The Story of The Candidate

I had a traditional family growing up. My mother Lydia Gaines was into gardening besides work. She would spend time beautifying the house. And making sure my brothers and sisters and I would do chores and do well in our studies. She was stern and lovely. And she knew we were smart as heck. She would give us a chore and time to do it before she would punish us. And although the chore was hard, we found a way to do it. That's how I learned to brainstorm and use my mind for things. And my father Edward Gaines was very political as he was a political foreman. He would love reading the newspaper and watching the news. I never knew why he was so into the news so I asked him and he said that you can gain a lot by watching the news and reading the newspaper. You know Ben there's a reason we named you Benjamin James Gaines because I want you to work with the President. You can be like Reagan, Bush, or Clinton. You are sure smart enough. Who knows maybe one day you would become President? And my father sat me on his knee and pick me up. I was just ten years old. My father was giant and he had a big grin. My mother and him would always have a secret talk about us. I learned after childhood. They were deciding what each child would do. And then it happened after 40 years together, my parents divorced. The last thing I heard from my father Edward Gaines was that to remember what he said and he asked me to come back to him if my mother leave me. And so I promised secretly that I would. Mom was fun. She would let me embrace my destiny. After sometime, I finally got the nerves to seek a virtual internship with President Hebert Cokley. President Cokley was smart and funny and he did not mind getting good advice. I did not directly speak to the President but virtually. God bless the internet. And President Cokley wrote me a personal letter after several months of successful advisement. He thanked me for the advisement and helping the troops gain victories in the war. I remember to stay humble like Mom and Dad taught me and I thank him for giving me the opportunity. That's when President Cokley followed up months later and he met me along my way to the library as he wanted to meet me and he said Ben James Gaines you would make a perfect candidate for office. Have you ever thought about running? And I said but no one would let me in. And I don't know if I want to. And President Cokley said Nonsense. You are good enough now find a way. And that's when I started searching for an opening position in government. And I found one first an FBI Agent then a Congressional Budget Analyst then finally a local School Board Member, and I wrote a compelling essay and got in the Top Ten Percent of Candidates. The local Party Chair advised that I run for State Office. So I tried to find a party but none of them took me seriously. So I had to build a party. I forgot to tell you that I built a business before so what a PAC could not be that hard. It was. I thought about Senator but Senator Hart Redding was a hard choice, she was one of my heroines and she fought bravely in the Senate. I would not want to take a fighter out. So I ran for Governor and put up a hard fight, won at least 50,000 votes and three million votes up in the air. The State Elections said I qualified fro the Presidential Race. I was fired up and getting offers for debates in Georgia. I was getting autographs. I was getting a lot of attentions. I was a political star. It was close to the end of the campaign. Then my father came back and he said Ben you've done a lot. You are the man I thought you would be. I need you to take care of me. You see I got this illness. And I said Dad but I am just about to be President. And he said Remember family remember your responsibilities. And I said I will announce that I will drop out of the race and support the other candidate. And the candidate I chose won and invited me to the inaugural and I work in his Kitchen Cabinet becoming a Presidential Partner. And that is my story the story of the Unlikely Candidate.