Republican friends. We all have them. Admit it. The last person to bring your family a casserole when you just got out of surgery was a Republican. Republicans really care about people. They have the best comfort recipes. Let’s not let them go at this point.
I have Republican friends. They want to like McCain, they’d really, really like to like Palin, but they are as different from Palin as I am. That’s why we’re friends. We’re real and she isn’t. Neither is he. He used to be, but for the last four years, he gave up the hard work of being who he is, and just started cashing the checks. I can’t blame him—he’s old, and surely he must be as tired right now as he was when he was living in a hole in Vietman. Standing over that hole, blocking the light, was a Vietnamese man, and now it is Sarah Palin, who is telling him that she knows more than he does, so maybe he should just shut up. Ah, the arrogance of ignorance. Ah, the comfort of being a POW. Which John is again. Isn’t it funny how our old stuff comes back to haunt us?
The election is coming near. We’ve bitched and moaned to our good, Democratic friends. We’ve preached to the choir. Now is the time to call up our old Republican friends, those folks from high school, or the job we had after we graduated. Those folks we really liked, but we’ve lost touch with. Last night I called Carole. We lived together 19 years ago. Her kids liked me, and I was totally surprised to hear that they still do like me. Wow! Is that cool or what? We began by talking about what affects all of us—the money problem. She admitted that she wasn’t about to vote for McCain, but she didn’t think Obama could do the job. We talked about that a bit, and I pointed out that McCain was old, and not that healthy, and would she really want President Palin? No way, she admitted. Even Obama was better than that. Bingo! What with her kids liking me and the fact that she now felt better about voting for Obama, it was absolutely worth those cell phone minutes!
So, my friends (to quote John), call your Republican friends. Talk to them. You already like them, so you’ll have lots to say, lots to catch up with. Tell them about McCain’s age, and how Palin has charged the state of Alaska for all those trips she took with her kids, and how she’ll continue to do that just because she does just what she wants, regardless of ethics or laws. She’s the perfect Republican, for sure, but what happened to our money? Do we want to continue down the road we’ve traveled for the last 8 years? Call them, ask them. Don’t be rude, just say one thing, the right thing, the one fact that fits for them. They’re all waiting to hear from you—they want a way out of voting for people who are even worse than the ones we’ve had for the last 8 years. And we didn’t think that was possible.
What have you got to lose?
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