um, and he still, um, goes in and has lunch at the front page which is the restaurant in the robert s. strauss building which is the law firm he founded is located. >> yes. i want to thank you for, you know, it's just nice to see young people so engaged, actually. my name is larry, and i do really appreciate politics & prose for always giving us this mat form. it's a wonderful opportunity. not so much a question, but it really -- what you said before was really true. i mean, there are very few people who can cross the lines, the aisles anymore. and i guess as an american citizen i've kind of gotten very depressed, um, because i'm tired of being governed by people who lack more common sense than i do. [laughter] and i set the bar pretty low. [laughter] so i would, i would like, you know, to know what kind of relationship -- i was hoping you would talk a little bit about that, what kind of relationship you have with bob and how did it grow? i mean, he's your great uncle, he's not even your first uncle. and how much time were you able to spend with him, how much did he contribute to this book? >>

he has been living since the 70s, and he is still -- goes in and has -- the restaurant in the robert s. strauss building. >> i want to thank you. it is so nice to see young people engaged actually. i do really appreciate politics and prose for all these giving us this platform. it's a wonderful opportunity. not so much a question but really what you said before it was really true. there are very few people who can cross the lines, the isles anymore and i guess as an american citizen i have gotten very depressed because i am tired of being governed by people who lack more common sense than i do. and i set the bar pretty low. [laughter] so i would like you know to do what kind of relationship -- i was hoping you would talk a little bit about that -- what kind of a relationship you have with bob and how do they grow? he is a great uncle. he is not even your first uncle and how much read time we will listen with them and how much did he contribute to this book? does he like the book? thank you. >> thank you. thank you for coming out into the rain. he is my great uncle, my mother jeanie strauss mcga