| 00:00:00 | WE DO NOT EVEN PUT OURSELVES ON PAYROLL, BUT WE WILL HIRE IF THE FIRST THREE ARE FREE. |
| 00:00:06 | WE CAN CREATE FULL EMPLOYMENT IN THE COUNTRY. |
| 00:00:09 | WE HAVE GOT TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO. |
| 00:00:12 | WE NEED TO HAVE THE REGULATION OF PAYROLL. |
| 00:00:16 | MOST IMPORTANTLY, I CANNOT HIRE SOMEBODY WHO IS A COLLEGE GRADUATES BECAUSE MY ALMA MATERS HAS NOT CHANGED THEIR CURRICULUM MUCH. |
| 00:00:32 | IF SOMEONE COMES TO ME AND SAYS THERE GRADUATE OF HARVARD IN HISTORY, I SAY TO GET OUT OF HERE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT TELL ME. |
| 00:00:40 | I NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE TRAINED IN TECHNOLOGY. |
| 00:00:46 | WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TRAIN PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY IN AMERICA BECAUSE OF LICENSING LAWS RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS. |
| 00:00:55 | IT IS ILLEGAL TO SET UP PROGRAMS TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO GO TO WORK FOR SMALL BUSINESS. |
| 00:01:00 | SMALL BUSINESS CANNOT TRAIN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY LEAVE AND WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE TRAINING BUSINESS. |
| 00:01:09 | WE HAVE TO ALLOW TRAINING PROGRAMS, PRIVATELY FINANCED TRAINING PROGRAMS TO TRAIN THE PEOPLE WHO WILL GO TO WORK AS THE ASSISTANT TO THE OWNER OF A SMALL BUSINESS AND SPLIT THAT PERSON'S BUSINESS IN HALF. |
| 00:01:21 | LET ME DO WHAT I CAN DO. |
| 00:01:22 | LET THE OTHER PERSON DO ALL THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS SWAMPING MEET SINCE THE ADVENT OF THE INTERNET. |
| 00:01:31 | THINGS HAVE CHANGED. |
| 00:01:33 | I AM NOW A TECHNICIAN. I DO NOT WANT TO BE. |
| 00:01:35 | I NEED HELP. THE JOBS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE, 20 MILLION JOBS ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $3,000 A WEEK FOR SOMEONE WHO WILL SAVE ME 20 HOURS A WEEK. |
| 00:01:48 | THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY ECONOMICALLY THAT WILL CREATE JOBS IN AMERICA. |
| 00:01:53 | WE HAVE TO DEREGULATE SMALL BUSINESS. |
| 00:01:58 | THAT IS MY MESSAGE TO YOU. |
| 00:01:59 | LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT AND THEY WILL VOTE FOR YOU. |
| 00:02:02 | IF YOU DO NOT TELL THEM THAT, THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE REASON. |
| 00:02:05 | THEY WILL NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY SHOULD BE VOTING LIBERTARIAN. |
| 00:02:10 | WE CAN WIN THE ELECTION, BUT WE HAVE TO TELL THE TRUTH. |
| 00:02:15 | WE HAVE TO SAY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE ECONOMY. |
| 00:02:18 | IF WE DO THAT, I THINK WE WILL GET -- WE COULD GET 1/3 OF THE VOTE. |
| 00:02:27 | I THANK YOU. |
| 00:02:42 | [APPLAUSE] >> DO YOU HAVE A NOMINATING SPEECH AND SECONDER? |
| 00:02:47 | I BELIEVE WE DO. |
| 00:02:51 | HE WILL BE FLASHING THE TIME DOWN HERE. |
| 00:03:07 | >> PATRICK HENRY WAS 39 YEARS OLD IN HIS PRIME, AND HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST SPEAKERS IN THE WORLD WHEN HE SPOKE THE WORDS I AM GOING TO SPEAK. |
| 00:03:18 | I AM NEITHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS. |
| 00:03:20 | THE WORDS ARE SO STRONG THAT I THINK HE WILL APPRECIATE THEM. |
