A funny political oops I was a part of today.
I live in a small town. The mayor of my town lives right across the street from me. I have known him for a while and we are friends. I go out to get my mail today and he is in his garage moving a few things. I walk over and give him a hand moving a few heavy items. Afterward we are sitting around in the garage having a cold beer and shooting the shit. A guy walks up. He is wearing khaki pants and a nice shirt. He introduces himself by saying, "My name is Nick I'm running for mayor and was hoping I could count on your vote."
My neighbor introduces himself as the current mayor and Nick immediately turns red faced with embarrassment. He didn't even know what the current mayor looked like, where he lived or anything like that. Like I say, its a small town so it's not like it is a big secret who the guy is or where he lives.
My neighbor invited him to sit, have a beer and talk about the campaign and the city, but the guy apologized and hauled ass out of there. It was kind of funny.
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