I may be weird, but I admit to believing that we are not only what we eat, but what we breathe, see, listen to, feel, and smell.* In other words, we are a constant feedback machine or sorts.* We create our own tinted lenses that we see through as a result of all the influences we subject ourselves to.* I don't think being known buy the company we keep is sad - it is acknowledging reality - which seems increasingly difficult to do for many people.*

Don't get me wrong.* I agree that if the company we keep is anything like the company Barack keeps, it is very sad.* But it is accepting reality to acknowledge that Barack is influenced by that company.* And in his case, the company does not reflect an influence that is helpful to our country.*

By the way - I am not excited about any of the candidates - but feel that two of them have considerable baggage that is bad for the nation and are to be avoided. And that "baggage" is a result primarily from the company they keep, most notably Bill on one hand, and the America-damning radicals on the other (not just Jeremiah).*

You see, I believe that people can influence other people, for good or bad.* I would consider myself quite out of touch if I did not realize this.