| 00:03:26 | TO SET THE STAGE, THE YEAR IS 1775. |
| 00:03:30 | THE MONTH IS MARCH. |
| 00:03:32 | THE LOCATION IS RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. |
| 00:03:35 | THE LEGISLATURE IS MEETING IN CONVENTION. |
| 00:03:37 | LESS THAN A MONTH LATER, ON APRIL 19, 1775, ON THE GREEN IN LEXINGTON, MASS. |
| 00:03:46 | , WAS FIRED THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD. |
| 00:03:48 | THEN AT CONCORD'S NORTHBRIDGE, THE AMERICAN MINUTEMEN DRAWBACK OF FORCES THAT WERE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. |
| 00:04:00 | IT WAS THE START OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. |
| 00:04:05 | [APPLAUSE] BACK TO MARCH. |
| 00:04:06 | BECAUSE OF THE GROWING THREAT OF GROWING BRITISH ARMIES AND NAVIES, PATRICK HENRY CALLED FOR THE CREATION OF MILITIA. |
| 00:04:15 | THE OPPOSITION POINTED TO THE SEEMINGLY POSITIVE ATTITUDES OF THE RECEPTION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR ALARM ON ACCOUNT OF THE INCREASE OF BRITISH MILITARY. |
| 00:04:28 | ON MARCH 23, 1775, PATRICK HENRY ANSWERED THE OPPOSITION. |
| 00:04:37 | HEAR THE WORDS OF PATRICK HENRY. |
| 00:04:42 | NO MAN THINKS MORE HIGHLY THAN I DO OF THE PATRIOTISM AS WELL AS ABILITIES OF THE VERY WORTHY GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE JUST ADDRESSED THE HOUSE. |
| 00:04:54 | BUT DIFFERENT MEN OFTEN SEE THE SAME SUBJECT IN DIFFERENT LIGHTS. |
| 00:04:59 | THEREFORE, I HOPE IT WILL BE NOT THOUGHT DISRESPECTFUL TO THOSE GENTLEMEN INVITE ENTERTAIN OPINIONS OF THE CHARACTERS OPPOSITE TO THEIRS. |
| 00:05:09 | I WILL SPEAK FOR MY SENTIMENTS FREELY AND WITHOUT RESERVE. |
| 00:05:14 | THIS IS NO TIME FOR CEREMONY. |
| 00:05:16 | THE QUESTION BEFORE THE HOUSE IS IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTRY. |
| 00:05:21 | FOR MY OWN PART, I CONSIDER THIS A QUESTION OF NOTHING LESS THAN FREEDOM. |
| 00:05:28 | IN PROPORTION TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SUBJECT THOUGHT TO BE THE FREEDOM OF THE DEBATE, IT IS ONLY IN THIS WAY WE CAN HOPE TO ARRIVE AT TRUTH AND FULFILL THE GREAT RESPONSIBILITY WHICH WE HOLD TO GOD AND OUR COUNTRY. |
| 00:05:44 | SHOULD I KEEP THAT MY OPINIONS AS SUCH A TIME THROUGH FEAR OF GIVING OFFENSE? |
| 00:05:49 | I SHOULD CONSIDER MYSELF AS GUILTY OF TREASON TOWARDS MY COUNTRY AND AN ACT OF DISLOYALTY TOWARDS THE MAJESTY OF HEAVEN, WHICH I REVERS ABOVE ALL OF LICKINGS. |
| 00:06:04 | -- ABOVE ALL EARTHLY KINGS. |
| 00:06:06 | MR. |
| 00:06:07 | PRESIDENT, IT IS NATURAL FOR MAN TO INDULGE IN THE ILLUSIONS . |
| 00:06:12 | WE ARE APT TO SHUT OUR EYES AGAINST PAINFUL TRUTHS AND TRANSFORMED INTO BEASTS. |
| 00:06:21 | IS THIS THE PART OF WISE MEN ENGAGED IN A GREAT AND ARDUOUS STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY? |
| 00:06:30 | PREDISPOSED TO BE THE NUMBER OF THOSE HAVING GUYS WHO SEEM NOT -- HAVING EYES WHO SEE NOT? |
| 00:06:40 | FOR MY PART, WHATEVER ANGUISH IT COSTS, I AM WILLING TO KNOW THE WHOLE TRUTH. |
| 00:06:48 | TO KNOW THE WORST AND PROVIDE FOR IT. |
| 00:06:51 | I HAVE BUT ONE LAMP BY WHICH MY FEET ARE GUIDED. |
| 00:06:57 | THAT IS THE LAMP OF EXPERIENCE. |
| 00:06:59 | I HAVE NO WAY OF JUDGING THE FUTURE BUT BY THE PAST. |
| 00:07:01 | JUDGING BY THE PAST, I WISH TO KNOW WHAT THERE HAS BEEN IN THE CONDUCT OF THE BRITISH MINISTRY OF THE PAST 10 YEARS THAT JUSTIFIES THOSE HOPES WITH WHICH THE GENTLEMAN HAD BEEN PLEASED TO SOLACE THEMSELVES AND THE HOUSE. |
