Tommy Douglas(Kiefer Sutherland's Grandfather)has, or had, very few equals. He was a man of great passion. He had one of the greatest gifts a politician can have, he made you believe that he believed in what he was saying. I suspect that being a Baptist Minister had something to do with that. I also think that his Mouseland speech had great reverberations throughout the country, as simple as it was!

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