Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Gus is Barking for Barack

My pal Gus shared this oldie but goodie post from when he was in Iowa and this wonderful story about his Uncle Ray who has since passed:

I know that Barack Obama is in Iowa this summer. My Uncle Ray was very excited about him before he died. He told Dad one day that if he was still alive when it is time to vote, he was gonna vote for that "Italian fella with the Democrats." And Dad was confused, he said "Rudy Guliani?" And Uncle Ray said, "No, NO, he is a Republican now anyway. You know, that Italian fella whose name ends in an A!" And he got pretty mad at dad when dad couldn't figure out who he was talking about. Finally muzzer came through the living room. She said "I think he means Barack Obama." Uncle Ray said, "Yeah, that's him. Good lookin fella, looks like Marie's relatives." And muzzer just rolled her eyes. And Dad had a coughing fit. And Aunt Marie said "TCH, RAYMOND!" Sometimes with Uncle Ray, you weren't quite sure whether he was pulling your leg or having a bout of dementia when he said things like that.

Vote for the Italian fella! (My ma ape calls him our Irish future president O'Bama! Like me, you can project your own favorite breed onto him!). But, Gus, when he wins you might need to rethink your baseball allegiances:

Root root root for the Cuuuuuubies!

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