Rep. Tim Burchett

I'd been run out of town or run out of business by the government.

And it was a great lesson.

But I did knock on over 6,000 doors.

And I think I raised around $8,000 or $9,000.

I can't remember.

And I thought, how am I going to spend all this dadgum money?

You know, every morning I'd wake up.

My mom and daddy, of course, were living then.

And I would throw up because I had this horrible taste of peppermint in my mouth.

And the reason I had peppermint because I licked all my stamps.

That's back in the day you had to lick stamps.

And I remember one morning I woke up and I was rolled up in.

I was like in a cocoon of stamps.

But, you know, I'd wake up every morning, I'd throw up, and mama would make me a turkey sandwich on white bread and give me a Sprite, and I'd get right back and knock on doors.

For breakfast.

Yeah, that's all I could hold down.

And I'd get out and knock on doors all day long.

And...

You know, I lost over 20 pounds, got bit by a dog, took off my shirt.

I look like a target.