Whether I was walking into a truckstop, convenience store, high-school auditorium, Rotary Club meeting, garage, VFW, American Legion, yard sale, church picnic, grocery store, flea market, nursing home, or funeral parlor, I got the same response: "You are so right!" "The judges
hadn't oughta take that money." "They've been bought now just like all them other politicians." "You just keep up the walk, you want a glass of ice tea?" "How 'bout resting just a spell and put yer feet up?" Farmers, store clerks, grass cutters, beauticians, mayors, shoe salesmen, crack addicts, lawyers, waitresses, reporters, and truck drivers all agreed with me: "It's wrong.