Compared with my campaign speeches, it seemed stilted. And the second time the government shut down, he continued helping Social Security recipients, but he was working without pay. That was incorrect. ernment employees, while comparing themselves to the colonial militias, “who fought for the democracy you now rail against.
He was also a loyal friend of more than forty years, and I knew I could count on him not to shield me from diverse points of view and sources of information. In 1965, the Selma march galvanized the conscience of the nation. I knew it would be harder to cope with for those who had never lived with the constant threat of arbitrary and d On November 3, despite the huge Republican financial advantage, the attacks on me, and the pundits’ predictions of the Democrats’ demise, the elections went our way.
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