WHAT'S WRONG WITH A LITTLE SOCIALISM
I voted yesterday, In my small county there was over 1,400 early votes cast Monday which was the first day for early voting. Being in a Red State I heard a few comments about socialism while standing in line, but for the most part the people in line were very politite to each other. My only comment to the elderly man behind me in line was that Social Security and Medicare were socialistic programs and that every modern country has to have an acceptable mixture of captilism and socialism. The key in my opinion is finding a compassionate mixture. His wife grinned and agreed with me. For some reason I think that couple cancelled themselves out.
I felt good about voting today. I always vote early so I can spend election day working the van to and from the polls. When I got to my office I found out that my 4x8 YOUR DADDY WAS RIGHT-VOTE DEMOCRAT sign had been stolen from my front yard. Since this was a special order sign I couldn't replace the sign, so I went to the headquarters and bought a 4x4 OBAMA-BIDEN sign and put it up in it's place. Being a Democrat in a red state is so interesting.
After I had voted and was leaving the polls a group of high school seniors (about 15) showed up and knowing me from having spoken in their high school civics class along with a representative of the Republician party, they asked me to wait around in case they had any problems. I looked at their voter registration cards and assured them they would have no problems, but pointed out the Democratic poll watcher to them in case they did. Our "excused absence" high school program for students wanting to vote looks to me like it might pay off locally for Obama since they all came up to me when they saw me. I have no doubt that Obama just got 15 votes right there. It was fun watching young people getting in line to vote for the first time.
The Democrats might fly in under the radar this year in Texas. I hope so.
The "Joe The Plumber" news reminds me of a plumber-lawyer joke: A man has a stopped up sink, so he calls his local plumber. The plumber arrives and fixes the problem in 10 minutes and then hands the man a bill for $75. The man looks at his watch and comments that that is a charge of $450.00 per hour. He states: "I'm a lawyer and I don't charge that much per hour." The plumber responds: "I know, when I was a lawyer, I didn't either."
I felt good about voting today. I always vote early so I can spend election day working the van to and from the polls. When I got to my office I found out that my 4x8 YOUR DADDY WAS RIGHT-VOTE DEMOCRAT sign had been stolen from my front yard. Since this was a special order sign I couldn't replace the sign, so I went to the headquarters and bought a 4x4 OBAMA-BIDEN sign and put it up in it's place. Being a Democrat in a red state is so interesting.
After I had voted and was leaving the polls a group of high school seniors (about 15) showed up and knowing me from having spoken in their high school civics class along with a representative of the Republician party, they asked me to wait around in case they had any problems. I looked at their voter registration cards and assured them they would have no problems, but pointed out the Democratic poll watcher to them in case they did. Our "excused absence" high school program for students wanting to vote looks to me like it might pay off locally for Obama since they all came up to me when they saw me. I have no doubt that Obama just got 15 votes right there. It was fun watching young people getting in line to vote for the first time.
The Democrats might fly in under the radar this year in Texas. I hope so.
The "Joe The Plumber" news reminds me of a plumber-lawyer joke: A man has a stopped up sink, so he calls his local plumber. The plumber arrives and fixes the problem in 10 minutes and then hands the man a bill for $75. The man looks at his watch and comments that that is a charge of $450.00 per hour. He states: "I'm a lawyer and I don't charge that much per hour." The plumber responds: "I know, when I was a lawyer, I didn't either."