Who do you identify with?  It seems to me that come election
time, people would give some thought to what impact electing one
party or one person over the other would have on the things most
important to them. Of course, family usually comes first, but
tied to the family is that one earns a living to provide for the
necessities of a family. I am constantly amazed at how easily
people are distracted by collateral issues and seem to forget
about voting for their own interests or selecting candidates
with whom they have much in common.  I have noticed recent
columns by a retired schoolteacher. He seems to be an
intelligent fellow. His pieces are certainly well written, but
it comes through loud and clear that he intends to vote against
our current president. Most of the reasons appear to me to come
from blogs or various sources of political rhetoric. What
boggles my mind is how an intelligent, well educated, retired
teacher could give serious thought to casting his lot with the
candidate of a party whose state p