We actually considered canceling it. We sat down and asked if we should have this big party. And we were told that we should do it, go for it and give people a diversion from all that.

Now they're calling me, wanting to set up booths. I don't have to make those phone calls anymore. It's nice.

It was great. People were wanting to have something to take their minds off it. They'd been sitting in front of the TV for four days, watching all the devastation.

He went out in the back yard and sat down in a chair and played a little bit on film. They wanted to do a segment on him because what he did was so unique.

IT issues don't necessarily break down ideologically. The middle of each party comes together and works together to get each issue done.

I went to a party recently that some of the students gave, ... and I sat around, trying to keep quiet for the first hour. And finally some of them said to me, 'What was it like 30 years ago'? And I started telling a few things that happened and I realized that was a complete mistake. They just sort of hung their heads and said, 'God, we're so dull.'