US Election Strangeness

I have decided that all interested citizens should have a vote in the US election. This may not be a good idea, but I can't think of any other way that I would be entitled to vote this time around. The amount of people talking about Obama and Romney at restaurants, corner cafés and playgrounds in Berlin is wonderful!

I don't know why I feel so strongly about this election. I have followed the US elections closely the past few times as well, but this is the first time that I have read books and even had strange dreams about the candidates (Obama is my buddy, no need to say more). Maybe I just have too much time on my hands, and am not as thrilled about who will be elected German Green party or social democrat Chancellor candidate (I do have strong views on this as well, but have fortunately not yet dreamt that any of the possibilities are my friends).

The US is a strange place, though. I finally watched Michelle Obama's speech at the democratic convention last night. It was alright, even good, but I do not understand the US psyche of being the "privileged nation", "best country", and "blessed". The Obama's great strength is to be rather humble, I find, and this type of campaigning does not fit in, in my view. But then again, the rest of the world is not voting...