Some of it was in the spirit of our states and some of it was a fluke but we did not have a strong drunk driving law. There was a notorious story of one of our legislators taking to the house floor when they were and said ifss. 08, mypass this, how will constituents get home in the morning . I had a best case to use when i testified. The guy had been arrested 16 my constituents get home in the morning . I had or 18 times for drunk driving and when the cops stopped him in minnesota for this one, they said why did you move here and he said colorado has been a felony, i would have been in jail. We were able to use that case and i worked with republican and democratic legislators it took two years and we passed that bill that made it clear that if you had more than three ew eyes that it would be a felony. Where did you grow up . Plymouth. T was in family. Nice we went on our family trips to tetons. K hills and the i never went anywhere that did not involve a tent or a camper. I went to pub
We as a nation spend the best part of a year selecting our president. Many of the Founding Fathers fought against creating the vice presidency, and people have regarded ate political graveyard. The system has produced some worthy Vice President s, but at best, its a compromise, and at worst, its a game of who left with the nations destiny. Ben franklin when the constitution was written said we should refer to the Vice President as a superfluous excellency. [ cheers ] hail to the chief i always think of John Nance Garner and his quote that it wasnt worth a bucket of warm spit, and thats cleaning up what he said. If you ask the American People what does the Vice President do . I think you would probably get a shrug of the shoulders. You might even be asked who is the Vice President . Lets do it. I think when we were formed as a nation and the constitution was shaped, not an awful lot of thought was given to the vice presidency. The office as a general proposition, if you look back over t
His pants down again. Him, ive forgiven believe in him. The attorney general pushes back on Voting Rights. Last week the Supreme Court issued a deeply disappointing and flawed decision that struck down a key part of Voting Rights act of 1965. Also, a lovely show of support from a former president for a twoyearold leukemia victim. And welcome to the world, prints George Alexander louis of cambridge. In illinois this week, president obama began a summer sales pitch on the economy, the first of a series of speeches aimed at revitalizing the american middleclass. I will lay out my ideas on how we build on the cornerstone for what it needs to be middle class in america and what it takes to work your way into the middle class. The speech turned out to be all season and no steak, assuming there is anything left after you have repeated it so many times. What is new . We are about to have another fight about the budget and there is this thing called the bully pulpit, and the president is using
President ial campaign manager, read mccains own words in a farewell statement today. It was penned by the senator and released only now after his death. In between the lines in this statement you could see clear references to the current president. Fellow americans. That association has meant more to me than any other. I lived and died a proud american. We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the colors of the globe. We weaken it when we hide behind walls rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals rather than trust them to be the great force for change they have always been. Do not despair of our present difficulties. We believe always in the promise and greatness of america because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. Now, until this afternoon, nearly 48 hours after it was announced, the only
Thank you very much. As i look at the board here, if the present trend continues, mr. Kennedy, senator kennedy will be the next president of the United States. There obviously is no happiness in the nixon camp, and it brings Vice President nixon to a stop in his political career. Ive had other defeats and disappointments in life, but nobodys really been defeated until hes been defeated after running for president. You dont know what its really like. Well, ive deliberately not made any plans for the future, yet. Youve been through a very tiring campaign. You certainly dont want to make any decisions in a hurry. My political friends said youve got to go back, youve got to run for office again. If you dont run, whos dick nixon going to be . Hes the guy that lost for president. Enthusiastic nixonites are at hand and twisting at the pomona, california county fairgrounds to welcome back to the site where he started his First Political campaign, former Vice President Richard Nixon. I announce