WEDNESDAY COMMENTARY – NO, AND NO AGAIN

(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary at 9:50 am and 5:20 pm on Cat Country 98 FM)

SO … WE WAIT.

AT THE TIME OF THIS RECORDING, WE STILL DON’T KNOW THE RESULTS OF THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN VOTES ARE STILL BEING COUNTED AND THE RACE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP HAS TURNED INTO A PHOTO-FINISH.

WHEN MY WIFE WAS LEAVING THE HOUSE THIS MORNING SHE ASKED WHAT THE UPDATE WAS AND I SAID TRUMP CALLED A NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER MIDNIGHT CLAIMING VICTORY AND MAKING ACCUSATIONS OF A FRAUDULENT VOTE.

SHE JUST LAUGHED AND SHOOK HER HEAD, AND HEADED OFF TO WORK.

IT DOESN’T SEEM REAL. BUT DOES ANYTHING THESE DAYS?

I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO POINT OUT MY BACKGROUND IN POLITICS.

FOR YEARS YOU HEARD ME ON ANOTHER RADIO STATION NOT ONLY CALLING HOCKEY AND FOOTBALL GAMES, BUT ALSO EXTOLLING MY VIEWS AS A SASKATCHEWAN FARM KID ON A TALK SHOW.

MY VALUES – INSTILLED IN ME BY MY PARENTS – ARE THESE: I BELIEVE THE HARDER YOU WORK, THE FURTHER AHEAD YOU GET. I DON’T WANT FREE MONEY IF I DIDN’T EARN IT, AND I WANT TO PAY MY OWN WAY AND NOT HAVE TO RELY ON ANYONE ELSE FOR SURVIVAL. (LEAST OF ALL GOVERNMENT.)

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE APPROACHED ME TO RUN BECAUSE THEY FELT MY VIEWS ALIGN WITH THEIRS.

AND ON EACH OCCASION, I SAID NO. AND I DON’T SEE THAT CHANGING ANYTIME SOON.

THE POLITICAL GAME IS DIRTY, DIRTY BUSINESS AND DOESN’T ALIGN WITH WHERE MY LIFE IS GOING. BELIEVE ME, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT IS BAD ENOUGH AND I’VE GOT MY HANDS FULL FORGING A DIFFERENT PATH THERE.

SO FOR NOW, I’M LIKE ALL OF YOU. WAITING FOR THE RESULTS, AND ENJOYING WATCHING THE CIRCUS ALONG THE WAY.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.