| There were pictures of it in all the papersThose roads had to be fixedHe replied, I dont careI still didnt want to pay itFor some reason, after all hed said, I blurted out, Let me ask you somethingIf I ran for governor again, would you consider voting for me? He smiled and said, Sure I wouldI went right to the pay phone, called Hillary, told her the story, and said I thought we could win
I spent most of the rest of 1981 traveling and calling around the stateThe Democrats wanted to beat Frank White, and most of my old supporters said theyd be with me if I ranTwo men with a deep love for our state and a passion for politics took a particular interest in helping meMaurice Smith owned a 12,000-acre farm and the bank in his little hometown of BirdeyeHe was about sixty years old, short and thin, with a craggy face and a deep, gravelly voice he used sparingly but to great effectMaurice chanel cambon large tote bag was smart as a whip and good as goldHe had been active in Arkansas politics a long timeand was a genuine progressive Democrat, a virtue his whole family sharedHe didnt have a racist or an elitist bone in his body, and he had supported both my highway program and my education programHe wanted me to run again, and he was prepared to take the lead role in raising the funds necessary to win and in getting support from well-respected people who hadnt been involved beforeHis biggest coup was George Kell, who had made the Hall of Fame playing baseball for the Detroit Tigers and was still the radio announcer for the Tiger gamesThroughout his stellar baseball career, Kell had kept his home in Swifton, the small northeast Arkansas town where he grew upHe was a legend there and had lots of admirers all over the stateAfter we got acquainted, he agreed to serve as the campaign treasurer
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