Damien and the Lepers

The first “greet the candidate” meeting I ever attended was in Salina Kansas. We had 3 State Rep candidates show up to meet the voters. My buddie and I were the only manufacturing company carpetbaggers at the meeting. The other 150 people attending the meeting were government employees. The candidates assured the attendees that they would certainly vote in increase funding for their government departments and agencies. Reagan had just been elected and they were crazy fearing they would lose their jobs.

The panicked neediness in the group reminded me of the scene in the movie “Damien and the Lepers”, when Father Damien had arrived back on Molokai with supplies and was mobbed by his lepers as he stepped off the boat. I began to understand what the “deep state” looks like and whose side our elected officials are really on. It’s government of the government, by the government and for the government.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader