There is a chill in the morning air and the leaves of the maples are starting to turn. School has started and the fishing is starting to pick up. I didn't see it coming, but Fall is here.
It seems Obama underestimated the "Real Person" factor.
I was walking with my daughter down the sidewalk yesterday afternoon and overheard two women leaving their place of work. The first asked, "Did you watch Sarah Palin's speech last night." The second responded, "Yes, wasn't it great!" "Ya, she's awesome," replied the first lady, "She's such a real person."
I knew Obama wouldn't get the hard core Republican vote, the evangelical vote, the "Bubba" vote, the "Drill-Baby-Drill" vote, the vote of some Americans making over $250,000/year, but I didn't expect he'd lose the vote of real people. Oh,... now I'm worried.
America, listen up! We might be in trouble, because the last real guy that got into office, you know, the guy "you'd most like to have a beer with," got us into this mess. Let's pray that if McCain/Palin get elected that Johnny can hang in there for four years. Otherwise, we're all screwed!
(Jeez... what does it mean to be real anyway? I consider myself a real person, but I don't watch American Idle and I don't think books and condoms are dangerous.)
Driving America into a hole.
I count 12 vehicles in front of the house. Eight are full size SUVs or trucks. It's nice to see people trying to reduce our dependence on foreign oil... the other four people that is.
A year to remember
This was quite a year. A winter with all the snow we could handle and a summer where I could count the number of HOT days on one hand. There was plenty of water in the river in August (a pleasant change) and little smoke in the air. Fall is getting off to a nice start too. Is it too much to ask for more of the same?
2 comments:
Oh, yes..there you go saying something I won't even dare to say outloud.
If we elect another person that people are most likely to want to drink a beer with, I don't know what in the world I'm going to do.
Seriously - I saw no substance in her speech whatsover. But she looked good doing it (I guess), and everyone knows how well-dressed Oprah's audience looks...just so appealing.
Maybe instead of beer, it'll be the White Zinfandel drinkers.
Ugh.
Agreed.
Palin is not about substance. She is on the ticket merely to solidify the GOP base. They have to keep her away from the media because if she goes off script McCain & Co. won't be able to control what spews forth. But she is new on the scene and the honeymoon won't last. (Let's hope)
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