| 00:07:18 | IS IT THAT INSIDIOUS SMILE WITH WHICH THE PETITION HAS BEEN RECEIVED? |
| 00:07:25 | TRUST IS NOT. |
| 00:07:26 | IT WILL PROVE A SNARE TO THE FEET. |
| 00:07:29 | SUFFER NOT YOURSELVES TO BE BETRAYED. |
| 00:07:34 | ASK YOURSELVES HOW THIS GRACIOUS RECEPTION OF OUR PETITION COMPORTS WITH THE WAR LIKE PREPARATIONS THAT COVER OUR WATERS AND DARKEN OUR LAND. |
| 00:07:48 | ARE FLEETS AND ARMIES NECESSARY FOR WORK OF LOVE AND RECONCILIATION? |
| 00:07:52 | HAVE WE SHOWN OURSELVES SO UNWILLING TO BE RECONCILED THAT FORCE MUST BE CALLED IN TO WIN BACK OUR LOVE? |
| 00:07:58 | LET US NOT DECEIVE OURSELVES. |
| 00:08:02 | THESE ARE THE IMPLEMENTS OF WAR AND SUBJUGATION. |
| 00:08:07 | THE LAST ARGUMENTS TO WHICH KING'S RESORT -- KINGS RESORT. |
| 00:08:13 | I ASK WHAT MEANS THIS MARTIAL ARRAY IF NOT TO FORCE US INTO SUBMISSION. |
| 00:08:29 | WHY CALL FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF NAVIES AND ARMIES? |
| 00:08:32 | SHE HAS NONE. |
| 00:08:35 | THEY ARE MEANT FOR US. |
| 00:08:37 | THEY CAN BE MET FOR NO OTHER. |
| 00:08:39 | THEY ARE SENT OVER TO BIND UPON US THE CHANGE THE BRITISH MINISTRY HAVE BEEN SO LONG FORGING. |
| 00:08:53 | WITH WHAT SHALL WE OPPOSE THEM? |
| 00:08:56 | ARGUMENT? |
| 00:08:57 | WE HAVE BEEN TRYING THAT FOR 10 YEARS. |
| 00:08:59 | HAVE WE ANYTHING NEW TO OFFER ON THE SUBJECT? |
| 00:09:01 | NOTHING. |
| 00:09:02 | WE HAVE HELD THE SUBJECT UP IN EVERY LIGHT OF WHICH IS CAPABLE, BUT IT HAS ALL BEEN IN VAIN. |
| 00:09:11 | SHOWY RESORT TO IN TREATY AND HUMBLE SUPPLICATION? |
| 00:09:15 | -- SHALL WE RESORT TO ENTREATY AND HUMBLE SUPPLICATION? |
| 00:09:22 | DO NOT DECEIVE OURSELVES. |
| 00:09:24 | WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO AVERT THE STORM WHICH IS NOW COMING ON. |
| 00:09:31 | WE HAVE PETITIONED. |
| 00:09:33 | WE HAVE SUFFOCATED. |
| 00:09:35 | WE HAVE PROSTRATED OURSELVES BEFORE THE THRONE IN HAVE EMPLOYER -- IMPLORED. |
| 00:09:45 | -- WE HAVE SUPPLICATED. |
| 00:09:54 | WE HAVE BEEN SPURNED. |
| 00:10:01 | IN VAIN AFTER THESE THINGS MAY WE INDULGE IN THE FOND HOPE OF PEACE AND RECONCILIATION. |
| 00:10:07 | THERE IS NO LONGER ANY ROOM FOR HOPE IF WE WISH TO BE FREE, IF WE NEED TO PRESERVE THE PRIVILEGES FOR WHICH WE HAVE BEEN LONG CONTENDING, IF WE MEAN NOT TO ABANDON THE NOBLE STRUGGLE IN WHICH WE HAVE BEEN LONG ENGAGED AND HAVE PLEDGED OURSELVES NEVER TO ABANDON UNTIL THE GLORIOUS AUGUST OF OUR CONTEST SHALL BE OBTAINED. |
| 00:10:43 | WE MUST FIGHT. |
| 00:10:47 | I REPEAT IT, SIR. |
| 00:10:49 | WE MUST FIGHT AND APPEAL TO ARMS AND THE GOD OF HOSTS IS ALL THAT IS LEFT US. |
| 00:11:01 | THEY TELL US WE ARE WEAK AND NOT ABLE TO COPE WITH SUCH A FORMIDABLE ADVERSARY. |
| 00:11:06 | WILL IT BE STRONG FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR YEAR? |
| 00:11:09 | WILL IT BE WHEN WE'RE TOTALLY DISARMED AND THE BRITISH CAR SHOW BE STATIONED IN EVERY HOUSE? |
| 00:11:14 | SHALL WE GATHER STRENGTH BY INACTION? |
| 00:11:22 | SHALL WE ATTAIN THE MEANS OF RESISTANCE BY LAYING ON OUR BACKS UNTIL OUR ENEMIES SHALL HAVE BOUNDLESS HAND AND FOOT -- BOUND US HAND AND FOOT. |
| 00:11:37 | WE ARE NOT WEAK IF WE MAKE USE OF THE MEANS PLACED IN OUR POWER. |
