I may be a "damyankee" but isn't this post a slander on Southern marksmanship? (Oh, I forgot! it's a Glock 40. The Rebs (sorry, guys) always did like the 44 or the 45)

A man was in a pond about 40 feet from the dock on which were two liferings with 30 foot ropes. He was struggling to keep afloat and calling for help. A democrat and a republican heard his calls and came running. The democrat threw him a lifering which landed right on him but the democrat didn't tie it off and was unable to pull the man in. The republican tied off his rope and threw the second lifering in the direction of the man but of course it landed 10 feet short. The republican urged the now drowning man to swim the 10 feet to the lifering so that he could pull him to the dock. All seemed lost. Suddenly a Libertarian came running down the dock and dived into the water, then swam out to the nearly drowned man and dragged him to shore where he left him to clear his own lungs.