Thank you for sharing that. I love hearing these personal stories.
I have actually met a lot of candidates over the years. They all show up here every four years prior to the NH primary. The candidates like it because we are a small state where they can get out among the folks, shake hands and kiss babies. Old fashioned politics.
Amherst & Merrimack, NH have both had 4t of July parades for a hundred years. So, over the years many of the candidates running for President show up. Last year, I think there were five Dems in the parade. The only one I got close to was Tulsi. She looks better on TV.
Over the last 30+ years of living in NH I have personally shook the hand of at least 10+ candidates running including John Kerry, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Biden, Tulsi, Liberman, George HW Bush, and many others I can not remember.
I have also met a lot of the news media types. The Bedford Village Inn(Where FOX NEWS set up last January) is about 8 miles from my house. Some of those women are literally stunning in person. I have been in the bar drinking beers with several media people in years past. This year you could not get near them. They bought out the whole hotel and had police and security keep us riff/raff out.