Sarah Silverman for Vice-President

When I spotted this button on Obama's website back in the spring of 2008, I had to get one. What was I doing on his web site anyway . . . I don't know. Maybe for a few minutes I thought I wanted him to be the next U.S. president, as though anything could possibly save U.S. America. Still, I wanted the button. The Hebrew reminded me of my dad reading his yiddish newspapers , or walking past the kosher grocers on the Main when i was ten. They wouldn't ship them outside the U.S. so I asked David in Florida to order me one. When I met Sarah Silverman backstage at the River Rock Casino in March I wanted to leave her with a memento of my undying crush and lacking a fraternity pin I gave her the button, which I had to read to her. (I can read Hebrew but only if I already know what it says.) Lately I've wondered what, if anything, it really meant to her. Well, clearly, it meant a lot because although I'm pretty sure she was probably not a republican previously, she's gone all out for Barack Obama. I've said all along Obama should have chosen Sarah Silverman as his running mate. He'd have won or, at least, I'd have taken up U.S. citizenship and voted for him. Now if he loses McCain will die in office and the wrong Sarah, neo-nazi Pailin, will be president. Oy Gevalt!