[Homestead] My political story-isn't it ironic<g>

eureka at hctc.net eureka at hctc.net
Mon Nov 3 20:02:54 EST 2008


That's so sad, Bev, I can imagine how angry you must have 
felt. But I believe we do the best we can with the 
information we have at the moment. Did he have any 
redeeming qualities as governor, or was he a total 
scoundrel?

I didn't vote for W as governor either. He just seemed 
like a buffoon to me then, and time hasn't changed that.

--Sage


On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:43:16 -0500
  EarthNSky <erthnsky at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Sage's mention of working on a political campaign 
>sparked my own memories...
> 
> When I was in college, I got roped into working on a 
>political campaign
> once.  I say 'roped into', but after I got started on 
>it, I actually
> enjoyed it-going to parties and mixers and working with 
>all kinds of new
> people. Drew and maybe a few others will get a kick out 
>of this..I
> worked for George Busbee, a Democrat, the governor of GA 
>after Jimmy
> Carter.   Oh how naive I was in my youth..lol...
> 
> http://www.nndb.com/people/377/000053218/
> Look at those eyes, such a kind and gentle soul...HA
> 
> So anyway, I worked my butt off for him-there is no 
>telling how much
> gasoline I burned in my $200 Ford that was a POS, a car 
>that had been
> used as a mail delivery car and there was no telling how 
>many times the
> odometer had turned over. I could even see the pavement 
>through the
> floorboard. I was working multiple jobs to put myself 
>through school, so
> it was a real sacrifice for me to work on anyone's 
>campaign.  I had to
> go and pick up signs and banners and such and take them 
>to other places,
> organize rallies at Emory, GA Tech, and GA state...it 
>was a lot of work,
> I kid you not.
> 
> At the time, I was estranged from my family and had no 
>contact, but a
> few years later, when things had normalized, somehow the 
>issue of
> campaigning came up and I mentioned that I had worked 
>for the Busbee
> campaign to my mother..lol
> I thought she was going to stroke out.
> As it turns out, years before, he was my adoptive 
>father's divorce
> attorney.  It was Busbee who screwed me over and did not 
>look out for my
> interests when I was 1 year old.  It was Busbee who was 
>able to get my
> father out of his parental duties of things like 
>carrying medical
> insurance on me.  It was Busbee who got my father out of 
>setting aside
> any kind of college fund.  It was Busbee who encouraged 
>my father to
> move out of state so that he would not have to pay child 
>support when
> his income increased.  It was Busbee who advised him to 
>keep moving so
> that my mother would stay off balance and not be able to 
>file a lawsuit.
> 
> So this guy, that I thought I knew, had really affected 
>me personally.
> I know what it is like to be kicked in the stomach by a 
>politician, so I
> hope none of you ever feel that.  There are lots of 
>things named for the
> man in these parts.  I think of all that sweat every 
>time I drive on
> Busbee Parkway.
> 
> B, isn't it ironic, doncha think?
> 
> 
> -- 
> “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. 
>Anger leads to
> hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda
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