Tom's Tall Tales - "The night they locked me up to ‘caucus’"

There I was in a room full of political fanatics.
All divided up into groups. Some with just a few people. Some with lots of people. Everybody was yelling at everybody else to come join them.
We were “caucusing,” part of the political process back in the very early ‘80s in Missouri.
I’d just moved to Missouri for a job. I didn’t know anybody. Some fool at the hospital where I was working told me that participating in Missouri’s political causes would be a great way to meet people.
I met people alright. People that I became, and still am, good friends with. Some, I hope I never see again.

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