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J. C. Watts
American
Politician
Born:
Nov 18
,
1957
Black
Community
People
Politics
Think
You
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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.
J. C. Watts
Politics
Strength
Take
Never
Takes
Got
Go
Lot
Hang
Let Go
Career
I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.
J. C. Watts
Love
Sports
Organization
Intriguing
Kind
Would
Some
Something
Arena
Journalism
Major
Associated
The Democratic Party has taken the black community for granted and said, 'This is the most loyal constituency we have. They're not going anywhere.' But the Republican Party has said, 'That's the most loyal constituency Democrats have. They're not going anywhere. We've got to win without them.'
J. C. Watts
Win
Black
Party
Community
Black Community
Taken
Most
Democratic
Democratic Party
Democrats
Without
Said
Got
Going
Anywhere
Republican
Republican Party
Them
Granted
Loyal
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.
J. C. Watts
Politics
People
Remember
Political
Programs
Out
About
Arena
Take
Political Arena
Want
Humanness
Need
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.
J. C. Watts
Myself
Vote
Black
Made
Believe
Late
Some
About
Percent
More
GOP
Than
Candidates
Ponder
Decisions
Serious
Capturing
Bring
As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.
J. C. Watts
You
Pressure
Oklahoma
Perform
Learn
Quarterback
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.'
J. C. Watts
Today
You
Together
Eyes
Will
Black
Somewhere
Sit
Situation
Down
Think
Other
Ought
Way
Say
Says
Guilty
Blacks
He
Simpson
Him
Stick
Got
Go
Been
Encouraged
Up
Person
Where
Cut
Shut
Shut Up
Thinks
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.
J. C. Watts
Thought
Black
Community
Imagination
Wildest
Neighborhood
Oklahoma
Would
Rural
Born
Someday
Never
Buddy
Six
Children
Poor
Fifth
Congressman
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