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It turns out that she was a city Councilwoman from Greenwood who also moonlights as a private detective. I m not making this up. And it turns out that she is famous for her chant. She does this where ever she goes. She says fired up and the people say fired up ， and she says ready to go and they say ready to go.

For the next five minutes she proceeds to do this. Fired up？ and everyone says fired up and she says ready to go and they say ready to go. I m standing there and I m thinking I m being outflanked by this woman. She s stealing my thunder. I look at my staff and they shrugged their shoulders， they don t know how long this is going to go on.

But here s the thing， Virginia. After a minute or so I am feeling kind of fired up. I m feeling like I m ready to go. So I join in the chant. It feels good. For the rest of the day， even after we left Greenwood， even though it was still raining， even though I was still not getting big crowds anywhere， even though we hadn t gotten the endorsement from the people we were hoping for， somehow I felt a little lighter， a little better. I d see my staff and I would say Are you fired up？ and they would say We are fired up， boss， are you ready to go？ And I d say I m ready to go.

Here s my point， Virginia. That s how this thing started. It shows you what one voice can do. That one voice can change a room. And if a voice can change a room， it can change a city， and if it can change a city， it can change a state， and if it