he was sure -- he was sure he could beat jack flint. it was 1976 and he said he knew he really had a chance until the republican primaries and some guy named jimmy carter was getting really ahead and he knew it was really going to be a tough race 'cause we're innorn george, again. and jimmy carter ran a great race and worked really hard and dad said he thought he had a chance until election day when he stood in front of the library which was on polling place and he saw the buses pull up and he realized the buses weren't there to vote for newt gingrich. they were there for somebody else. so again that night, he added up and added up again and again and again. and then he lost. with 48.3% of the vote. a slight decline. so what do we do the next morning? we got up again, went to the ford factory, thanking very much for your help. we'll be back again. now, my mother tells a great story and i heard this recently from her. we were talking about the history and the family and what we went through and at that point they lost twice. and they had