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We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.

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For longer than I've been involved in the political process, the Republican establishment has claimed to want to provide an alternative for the black community, yet party elite refuse to show up for the game.

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The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.

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I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.

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Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa.

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You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.

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As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.

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Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something - history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.

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That's the way blacks have been encouraged to think: that we got to stick together. You've got a situation today where if a black person says he thinks O.J. Simpson's guilty, other blacks will cut their eyes at him and say, 'You ought to go somewhere and sit down and shut up.'

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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: November 18th, 1957

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