There are good men and women who have partisan allegiances, but those perspectives do not prevent them from being able to reach beyond political blinders.
One case in point is Jody Powell, who died last week.
He was a partisan but not of the loud, boisterous type. He was a Democrat. He worked hard for Jimmy Carter and continued doing so long after his time in the White House ended. He held certain beliefs and never forgot those who shaped his life. President Carter was one of those who clearly molded a young man from Vienna, Ga. In a different time, Jody would have been an extraordinary professor of American history. He was, but you did not receive college credit for his lessons.
Jody’s life took a different path that led him to the Statehouse in Georgia and the White House in Washington. But he never forgot how he got there or from where he came.
Although I am not of his party Jody Powell was surprisingly refreshing whose self-effacing style was a welcomed relief.
God Bless him. He will be missed.
Intercessor
The young man we all could like….leaving politics/party aside…must admit, haven’t seen a recent picture of him…..which is well with me….he is still young in my mind….a few years his senior, and must admit, I’m still young in my mind….darn body gives me away..sigh