I don’t claim to be a political aficionado…however, I do my best to keep up and make informed, educated decisions.  A scary thing happened while I was out shopping today.  I ran into a very friendly store clerk who seemed to want to chat, or shall I say, tell me her life story.  You know the type.  Well, as I was leaving the store, she says to her clerk friend, “Boy, that’s still bugging me….I really can’t think of his last name!”  She then turned to me and said, “Hey!  Maybe you can help!  We have been wracking our brains all morning trying to remember Obama’s last name.  Do you know what it is?” 

I truly hope that I controlled my face enough so as not to embarrass the poor lady.  With a smile, I responded, “You’ve already remembered his last name!  His first name is Barack.”  It frightens me that at this point in the game, (and yes, it is a game) there are people out there who don’t know the names of the contestants…er, I mean candidates. 

It reminds me of the time in college when a classmate showed me a map of the world and asked me where the United States was on the map.  She didn’t have a clue, and was about to teach a mock lesson in geography in ten minutes.  Yikes!