[Pete]

"I don't want him hammered about things we're not sure of," said Jerry Burkett, a Republican farmer who lives near Portales.

I hope his crop of Republicans hasn't been damaged by all the rain.

[Coldwater Creek]

What rain? Burkett'problem is probably that his mother did not know how to put wet sheets up at the windows to keep the sand from blowing in and it all went through Bill's ears into his brain.