Bob Roberts
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:03:03
the album remarkably soared to number 23
on the Billboard charts.

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- [Clapping]
- [Terry] Backed by a team of novices,

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without the support of a major record label,
relying on word of mouth

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and his team of associates who seem
more suited to a town house than a tour bus,

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Roberts created a niche in a business
that had contemptuously rejected him.

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His second album, Times Are Changin' Back,
peaks at number three, an achievement

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for a journeyman folk singer that Spin
magazine called "a crypto-fascist clown".

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- You have the wrong pass.
- I don't see the problem.

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You need to go to the police and get a pass.
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[Terry] On July 4th,
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Bob Roberts announced his candidacy
for the Senate seat in Pennsylvania.

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This documentary chronicles the man
and his quest for election.

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[Bob] Eight years ago, I had had enough.
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I had seen the dreams of a generation
squashed by an evil menace,

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an evil menace called drugs.
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I made up my mind there and then
to dedicate my life

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to seeing that this problem end in our lifetime.
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I contacted my friend Lukas Hart
and I enlisted his help.

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It is because of Lukas Hart's
diligence and efforts

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that eight years ago Broken Dove was born.
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[Bob] Broken Dove is hard at work fighting
the war on drugs but it will take time.

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We must start the war early,
ladies and gentleman.

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We must start the war
with our children at home

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- and in our classrooms.
- [Skip To My Lou]

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Hey, mister, can I see your gun?
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- Can I see your gun?
- What makes you think I have a gun?

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Come on over this way.
Get some great shots with the kids.

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- [Child shouting]
- You got me!

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You got me. Good work, kids. I'm dead.
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Here's Mrs Roberts. Here's Mrs Roberts. Polly.

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