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
Candidate for president , Vice President al gore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush of texas. Lets welcome the candidates now. Before proceeding tonight we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri, who along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night near st. Louis. A reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The formats and the rules were worked out by the commission and the two campaigns. Tonights questions will be asked by st. Louis area voters who were identified as being uncommitted by the gallup organization. Earlier today each of them wrote a question on a small card like this. Those cards were collected and then given to me this afternoon. My job, under the rules of the evening, was to decide the order the questions will be asked and to call on the questioners accordingly. I also have the option of asking
Now in American History tv, bill clintons speech accepting the 1996 democratic nomination for president. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, bill clinton [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Mister chairman. Mr. Chairman, mr. Vice president , my fellow democrats and my fellow americans. Thank you for your nomination. [applause] i dont know if i can find a fancy way to say this, but i accept. [applause] thank you. So many have contributed to the record we have made for the American People, but one above all, my partner, my friend, and the best Vice President in our history, al gore. [applause] tonight i think the city of chicago, its great mayor and its wonderful people for this magnificent convention. I love chicago for many reasons. For your powerful spirit, your sports teams, you are lively politics, but most of all for the love and light of my life, chicagos d
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