WILLIAM ARTHUR HOLMES 
WILLIAM ARTHUR HOLMES 
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For most people, winning $300 million in the lottery would be enough. They would retire, buy a big house and travel the world. Not Dobie. He took the money and ran... for president. The house he had in mind was the White House. He didn't want to travel the world so much as save it from politicians. Retire? "I'll retire when I'm dead!" he said, not knowing so many people had that exact retirement plan in mind for him.Dobie rarely mentioned being from Louisville, but only because he was focused on the present and immediate future. It had been years since he moved away, but his sister Maeve and father Rudy were still nearby in Lexington.
His brother Shane's and his own whereabouts at any given moment were best expressed by their father: "Halfway to nowhere, with a full tank and no map."
When anyone asked where he was from, it was clear Dobie wa