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
Thank you for that too kind introduction. Im delighted to be back here at mary washington. I was threatening when i was here last that i might not go home. If i had known 14 months ago, i would not have told you all my funny stories. Its probably best that we just move forward with our talk about liliuokalani. I am anglo. Im a mainland writer. And so my the times i will have to speak in hawaiian, its thick. We will talk a bit about the hawaiian language, the first thing i need to do is make some disclaimer of humility. Captive paradise is intended to explain the essentials of how we got our hands on the place. The reviews i got from the wall street journal all the way to honolulu magazine were extraordinary. Really wonderful reviews, which did not prepare me for the anger that i saw in the native independence blogs. They hated it. And hated me just another halle trying to make a bunch of money off our history. Apparently they think people write history for money. Which tells you someth
That president carter gave in naming a building in texas after congressman brooks. In one of the things that the president said at the time was he is a new president , thought well if i just have one congressman that disagrees with me, i am the president of the united states. That is no big deal. And they found out that that one congressman was jack brooks. [laughter]. And that was a big deal. It talks about how president and Congress Work together and i think at this time, it is very important that we hear that message about how they work together. Pleasedspecially tonight to ask congressman jack brooks son, jeff and his work in hethe financial industry and all size companies for more than three decades. He started his career at citibank until one and rose to Vice President of citigroups International Securities and then he is currently the managing partner of pinewood trading fund. And he is the chairman of the Jack Brooks Foundation which provided wonderful reception for nus tonight
New hampshire democrats, please welcome to the stage chairman ray fosly. We have a message for christopher sununu. 2018 is coming. Yesterday, we launched a project to keep sununu accountable for his out of touch policies that are favoring his family, his friends, and corporate special interests. Instead of average staters. Were tired of his phony double speak and his aw schucks act, so were calling him out. Our focus is five key issues. Where his policies are hurting New Hampshire. Education, the economy, health care, the environment, and ethics. And we cant hold him accountable alone. We need your help. So follow sununureality, on twitter. Like sununu reality check on facebook. Go to our website, www. Sununurealitycheck. Com to learn more about sununus record and share it to hold him accountable. Folks, chris sununu won by 2 in 2016. So lets get to work and make sure he loses by far more than 2 in 2018. So is everyone clear . Everyone clear what our focus is . For the next 11 months.
New hampshire democrats, please welcome to the stage, chairman ray buckley. We have a message for Christopher Sun knew knew. 2018 is coming. Yesterday we launched a project to keep sun knew knew accountable for his out of touch policies that are favoring his families, and his friends and corporate interests. Were tired of his double speak, and his policies are hurting New Hampshire, education, the economy, health care, the environment and ethics. And we cant hold them accountable alone. We need your help. So follow sununureality on twitter. Like sununu reality. Com to hold them accountable. Chris sununu won by 2 in 2016. So lets get to work and make sure he loses by far more than 2 in 2018. So is everyone clear . Everyone clear what our focus is . For the next 11 months. Good afternoon democrats. Were joined by congressman delaney, tim ryan, and vice chair grace mann, congresswoman and our extraordinary senator Maggie Hassen. So tonights dinner is a chance to pause and reflect on the y