Take someone along w/you to the polls.

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.

She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be an Obama Democrat."

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Republican."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are -- or where you are going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault."

COMMENT:You are hearing from political pundits that the party of President Obama, the Democratic Party will not do well during the upcoming election. It's an easy call based on historical fact (the party in power always loses seats). A big reason according to a poll by the Pew Research Center is that we (minorities) tend to not vote in mid-term elections. Let's change that. It's clear that the Republican Party has no interest in helping the President fix the economy or anything else and if they regain power the country will be in far worse shape. We all know that the withering attacks that this President faces daily are really racially motivated. In spite of how the media couches their words we know that white (tea party) America does not believe he should be President under any circumstances.

The President has done some good things and he deserves our support. This could be the most important midterm of our generation, encourage your family and friends to participate; the party that got us into this mess are trying to compound what they did, do not allow this to happen. If the Democrats lose control of the Congress the Republicans will not help Obama to govern, thus he becomes a lame duck and the country will be headed over the cliff.

I thought this was pretty good. Don't know who wrote it.

The Debate

I wasn't impressed with the debate. Gov. Sarah Palin did not answer questions and sure she was too flip/sarcastic. But people are scared and are looking for a leader who is experienced to get us out of this mess, not someone who spin stuff with a flip statement. She couldn't even pronounce names. Plus how do you solve problems if you don't meet and sit down? Shoot first and talk later is their theme. She was evasive and kept winking and giggling and was being so sarcastic. I don’t need to like my President; (giggling and smiling like in a pageant) I just want him to have the best interest of the country, be respected and is able to build relationships. I want him to have good negotiating skills and have a team that simply knows what they are doing. I simply was not impressed.

Anybody who puts Gov. Palin and Senator McCain in just because they don’t want a Black man in office deserves what they are going to get and that is sad. But if you are going to cut your own neck to stop the best candidate because of his skin color, don’t start crying about losing your job, home, money, and faith when you allowed your prejudice to pick a team that could care less about you. Look at the economy today as compared to when President Bill Clinton was in office. You can say all the negative stuff you can about Clinton, but truth be told we were better off as a people, as a country than ever. Do you want the same Republican Party in who caused this mess and who even wants to repair it with more of the same? If you do, then I pray for you.

Senator Biden simply won the debate and he and Senator Obama should simply win the election. That’s all I need to say about the subject. It is what it is!