The evening ended, for me, with Arabic commentary over images showing Brand Chelsea being ripped apart in Rome and Liverpool cheating their way to a draw against Atletico Madrid.But I was watching only because I had been lured to Dubai, and a subsequent spot of hotel TV channel hopping, for the US Mission to the UAE's election day reception.
In no way, of course, can my experience have any bearing on the outcome. Over in America, the queues to vote - or, as our American friends would have it, cast ballots - were so long that I feared at one point that there might never be an outcome.
But just so that you know: at the entrance to the function, there were two baskets or bowls, containing pro-Obama and pro-McCain badges (was there a third for Nader that I missed?).
My duty was tge be strictly neutral. Could I please have one of each?
"Sorry, sir," came the reply. "All the Obama ones have gone. We only have McCain left."
Well, I'd heard all about the impact a Redskins match, or the present thinking of American Roman Catholics, have on the results of presidential elections.
But was the imbalance in demand for badges in Dubai the final, conclusive pointer to what was going to happen?
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