Wednesday, April 5, 2006, 8-Mile Road

The Scene

Republican Club Candidate Night, 6 p. supper; 7 p. meeting, at the Anderson Township Heritage Center, Eight Mile Road at Forest Road. (That's a sleepy intersection, so I was on Eight Mile and Beechmont Avenue.)

The traffic was pretty heavy.

Sometimes I held the sign up as high as I could.

For a change, I had a serious photographer taking pictures.

There were the usual head shakers, thumb-downers, and bird flippers, and a "bush is a great president" yeller, but most of the action was from people in support of the message. Lots of beeps, waves, thumbs-up, and calls of "we care" and "we're with you!"

Our photographer of the day, Al the electrician, was impressed with how much support I got, and how little negativity there was, given the location. I was surprised, too.

So Al took a lot of pictures and a lot of people got to see me and the sign, including a few from my work.

Not that I was being shy.

Or holding back any opinions.

And it was a beautiful day, weather-wise.

But then, truth is good whatever the weather.

So there I stood, a nearly old man with a too big sign.

Being photographed by an outstanding electrician.

And he even took a turn with the sign.

More fun later,

Ray

Written April 5, 2006