저는 선발이 되기 전 몇 달동안 저는 많은 젊은이들처럼, 베트남 전쟁을 반대하는 운동에 함께했었습니다, 린던 존슨을 반대하는 기사도 썼었는데 유감스럽게도 린던 존슨이랑 백악관에서 춤춘 이틀 뒤 The New Republic에 실렸죠.
For in the months leading up to my selection, like many young people, I'd been active in the anti-Vietnam War movement, and had written an article against Lyndon Johnson, which unfortunately came out in The New Republic two days after the dance in the White House.