| 00:11:45 | MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARMED IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY AND IN A COUNTRY WE POSSESS ARE INVINCIBLE BY WHICH ANY FORCE OUR ENEMY CAN SEND AGAINST US. |
| 00:11:56 | WE SHALL NOT FIGHT OUR BATTLES ALONE. |
| 00:11:59 | THERE IS A JUST GOD WHO PRESIDES OVER THE DESTINIES OF NATIONS AND WHO WILL RAISE UP FRIENDS TO FIGHT OUR BOTTLES FOR US. |
| 00:12:08 | THE BATTLE IS NOT TO THE STRONG ALONE. |
| 00:12:12 | IT IS TO THE VIGILANT, THE ACTIVE, THE BRAVE. |
| 00:12:20 | BESIDES, SIR, WE HAVE NO ELECTION. |
| 00:12:23 | IF WE WERE BASED ENOUGH TO DESIRE IT, IT IS NOW TOO LATE TO RETREAT TO THE CONTEST. |
| 00:12:30 | THERE IS NO RETREAT BUT IN SUBMISSION AND SLAVERY. |
| 00:12:34 | OUR CHAINS ARE FORGED. |
| 00:12:39 | THE WAR IS INEVITABLE. |
| 00:12:42 | LET IT COME. |
| 00:12:45 | LET IT COME. |
| 00:12:47 | IT IS IN VAIN TO EXTENUATE THE MATTER. |
| 00:12:54 | A GENTLEMAN MAY CRY, PEACE. |
| 00:12:57 | BUT THERE IS NO PEACE. |
| 00:13:01 | TH WAR HAS BEGUN. |
| 00:13:09 | OUR BRETHREN ARE ALREADY IN THE FIELD. |
| 00:13:13 | WHY ARE WE STANDING HERE IDLE? |
| 00:13:15 | WHAT IS IT THE GENTLEMAN WISH? |
| 00:13:17 | WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE? |
| 00:13:19 | IS LIFE SO DEAR OR PEACE SO SWEET AS TO BE PURCHASED OF THE PRICE OF CHAINS AND SLAVERY? |
| 00:13:34 | ALMIGHTY GOD, I KNOW NOW WHAT CHOICE OTHERS MAY MAKE. |
| 00:13:39 | BUT AS FOR ME, GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH. |
| 00:13:56 | [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 00:14:01 | I AM ABOUT TO TAKE OFFICE HERE PEACE -- I AM ABOUT TO TAKE OFFICE THIS HAIRPIECE. |
| 00:14:13 | SOMETIMES THE REFLECTION CAUSES BLINDNESS. |
| 00:14:15 | I CAN SEE. |
| 00:14:19 | MY NAME'S IS JAMES -- MY NAME IS JAMES "LIBERTARIAN" BURNS. |
| 00:14:28 | THANK YOU. |
| 00:14:31 | MY FRIENDS, JIM AND I HOPE YOU WILL TOO. |
| 00:14:33 | I DISCOVERED THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY IN 1973. |
| 00:14:38 | IN JANUARY OF 1974, I WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY IN THE BOTTOM. |
| 00:14:43 | WE HAD 20 MEMBERS. |
| 00:14:46 | IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW TO REGISTER AS A LIBERTARIAN. |
| 00:14:52 | TO CHANGE THAT, WE NEEDED TO COLLECT SIGNATURES ON A PETITION. |
| 00:14:57 | WE COULD NOT DO IT. |
| 00:14:58 | HOW DO YOU BUILD THE PARTY? |
| 00:14:59 | MY LAWYER FRIEND HELPED ME TO LEGALLY CHANGE MY MIDDLE NAME TO "LIBERTARIAN. |
| 00:15:09 | " A FILE TO RUN FOR CONGRESS IN THE -- I FILED TO RUN FOR CONGRESS IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. |
| 00:15:18 | MY NAME WAS PLACED ON THE BALLOT. |
| 00:15:28 | [APPLAUSE] THE WORD LIBERTARIAN APPEARED ON THE BALLOT IN NEVADA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1974. |
| 00:15:35 | WE BUILT THE PARTY AND WE GOT ON THE BALLOT. |
| 00:15:41 | WE DID WHAT WE ALWAYS DID. |
| 00:15:43 | THAT IS TO DO A LOT WITH A LITTLE. |
| 00:15:50 | LIBERTARIANS, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE SPECIAL. |
| 00:15:55 | YOU ARE SPECIAL BECAUSE YOU ARE CHOSEN. |
| 00:15:57 | YOU ARE CHOSEN BECAUSE YOU MADE A CHOICE. |
| 00:15:58 | YOU CHOSE LIBERTARIANISM. |
| 00:16:03 | LIBERTARIANS BELIEVE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO LIVE AS THEY CHOOSE SO LONG AS THEY DO NOT INITIATE FORCE, THREATENED TO INITIATE FORCE, OR ENGAGE IN FRAUD. |
