November 8th marks the midterm elections. I am happy to report I am still a Republican. I believe I will stay that way until I pass on anyway. Two years ago, I noticed my status changed from Republican to Democrat. I was unaware of this change. I fixed it, but first I took a photo and posted it on social media asking if it had happened to anyone else. Long story short it was shared over three thousand times with many folks commenting the same thing happened to them.
I finally got my 60 seconds of fame
I was amazed when Lars Larson called me on this. He had seen my post and asked if I would go on the air with him. I did, and I got my 60 seconds of fame. It is said that this happens to everyone at least once in their life. I was hoping to ride this fame for as long as I could. Surprisingly, it did not make any dramatic change in my life, positively anyway. It might have had something to do with me choking up and not being able to make any intelligent conversation.
I choked big time.
The minute the live broadcast came on I froze, barely said a word, and what I did say sounded baffling & incoherent. My wife had a more direct analysis, she thought babbling idiot was the best description. I miss the days when we were first married, and she would at least lie and say, “you did just fine honey.” I know I bombed my first nationwide radio broadcast, but she does not need to keep reminding me. Often, for pure entertainment purposes, my wife loves to play my 2-minute radio interview for family and friends. Yes, it is embarrassing but the worst part is they are all calling me Joe now.
Have you watched any of the debates?
I have watched a dozen live debates for different elections, and I find it difficult to determine which politician is telling the truth. I did notice a common theme throughout though; they all blamed the previous administration for making all the wrong decisions. My research found one candidate who ran for president that never once blamed the previous administration for everything imaginable. I had to go back 225 years, but I did in fact find that George Washington was the only politician in the history of the United States to not blame all the current problems in America on the previous administration.
I want my friends back!
I look forward to December when my friends go back to their day jobs and retire from being experts in political commentary. I will end this column with one last thought; be thankful the midterms are in November. Since the weather tends to be on the cooler side it may be the only time a politician’s hands are in their own pocket and not yours!
Greg Rosen is a father, Husband, Realtor, and humorist writer for several major newspapers. Questions or comments can be sent to [email protected].