[applause] [chanting] rep. Ferraro hello [cheers] [applause] [cheers] rep. Ferraro ladies and gentlemen of the convention [applause] [cheers] rep. Ferraro ladies and gentlemen of the convention [cheers] rep. Ferraro ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is geraldine ferraro. [cheers] [applause] i stand before you to proclaim tonight, america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. [cheers and applause] as i stand before the American People and think of the honor this Great Convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of dr. Martin luther king jr. , who made america stronger by making america more free. He said, occasionally in life there are moments which cannot be completely explained by words. Their meaning can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart. Tonight is such a moment for me. [applause] my heart is filled with pride. My fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination for Vice President of the united states. [cheers and applaus
Said all those made in dollars and everyone who works in the white house, he also trusted as the president leave something important on his nightly cable to iraq would be the president s daily brief or not but if the president s meeting with his closest advisers in the oval office with the situation room of the cabinet room and he realized he left something important on the nightstand, sometimes theyll have a butler bring it over, so youll have a butler come in with a plate of chocolate chip cookies and maybe some very sensitive document. Right. That would not surprise me. The handling of anything that touches the president or is give the president has that ritual and a particle around it. It would surprise me if many of the butlers another help at the white house were touching the president s daily brief, even in the times was disseminated more widely and passed around. General it was kept within the National Security folded every National Security advisor gives to the president. When
[applause] [chanting] rep. Ferraro hello [applause] [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] rep. Ferraro you guys are a riot. [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention [applause] rep. Ferraro ladies and gentlemen of the convention [cheers] ladies ando gentlemen of the convention, my name is geraldine ferraro. [cheers and applause] i stand before you to proclaimed wheret america is a land dreams can come true for all of us. Aplpause]d as i stand before the American People and think of the honor this Great Convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of dr. Martin luther king jr. , who made america stronger by making america more free. Said, occasionally in life, there are moments which cannot be completely explained by words. Their meaning can only be articulated by the in audible language of the heart. Tonight is such a moment for me. [applause] my heart is filled with pride. My fellow citizens, i probably accept i proudly accept your nomination for Vice President of the
[applause] [cheering] in 1984, Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman nominated for Vice President by a Major Political party. Her speech at the Democratic Convention in San Francisco is 30 minutes. [applause] [chanting gerry] gerry, gerry. [applause] [applause] [applause] ladies ando gentlemen of the convention, my [applause] [whistling] rep. Ferraro ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is Geraldine Ferraro. [applause] rep. Ferraro i stand before you to proclaim tonight, america is the land where dreams can come true for all of us. [applause] as i stand before the American People and think of the honor this Great Convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of dr. Martin luther king jr. , who made america stronger by making america more free. He said, occasionally in life there are moments which cannot be completely explained by words. Their meaning can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart. Tonight is such a moment for me. [applause] rep. Ferr
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