Knock on the door...
John Smith: Hello! My name is John Smith and I am running for Senator.
Citizen: Nice too meet you.
John Smith: Are you tired of higher and higher taxes?
Citizen: Yes!
John Smith: Are you for a strong national defense?
Citizen: Yes.
John Smith: Do you think that families are our most important asset?
Citizen: Yes.
John Smith: Well so do I and I would appreciate your vote this November!
Citizen: Oh, I'm sorry. You must be looking for the village idiot. He lives four houses up, but if you would like to have an adult conversation some day...please stop back.
The outside of the envelope typically says something like....Important! We must stop (you put in the issue.) Inside might be ten very challenging questions such as Do you want Hugo Chavez teaching your children? Next there will be a block to check if we want to join the fight, and finally you will have four choices of giving $25, $50, $75 or $100. I read recently where someone asked Yogi Berra if he thought that Joe DiMaggio marrying Marilyn Monroe was a good thing. He answered I don't know if it's a good thing or not but it sure beats rooming with Phil Rizzuto. I get the point but as far as having a conversation, I'll take the Yankee shortstop
John Smith: Hello Ms. Monroe. My name is John Smith and I'm running for Senator.
Marilyn: Oh! Would you get to wear one of those cute black gowns?
John Smith: No, Supreme Court Justices wear those. Are you tired of higher and higher taxes?
Marilyn: I don't know. I've never been any higher in Texas than Houston?
John Smith: Er...Are you for a strong national defense?
Marilyn: Okay!
John Smith: Do you think that families are our most important asset"
Marilyn: Thank-you!
John Smith: What?
Marilyn: Huh?
Thomas Jefferson: "A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to democracy."
Note: I wrote the above few sentences about twelve years ago. Things are different today....on our side of the aisle....as they say in the Congress.....for today.....if one were to listen to 'conservative' talk radio beginning in the morning with Breitbart's Alex Marlow.....and straight on through to midnight....ending with....whatever her name is.....you would not be an informed citizen....but rather just a radio denizen.....someone occupying space.....but with a vote....so an important denizen.....just occupying space.
