powerful lesson

I learned an important, first-hand lesson about politics and power as a young radio reporter in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. The provincial government released a budget. The finance minister, on a media tour, showed up in a big black Caddy with an entourage. I was intimidated. Fast forward a few months. He lost his seat and went back to teaching high school. Same election, Roy Romanow lost his seat to a 23-year-old gas station attendant. I met him and we discussed the loss. He eventually regained a seat and led his party to serve as Premier of Sask. from 1991 to 2001. This is how a democracy works. Voters give political power and take it away. Everybody needs to remember this, presidents and everybody else.