Paula, democrats elicit is an, i thank you for the nomination youve offered me. And i especially thank you for trusting as my running meet the best partner anyone could ever have, chris mondale. [applause] with gratitude and determination, i accept your nomination. Im proud to run on the progressive vote that you have and the convention. A campaign that defines a campaign that response to the intelligence of the American People. A campaign that talks sense. We are going to beat the republicans in november. We will when because were at the podium of a president who you had to get elected. Franklin roosevelt. [applause] we are the party of a courageous fighter and were gonna give him hell, eric truman. And as truman said, they just saw the truth, and they thought it was how. And we are the party of a gallant man, John Fitzgerald kennedy. And were the party of a great leader of compassion. Lyndon johnson. [applause] and the party of great men who should have been president and who would h
Convention, my fellow citizens, i accept your nomination and your program. [ cheers and applause ] and now my friends that you have made your decision, i will fight to win that office with all my heart and my soul. [ cheers and applause ] and with your help, i have no doubt that we will win. [ cheers and applause ] help me to do the job in this autumn of conflict and of campaign. Help me to do the job in these years of darkness and doubt and crisis which stretch beyond the horizon of tonights happy vision. And we will justify our gorgeous past and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding, and for honest purpose. Thus we will serve our great tradition greatly. I ask of you all you have. I will give you all i have and that was our contender this week, Adlai Stevenson, accepting the democratic nomination for president in 1952. We are joined by historian Richard Norton smith here in Adlai Stevensons hold study in libertyville, illinois. Richard norton
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Senator toomey good morning, everyone. Im the c. E. O. Of lehigh public media. Gives me great honor to introduce the United States senator from pennsylvania, tim good morning, everyone. Im tim fallon, the ceo of Lehigh Valley public media and it gives me a great honor to introduce the United States senator from pennsylvania, the honorable patrick toomey. Sen. Toomey thank you, tim. Take your time, its all right. Good morning. And thanks for being here. A special thanks to my family for joining me today. For joining me today. My wife chris, my son patrick on the far left, my daughter brigett and our son duncan. My family and i have reached a decision and i wanted to share that with the people of pennsylvania. And that is that i will not be running for reelection in 2022, and i will not be running for governor. I will serve out the remainder of my term for a little over two years that are left of the current term and after that, my plan is to go back to the private sector. I want to say
For joining me today. My wife chris, my son patrick on the far left, my daughter brigett and our son duncan. My family and i have reached a decision and i wanted to share that with the people of pennsylvania. And that is that i will not be running for reelection in 2022, and i will not be running for governor. I will serve out the remainder of my term for a little over two years that are left of the current term and after that, my plan is to go back to the private sector. I want to say very clearly that representing the people of pennsylvania, this big, beautiful, con my indicated, diverse state, has been an extraordinary, amazing honor. It still is, and its been by far the highlight of my professional life. The reasons that ive reached this decision are not political. Theyre personal. The decision is consistent with a longheld view ive had in support of term limits. I committed myself to limiting my terms in the house. I didnt do that in the senate but id always thought that id probab