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Ever since the early days of my very first blog, Oh How I Love Jesus, and then on to my tenure at the second blog, which is political, I have enjoyed the friendship I have developed with reader David.
He is a very special person and I even ask how his wife and his “freeloaders” are. His freeloaders are his dogs and cats.
Until today I hadn’t seen him on this blog commenting and I want to tell you and him what a thrill it was to see his comments. I feel as though I’ve found a long-lost friend, even though we have kept up with each other by email.
David switched party registration to Republican last year, but he’s not going to vote a straight ticket any more than I am on local issues, at least.
He is not far right or far left. I would call him a moderate with a voice of reason when he does speak.
David is an attorney and knows some well-known people, but is just as down to earth as anyone could get. He works for his county and has a lot to do with various Indian tribes in his state. He especially helps oversee elections for the Native American tribes.
He has a very deep concern for victims of abuse, whether they be women raped or abused by their spouse or boyfriend, or children who suffer from abuse by anyone.
His parents were killed in an automobile accident when he was 16 years old and he lived alone with his brothers overseeing him.
He has wonderful memories of his parents, who sound like they were saints, and has overseen the raising of at least one niece after his brother passed away.
I cannot sing his praises enough and I can honestly tell you if I am not fortunate enough to meet him in this life I look forward to meeting him in Heaven. He’s that great a guy!
One more thing I know about David, and just found out recently by accident. He has an AKC champion Corgi.
David, please keep visiting us and keep us all straight. 
You made my day today! 
david Says:
June 7th, 2007 at 10:11 amVisit david
Thank you for the kind words. My family and the freeloaders are all well. The Corgi is off to a show in Flagstaff tonight.
I have a hard time labeling myself politically, because I’m very conservative on some issues and liberal on others. I believe a thoughtful person examines each issue carefully and adopts his/her own stance, not parrot some party line–which might not even effect my state.
On local issues, I often find no difference between the parties. If you sat in on our County Commission meetings, you would have no clue of anyone’s party affiation. In the last election, the GOP candidate for assessor was a taxi driver and the Democrat was a CPA and certified appraiser. Obviously, I voted Democrat. We’re odd in my state politically in other respects, which I like. Our municipal and judicial elections are non-partisan. I worked for a city for 10 years without ever learning the political affiliation of the Mayor or any council members. Our judges are chosen by a Judicial Selection Committee, who then submits the top candidates to the Governor for appointment. The Committee is equally balanced between Republicans and Democrats and consists of lawyers, other judges and citizens. The Dean of the Law School presides, but only votes to break a tie. She’s never had to do so in our history. Our Governor, a Democrat, has appointed both Democrats and Republicans to the bench. The Judges then must stand for retention in the next general election without a political affiliation noted. They have to get 57% of the vote to be retained. I think my point is–I may actually have one–is that national politics do not always translate well on the local level. I hope to be a thoughtful voter in all elections and I hope to never chose a candidate only because they have a D or an R behind their name. That’s a significant factor to me in national elections, but never the deciding factor.
~J~ Says:
June 7th, 2007 at 10:20 amVisit ~J~
I meant every word I wrote, David, and then some.