As I stood up after the lunch, a man came over to me and put his business card in my hand.

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As I stood up there freezing in my Spidey underwear.

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This was the spirit that brought me to the governor's office, when I took on the old politics as usual in Juneau... when I stood up to the special interests, the lobbyists, big oil companies, and the good-ol' boys network.

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As the police officer approached my family, I quickly stood up and told him that these were deaf and dumb people that I was chaperoning.

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