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Bravissimo!

Submitted July 10, 2008 - 12:38 pm by Allan Brauer

Al, you have outdone yourself.  Thanks for this post.

I also keep my sense of perspective because I do more than sit at my computer all day reading and commenting on the election (OK, not a LOT more, but more).

When I go door-to-door, or work the Obama table at an event that is not Democratic-activist centered (like I did over the 4th of July weekend), NOT ONE PERSON has asked about FISA.

People ask me about the wars.  People ask about the economy.  People ask about who Obama's VP will be.  People ask me about Obama's position on gun ownership.  At an LGBT pride event, many asked about Obama's positions on issues critical to our community.

FISA?  Nope.

I also use my mom as a source.  She's a Republican in her 70s, lives in a small town in southeastern Alaska, may see the evening news a few times a week and reads her local weekly paper.

When the MSM is whipping a stray comment or non-story into a frenzy and I'm getting frantic about it, I'll call her and ask her what she thinks.  Most of the time, she doesn't know what I'm talking about.

And she believes Obama will win the election.

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