Part of a long line of great wishbone quarterbacks at the University of Oklahoma; a QB-turned-preacher, like Steve Davis before him. Elected to US Congress, 1994; being a - or, rather, the only - black Republican, he was given the "Gary Franks Treatment", i.e., he was made to stand in the front row for all group photos and forced to stand behind any and all microphones. A "How to Succeed in Politics Without Really Trying" award winner. Like many GOP colleagues, he has illegitimate offspring.