I spent a week with the Adam Kokesh exploratory committee in the first half of June. I brought my journal but there was no time to blog or journal. One story stands out. We made a road trip from Santa Fe to Bransom Missouri. I don't remember all the details but we had stopped in Oklahoma and had dinner with RJ Harris and his campaign for Congress. There was a tornado watch in effect and I kept watching the news for updates. Nobody seemed to care that there was a tornado headed right for us. I have never seen such intense lightning storms as I did that night. We drove all night headed East and in the early morning before we checked into motel we stopped at a Super Wall Mart in Branson Missouri. We are dead center in the bible belt ready to make some purchases 4:30 in the AM. I get out half asleep to stretch my legs. Adam leads me to the shoe aisle where we have the most interesting discussion about dress shoes. Adam needs a pair for a presentation he is to make later in the afternoon. There are three black dress shoes to choose from all around $25 and all look almost identical. I suggest the ones with the slighter thicker sole and then we make are way to the shoe polish. Only in the military are there such elaborate discussions on shining shoes. Do you get the assembled shine kit or do you buy each piece individually? Do you get the applicator brush or do you get the cloth? Semi gloss or parade gloss? I say get cotton balls but Adam has other ideas about spit shining. We continue to the counter where I find my oddball purchase of the night. It's a DVD called "Lars and the Real Girl" It's about "a shy, lonely, socially inept young man who develops a relationship with a life-sized, anatomically-correct doll he orders online." It's not the type of movie you would expect to find at a Wallmart. They have a box stacked full of dozens of copies for $4. I purchase a copy satisfied that I won't find a better deal or better attempt at gonzo journalism.
