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Gary Bauer Announcement Speech
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Edited | Chronicler May 13, 2006 06:33am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, April 21, 1999 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | I want to thank everybody that worked together to make this morning possible. I think you can imagine what I was going through the last couple of weeks anticipating it, wondering if anyone back in Newport, Kentucky, my hometown, back in Newport High School - Go Wildcats! - whether anybody would really care that I was running for the Presidency of the United States.
I want to begin by thanking all the local officials that have helped make this morning possible - the mayor, the principal of this school have helped to the Nth degree. The good people on this platform today - former Governor Nunn, I am honored by all your involvement and grateful to each and every one of you. I assured the principal that because of his hard work, I will return the library book.
I don't know if you had a chance yet to meet my family formally, if they will please stand - my wife Carol, my daughter Sarah, my daughter Elyse, my son Zachary, and my mother Betty Bauer. And I believe we also have several other family members here, people I seldom see and wish that I saw more often. Cousins, second cousins, and I believe my Aunt Jewel is here - thank you. My aunt is recovering from a stroke and for her to be here is a very special thing. So I want to say to each and every one of you that I love you and the fact that you are all here means more to me than you'll ever know - God bless you all. I also want to thank Tete Turner, my old friend from Newport for that wonderful introduction.
I came here this morning with a fairly typical political speech. The kind of speech that many people will be giving in the weeks ahead as they decide whether to run for the Presidency of the United States or not. And that speech has been given to members of the press and there were a number of them that flew with us on the plane this morning and we have given each of them a copy of the speech. I want to make it clear that I stand behind every word of it.
In that speech I talk about the need to have lower |
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