TED HAYES as "Uncle Sam"
photo courtesy of Bright Photography
hosting courtesy of daviddennis
"Is the black gentlemen in the Uncle Sam suit a FReeper? He looks familiar,"
That is Ted Hayes. He has for some 20 odd years been in the media for being an advocate for the homeless here in LA. I first saw him in 1993 where he was involved with the "Dome Village" in downtown(he is still involved BTW).
Was surprised to see him with us 2 years ago when we FReeped he Oscars and did not get a chance to really meet him and talk.
Much different this year. I met him when we met Thursday night to make signs for this FReep and we got to know each other better. I really like this man as he has seen clear to the conservative POV. He has a lot of creative ability, is charismatic, DEPENDABLE and energetic.
His people skills are awesome(you should have seen how beautifully he handled the "traffic jam" that existed on our corner!)with irate wheelchair bound protesters, to fellow black people that at first thought he looked out of place with our "conservative" rally, to gangster types, to cute little kids, and to anyone that didn't understand the purple finger.
Oh, and he sings quite well too. Shoulda heard him lead "God Bless America" and "America the Beautiful" and "The Star Spangled Banner" along with"Yankee Doodle Dandy". This guy is my age, so "American Idol" is not an option. Too bad.
Anyway, he has some new ideas about bringing the black community around to realizing that the liberals(especially the liberal black PREACHER leaders)are not helping them, and that conservatives are the only ones that have EVER helped the black community. He is teaching the foundation of the Republican Party as the party that fought and eliminated slavery in the U.S. I will be communicating at length with him about the ideas he has for truly bringing a revolution of conscientiousness to South LA.