Every one of you here taking the time to meet as a community and take an active role in electing the candidate who will take down donald trump in november. [applause] before coming here to carson city, i was working in montana for a nonprofit dedicated to assisting students experiencing homelessness, making them feel like they belong, helping them understand their full potential. I knew they were not alone in their fight and that millions of americans have experienced similar feelings of exclusion and the Current System is actively working against those who need the most help. I wanted to be involved in making bold changes happen and i knew that i could make a difference in pete buttigiegcampaign here. When i moved out here, i had no idea what to expect. All i had was a dented up suzuki, a car they do not even make anymore. A couple of suitcases, my wonderful dog named jeff and an eagerness to select a candidate who can heal the divides of the nation and begin a new american era. From
Welcome dr. Craig smith. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome dr. Craig smith. [applause] dr. Smith, its a pleasure to see you, thanks for being here with us tonight. You have written for some of the most powerful people in the world. Can you tell us a little bit about your early life and tell us more about how you get to be a president ial speechwriter. I became a president ial speechwriter can only happen in america. I was an undergraduate debater got a lot of training in how to make cases, how to sift evidence, how to build arguments. I then went on for a phd in Communication Studies where i focused on the ancients, aristotle on rhetoric, cicero on oratory. All those things are incorporated in the speechwriting craft. Professor of a Communication Studies, focusing on rhetoric and public address. At sanp after starting diego state, i wound up at the university of virginia and i was at the university of virginia in 1976 and i was invited down to the university of North Carol
A brief history of its passage and why it is current, now. For havingks so much me, again. I love being on your program to talk with you and your viewers. About this extremely essential amendment that we need to place on the constitution. The constitution needs to be fixed one more time. It has been amended, 20 seven times. The e. R. A. Would be the 28th amendment. It will effectively say that you in factibit it would put into the constitution prohibiting discrimination by sex. That is a major advancement in our constitution. Prohibit this termination. That is why we need it. It would be to put women into the constitution. , it did notitten include women. Women were deliberately left out. Yesterday, we had a huge day in the house of representatives. Delegates and representatives passed a bill by jackie speier, from california, that would dissolve the time limit that was imposed on the e. R. A. Bill, when it was passed by congress in 1972. So, where we are now with the equal rights amen
Leadership in the world. It is important to remember that what happens abroad and how people live elsewhere affects us here at home. When america turns a blind eye, we invite expressionism and extremism. We must Work Together to safeguard the democratic Border Guarding peace, prosperity and human achievement home abroad. At the bush institute, we are working diligently on these issues and today, our team is releasing a set of recommendations aimed at freedom, democracy and human rights and Foreign Policy. Thank you for contributing to this effort and may god bless you all. It is a little known fact that everywhere i go he does a video. We have a great panel, a really provocative title. I think we start off with the greater opposed opposed. And freedomtty bad house, something we measure every year in our freedom of the world report and for the last 13 years, every year, weve had more countries experiencing decline in so that political andts and Civil Liberties scores for next year not r
Take an active role in electing the candidate who will take down donald trump in november. [applause] before coming here to carson city, i was working in montana for a nonprofit dedicated to assisting students experiencing homelessness, making them feel like they belong, helping them understand their full potential. I knew they were not alone in their fight and that millions of americans have experienced similar feelings of exclusion and the Current System is actively working against those who need the most help. I wanted to be involved in making bold changes happen and i knew that i could make a difference in pete buttigiegcampaign here. When i moved out here, i had no idea what to expect. All i had was a dented up suzuki, a car they do not even make anymore. A couple of suitcases, my wonderful dog named jeff and an eagerness to select a candidate who can heal the divides of the nation and begin a new american era. From the first day i stepped foot in carson city to work for this camp