I think they will add a great deal to the ticket, and I thank the gentleman for his comments and leadership. As we said earlier, this thing of elections is really about the future. It is about our hopes, it is about our dreams. It is about responsibility on the part of individuals. But it is also about people who care. The gentleman's point was on target. We are elected, all of us, here in this House and over in the Senate, to represent the people of this country. Every person that has a grievance, within reason, ought to be able to have us to deal with it in some way. If they do not get their shot and only those who have the money and the influence to have people to get things done, then the average person gets left out, and that questions a whole lot of things.
Emerson Etheridge: “I think they will add a great deal to the ticket, and I thank the gentleman for his comments and leadership. As we said…”
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Discussing the significance of having a North Carolinian on the presidential ticket during a special order.
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