US Elections

If I had a palecinka for every time a Serb told me to vote for Bush... then... I'd be pretty darn fat. As CNN said of the elections, "all the world watched". And all the world had an opinion. Especially the Serbs. People had no qualms aobut coming right out and asking me, "so who did you vote for?" Then they would lecture me about the wrongs done to Serbia by the Democratic party. Invariably, they would also throw in a conspiracy theory or two about why they thought America hates Serbs. No. 1: Madeline Albright, of course, who lived in Serbia as a child when her father was a diplomat (I'm still not clear on why that would make her hate Serbs). Then there's the fact that Kerry dated a Serbian princess (chick from Dynasty). When she broke up with him he apparently held a grudge against the whole country. No one seems to think that Bush will necessarily be pro-Serbia, especially in terms of the Kosovo situation. People tell me they think he will be less harmful than Kerry and the Democrats.

On election night, Jessica and I went to a party sponsored by the US embassy, which went from 10 pm to 7 am. Mostly obnoxious businessmen and bureaucrats, so we left around 11, after having our fair share of drinks and kiflice.