Smelly Politics.

I can't believe it's come to this. I am FORCED to blog on politics. I'm cringing. Involuntarily so.

I recently wrote a post which concluded, "I guess I'm just OUT OF MY MIND! And Richie's a Democrat . . . Don't know which is worse. . . Ha ha ha."

Some have come to view this as an announcement regarding Richie's political affiliation.

Allow me to be as clear and direct as possible to avoid further confusion.

I'd like to make plain the obfuscated (muddled), because clearly my attempt at (a however loose) double entendre was tenuous (weak) to say the least.

The post was a silly exploration of the right and left brain. In North American English (and I'm assuming the English language in general) the terms "right and left" also characterize a person's political amalgamation (mingling, fusion). The post began with Donkeys (democrats) and Elephants (republicans) dueling to the death and ended upon my discovery that I am not right or left brained (thus "out of my mind"), and my husband is in fact LEFT BRAINED and therefore . . . "A DEMOCRAT."

This clarification is, trust me, completely irrelevant to anyone who has ever been in the same room with my husband for more than 90 seconds. This very morning in fact, he announced his plans to join Mitt Romney's campaign here in Hawaii.

I am also not announcing his affiliation with the Republican agenda. If there is going to be a political "coming out of the closet" so to speak (not that there is necessarily a closet to come out of), I'll let Richie open that door for himself.

Where do I stand politically? I focus on the politician and their "agenda" and not their particular affiliation. Vague enough for you? I daresay yes. Hmm, perhaps I should consider a career in politics. . . then I could save the world one donkey and elephant (democrat and republican) at a time. (Just to clarify, politicians tend to be vague and thus my vague declaration of my political platform perhaps qualifies me to one day enter the wonderful world of Eeyore's and Dumbos. . . donkeys and elephants. . . democrats and republicans. . . politics).

Phew. All is right with the world! You can rest easy tonight; Richie is NOT a democrat.

Silly me, and I though I was being clever.