Tommy Thompson: “My father ran a small grocery store that I worked at, and…”

“… still talk for half an hour, you learned, you know, that you had to depend upon yourself. Everybody was friendly. Everybody helped you. Everybody was very engaging, and so on. My father ran a small grocery store that I worked at, and every Friday night, the farmers would come in because my father was on the county board and was chairman of the road and bridge committee. Career politician. What career politician? Running in the family. Except that. Bring that mic up a little. Except that every single night we had to read the capital Times.” (10:38–10:52)

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