My fellow citizens, im happy to join you for this benediction of our friday, Sunrise Service i assumed that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention. And that my choice for Vice President , was challenged by only 39 other nominees. But i think we learned, from watching the republicans, four years ago as they selected their Vice President , that it pays to take a bit more time. And i can tell you, the eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation kept are in the race with martha mitchell. So i congratulate you on your patience, and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry obrien, and even brought weight burke. If and so tonight i accept your nomination, with a full and grateful heart. This afternoon i crossed the wide missouri, and recommended a running make, two of the compassion, senator tom eagle ten. I am proud to have him at my side and im proud to have been introduced a moment ago by one of the most elegant, and
President ial nomination. He lost in the general election to the incumbent president , with Richard Nixon taking 49 states. Our coverage is from the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum. Chairwoman burke, senator kennedy, senator eagleton and my fellow citizens, im happy to join you for this benediction of our friday sunrise service. I assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. But i think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago, as they selected their Vice President ial nominee, that it pays to take a little more time. And i can tell you that eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with martha mitchell. So i congratulate you on your patience and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry obrien and even brave weight burke. Yvonne braithwaite burke so tonight, i accept yo
Happy to join you for this benediction of our sunrise service. I assume everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. I think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago, as they selected their Vice President ial nominee, that it pays to take a little more time. I can tell you that eleanor is grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race. I congratulate you on your patience and pay my respects to those two super presiding officers of this convention. Tonight i accept your nomination with a full and grateful heart. This afternoon i crossed the missouri to recommend a running mate one of the most eloquent and courageous voices in this land. Senator ted kennedy. Its the sweet harvest of the work on tens of thousands of tireless volunteers young and old alike literally funded by hundreds of thousands of small contributors in every part of this nation. Those who fin
Impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. [ applause ] i think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago, as they selected their Vice President ial nominee, that it pays to take a little more time. [ cheers and applause ] i can tell you that eleanor is grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race. I congratulate you on your patience and pay my respects to those two super presiding officers of this convention, larry and evonne. [ applause ] tonight i accept your nomination with a full and grateful heart. This afternoon i crossed the missouri to recommend a running mate one of the most eloquent and courageous voices in this land. Senator tom eagleton. Im proud of him at my side, and im proud to be introduced by one of the most eloquent and courageous voices in this land, senator ted kennedy. My mom nation is all the more precious, in that is the gift of the most open polit
Heard bill brands before, youll be delighted. If you have come in the past, as i know many of you have, youre in for another treat. So please join me in welcoming my colleague, Greaves Whitney to introduce our speaker. [ applause ] well, thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction and praise of the howenstein center. We really treasure our partnership with the ford. Its always a treat. We will continue to brick you excellent programs that stimulate the heart and mind. Happy washingtons birthday to our cspan audience and also to the audience here at the ford. Its really neat to be here, recognizing washingtons birthday. This is one of the reasons we wanted bill to be here on this special day. Its always a pleasure to host bill brands. Weve had him back to west michigan so many times, ive lost count. But its been enough that he should be awarded a lifetime tenure award at grant valley state university. [ laughter ] now, ive probably personally introduced you, bill, more than