ps: your fellow citizens of planet earth want you to vote Obamam
Scott and I have both early voted - go Obama! - Michelle
She's absolutely right. It sounds stupid and cheesy to think it, let alone admit and blog it but when i was visiting Texas I was so emotional about whats happening in America right now. no seriously.
Blatantly living with jigs and das for a while i was bound to be in on some huge conversations and the more i asked the more i got involved. As the least political member of the whole Vyas crew its hard to form opinion with so many strong voices and feeling allowing me to be thoroughly objective. which is no bad thing.
But i did start to form my own. I got so carried away it led to my mission to open my students' eyes using blogs/multimedia and speeches as complete up to date discussion and work in class! Its as exact as my big sister says, election fever is bloody infectious!
Dhara's right, we're all waiting, planet earth has its breath held! Go America! xx
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