I met Bob Potter at a lecture at UCSB. Daniel Ellsberg, a member of Veterans For Peace was speaking. Bob was there handing out invitations to the dedication of a peace park in Isla Vista and I was trying to reconstitute our Veterans For Peace chapter, which had been strong during the Gulf War but had atrophied under Clinton. I attended Bob’s dedication and he joined Veterans For Peace Chapter 54. Soon we were marching together against plans of Bush to go to war. Bob choreographed many of our demonstrations and played the part of George W. Bush in one. He was the only person who could project strong voice through a mask.
Bob supported everyone’s dream or aspiration. He helped demonstrators become better demonstrators and helped aspiring writers become better writers. He helped me with my writing and when I needed a ride to the Bohemian Grove in Northern California to begin a vets ride to Seattle, Bob took me. In turn when he needed a companion to campaign for Obama in Nevada, I foresook Kucinich and helped him in Las Vegas and in Pahrump…where he and I had the independent voters on the outskirts of town (which turned out to be mostly George Wallace survivalists).
I miss Bob already and began a reading of Don Quixote in his honor. He always likened me to Don Quixote.
Presente! Bob Potter
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Hi Lane: Interestingly enough, I and my incredible sibling sisters began reading Don Quixote to our father during his last weeks. He visibly brightened during these reading sessions. He read to us very much when we were young – I especially recall his engaging reading of the Narnia books. So Quixote was present for him near the end, very much. Cheers, Daniel Potter