Friday, November 21, 2008
Electoral Dysfunction
In Missouri, they finally finished counting the votes. It appears that Senator John McCain has won that state. He picked up a few more Electoral College votes, which brings his total to 157, and you need 270 to win. Barack Obama still has a comfortable lead of 350. It's been three weeks... I don't think today's announcement will make any difference to the outcome of the presidential election.
In Minnesota (the state that gave us Jessie "The Body" Ventura, former wrestler turned actor, as governor), Democrat and former SNL comedian, Al Franken, and Republican challenger, Norm Coleman, are still locked in a very real election contest and the results could decide if Barack Obama has a filibuster proof house and senate. If Al Franken wins, the Democrats will have 60 seats and two Independents who will side with them. This means that he has a better chance to pass his policies than Bill Clinton did when he took office and was forced to battle tooth and nail with a Republican controlled house and senate. It is a miracle that he was able to achieve what he did in his eight years in office.
The battle in Minnesota has been the source of jokes nationwide, but now it really is important. Only 215 votes, 0.5 % of the state's population, stand between the two and they are leaning toward Republican, Norm Coleman's favor. Today during the recount, they have recovered 100 more votes for Al Franken, which makes this an even closer race.
A few weeks ago, I did a post in which I was telling folks that their vote does count. If this doesn't prove what I was saying, I don't know what will. 100 votes... 100 people. And, I was at a lingerie demonstration a few weeks ago and there were more men than that there yelling and screaming. (We'll discuss why I was there at a later date... maybe another blog post... maybe not at all.) The point I'm making is that so few people can make a very big difference. They can make a campaign that seems like a national joke suddenly mean a whole lot more in the larger scheme of things.
You matter people. We all matter. We all make a difference. That's not some cliched rah-rah sentiment... it's just the truth.
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KEEPING THE FAITH: RANDOM PRAYERS "ON THE DOWNLOAD"
DEAR GOD: My heart is heavy with my own failures. I try to excuse them and explain to myself why they occurred, because I want to be free from the feeling that I am unworthy and incapable of being all that I can be. But I find it easier to accept your forgiveness than to forgive myself. When I try to forgive myself, it seems I only remember and re-play my failures in my mind, and a sense of hopelessness floods over me. Help me to know that my past actions are a part of my growing humanity and that even when I fail to live up to what is your will for me, every single moment can be lived anew. Remind me that refusing to forgive myself only keeps me from experiencing that newness. Assure me of the truth that by casting “my sins into the depth of the sea”, you have freed me to discard them myself and live the next moment as if it were my first, for indeed it is. I ask this for the sake of your love. Amen.
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13 comments:
Great Post Keith...What's this about you at a Lingerie Display-lololol.
Yes Brother,Tell us more about this
Lingerie Display-lololol
Keith,You're a mess- "I was at a lingerie display where there were more men than that, yelling and screaming."-lolol
Good Post Keith...You made a lot of valid points here, points you have emphatically stated before,
now what's this about this lingerie
party you were at?-lolol-I'm sorry,
Icouldn't help it..that was too funny.lololol.
Lingerie Display?? You sure you weren't at a strip club??-lolololol
Too funny!
Leave Keith alone..I always knew he was a playa like that anyway..
Good post brother.
Good Post...Excellent analysis once
again.
If you notice, I made no mention of the "Lingerie Display."
Good Post Keith.....100 guys at a lingerie display?? It wasn't a strip club?? Just had to ask.lololololol.
I assure all of you who have inquired that I was at a respectable event. lolololol.Didn't realize one statement would get so much attention.-lol
Exactly what goes on at a "lingerie demonstration"? Hmmm...
Interesting...
This is a true example of how our votes count. You never know. Good analysis.
And you must speak on the lingerie demo... really.
Like the rest of the gang, I must know the details...
Spit it out Keith... LOL
Also, great points on the MN contest, can you even believe there is only 100 votes between them! WOW
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