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:''And I said, "Right now, Congressman." And up he jumped from that chair, threw aside... He had big crutches that went up over his shoulders, when they'd stand him up; it was like Mister Roosevelt, I... like that, in his back. | :''And I said, "Right now, Congressman." And up he jumped from that chair, threw aside... He had big crutches that went up over his shoulders, when they'd stand him up; it was like Mister Roosevelt, I... like that, in his back. | ||
'''Here again is the wildly embellished story in 1958:''' | |||
THE.QUEEN.OF.THE.SOUTH_ SOUTH.BEND.IN SATURDAY_ 58-0208 | THE.QUEEN.OF.THE.SOUTH_ SOUTH.BEND.IN SATURDAY_ 58-0208 | ||
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:''He said, "Do you mean to say, my son, that I can rise from this chair?" | :''He said, "Do you mean to say, my son, that I can rise from this chair?" | ||
:''I said, "In Jesus' Name, come here." And that man, being bound to his... When they raised him up like President Roosevelt, with those great, big things over him (braces) and he walked. You know how he walked, if you knew him. And he threw those down, raised from his wheelchair, run to the platform and touched his toes like that, and stand up as a real man. And it's...?... the nation. | :''I said, "In Jesus' Name, come here." And that man, being bound to his... When they raised him up like President Roosevelt, with those great, big things over him (braces) and he walked. You know how he walked, if you knew him. And he threw those down, raised from his wheelchair, run to the platform and touched his toes like that, and stand up as a real man. And it's...?... the nation. | ||