Posted on 08/28/2010 1:59:11 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
Lowell, Mass.
Sam Meas isn't your typical congressional candidate. For one thing, the Cambodian refugee doesn't know his birthday.
"I tell people I am 38 years old— plus or minus two years." In 1973, Mr. Meas's father was sent to be "re-educated" by the Khmer Rouge and was never heard from again. During the chaos following the regime's collapse in 1979, Mr. Meas was separated from his mother. He never saw her again. Marching night and day toward the Thai border with a cousin, Mr. Meas recalls stepping over corpses and watching bloated bodies float down jungle waterways.
After years in a Thai refugee camp, in 1986 Mr. Meas was brought to the United States by the aid organization Catholic Charities. ...[excerpted]
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Mr. Meas prefers to identify as a Reagan Republican. Unlike the countless other Reagan votaries in the party, Mr. Meas offers a convincing claim that the 40th president was quite literally his personal savior. "I owe my life to him; he allowed me to come here and he fought Communism," he says.
He has an inspiring life story and it would be great if he actually won. He first has to get through a four-candidate primary before facing Niki Tsongas in the general.
I’ve started to see a few Meas bumper stickers and yard signs popping up.
I hope if Mr. Meas is elected, the first things he does is introduce himself to the other members of the House, particulary the Democrats (because it will drive them nuts,) by saying, “Hi, I am Sambo Meas. My friends call me Sam.”
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