My President, My Prime Minister

During the Reagan/Bush era, I was living in the States, and some of my foreign friends would say, "YOUR PRESIDENT did this!" or "YOUR PRESIDENT did that!"

"Hey!" I would reply, "He's not MY PRESIDENT! Nelson Mandela is MY PRESIDENT!"

"But you're American, not South African, how can Nelson Mandela by your president?"

"I don't care," I declared, "I know in MY HEART that Nelson Mandela is MY PRESIDENT."

And it has been that way for 20+ years--Nelson Mandela has been MY PRESIDENT. But Nelson is getting old, and it's time for me to retire him from the duty of being MY PRESIDENT.

Besides, I like Obama. The dude is just cool. He seems so genuine. But wait a minute, I like the new Thai Prime Minister, too. I can even spell his name: Abhisit Vejjajiva (I think).

So, I traded in Nelson and got both Obama and Abhisit in return. It's like a two-for-one deal!