Yes, that was a hard day. I was talking about pork-barrelling. I thought somebody was spending too much money, so I asked about pork-barrelling. Poor Doug, who sat up in the left-hand corner with me when I was first elected, said into the mike loudly, “There is more than a slab of bacon talking there.”
That hurts. It hurts dreadfully, but I thought it said a whole lot more about him than it did about me. That was unfortunate for him. It was sad for me and tough, but you get through it, don't you?
I could have said, “Oh, it's terrible”, and I could have run to the media and said I'm offended, or I'm this or that. What a waste of breath that would be. Why don't I just carry on? To say those kinds of things about my earrings, or my weight, or what I am wearing today.... Guys, you're lucky. You just have to change your ties, so you really are lucky.
We do get criticized for that, but if I'm going to be a victim, everything is going to bother me. Instead I think, “No, I don't want to do that. I want to be blessed. I want to enjoy every day, and I want to do the best I can.” Because of that, I promised myself and everyone else in my constituency and the country that I will be victorious, no matter what.