Conservative Patriot Revolution Co-Founders Leon O'Dell and Suzanne Sharer
A "Revolutionary" Friendship
Friendships begin in strange ways. This one started on Facebook back in
February, 2011, when I noticed this person posting, commenting and replying in
a very intelligent, Conservative Christian manner, so nice and yet so firm as
she made her points. My first thought
was “This is someone that really knows her stuff”. She was making her points clearly and
concisely, and in some cases making people feel good even as they lost their
arguments. So I sent a “Friend Request”
not really expecting a reply. It turned
out that I not only received an “Add” but a very nice reply. That someone was my great friend and now
business partner, Suzanne Sharer.
As we began discussing various issues, and learning about
each other, it became clear to me that there was something special here. As friends do, we talked about things that
have helped form who we are. The most
fascinating, and probably the turning point, was when I reluctantly shared my
experience of a near death in a car accident.
My heart stopped, I flat-lined in the ambulance, and I “left my body” in
a supernatural event where I could see all around me, 360 degrees. I felt no pain, in fact I felt a sweet peace
and warmth I had never felt. A bright
light was in front of me, so bright that everything was near white. I began telling the ambulance driver how to
get to the hospital, and which street to take, telling him there was
construction ahead and there was a detour.
The EMS attendant at my side was extremely shocked when I gave him my
prognosis. “Are you a doctor??”, he
asked. I replied “No, but that is what
is wrong.” Then he asked me the bigger
question, “Are you religious?”, to which I answered, “Yes, why?” The EMS attendant had seen this
before. When we arrived at the
hospital, they rushed me to the emergency room, pushed me through the door, and
immediately left. I never had the chance
to discuss it further.
When I told Suzanne this story, she was silent for a
moment. Of course I was assuming she
thought I was crazy. When she replied,
she said “I have never told anyone this, because I always thought they would
not believe it. I had a similar
instance where I left MY body”. We had
connected by a strange set of circumstances, but we were immediately put into a
spiritual frame of mind. We had
several other strange similarities, but mostly the thought
process itself has proven to me that two people can in fact think the same
thing at the same time. It has happened
far too often to be disproven to me.
As we began to share our ideas and long term goals, it
became apparent that we share a common desire to tell the Christian
Conservative viewpoint. Our political
and Christian principles are identical.
As we talked more and more, it was evident we were on the edge of
something major. The idea of a website
and a radio station were naturals, as we already had those in the works,
through my radio station and her blogs.
So the idea came to us at the same time… our own multimedia company,
beginning with our website, Conservative Patriot Revolution, and our Radio
Station, Conservative Patriot Radio.
Since this media company began development, we have hit a few delays and
snags, but we are resolved to continually improve and implement new features as
we grow. Suzanne Sharer serves as President of Conservative Patriot Revolution and Conservative Patriot Radio.
Congratulations to Suzanne for her selection to PolitiChicks
of Arizona, part of the Politichicks Nation program, and her selection by the Arizona
Federation of Republican Women to participate in the Dodie Londen Excellence in Public Service Series.
Please keep your
eyes on Conservative Patriot Revolution for an exciting web alternative to the
current Social Media.
~ Leon O’Dell
Chief Operating Officer, Conservative
Patriot Revolution – “CPR for America”