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be president of the united states if i wanted to be. you know, i was fascinated when i read you telling the story about how your father became a republican. with all of the politics i thought i knew, i never knew that story. in 1952, he went down to register to vote in birmingham. he was a young minister, high school athletic director. and they said to him, he went down with my mother who he was dating. they weren t yet married. and my mom, beautiful woman, and the poll tester, you ll remember poll testers, said to her, so what do you teach? she said, american history. actually she taught english. he said, so you probably know who the first president of the united states was. she said, yes. she said, george washington. he said, you pass. then my father, the poll tester said to him, pointing to a jar about this high, how many beans are in this jar? wow. now, when my dad couldn t

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