| 00:16:15 | LIBERTARIANISM IS ADOPTED, WE WILL IN TURN AGE OF PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS. |
| 00:16:19 | YOU ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE BECAUSE OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE. |
| 00:16:22 | WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE, YOU ARE AMONG THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN BRING US ALL PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND PROGRESS. |
| 00:16:29 | WE'RE NOT BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. |
| 00:16:30 | WE'RE JUST PEOPLE. |
| 00:16:33 | BUT BECAUSE OF OUR KNOWLEDGE AND CHOICES, WE HAVE IT WITHIN OUR POWER TO BRING US ALL PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND PROGRESS. |
| 00:16:42 | I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 00:16:45 | I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE MORE THING. |
| 00:16:46 | I DO NOT LIKE MY CHANCES FOR GETTING ELECTED PRESIDENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN AS A V. |
| 00:17:01 | P. NOMINEE. I NEED A FEW MORE OF THOSE TOKEN THINGAMAJIGGERS. |
| 00:17:09 | IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ME SPEAK, THERE'S STILL TIME TO PUT THEM IN A BLUE THING. |
| 00:17:13 | THANK YOU, FOLKS. |
| 00:17:16 | I LOVE THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY. |
| 00:17:28 | [APPLAUSE] >> REPRESENTATIVES FROM GARY JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN, PLEASE TAKE THE STAGE. |
| 00:17:36 | >> GOOD MORNING. |
| 00:17:37 | I AM THE CURRENT LIBERTARIAN PARTY TREASURER AND PAST CHAIRMAN. |
| 00:17:42 | I AM HERE TODAY TO NOMINATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES A MAN THAT NO ONE WILL MISTAKE FOR BARACK OBAMA OR MITT ROMNEY. |
| 00:18:01 | [APPLAUSE] USE A MAN WHO KNOWS THAT ECONOMIC FREEDOM IS THE KEY TO PROSPERITY AND A MAN WHO CAN ACTUALLY DEFEND CAPITALISM. |
| 00:18:09 | A MAN WHO WILL CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING TO BALANCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID A POSSIBLE ECONOMIC CALAMITY, THE LIKES OF WHICH WE HAVE NEVER SEEN. |
| 00:18:21 | A MAN WHO RECEIVED THE HIGHEST RATING FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ON MATTERS OF CIVIL LIBERTIES OF ANY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THEY EXAMINED THIS YEAR. |
| 00:18:35 | A MAN WHO RECOGNIZES THE PERNICIOUS EFFECTS OF THE INSANE WAR ON DRUGS IN THE UNITED STATES AND HOW IT IS TEARING APART OTHER COUNTRIES. |
| 00:18:49 | [APPLAUSE] WHILE HE ADMITS AS GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, HE DID NOT CREATE ANY JOBS, HE DID SO BEFOREHAND AS AN ENTREPRENEUR WHO BUILT A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FROM A SINGLE MAN OPERATION TO A BUSINESS THAT EMPLOYS OVER 1000 PEOPLE. |
| 00:19:11 | [APPLAUSE] HE IS AN EXPERIENCED JOB CREATOR AND KNOWS WHAT DRIVES ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THIS NATION AND AROUND WORLD. |
| 00:19:18 | HE IS AN ATHLETE WHO HAS BEEN TO THE HIGHEST POINT OF FOUR CONTINENTS, INCLUDING MOUNT EVEREST WHICH DECLINED WITH A BROKEN LEG. |
| 00:19:29 | IS A MAN WHO JOINED THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY OVER 30 YEARS AGO. |
