My Frank Capra book led me to “The Man from Montana,” which brought me to Burton Wheeler, who I got excited about because he stood up for labor against Anaconda and criticized the Sedition Act and decried Teapot Dome. But then I saw he voted for the 1924 Immigration Act and yeah, well then he became an America-Firster and I saw why Woody Guthrie put him in that Lindbergh song. By the way, did you know our pledge-of-allegiance used to be accompanied by a salute (the Bellamy salute) that looked an awful lot like the one the fascists started using? I see why we changed it. Life sure is a mixed bag! Meanwhile, I’m still looking for Jefferson Smith. I still want the guy who said: “Get up there with that lady that’s on top of this Capitol dome – the lady that stands for liberty – and you’ll see the whole parade of what man’s carved out for himself after centuries of fighting for something better than just jungle law.”