{"id":304,"date":"2012-02-19T20:05:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T20:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/squirreltale.com\/garneredimages\/?p=304"},"modified":"2015-07-28T13:46:37","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T18:46:37","slug":"on-the-road-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/squirreltale.com\/garneredimages\/?p=304","title":{"rendered":"On The Road Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, actually it’s the trail again.\u00a0 The 2012 campaign trail.\u00a0 I’m working for the Michigan 9th Congressional district Volaric campaign<\/a> so that means getting out and about and the opportunity to meet with other candidates up close and personal.\u00a0 And lots of photo ops.<\/p>\n

Shooting politicians is a lot like shooting wildlife.\u00a0 I find a good vantage point and wait for my subject to do something interesting.\u00a0 Harder are the “meet & greet” photos everyone wants\u00a0so they have a\u00a0record of their 15 seconds in the immediate presence of someone they think is special.\u00a0 Because it is for posterity, they want to look their best and I do my best to make it so, though sometimes it takes a good deal of cajoling to get a nice smile out of them.<\/p>\n

Even though it’s work, I find it’s pretty fun most of the time.\u00a0 It’s certainly very different from my regular day job, and I don’t mean just because the ego displays are hideously and exponentially more pronounced.\u00a0 It is seeing and\u00a0having the opportunity to speak\u00a0with people from a very broad swath of society, people with whom I’d probably never interact simply because our paths have no other reason to cross.\u00a0 Just regular folks who choose to take time out of their busy lives to exhibit their faith in the American institutions of government by participating in the process\u00a0(which I personally think everyone should do, regardless their party affiliation).<\/p>\n

The first big event this year was the Oakland County Republicans Lincoln Dinner on February 16th.\u00a0 With Michigan a serious campaign stop for GOP candidates, this event was extremely well-attended; some 1,400-odd people bought tickets for the chance to meet and hear Rick Santorum, Ann Romney and Reverend C.L. Bryant<\/a> as the headline speakers.<\/p>\n

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Our governor, Rick Snyder, spoke as well.<\/p>\n

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Of course I wasn’t the only one there to record the event.\u00a0 The media showed up en masse<\/em>,\u00a0 from the local to the national stations and they had a whole big stand set up right across from the stage.<\/p>\n

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One of my favorite personal moments was chatting with this group of veterans as I wandered around the hall in search of my MIA assignment who had disappeared into its vast recesses on a mission of shaking hands with potential voters.\u00a0 I have a very deep appreciation for those who are willing to put their lives on the line for the rest of us so being able to thank these veterans\u00a0from\u00a0Lovewell-Hill VFW Post 2502<\/a>\u00a0in South Lyon\u00a0was special.<\/p>\n

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I eventually did catch up with Don.<\/p>\n

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