Clifton lived in the same end of town, and he followed us home, taunting me and hitting me on the back and shoulders over and over. I always did. I started crying during the speech and wept for a good while after Dr. moderate and progressive legislators didn’t want to pass but didn’t want to be on record as voting against.
He's the best. The fact that he was reaching for something seemingly as laughable as a hairpiece makes this episode all the more repugnant. She was a great politician and related well to all kinds of people, but in 1970 most voters weren’t buying the message or the messengers. Victor Bennett, who had died a few days before and who, for all his genius, was irrationally anti-Catholic.
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