A fun letter:

Hello, Jay,
My wife and I were in Ireland for eight days or so, driving around the country in our tiny rented Nissan Micra for a vacation. In a testament to how truly small the world is, we heard you discussing the GOP convention (among other subjects) on the radio!
It was really amazing to me how interested and engaged the Irish are in our politics. During dinners at various local pubs, as soon as folks found out that we lived in D.C. and that I worked in advocacy, they asked us variations on “How excited are you about Barack Obama?” I would usually reply that we were Republicans and thus McCain supporters and therefore as excited about Obama as they would be to pay our pub tab.
Overall, I was stunned by the Irish media’s unquestioning adoration of Obama — it was like MSNBC had taken over the Irish airwaves! It seemed, at times, that the Irish media were simply printing Obama press releases or reading them on the air. Most of the locals I discussed politics with were stunned to learn that my wife and I (both 26) are Republicans and McCain-Palin supporters. Even after learning this, many Irish folks would look at us and ask, “Why don’t you support Obama?”
An understandable question, given the tone of Irish media coverage.

I especially loved the line about MSNBC — worth the price of the letter!