Maria
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So I was like, please don't go and do that. So it wasn't that I was just like, oh, I don't want you to have your dream. It was that there was a lot of unresolved feelings that no one had spoken to me about when he broached the subject.
So I was like, please don't go and do that. So it wasn't that I was just like, oh, I don't want you to have your dream. It was that there was a lot of unresolved feelings that no one had spoken to me about when he broached the subject.
And well, both of them obviously ran and both of them lost when they ran for national office. But my dad was on the ticket with McGovern and I'll never forget, you know, standing on that stage with him and they lost so overwhelmingly. And I felt so ashamed that, that he had lost so big. And then when we drove home, you saw all the Secret Service unplugging all the phones, locking up the trailers.
And well, both of them obviously ran and both of them lost when they ran for national office. But my dad was on the ticket with McGovern and I'll never forget, you know, standing on that stage with him and they lost so overwhelmingly. And I felt so ashamed that, that he had lost so big. And then when we drove home, you saw all the Secret Service unplugging all the phones, locking up the trailers.
And well, both of them obviously ran and both of them lost when they ran for national office. But my dad was on the ticket with McGovern and I'll never forget, you know, standing on that stage with him and they lost so overwhelmingly. And I felt so ashamed that, that he had lost so big. And then when we drove home, you saw all the Secret Service unplugging all the phones, locking up the trailers.
And in the morning, they were all gone. All the people that had been part of the campaign, all the... For months. For months, just gone like that overnight. And it was an experience that I can almost call up if I close my eyes. It was so dramatic that I was like, oh... I am never going to go through this again. And by the way, I was so angry.
And in the morning, they were all gone. All the people that had been part of the campaign, all the... For months. For months, just gone like that overnight. And it was an experience that I can almost call up if I close my eyes. It was so dramatic that I was like, oh... I am never going to go through this again. And by the way, I was so angry.
And in the morning, they were all gone. All the people that had been part of the campaign, all the... For months. For months, just gone like that overnight. And it was an experience that I can almost call up if I close my eyes. It was so dramatic that I was like, oh... I am never going to go through this again. And by the way, I was so angry.
I was so angry that Richard Nixon was viewed as this incredible victor and my father was viewed as this incredible loser. And I felt that I did not want to be in a business that, you know, pigeonholed people like that, deemed winner, loser. Yes.
I was so angry that Richard Nixon was viewed as this incredible victor and my father was viewed as this incredible loser. And I felt that I did not want to be in a business that, you know, pigeonholed people like that, deemed winner, loser. Yes.
I was so angry that Richard Nixon was viewed as this incredible victor and my father was viewed as this incredible loser. And I felt that I did not want to be in a business that, you know, pigeonholed people like that, deemed winner, loser. Yes.
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Right, and what was said about him was so contrary to who he was and so contrary to what he was talking about. Could you imagine now? Yeah, and I just was like, I don't want to have anything to do with this business. And so I felt that Arnold was the furthest thing I could find from politics. Politics. And so I was like, oh, I'm going to go do my own thing, follow my own path.
Right, and what was said about him was so contrary to who he was and so contrary to what he was talking about. Could you imagine now? Yeah, and I just was like, I don't want to have anything to do with this business. And so I felt that Arnold was the furthest thing I could find from politics. Politics. And so I was like, oh, I'm going to go do my own thing, follow my own path.
Right, and what was said about him was so contrary to who he was and so contrary to what he was talking about. Could you imagine now? Yeah, and I just was like, I don't want to have anything to do with this business. And so I felt that Arnold was the furthest thing I could find from politics. Politics. And so I was like, oh, I'm going to go do my own thing, follow my own path.
I'm going to go into journalism, which was also kind of contrary to my family. So I was like, I'm going to carve out everything differently. And then, of course, you know, you find yourself exactly where you started and then you have to go, OK, how did I get here? What am I actually running from?
I'm going to go into journalism, which was also kind of contrary to my family. So I was like, I'm going to carve out everything differently. And then, of course, you know, you find yourself exactly where you started and then you have to go, OK, how did I get here? What am I actually running from?
I'm going to go into journalism, which was also kind of contrary to my family. So I was like, I'm going to carve out everything differently. And then, of course, you know, you find yourself exactly where you started and then you have to go, OK, how did I get here? What am I actually running from?