All of this corona virus crap has me feeling a little salty this morning so I might as well tear into our local politics, which we haven't discussed yet. John250, you are going to have to help us make sense of all of this.
Growing up in a middle class family in the 60's, 70's and 80's under two parents that were non-college educated, factory workers, "I", was very fortunate to have some pretty good people for teachers and mentors along the way.
When I was 14, I went to work for a guy that was building a home across the street from my house. (we were living in the suburb/country at this point). This man was a divorced part time home builder, who in evenings, weekends and on vacations had built a total of 55 homes. He worked full time as an Electric Shop supervisor for our local Kaiser Aluminum plant. (huge facility). And he also was a Navy Reservist (30+ years when he finally retired), who's service occupation was Flight Engineer for Navy P-3 submarine hunters.
This began a friendship and working relationship that lasted 27 years before he died. He was instrumental to getting me rolling down my career path, and he had forgotten more than most people around me ever knew. My parents thought the world of the man, and were forever grateful to the positive influence that he had on me.
So anyway, back in the 90's I was at his house one evening and I spotted a signed photo of Bill Clinton on his refrigerator. Now bear in mind, this was at the beginning of his 1st presidential term before all of the scandals. The old man had mailed him a campaign contribution.
Kind of surprised by this, I commented that I didn't realize you were a democrat? (of course being young, I hadn't considered that he'd been a blue collar/white collar factory worker for all those years). "And of all the democrats, I can't believe you'd support Clinton?".
He gave me a simple direct response that I've never forgotten and have learned to be somewhat accurate. He said, "I used to be a Republican, but without fail, every time they get into power, they step on their on D**K's"!
Fast forward to July 2020. And now we have this wonderful scandal with the Ohio House Republicans. And perfect timing I might add.
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