Comments on: High Five! [Kirsten]

By: "British" Cat

"British" Cat — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:15:42 +0000

Oh and we have The West Wing to tell us how elections work. You don’t get the luxury of anything as great as that about the UK. :-p

By: "British" Cat

"British" Cat — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:06:35 +0000

Hi, I’m afraid I’ve only just got round to checking out your blog, despite you importing your posts into facebook and the fact you mentioned it in our meeting with Ross on Monday, but I thought, what the hey, it’s never too late to comment.
Firstly, I really enjoyed our chat at the pancake party (and subsequent musings – mainly in pubs!) because I relish the opportunity to talk about the elections in the US with real-life, living breathing Americans for once, rather than the purely-abstract, stranger-observing-from-afar approach that got me through 2004.
I also think that perhaps the reason some of us Brits pay so much attention (other than those of us that chose to study it for a degree) is that, despite not being citizens, the actions of the US do affect us significantly – just look at what happened with the Blair-Bush love affair. Britain, on the other hand, simply doesn’t have a powerful enough impact on American policy for all but the most determined of politics fans to know anything about our political system. Mind you, there’s plenty of Brits who don’t seem to know anything about our political system either but I’ll leave that for when I set up my British politics blog…

By: Daniel Ash

Daniel Ash — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:58:05 +0000

Oh, and I’d be happy to contribute to your blog, as I’m a young expat myself, but I’m afraid I’m quite the lefty, and you seem to have those bases covered already.

By: Daniel Ash

Daniel Ash — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:50:52 +0000

Hi girls! I like your blog – interesting topic, and timely as well. I found it as I was looking into absentee ballots for the Ohio primary, since it occurred to me that my vote from Israel might actually count in this one. What led you to create this blog, and what do you plan to do with it?