Ah no worries...

Oh America,

In the midst of economical turmoil, environmental chaos and tension in the Middle East you have given everyone something to collectively focus on during the next 17 days, the 2008 Presidential Elections.

I am a man who has recently had his faith renewed in the enormous potential and abilities of the Great United States of America. So have others. With the public responding overwhelmingly, participating in record numbers this Presidential Election has given citizens the confidence America needs to bounce back at a momentous occasion.

Living in England for the past 2 years, it has be difficult maintaining my patriotism during a time when the Bush administration has seemed to be the cause of all global chaos. There is hope though and it is spreading throughout the globe.

The American elections have also become contagious with Europeans catching the Presidential fever from unlikely countries such as France and Germany. As an American living in Europe, I recently sent away my absentee ballot. The act of posting my ballot for the next President of United States was empowering yet mysterious.

After posting that ballot I had no clue if whether or not my ballot would even reach my polling station. Then I began to think up weird conspiracy theories. Will a secret evil Republican affiliate destroy my ballot or even worse change my party affiliation and put Senator John McCain and Sarah Palin’s name on the form???

“Ah no worries”, as some of my European friends would say. Good things come to good people, especially those who have faith in the democratic process of voting. I have no doubt that at this stage America will have a fresh start in 2009 and so do my European peers. Everyone over here is watching and waiting.