EARNEST COMES HOME -- Just A Minute for 10-22-08 Wednesday

            Howdy everyone…

 

            Some days you just can’t squeeze everything in the available minutes… that’s been me all the opening days of this week. Barbara and I went to vote yesterday afternoon… what a crowd… and I understand we were there when the crowd was down a bit. It was late in the afternoon at our Courthouse Square and the line (in my estimation) was long and slow moving. We are used to voting ‘absentee’ because Barb has been an election official (In NC they called her the “Chief Judge” for that precinct) – which means a few extra bucks for extra duties like picking up the supplies and bringing all the stuff – signs etc. – plus the ballots back to the county election HQ – adding a couple of hours to an already LONG day that began well before 6AM to have the poll place ready to open at 7AM… [I may have those times wrong – I’m just the evening chauffer.]

 

            Anyway – this year with the advent of ACORN everything here in SC is different from anything we’ve gone through before.  Barb has been ‘reduced’ to being just a ‘poll worker’ -- the ‘Courier’ here does all the pickup and return work. And the line in the courthouse moved slowly – but the crowd was good humored and mainly black. I think we stood in line for about 45 minutes. Her ‘reason’ for voting absentee was OK… she’s a poll worker. Mine was suspect… having to drive a pollworker to the polls is not sufficient… but being over 65 is. So it wasn’t all for naught. I didn’t hear what reasons the other folks were giving.

 

            The news that ACORN has now been reported doing “illegal” things by the NEW YORK TIMES who had recently poo-pooed the reports of voter fraud as being… well ‘fraudulent.’ Typical MSM media down-putting for those of us on the right.

 

            So… I’m not predicting an upset – but I do think the MSM is seriously out of touch with the mood of a large slice of the electorate. On the other hand… as a conservative hopeful optimist – I’m usually ‘finding what I’m looking for.’  For instance this year Harry Truman’s presidential race in 1948 is my model – but then that was true for me also back in 1964 – All that means is we *all* look at things through our particular prism or bias. I *do* think there are strong cross currents in the election this year – more than any race I’ve experienced in my voting years -- since 1952. [A close second would be when JFK ran against Nixon in 1960.] I’m not smart enough to know what they mean – but I find neither are most of the folks who predict now… or the ones who predicted Dewey’s win over Truman in 1948.

 

            Truman left the Capital in the throes of his lowest popularity ratings…now he’s in the top ten rated Presidents… I think a similar thing may well happen to George W. Bush’s legacy. His major accomplishment is we’ve not had another huge terrorist attack since 9/11 (Praise the Lord) and although on some things he has stumbled – that’s been true of almost every President who has accomplished anything significant. Still…we’re in untraveled country with this election and no matter who wins we’ll still be in that same situation. What’s the safest course? (The question everyone’s asking… of the stock market and of politics?) Of course as I jocularly remind some of my Democrat friends: “The main reason for Democrats is to remind the rest of us why we vote Repubican.” I’m not intending to be offensive. I am much in a favor of the two party system – as in: “It takes one to catch one…”

 

            “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.” Ps. 20:7  That’s the ‘gold standard’ of trust. It gets no more certain than that. [Sorry Mr. Hitchens… if it leaves you out in the cold – or hot. Please come in.]

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack

 

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“JUST A MINUTE”

EARNEST COMES HOME

 

BB: Jist a minit – Did you heer Mr. Jack the New Yawk Times reports on ACORN’s misdeeds?

MizP: Yeah – did you heah Mr. Jack?

Jack: I did, I did – in fact I’ve got a surprise.

HOMER: A surprise? Mr. Jack?

Jack; Right … Go ahead Earnie.

Earn: Thanks – I’m a little scared by my first guest appearance. I’m Earnest K. Nutley from Springfield.

BB: Air you the squirrel that jumped that Army Seargent las Friday.

Earn: That was me. You shudda heard what he called me in squirrel talk.

HOMER: What did he say?

JACK: Uh -- we can’t put that on the air.

Earn: I thot he was a vote stealer… He likes Acorns.

Jack: The New York Times today is reporting illegal activity by ACORN – using charitable donations for political purposes.

Earn: And they’re calling me Earnie the Turnie.

Homer: You mean like Earnie the Turncoat.

Earn: I just wanted people to vote… not steal the election. I think that’s nutty.

HOMER: Oh Earnie…  Ah’m sorry you bein’ persecuted.

Earn: He wasn’t good in squirrel talk… and I thot that Seargent was jeerin’ at me.

Jack: So you jumped him.

Earn: But I din’t hurt him – much

HOMER: He had to go git first aid.

Earn: I know, I just don’t think hit’s American ta' mess up people’s votin.

Jack: Well we don’t either Earnie… thanks for dropping by.  Maybe we can talk some more.

               Meantime we’ve run out of time.  I’m Jack Buttram

 

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