00:00The idea of someone, a politician, not wanting power and not wanting to be president seemed very foreign.
00:09Why do you think that was the time to tell this particular story?
00:13Well, first of all, you shouldn't feel so alone in not knowing much about it.
00:18I don't think many people know much about President Garfield.
00:23Unfortunately, I didn't know much about President Garfield.
00:26So I felt so grateful to get this opportunity to lead people towards him because I think he's a very remarkable person.
00:38You know, the more research I did, the more I just fell in love with the guy.
00:43You know, the idea is that these people are public servants, civil servants.
00:48They're not kings. They're not. It's not about having control or power.
00:53You're really supposed to be trying to make America a better place.
01:00And I think Garfield believed that very deeply.
01:04I don't know why that all went the way of the cuckoo, but yeah, that was the original idea, I think.
Comments