politics didnt distract him
not in
the way his family thought it did that it consumed himcaused him anguish caused him ire
No
he was built for confrontation
politics had been part of his
life since he was a boy
his father was a Republican
precinct captain he was also wooed to
enter more formal politics by a State representative a U. S. House
representative and a senator they made
their ask during one of many visits as they sat in his parents livingroom
the angst his family felt was theirs
it came in a package of political conversation and history he was enamoured and steeped himself in them then whenever he kicked off a discussion rarely they were uninterested to the forces that
were shaping their lives or challenged one of their sudden
remarks he swept them under with a torrent of names dates legislation committee
hearings precedence
politics was a hobby
history was a hobby
Kerhrist! Can’t you just collect
stamps or something normal?
I do
he collect newspaper front pages and hung them framed on the walls of his home
KENNEDY
SLAIN: PRESIDENT
ASSASSINATED IN DALLAS AMBUSH MAN WALKS ON THE MOON South Viets Surrender: Reds Roll Into Downtown
Saigon
he also collected Art and Books
and vinyl Musiche collected memories
memories are powerful are boxing
tactics and raw fists
eyes on the prize
0051 &
1157, Reggae Friday, 11
10.19