Democratic National Convention in new york city. In his speech, president carter called Ronald Reagans proposals, quote, fantasy and criticized his tax plans. Fellow democrats, fellow citizens, i thank you for the nomination youve offered me, and i especially thank you for choosing as my running mate the best partner any president ever had, fritz mondale. [ applause ] with gratitude and with determination i accept your nomination. [ applause ] and i am proud to run on the progressive and sound platform that you have hammered out at this convention. [ applause ] fritz and i will mount a campaign that defines the real issues, a campaign that responds to the intelligence of the American People, a campaign that talks sense. And were going to beat the republicans in november. Well win because we are the party of a great president who knew how to get reelectedFranklin Delano roosevelt. And we are the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give em hell, harry truman. [ applause ] and a
President carter with gratitude and with determination, i accept your nomination. [cheers and applause] president carter and i am proud to run on the progressive and sound platform that you have hammered out at this convention. [applause] president carter fritz and i will mount a campaign that defines the real issues, a campaign that responds to the intelligence of the American People, a campaign that talks sense. And were going to beat the republicans in november [applause] president carter well win because we are the party of a great president who knew how to get reelected, Franklin Delano roosevelt. [applause] president carter and we are the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give em hell harry truman. [applause] president carter and as truman said, he just told the truth and they thought it was hell. [laughter] president carter and were the party of a gallant man of spirit John Fitzgerald kennedy. [applause] president carter and were the party of a great leader of compas
I thank you for the nomination you have offered me. [applause] president carter and i especially thank you for choosing as my running mate the best partner any president ever had, fritz mondale. [applause] carter with gratitude and with determination, i accept your nomination. [cheers and applause] carter and i am proud to run on the progressive and sound platform that you have hammered out at this convention. [applause] president carter fritz and i will mount a campaign that defines the real issues, a campaign that responds to the intelligence of the American People, a campaign that talks sense. And were going to beat the republicans in november [applause] president carter well win because we are the party of a great president who knew how to get reelected, Franklin Delano roosevelt. [applause] carter and we are the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give em hell harry truman. [applause] president carter and as truman said, he just told the truth and they thought it was hel
Maryland, my maryland [laughter] [cheers and applause] you have 120 votes. How do you cast your votes . Chairlady,r] madam the great state of maryland, the great supremethe Court Justice thurgood marshall, author scott key and the of our nations starspangled banner is, the home of the academy, the naval home of the chesapeake bay, the in the United States and the Third Largest in the world, great, greathe senator barbara mikulski. [cheers and applause] who in 1986 became the first woman elected into the United States senate from maryland and and womanmarylander to chair the United States Senate Appropriations committee and, of course, the leader of the home ofnight, stephanie rawlingsblake. Toam chair, we are elated cast 36 votes for a truly great. An, Bernie Sanders [cheers and applause] and we are excited and we are to vote cast 84 votes next president of the United States of america, Hillary Rodham clinton [cheers and applause] mayor rawlingsblake maryland, you have cast 84 votes fo
Enormous beehive haircut and i still remember it to this day. I am traveling in the chair and she said you can wear your trousers and your culottes and your pantaloons at home but at high school you wear dresses. I literally got a permission slips, walked home and changed into address and came home. I shed a few tears, i will say that much. I use that example of why a wrote the book to show how through it all the changing culture i ended up being able to wear pants and being able to be the girl that could respond to those principles of the world and start a petition jot drive but at that moment i did what she said. The one little tangent to that story is that when the book came out i actually got a call from someone and he said this is ron and im the son of the old principle. He said i read that and i didnt like what you said about my mom. I said well ron its true she really did kick me out of the school. What you said about her hair with the beehive. I said ron i checked on the intern