POLITICS ON THE SIDE

摘要

While Ed emphasizes that his love for Politics is focused locally, in his hometown of Norwich, his political activities are far from limited to the local scene. In fact, as a long-time participant in Republican Party circles, he has attended a number of Republican national conventions as a delegate or alternate. He also served as an elector-an electoral college member-in the 1984 presidential election. Being chosen as an elector, he says, was one of the greatest thrills of his life. "That's a rare and distinctive honor," he says of the experience, "one of the greatest you can have as an American." His work with the party has also offered Ed the opportunity to rub shoulders with some political leaders over the years. There was the time, for instance, when, on one of his trips to Washington, D.C., he met then-President Ford. And Ed's friendship with Prescott Bush-President Bush's brother-gave him entree to the White House during Bush's tenure as the head of the nation.