About this change. Good afternoon. I am very excited to introduce the next speaker. Im going to share a personal to exemplify his passion for Theodore Roosevelt. I entered jerrys orbit when we serve together as instructors in jacksonville, florida. Career i was in my negotiating orders for a followon to her. For background, this tour is unique for officers. Areandbased aviators, we sent to seek to learn real knowledge in the navy. For example, officer on the deck in the airconditioned bridge sounds good. Sunny san diego or florida or the deployment schedule. A nice med cruise would suffice. As a lieutenant commander, jerry had already completed his tour. For teddyere his zeal roosevelt became apparent. When asked about his carrier assignment he said, Theodore Roosevelt, no question. I wouldve taken any job to deploy on tr. If you needed a working party to scrape barnacles, you could count jerry in. Not understanding his rationale, i requested further explanation. Jerry went on to descr
I had i have enormous privilegef introducing our guests. First discovered chapbooks for governor bush with the 43rd governor of the state of florida, the First Republic estates history to be reelected. And his limited government approach he unleashed one of the robust and dynamic economies in the states history. Creating 1. 3 million net new jobs, improving the stage credit rating. Currently governor bush serves as chairman for send back Investment Partners headquartered in coral gables, florida. Tonight guests of honor author citizen mack, senator connie mack. 1982 senator mack left a successful banking career to run for the house of representatives where he served three terms before running for one of floridas season in the u. S. Senate. He served to tranfour choosing not to run for reelection. Upon returning to the private sector he became chaplain followed by chairman apparatus in coral gables sort of. With that i will hand it over to governor bush to begin the conversation, just k
Im robert dear. Im like to read from the opening paragraph. Put the spike of a drawing compass into a map of virginia at George Washingtons boyhood home. Stenthe other leaking the come pass that reaches out 60miles and draw a circle. Within it not only washington, but also Thomas Jefferson, james madison, and james monroe were been. Grew to manhood and mad their home. From this small expanse of land on the north American Continent came four over nations first five president s am dynasty whose members led in securing independence, greating the constitution creating the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book. Ive spent most of last night reading it and its a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and their network that tied them together at the founding of this country. It as story that evokes with the historians bill mcclay call the spirit of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the american experience, dr. Cheney is a long time member of
You today by your television provider. And i come here tonight to the alsmith dinner knowing im the underdog in these final weeks. If you know where to look, there are signs of hope, theres signs of hope, even in the most unexpected places, even in this room, full of proud manhattan democrats, i cant i cant shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me. Im delighted to see you here tonight, hillary. I was thrilled to get this invitation. And i feel right at home here because its often been said that i share the politics of alfred e. Smith and the ears of alfred e. Newman. It is an honor to be here with al smith. I obviously never knew your great grandfather but from everything that senator mccain has told me the two of them had a great time together before prohibition. So of course i am delighted. But not surprised by the final repeal of the 18th amendment. I felt all along that when this matter was properly submitted to the rank and file of our people they would readily
Education and so on. But perhaps our most distinguished scholar, it depends what the meaning of distinguishes commas or hl pj orourke. I always say have sort of grown up with pj. On campus was a National Lampoon i cannot quote them but they all involve drug use ethnic stereotypes or gender relations. When his afforded parents desk chief which was totally cool because they paid him why he wanted to travel to beirut in a tele evangelist retirement village was always kind of mystified. As he moved out rock n roll station to sober reflection he became a correspondent for the sobers magazine in atlanta, the Atlantic Monthly p wrote soberly client finance Campaign Reform and other adult topics he was editing a magazine on finance and investment its online its free its called for megan consequences. if you read eat the rich it will learn more about why countries get rich and why they dont during the whole year of economics and college. Thats why recommend those two books as a christmas gift,