Thanksgiving and the Detroit Lions have gone together since the <A

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and in my parent’s house since the 1950’s.

The Lions last championship was won in 1957. Since that time, the Lions

have generally been awful, with occasional bursts of pretty good.

Win or lose, my father will be watching his beloved Lions on Thanksgiving

Day, hoping for the best despite plenty of reasons to expect the worst.

Morton Blackwell, a man who served as a GOP delegate for Barry Goldwater

and has attended every Republican convention since, has seen the ebb and

flow of politics. His <A

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of the Public Policy Process includes this gem: “Don’t fully trust

anyone until he has stuck with a good cause which he saw was losing.”

Dad didn’t just teach me loyalty. He demonstrated it every week of the NFL

season. And I am thankful indeed for his lesson.