On the recordJanuary 27, 1998
I ask my colleague to yield at this point because he is raising a very, very important item that kind of goes to the heart of some of the mystery of Sonny Bono. The early days of Sonny and Cher, it was very obvious that he was the butt of the jokes that were part of their routine. But what was not so obvious was that Sonny was the person who produced those programs. He wrote the jokes and had the strength of character to see the value of his being the butt of the jokes. The fool in this event involves the person who does not understand that strength and that quality. For Sonny Bono without any question, among other things, understood the value of humor properly placed and the strength it could have in terms of making a point and indeed in terms of bringing people together. It is a quality that is sorely missed by all of us but one that is absolutely needed in a body like the House of Representatives.
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