"Yes we can" in France with Germans

We were invited to a barbecue the other night by our German host with his other guests. As soon as they knew we were American, they began to say, very excitedly "Yes we can" which began the running joke of the next several days. Every question, or statement involved this phrase, "yes we can". They love Barack Obama with a passion that many in the US do not share, and do not understand what would lead an extremist to want to kill him, as I am sure that many do (as a former hate crimes prosecutor).

But we had much fun with this phrase and their excitement for America.