| 00:19:37 | [APPLAUSE] I AM HERE TO NOMINATE A MAN WHO HAS WALKED HIS TALK HIS ENTIRE LIFE. |
| 00:19:45 | IT IS A DISTINCT HONOR TO PLACE INTO NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THE FORMER TWO-TIME GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:20:15 | [APPLAUSE] >> I AM HERE TO SECOND NOMINATION OF GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:20:26 | [APPLAUSE] HE IS BY FAR THE BEST QUALIFIED CANDIDATE WE HAVE EVER HAD TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 00:20:37 | [APPLAUSE] HE HAS BEEN A LEADER IN EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE. |
| 00:20:43 | A TREMENDOUS SMALL BUSINESSMEN. |
| 00:20:48 | HE GREW A BIG BUSINESS FROM NOTHING. |
| 00:20:52 | A POLITICAL PERSUADER, AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATES. |
| 00:20:59 | WE NEED PEOPLE WHO CAN PERSUADE THE GREAT UNWASHED, THE NON- LIBERTARIAN MAJORITY. |
| 00:21:06 | THAT IS WHAT WE NEED FOR CANDIDATE. |
| 00:21:08 | THAT IS WHAT GARY JOHNSON HAS PROVED HE CAN DO. |
| 00:21:20 | [APPLAUSE] RUNNING A LIBERTARIAN-TYPE CAMPAIGN, CUTTING TAXES, ELIMINATING REGULATIONS IN A HEAVILY-DEMOCRATIC STATE IN TWO TERMS IS AN UNMATCHED FEAT FOR LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE. |
| 00:21:40 | HE NOT ONLY HAS BEEN A HARD CORE LIBERTARIAN, AND UNDERSTANDS AND PRACTICES LIBERTARIAN PHILOSOPHY, BUT HE IS ABLE TO TRANSLATE THAT INTO REAL EVERYDAY POLITICS AND PERSUASION TO PEOPLE. |
| 00:21:58 | HE HAS THE STATURE TO ATTACH HIMSELF TO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS BUT ALSO TO CRACK THE MEDIA BECAUSE HE IS INTO PUBLIC POLICY. |
| 00:22:10 | THE MEDIA HAS TO RESPECT THAT. |
| 00:22:13 | HE HAS GREAT ADVANTAGES FOR US. |
| 00:22:14 | HE IS A GREAT INDIVIDUAL. |
| 00:22:16 | I URGE YOU ALL TO VOTE FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:22:19 | THANK YOU. |
| 00:22:24 | [NO AUDIO] |
| 00:22:33 | -- [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 00:22:38 | I WANT TO BE THE LIBERTARIAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT. |
| 00:22:47 | [APPLAUSE] A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEMS THAT FACE THIS COUNTRY, GIVE THE SOLUTIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE PROBLEMS , AND ONLY THE LIBERTARIAN CANADA WILL OFFER UP SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE. |
| 00:23:05 | [APPLAUSE] THEN YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE A RESUME TO GO ALONG WITH THAT. |
| 00:23:10 | I THINK I HAVE THE RESUME. |
| 00:23:12 | I HAVE BEEN AN ENTREPRENEUR MY ENTIRE LIFE. |
| 00:23:14 | I HAVE BEEN AN ATHLETE MY ENTIRE LIFE. |
| 00:23:16 | I GOT TO BE GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO FOR TWO TERMS. |
| 00:23:21 | I SAID NO TO BIGGER GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:23:24 | HOW DID THAT WORK OUT ANY STATE THAT WAS TWO TO ONE DEMOCRAT? |
| 00:23:30 | THEY DID A POLL ON THE FAVORABILITY OF ALL THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES RUNNING. |
| 00:23:35 | THERE WAS ONLY ONE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RUNNING VIEWED FAVORABLY IN HIS OR HER OWN STATE. |
| 00:23:42 | HOW DID IT WORKED OUT IN NEW MEXICO? |
| 00:23:46 | PEOPLE IN NEW MEXICO WAVE AT ME WITH ALL FIVE FINGERS, NOT JUST ONE. |
| 00:23:54 | [APPLAUSE] GOOD GOVERNMENT WAS EASY. |
