My mentor and dear friend, Michael Ballew, called and said “Hey, I got a gig for you”. At the time, I was his bass player.
Me…”Where?”
Ballew…”George Bush’s inaugural at the Erwin Center”.
Me…”Oh”…..”OK”
Well, I am a lifelong Democrat but I wouldn’t turn down that gig just because I didn’t vote for him. When I met him, in the hallway, he seemed perfectly nice. I met ONE other Democrat when I was there. We bonded over conversation.
None of that talk was hateful and to this day, I don’t really dislike Bush. I didn’t really like a lot of what his administration stood for and I STILL think Cheney is Satan but I always ‘felt” that George Bush was a good-hearted person. Even at the height of my disdain for his policies I never hated him. It’s heartbreaking to see the hostility in politics today.
My Entertaining Life-Steve Carter 