I first met Mike Pence in 1987. I was extremely impressed with his love of God and his commitment to serving Jesus Christ every second of his life. Equally impressive is that his lovely wife, Karen, shared his Judeo-Christian Values.
A couple months later Mike called me up one day to say he was going to be in town the next day and invited me to lunch. I informed him that I had just been laid off from my job with a local manufacturing company. With that, he said, "Chris, I'm hanging up right now. You are going to get a call within the hour for a job that I think would be perfect for you." About half an hour later the phone rang. When I identified myself the voice on the other end said, "Chris, this is Senator Dat Coats." I laughed out loud and said, "Okay, seriously, who is this?" "This is United States Senator Dan Coats. How would you like to come to work for me?"
I worked for Senator Coats for the next six years and we remained in contact with each other during his time as our United States Ambassador to Germany and once again when he returned home and won another term as U.S. Senator for Indiana.
When I had my radio talk show, then Congressman Mike Pence appeared on the program over eight times. Two of those times were when he tuned into the program while driving through Richmond and decided to pull into the station. I just flipped him a headset and swung a microphone around for him.
Mike is the real McCoy, and it has been a distinct honor a privilege to call him my friend.
What do I miss the most? Now that he's Vice President, I miss our lunches at Applebees.
Left to Right: U.S. Senator Dick Luger, Chris Dickson, Dr. Tom Ringenberg, Mike Pence
Circa 1988 (Check out Mike Pence's jet black hair!)
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