TIME also treats us this week to a commentary from Elizabeth Gilbert, author of something called Eat, Pray, Love.
It seems Ms. Gilbert just can?t understand why her dad doesn?t support Barack Obama:
So why can’t I leave it alone? I’ve become obsessed with my father’s vote, losing sleep over it, worrying about it so much that you’d swear this entire election hinged on one man’s choice. Nothing could be further from the truth, actually. My dad votes Republican in the Democratic-leaning state of Connecticut. As he himself assures me, his vote will mean nothing in 2008. Yet it somehow means everything to me.
Ms. Gilbert, your father doesn?t have a problem. You do.
If you?d like to learn more about why your dad has yet to join the Obama bandwagon, you might find some clues here, here, and here.
