Public Eye

At my mother's family's annual O'Brien reunion last week in the Palo Duro Canyon of the Panhandle of Texas, friendly fire broke out between supporters of the two presidential candidates.

First the young people of our cabin papered the front door with the above Obama propaganda.

Then Uncle Johnny O'Brien's cabin turned into McCain HQ. John, 91, was once a Nixon delegate to the national GOP convention, after all.

Others such as my cousin Emily O'Brien, pictured below with her daughter Exie, came back with Another O'Brien for O'Bama necklaces.

It was declared a draw.

And it won't be the big O'B himself, but it turns out possible vice-presidential material Bill Richardson will be back in his old hometown soon:

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