I'll admit, it's a bit odd trying to write a piece on someone who you would consider a friend, despite the fact that you never met them. Today, we'll try to do that anyway... To have a blog focused mainly on SC Politics, and to not pay tribute to one of the biggest players in the business of it, would be a travesty. Almost as if by luck, I had today off, so I can write just a few words about Rod Shealy, who passed away yesterday at age 56.
Undeniably, Rod was one of the most powerful people in the game, and definitely it's most colorful character. Always dressed so loud, even Earl Capps would ask him to tone it down, Rod made an impression wherever he went - but it wasn't for the clothes. He was one of the smartest and wittiest people in politics - a guy who changed the game. All of us in the blogging business like to think that we wield a certain amount of influence in politics, but we're all just a bunch of wannabe posers compared to the Shealy clan. If it weren't for Rod, Rod Jr. and Ross' involvement in the early stages of blogging, I don't think any of us would have the legitimacy that we have now.
Like any loss of a giant like Rod Shealy, there is a great chasm left in his wake - one that never is fully filled, nor should it be. For folks like me, Earl, Will Folks and the others, our job is to just keep going, and maybe to think every once in a while, 'What Would Rod Say?'..... I'll have one tonight for him, and he will be missed....
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If you are having one for him then make it a Crown and Diet. That was his choice. Never could understand mine being a Crown and Coke regular please. He will be missed.
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