Listen on the free cspan radio app. For only the third time in u. S. History, a Major Political party is nominating a woman to be their Vice President ial candidate. The first time was in 1984, when democrats chose Geraldine Ferraro. 24 years later, republicans nominated then Alaska Governor sarah palin. Here are their speeches. When nominated, Geraldine Ferraro was representing queens, new york, for three terms as a member of the u. S. House. Earlier, as a Public School teacher, she took night classes at the university to earn a law degree and later work as an assistant district attorney. She went on to lose two primary races th was the u. S. Ambassador to the un human rights commission. Geraldine ferraro accepted the Vice President ial nomination in san francisco. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention [cheering] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention, ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is Geral
[cheering] thank you very much. Mondale, mondale. Thank you very much. Mondale. E, mondale, thank you very much, thank you very much. Thank you very, very much. My fellow democrats, my fellow americans, i accept your nomination. [cheering and applause] behind us now is the most wide open race and political history. It was noisy, but our voices were heard. Stamina was but our tested. Heat wast, but the passion and not anger. It was a roller coaster, but it made me a better candidate and it will make me a stronger president of the united states. [cheering and applause] i do not envy the drowsy harmony of the republican party. [laughter] they squelched debate, we welcomed it. Wey denied differences, appreciated them. They are uniform. We are united. [cheering and applause] they are a portrait of privilege and we are a mirror of america. [cheering and applause] look at us here tonight. Asian,ndwhite, hispanic, native and immigrant, young and old, urban and rural, male and female, from yupp
The Federalist Society for law and Public Policy studies at montgomery, alabama posted this event. Good morning. Is Federalist Society founded on the freedoms that the separation of governmental powers is central to our constitution and that is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to tell you what the law is, not what it should be. The society seeks to promote both an awareness of these principles and to further their application. An, you may notice i have adam smith tie on today, and that is not because we have an economic historian coming to speak to us, but it is because adam smith was principally an educator. He was a professor and a private tutor, and he was beloved by his students. And marcus witcher, you have seen throughout the day, is known as a very exuberant, enthusiastic educator. I first met marcus several years you mayn institute, or say a conference, i spoke, and then he followed me. He later told me, and i mean years later, that he was so relieved that i
Dr. Mendenhall good morning. Good morning and welcome to the montgomery lawyers chapter of the Federalist Society. The Federalist Society is founded on the freedoms that the separation of governmental powers is central to our constitution and that is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to tell say what the law is, not what it should be. The society seeks to promote both an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its activities. Now, you may notice i have an adam smith tie on today, and that is not because we have an economic historian coming to speak to us, but it is because adam smith was principally an educator. He was a professor and a private tutor, and he was beloved by his students. And marcus witcher, you is speaking to us today, is known as a very exuberant, enthusiastic educator. I first met marcus several years ago at an Institute Study conference, i spoke, and then he followed me. He later told me, and i mean years later, that h
Hi, everybody. Im Jacob Heil Brun editor of the National Interest and harry has mag nan nussly asked me to chair this session which looks like it will be a corker. It is can sanctions bring about denuclearization or are they, and i will play editorial prerogative, a bloody waste of time. Our panelists today, first panelist to my immediate left is Lieutenant General wallace chip gregson, retired former head of the u. S. Marines in the pacific and a senior fellow here at the center for the National Interest. To my further left geographically but not politically is former Lieutenant Colonel danny davis who is a senior fellow at defense priorities. And danny is im pleased to say a regular contributor to the National Interest website. And finally to my right henri feron a senior fellow at the center for international policy. Now im reckoning that with all of the attention being bestowed upon tehran that pyongyang must be starting to feel a little lonely. And so id like to ask chip, what are