he was assassinated in eugene mccarthy didn't get the nomination and he and johnson were responsiblewar. and i just could not get behind hubert humphrey. i mean i'm in ninth grade, what do i know. but i thought nixon said he had a secret plan to end the war and he was going to in did in six months and that sounded good to me. i was going to the seminary at the time. i left home at 14 and my parents let me go to the seminary because i wanted to be priest and i remember the dish up one day asked me to come over and do some yard work and i think that he heard i was out campaigning for nixon and he wanted to ask me about why are you doing that and he wanted to educate me about nixon's past and all this, and his name was bishop hecky and he went on to become the archbishop in washington, d.c. and in the 1980's a very outspoken advocate against the war in central america and all that. but it was like -- was one of their early encounters where somebody was trying to set me straight and dixon got elected and to all these things and continued the war and all that and obviously i've never look

obscurity to prominence overnight with a good showing in new hampshire, and that goes back to eugene mccarthyi am playing. >> someone asked why you did not just run as an independent, in light of the way you have been treated by the establishment? why seek the republican nomination at all given the differences you may have with members of that party? >> first of all, i have no problem with the republican party. the republican party has been great to me my entire career. the republican party has been, "come on in, this is a big tent." i have no complaints with the republican party, none whatsoever. and i really do not have any complaints with the press either. this is a process and you grind it out. you grind it out, and i think it is a process where you have to say the right things, espouse the things i really need to get done, and then you have a resume that under the light of day says wow, this is somebody that actually is going to try to do what he says he's going to do. >> somebody asks, have you been asked to participate in any upcoming debates so far? >> yes. i have been in one and been

this goes back to eugene mccarthy. this is what i am playing. it is treated by the establishment. >> i have no problem with this. it has been come on in. i have no complaints. this is a process. we have to espouse the things that really need to get done. then we have to have a resin made that says this. >> have you been asked to put dissipate in any upcoming debate that's? >> yes. i've been in one debate. >> is where i needed to be. i guess i cannot participate in another debate. they listen to what he has to say. he was talking to you today. he does not stand a chance. >> yet been described as holding cynical positions. how do you view yourself. >> i think this is what the tea party stands for, and the federal checkbook. we're talking about dollars and since and how we spend our money. i have seen two-party events that do not have that as their basis. in my opinion, if republicans ire going to lead a candidate, do not see them in a position to address the problem. i do not see this country electing a president that will lead with a social agend