New Year, New Alternator

Today I was blessed by my friend, and the candidate I work for. He fixed my car. I have an 12 year old minivan that was given to me 3 years ago. It has had little issues here and there as any old car has. But I am able to fix it for far less than a new car. This last repair came at a time when I just did not have the money to pay the mechanic. And we had just paid to get my husband's 11 year old car a new starter. So it sat till I could get the money for the part. Not a big deal, we had taken a break from our homeschool group, so we did not really have to go anywhere.

For Christmas my father offered to buy the part. I just had to provide the person. So Troy Stanley, Candidate for U.S. House came by and pulled the part. He came by today since we had gotten the new part & put it all back together.

I had to laugh, cause he is preparing to go to an event tonight in Lake City, and yet, here he was, putting in an alternator and new battery in my car so I could have it to go to the grocery store tomorrow. How more 'of the people' can you get. He is in touch with the reality of 90% of his constituents. He knows what it is like to know that you have to sometimes make a schedule to use the one car you have, or maybe two cars shared between 4 driving adults, 3 of whom are in college.

This year at the Christmas party for the local Republican party, we saw our opponent. I say saw because he never came to say hello to our group. We were waiting there, and even attempted to get close...but no. A brief moment he granted the gathering. That was it. No Merry Christmas greeting. No having some soda or a couple meatballs with the people who he works FOR! Not a show of gratitude to the group that is instrumental in getting him in this office he holds.

Why? What emotion, or character trait prevented him from greeting his opponent with a friendly hello, handshake & 'may the best man win' joke? Has he become so distant from the people he works for?

And I wonder, could you imagine him coming by a friends house on the way to a campaign stop to install an alternator? I doubt the idea of having an 11/12 year old van would even be something he would entertain. Perhaps, all our politicians should be required to drive what their average constituent drives.
Wouldn't that be a wake up call to all those in that Ivory Rotunda in Washington.

~~v