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through a GI loan. Franni's mom worked in the produce department at a grocery store, which
added just enough to her Social Security income to allow them to almost scrape by. Sometimes
the heat was turned off or the phone was turned off. Franni's brother went into the
Coast Guard, and the four girls all got college educations, thanks in part to Pell Grants and
Department of Defense student loans.
There are millions of stories like this. Almost every American family has a story like
this. What the hell was Tucker talking about? I'm not saying that everything government does
is good, or bad—it's just that it's not a game. Politics can be vicious and dirty and cruel. Or,
for people like Paul Wellstone and those that loved him, it can be part of what makes us human.
At the memorial, they showed a short film about Paul's life that captured who he was
and what he believed. It had a clip from a speech. In that passionate, exuberant cadence that
everyone in the arena remembered from every time they'd heard him speak, Paul said:
Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning
for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people's lives.
It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and in our
world. Politics is about doing well for people.