To: epicure who wrote (207876 ) 11/7/2012 9:51:06 PM From: Sultan Respond to How Canada Made Me An Obama Lover Globe and Mail . "It's Ronald Reagan!" was singing , after all -- but for me, politics was local, like student council elections or whether my friends really "forgot" to call me before leaving for the party. bunch of photographers started taking photos of me. Clinton was still president (but barely). I was definitely aware of "the news" but while I may have known who, say, Katherine Harris was (the scary lady on the TV stealing the election ), that was pretty much my limit. few scary things happened , and it behooved me to start paying attention. I left law, I joined the media, and, eventually, started actually knowing what the heck was going on. Whoo hoo! I rode the wave of the 24 hour news cycle through the 2008 election -- working for this publication, actually! -- and, four years later, can proudly tell you the difference between a McConnell and a McDonnell , how to pronounce "Boehner" and spell "Reince Priebus," and why HRC is a BFD . I can also tell you why I'd vote for Barack Obama. random Canadian who somehow snuck her way on television -- without forming an opinion. Sometimes, it's even educated! As for me, the more educated I got, the more I came to realize that my support for the 44th President of the United States and his party actually has its roots well north of the border.