| 00:24:00 | IT WAS NOT HARD. |
| 00:24:02 | IT WAS EASY TO LOOK AT ISSUES FIRST AND POLITICS LAST. |
| 00:24:11 | IT WAS NONEXISTENT. |
| 00:24:12 | PEOPLE SOUGHT IT. |
| 00:24:13 | I DO THINK I HAVE A RESUME WHEN IT COMES TO CIVIL LIBERTIES. |
| 00:24:17 | I THINK I HAVE GOT IT IN SPADES WHEN IT COMES TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. |
| 00:24:22 | I BASE THAT ON THE FACT I MAY HAVE BEEN VETOED MORE LEGISLATION THAN THE OTHER 49 GOVERNORS IN THE COUNTRY COMBINED. |
| 00:24:38 | [APPLAUSE] ALL GOVERNANCE NEEDS TO OCCUR UNDER STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. |
| 00:24:48 | AS GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, I MADE VERY FEW PROMISES. |
| 00:24:55 | I PROMISED TO VETO ANY TAX INCREASES. |
| 00:24:58 | I VETOED EVERY SINGLE TAX INCREASE. |
| 00:25:01 | NOT ONE SINGLE PENNY OF TAXES INCREASE OVER EIGHT YEARS IN NEW MEXICO. |
| 00:25:08 | THAT AHAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. |
| 00:25:11 | I PROMISED THERE WOULD BE FEWER STATE EMPLOYEES WHEN I LEFT OFFICE THAN WHEN I GOT THERE. |
| 00:25:18 | THERE WERE 1200 FEWER STATE EMPLOYEES WHEN I LEFT OFFICE. |
| 00:25:24 | A 10% REDUCTION IN STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHEN I LEFT OFFICE. |
| 00:25:28 | THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE. |
| 00:25:32 | I PROMISED TO INCREASE AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPENT ON EDUCATION EVERY YEAR, AND DID THAT FOR EIGHT STRAIGHT YEARS. |
| 00:25:42 | THAT GAVE ME THE LIBERTY TO TALK ABOUT REAL SCHOOL REFORM, WHICH WAS BRINGING COMPETITION TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. |
| 00:25:54 | [APPLAUSE] IF I WOULD HAVE PROMISED EVERYTHING I DELIVERED AS GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ELECTED BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST ANOTHER BLOWHARD POLITICIAN. |
| 00:26:09 | AS PRESIDENT, I UNPROMISING -- I AM PROMISING TO SUBMIT A BALANCED BUDGET TO CONGRESS. |
| 00:26:17 | I AM PROMISING TO VETO LEGISLATION WHERE EXPENSES EXCEED REVENUE. |
| 00:26:22 | I AM PROMISING TO ABDICATE -- ADVOCATE ON THE PART OF A FAIR TAX. |
| 00:26:28 | I AM LISTENING. |
| 00:26:29 | I PROMISED TO ADVOCATE ON THE PROMISE OF THE LESS UNFAIR TAX. |
| 00:26:40 | [APPLAUSE] I PROMISE TO END THE MILITARY WARS. |
| 00:26:46 | I PROMISE TO END THE WAR -- [APPLAUSE] |
| 00:26:54 | I PROMISE TO END THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. |
| 00:26:58 | I PROMISE TO BRING THE TROOPS HOME. |
| 00:27:03 | [APPLAUSE] I PROMISE TO END THE COSTLY AND INEFFECTIVE WAR ON DRUGS. |
| 00:27:16 | [APPLAUSE] LOOK, MOST AMERICANS ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND SOCIALLY TOLERANT. |
| 00:27:23 | I FALL IN THAT GROUP. |
| 00:27:24 | I THINK THIS IS A BROAD BRUSH STROKE OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, A BROAD BRUSH STROKE IN THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO EXIST TO PROTECT AGAINST FORCE AND FRAUD. |
| 00:27:36 | GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO EXIST TO PROTECT AGAINST INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, CORPORATIONS, AND COUNTRIES THAT WOULD DO LESS HARM. |
| 00:27:44 | IMAGINE A LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENT CHALLENGING CONGRESS TO BRING ABOUT MARRIAGE EQUALITY. |
