J. C. Watts
J. C. Watts
Julius Caesar "J. C." Watts, Jr.is an American politician from Oklahoma who was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. Watts served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 November 1957
CountryUnited States of America
uncles thinking race
They said that I had sold out and (am an) Uncle Tom. And I said well, they deserve to have that view. But I have my thoughts. And I think they're race-hustling poverty pimps.
years organization focus
Well, Mark, I led the charge for five or six years to get reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was chairman of an organization called 'FM Policy Focus.' What we were saying was, if there was blip in the housing market, Fannie and Freddie would destabilize the greatest economy in the world.
diversity republican ifs
If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.
ladders ifs moved
I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.
party thinking choices
I think the Republican Party should be a pro-life party. I am pro-life. I do not apologize for that. On the flip side of that coin, the Republican Party has been big enough to allow pro-choice advocates to be heard.
dream chance share
When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.
children school thinking
I think that anybody that stays in school, gets good grades, pays the price, I think we are wealthy enough in the public and the private sector in America to make sure that every child in America that wants to continue their education, they should be able to do that.
sports organization political
I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.
believe kids thinking
I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.
sports community african-american
There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.
support caution flawed
I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed.
football strong team
Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.
community african-american television
I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most valuable customers, they are very underserved by cable and satellite television programming options.
losing conservative explaining
If you are explaining, you are losing.