Fred Smith and Lee Greenwood

Posted on September 27, 2007

Wednesday night I was invited to Fred Smith’s home for his 5th Annual Summer Celebration that featured Lee Greenwood.

Senator Fred Smith is running for the GOP nomination for Governor. Last night’s event was unique among his other campaign events, not only was it hosted at his home, but it featured singer Lee Greenwood who sat in at the bloggers only “press” conference with Fred. This blogger event was invitation only and was the reason I was invited.

We had the opportunity to ask Fred questions:

What should be done about the siphoning of money out of the Highway “Trust” fund for non highway purposes? Smith stated that especially with the state running a surplus there is no excuse for transferring money to the general fund rather than using it for the intended purpose.

Asked about how he planned to win the election? He said he would never apologize for being a conservative, that he plans to gather an “Army of conservatives” who want a change in the state’s government. That he plans to highlight liberal big government and big spending policies and contrast that to the conservatives desire for smaller, less intrusive government and lower spending.

He pointed out he believes in small business as the core of the state’s economy and that he will fight to defend private property rights, traditional marriage, the right to life and the right to keep and bear arms.

Lee Greenwood - who most people simply associate with his song “God Bless the USA” (which my 7 year old grandson calls “the America song” when he makes me play it over and over on the car cd player) but there is much more to him than just one song.

Greenwood admits when he first wrote the song, he had no idea how much it would impact people. “One of the reasons I wrote the lyric ‘I’m proud to be an American,’ is I really wanted to instill the pride back in America. The song represents my family, my community and all the Americans who are proud of who they are.”

Greenwood mentioned he is 100% behind Fred Smith and wants to help in any way he can. He sees that we are a nation “that needs direction” something Fred and others like him can provide. He decried the idea the next generation will have to fix what is being “screwed up” by this one.

His service to the country began early, performing in USO shows at the age of 14. Naturally his show is a hit with the troops with his pro America patriotic theme.

Greenwood is also part of the Sean Hannity Freedom Alliance Concerts which raise money for scholarships for children of our fallen heroes. His concert featured many of his famous songs as well as the new one he has written for Fred’s campaign.

The evening was great - even though I managed to miss most of the wonderful food because i talk too much!

More about the event here, here, here, here

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