“Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.”
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In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.
In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.
I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.