Thank you for coming out. United technology has sponsored these issues and i was holding out for a helicopter but you sold the company so i have to hold out for an elevator for the house or something. But anyway, and the great people at National Journal for putting this together. Great crowd. I want to put in a plug quickly. The brand new almanac of american politics just came out. It is an amazing 2084 pages. It is sort of everything you needed to know. I bought my first copy in 1972 when i was a senior in high school in louisiana. I bought everyone were you from louisiana . We went to the same high school. That is right anyway, so wow, see this is a real story. I didnt make it up. Just anyway, it is now at bookstores near you and amazon and all kinds of great places. There is an 18page introduction essay i wrote at the beginning. Just remember i wrote it over the summer. Cut me some slack there. What i am going to try to do is talk a little bit if you feel confused about the 2016 cam
Put a lot more emphasize e sis on being very conservative and how you presented yourself. Being very nervous about causing a, any kind of big controversy. And now i think is the third big change. It is not that radio or tv or print have gone away, social media is the new thing in the mix. In some ways it no longer emphasizes the image of a candidate. It puts much more emphasis on personality and you want a personality that does grab attention on social media. You want to be somebody who says something new all the time, rather than saying, repeating the same thing over and over again. That works on tv where you have a voters attention captured. You dont have that on social media. So saying the same thing over and over again, i think we see some traditional candidates like Hillary Clinton do that on social media and it kind of comes off dull. So i think what were going to see candidates have to adapt or politicians have to adapt to the new media or new generations of politicians will com
Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. At this time, we ask that you please remain seated while the president departs. [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [cheers and applause] [ applause ] dont just try to be a mother, raise a daughter and a son be a lover to their father everything to everyone im up bright and early im all business in my suit hey, im dressed up for success from my suit to my boots and ive counted up the cost i know the sacrifice oh, and i dont want to die for you but dieins asked of me well, ill bear the cross with honor because freedom dont come free im an american soldier an american beside my brothers and my sisters i will proudly take a stand where libertys in jeopardy i will always do whats right right here on front lines bringing peace to light american soldier im an american soldier im an american soldier [ applause ] general dempsey and deanie just celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary. In their honor, we perform their wedding song, close to you. Why
So im almost out of water to choke back the emotion, which means i must be near the end. What were really doing today is transferring our passion for the standard u. S. Army nineman infantry squad to our own squad of nine adorable talented and exceptional grandchildren. They are kayla, mckenna, luke, alexander, hunter, finley, braden, samuel and david. Now, if you want to know what our principle goal in retirement will be . Its to be the best grand parents we can be. Now unless they think weve forgotten them, we have our own grandchildren. We have made 20 moves, most of them with the kids. They have been adaptive, resilient and willing to share their parents with a larger military family. Its been a joy watching them grow up, until recently, we had some difficulty convincing them that the mayflower wasnt a moving van. Im very happy that the j3 allowed my son kris to escape to attend the military ceremony, and meagan and katie have also served. And we have the best trio of inlaws we cou
My questions on the safety bill i introduced with the Ranking Member and congresswoman capps. The companion legislation pass td senate with bipartisan support as part of the senates highway bill, and is supported by the rental car industry. Many of them are here today. Consumer organizations and General Motors and honda and others. It would ensure that rental Car Companies fix recalled vehicles in their fleets before renting or selling them. So let me ask you, mr. Administrator, thank you for coming today, come to opponents of the legislation said rental Car Companies should be allowed to rent or sell unrepaired, defective, recalled cars, unless the manufacturer has specifically issued a, do not drive warning. Is there any federal standard for when a do not drive warning must be issued . Thank you for pointing that out because that do not drive issiis issued by the manufacturer, not nhtsa. Theyre determining whether or not the criteria would be to allow that to occur on a rental or use