Mister chairman. Thank you all. Mister chairman, delegates and my fellow citizens, i probably accept your nomination. Thank you. Thank you for this honor. Thank you for this honor. Together, we will renew americas purpose. [applause] our Founders First defined that purpose here in philadelphia. Ben franklin was here. Thomas jefferson and, of course, george washington, or, as his friends called him, george w. I am proud to have dick cheney by my side. He is a man he is a man of integrity and sound judgment who has proven that Public Service can be noble service. America will be proud to have a leader of such character to succeed al gore as the Vice President of the united states. Im grateful for senator john mccain. I appreciate so very much his speech tonight to go. I appreciate his friendship. I love his spirit for america. And i want to thank the other candidates who sought this office as well. Their convictions have strengthened our party. [applause] im especially grateful tonight t
Weekend on cspan3. George w. Bush accepted the nomination for president in 2000 at the partys convention in philadelphia. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you all. Thank you mr. Chairman, delegates, and my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you for this honor. Thank you for this honor. Together we will renew americas purpose [ cheers and applause ] our Founders First defined that purpose here in philadelphia. Ben franklin was here. Thomas jefferson. Of course, george washington. Or, as his friends called him, george w. [ cheers and applause ] i am proud to have dick cheney by my side [ cheers and applause ] he is a man he is a man of integrity and sound judgment who has proven that Public Service can be noble service. America will be proud to have a leader of such character to succeed al gore as Vice President of the united states. Im grateful for senator john mccain i appreciate his sp
[ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] mr. Chairman [ cheers and applause ] mr. Chairman [ cheers and applause ] thank you all. [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Mr. Chairman, delegates and my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you for this honor. Thank you for this honor. Together, we will renew americas purpose. [ cheers and applause ] our Founders First defined that purpose here in philadelphia. Ben franklin was here, Thomas Jefferson and of course, George Washington or as his friends called him, george w. [ cheers and applause ] i am proud to have dick cheney by my side. [ cheers and applause ] he is a man he is a man of integrity and sound judgment who has proven that Public Service can be noble service. America will be proud to have a leader of such character to succeed al gore as Vice President of the united states. [ cheers and appla
Helen tapped was more ambitious about getting to the white house than her husband, William Howard taft, and was willing to get personally in bald in politics to get him elected. As first lady, she overcame a serious illness directly mounted the white house. Invited top Classical Musicians to perform their, and support it causes that matter to her. Helen tap also has one of the most physical legacies of our first ladies. Washington d. C. s famous japanese cherry trees, the ones that frame the tidal basin in the Nations Capital and brings tens of thousands of visitors to washington every year. Good evening, and welcome to first ladies. Influence and image. The life of hell and taft, her husband served in the white house from 1909 to 1913. Here to tell us about her life and her legacy is her biographer lewis gold. His biography of her is helen taft, our musical first lady. You open the book by making the case that of the 20th century first lady, shes the most obscure but you say she deser
Quite a race. Quite a race. Its not just a race. Theres all kind of Community Events going on, autographs with the drivers. Memorabilia sale. It is nonstop entertainment for an entire weekend. music once the race begins i think a lot of people look at it as we just threw a big party and now we can get down to watching a serious race go on and see who wins. And everyones kind of let down after the race is over because you have to wait another 364 days. Final lap and its threeway shootout into the home stretch less than half a mile. He wins. Hes made the indy 500. The indianapolis 500 is the largest single day sporting event in the world and has been for many years. The speedway track about 300,000 people here for the race year after year. In terms of what it is, if you look at that literally its a 500 mile race, 200 laps of this twoandahalf mile oval. And here at the speedway, it is but for a lot of people its grown into more than just a race. Its family reunions, reunions with friends.