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Be president of the united states if i wanted to be. >> you know, i was fascinated when i read you telling the story about how your father became a republican. with all of the politics i thought i knew, i never knew that story. >> in 1952, he went down to register to vote in birmingham. he was a young minister, high school athletic director. and they said to him, he went down with my mother who he was dating. they weren't yet married. and my mom, beautiful woman, and the poll tester, you'll remember poll testers, said to her, so what do you teach? she said, american history. actually she taugh...

Could not go to a movie theater. couldn't go to a restaurant. i said sometimes, very often, that my parents couldn't take me to have a hamburger at the woolworth's lunch counter, but they had me absolutely convinced that i could be president of the united states if i wanted to be. >> you know i was fascinated you told the story about how your father became a republican with all the politics i knew, i never knew that story. >> he went down to vote in birmingham, and they said to him -- he went down with my mother who he was dating. they were not yet married. and my mom, the beautiful woman. and...

things of which he didn't agree. >> and a holiday special. the best of our "getting to know" series. >> i didn't want to be a nun and i didn't want to be a congress wam. >> i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." the politician of the battle over the extension of the payroll tax goes something like this -- the president, one, republicans lost. >> may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world, but let me tell you what, i think our members waged a good fight. we were able to come to an agreement. >> some democrats suggest the payroll tax cut battle was a tu...

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