Meeting the Candidates
[Sorry for the light posting lately... it's midterm season! Ha!]
This past week, I met the candidates. After working with Campus Republicans and Bob Marshall (for Kansas Senate, District 13) in a Get out the Vote registration drive on Tuesday, we walked in the Pittsburg State University Homecoming Parade for Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), KS State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins (for U.S. Congress, KS-2), and my friend, Bob Marshall. We handed out balloons and passed out palm cards and candy. Some of the looks we got from “obvious” Democrats were pretty funny, too. Many wouldn’t even let their children take our candy or balloons!
However, there was one woman in particular who definitely brightened my week. I was passing out palm cards, saying “Pat Roberts!” She looked at me in disbelief and said, “Pat Roberts?! You’re a Republican? Oh my goodness!” (I’m a college student and we both live in a very Democratic county in Kansas). Then, she saw my McCain-Palin pin and cried out, “Him, too?! Oh, my goodness! Give me a hug!” After she released me from her bear hug, she threw her hands in the air and cried out, “Thank you so much! Oh, thank you!” This was all during the parade, mind you!
After a very successful parade (I passed out probably around 300 palm cards, and there were five or six of us), we headed up to the Crawford County GOP booth at the tailgate before the game. Neither Roberts nor Jenkins were able to make it to the parade (Lynn made it all the way to Pittsburg before something happened in Topeka and she had to go back), but the Senator met us at the booth.
Here are some pictures:
Sen. Pat Roberts and I
I even had a “Roberts for Senate” shirt on earlier in the day. Unfortunately, my eyes were closed in this one…
Homecoming Parade for Roberts
Bob Marshall and I:
Bob Marshall and I
I really like Bob. He doesn’t seem like a “normal” politician, and he really listened to my advice. It was a nice take on “democracy,” I thought.
I had really hoped to meet Lynn Jenkins, because I think she’ll do big things when she’s elected to Congress, but I guess now I’ll have to wait until she comes back to Pittsburg!
Remember to support your local GOP candidates financially and especially by voting on November 4th!
