Here we go again. This is not in any way attributable to David Letterman. It's a satirical take-off (and not a very funny one at that) of a David Letterman-style Top 10 list. Why not have the subject line read "Ron Ristad - Why I Vote Democratic"? It would have exactly the same degree of authenticity and it wouldn't be any less humorous. Back to the Ignore List for you-know-who. 73, Richard Freedland Miami Sent from my iPad. On May 1, 2014, at 8:35 AM, Ron Ristad <ristad@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > #10. I vote Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I > want. I've decided to marry my German Shepherd. > > #9. I vote Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a > gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon at 15% > isn't. > > #8. I vote Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of > spending the money I earn than I would. > > #7. I vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is > offended by it. > > #6. I vote Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I > know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and > thieves. > > I am also thankful that we have a 911 service that get police to your home in > order to identify your body after a home invasion. > > #5. I vote Democrat because I'm not concerned about millions of babies being > aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive and comfy and get sex > change operations if they want one on the tax payers dime. > > #4. I vote Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free > health care, education, and Social Security benefits, and we should take away > Social Security from those who paid into it. > > #3. I vote Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed > to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest > away to the government for redistribution as the Democrat Party sees fit. > > #2. I vote Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the > Constitution every few days to suit fringe kooks who would never get their > agendas past the voters. > > #1. And, the #1 reason I vote Democrat is: > because I think it's better to pay billions of U. S. dollars for oil to > people who hate us, but not drill our own because it might upset some > endangered beetle, gopher or fish here in America. We don't care about the > beetles, gophers or fish in those other countries. > > > ....