There is a place in America for diversity of views and opinions. I may cook my gumbo differently from you, but that does not make mine better. I may just use different ingredients. Politics has gotten so spicy, and we need to cool it down some. We may find that your recipe for gumbo is just as good.

When I look around me, I can't help having faith.

Trent Lott saved my family. I needed three things from him personally, and he came through for me. He made sure that the ice that we desperately needed was delivered. He got us ice, insulin and water. The food came as well. He put politics aside and made sure my family was ok. I will always thank him for that.

We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices.

We were not republicans or democrats during Katrina. We truly were all Americans, and Trent Lott came through for me.

I you don't value your time, no one else will.

Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages.