i was like, guys, to my poor, producers, it's theodore bilbo. bilbo is here. that a noun? >> is that a noun? does it matter? it matters. very quickly. the reason you have to pay attention to theodore bilbo is that what theodore bilbo and others like him were fighting in a primary. these were the trials of the democratic party, not the republican party. this was the way -- we're talking a lot about the 14th amendment. the 14th amendment and the -- the 13th, 14th, and 15th were meant to enfranchise and create real citizenship for black people. the creative ways that southern states got around it was to say essentially the democratic party, which was the only game in town in the south, the same way the republican party is now. we're not saying that you can't vote because you're black. we're saying you don't meet the rules of our private organization. and we're going to find all these creative ways to make sure you can't vote because the primary is the general. once you win the primary, everyone is going to vote for you in the general. the primary is the power. we