I have enough notoriety through the issues i am involved in that certain elements of society know me and know me well, but broadly speaking, it is a nice feeling to have that. That anonymity. Once you get elected president , it is over with. As i think about it, i think my life has been more fulfilling. I think my personal life, my wife and my family, has been much more fulfilling. Much more happy with my being in the senate than it ever would had been in the white house. Remember, those trying to get bill humphries to run for president in 1988. We were really working on bumpers to run. I got him to come out to iowa the three of us it was paul simon, berkeley bedell, and me. We try to get them to run. After going around, he said to me and said, you know, i think, i think i could run a good campaign. I think i could even win the nomination. By gosh, i think i could win the presidency. But you know what . I would never have another happy day in my life. The splendid misery from the time
Furniture, hosiery and tobacco textile and tobacco capital of the world. Not true anymore. But theres still hanging on, all of those different occupations or professions. My mama was a textile worker so textile legislation was close to home with me. So id say accessibility and looking out for the back home, that the country did not suffer as a result. How has your district changed since 1985 . Oh, tremendously. When we were elected, we had a very compact threecounty district guilford almassas and davidson. Northern North Carolina . Northern North Carolina, northcentral North Carolina. Now, ive only stood one election under the new redistricting plan but now we have eight new counties continue to embrace part of allah mas and guilford, picked up portions of granville, orange and durham and coupled with the five complete counties, all new. It was quite an adjustment. Most recently, we had that was altered somewhat. We kept portions of guilford, allahmas, davidson. Picked up a portion of
In lunch rooms, when reporters have watched, when they go in their lunch bags, they end up in the trash can because you cant force kids to eat them. Yes and no. Yes and no. Thats another thing. School nutrition standards i changed those, too, thats the school lunch program. But the fruit and Vegetable Program for kids is fantastic. Now over 100 million a year. Low income kids across america are getting free fresh fruits and vegetables with a lot of spillover effect. Kids in lunch room, they throw stuff away. They want hamburgers and french fries. Thats right. So people have accused me of trying to tell parents what their kids should eat and tell the kids what they should eat. I said, yeah, im guilty. I plead guilty. Should we let kids eat what they want to eat . If they want candy bars in the morning, would any parent want their kid to eat candy bars all day long . Or to stuff themselves with hamburgers or french fries every day . No parent wants that. Parents want their kids to have h
Most recently, we had that was altered somewhat. We kept portions of guilford, alamance, davidson. Picked up a portion of rowan, which would be salsbury, randolph, solid republican county, home of the one of the best zoos in the world, pinehurst, golf capital of america, lost all of that can redistricting. I tell you a story about pinehurst. Dr. Charlie norwood, now deceased, dentist from augusta, georgia. I went to his funeral in augusta. There was an old man about my age with a big sign with these words, thanks, charlie. I wish it had been in the next mornings paper. But norwood always would go out of his way to put down pinehurst as opposed to augusta. Never missed a chance to do that. So one day when i left the floor, one of my colleagues said, whats the makeup of your district . Norwood heard the question and i said my district consists of the furniture capital of the world, high point. We still say that, and i think we probably are. One of the best zoos in the world, i said to my
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