Support for Kerry in St Maarten

I was away for 8 days on my honeymoon in St Barths (no blogs for 8 days!).  To get to St Barths you have to fly through St Maarten.  On the way there, and again on the way home I was wearing a Vote Kerry t-shirt.  I got multiple comments of support from St Maarten and St Barths locals while in the airport.  Most U.S. citizens didn't say anything, except for one woman on the way home who wanted to make sure I'd be back for the election.  

While on the way home a St Maarten airport employee even asked for a shirt, I then directed her to the website where she could buy it.  Her co-worker standing next to her said to tell people back home that Kerry has supporters in St Maarten.  So I am.  Its amazing how important this elections is, not just to U.S. citizens.  These people really cared.  To want to buy a t-shirt for a candidate for a presidential election in another country is pretty amazing.  

It wasn't until I returned to NY that I got a 'Vote W' from the young guy at the customs counter at JFK airport.  Thus the honeymoon was over.  Back to the fight.

•  Ignore the unschooled...

  dimbulb who probably is still living at home and knows nothing yet about life.  Thanks for relating that experience.  I know for sure foreigners aren't against Americans, only the twit sitting currently in the Oval Office.

  One woman I know said that she was nervous about going to Europe last year.  "They must hate our guts," she said.  "No, they don't," I reassured her, and I was right.  She didn't have any trouble connecting even with the French!

  by blksista on Fri Oct 29, 2004 at 01:25:32 PM PDT

•  And in Tortola, too !

  I was in Tortola on business on Tuesday.  My cab driver was very knowledgable about the election, and started off by saying "well you brought it on yourselves!"  After some discussion, he offered that "he shouldn't have been there anyway".  I told him that depending on the outcome on Tuesday, rather than visiting his fair island, many of us might come down to live with him, and he just laughed.  From top to bottom in these places -- where they all know and have extensive connections back to the north -- there is great concern for us, which is heartwarming actually.

  by bob in ny on Fri Oct 29, 2004 at 01:38:46 PM PDT