| 00:27:54 | [APPLAUSE] IMAGINE A LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENT CHALLENGING CONGRESS TO REDUCE IMPEDIMENTS TO FREE MARKETS. |
| 00:28:03 | THREE MARKETS MEANS NO TARIFFS -- FREE-MARKETS MEANS NO TARIFFS. |
| 00:28:12 | IMAGINE CHALLENGING CONGRESS TO ABOLISH THE PATRIOT ACT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. |
| 00:28:23 | IMAGINE A LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENT CHALLENGING CONGRESS FOR MEANINGFUL IMMIGRATION REFORM. |
| 00:28:34 | THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE ONLY CANDIDATE TALKING ABOUT GUN RIGHTS AND GAY RIGHTS IN THE SAME SENTENCE. |
| 00:28:47 | [APPLAUSE] THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SLASHING WELFARE SPENDING AND SLASHING WARFARE SPENDING IN THE SAME SENTENCE. |
| 00:29:04 | [APPLAUSE] THE CHANGE TO ME TO BE IN LIBERTARIAN IS NOT A CHANGE. |
| 00:29:09 | I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A LIBERTARIAN. |
| 00:29:13 | I PLEDGED TO BE ACTIVE IN THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY BEYOND THE 2012 ELECTION. |
| 00:29:25 | [APPLAUSE] MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT. |
| 00:29:28 | THE GOAL IS TO WIN THE ELECTION. |
| 00:29:41 | [APPLAUSE] IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE MESSAGE. |
| 00:29:44 | I THINK THE MESSAGE I AM DELIVERING IS THE SAME MESSAGE AS THAT OF RON PAUL. |
| 00:29:51 | RON PAUL HAS ALWAYS SAID HE IS A MESSENGER. |
| 00:29:54 | A WEEK AGO, HE SAID I AM NOT DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE BECAUSE THE CROWDS ARE GROWING. |
| 00:29:59 | THIS IS A GROWING MOVEMENT IN AMERICA TODAY. |
| 00:30:03 | WHEN RON PAUL'S CANDIDACY COMES TO AN END, WHERE DOES THIS MESSAGE GO? |
| 00:30:15 | IT CONTINUES. |
| 00:30:17 | THERE IS AN ABSOLUTE, VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO VOTING FOR RON PAUL. |
| 00:30:21 | IT WILL BE THE LIBERTARIAN NOMINEE. |
| 00:30:32 | [APPLAUSE] THIS IS NOT 2008. |
| 00:30:35 | I DEBATED BOB BARR IN 2000 AT THE CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA ON DRUG POLICY. |
| 00:30:47 | SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THAT DEBATE AND 2008, HE FELL OUT OF BED AND HIT HIS HEAD AND BECAME A LIBERTARIAN. |
| 00:30:57 | I AM GLAD IT HAPPENED. |
| 00:30:59 | THIS IS NOT ABOUT 2008. |
| 00:31:00 | I DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THAT BAGGAGE IN BACK OF ME. |
| 00:31:06 | I DID AN NPR INTERVIEW YESTERDAY. |
| 00:31:13 | THE QUESTION WAS, IF YOU ARE ON THE TORTURE RACK AND THEY'RE GOING TO KILL YOU, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR? |
| 00:31:21 | MITT ROMNEY OR BARACK OBAMA? |
| 00:31:24 | MY RESPONSE WAS THAT I HAVE CLIMBED MOUNT EVEREST. |
| 00:31:29 | I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO DO WHAT IT TAKES. |
| 00:31:31 | TAKE THIS TO THE BANK. |
| 00:31:33 | I WOULD DIE. |
| 00:31:49 | [APPLAUSE] COLLECTIVELY, THERE IS ONLY ONE CHOICE. |
| 00:31:53 | IT IS GOING TO BE THE LIBERTARIAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT. |
| 00:31:58 | I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU FOR THAT NOMINATION. |
| 00:32:01 | THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 00:32:17 | [APPLAUSE] >>> GARY! [APPLAUSE] |
| 00:32:32 | >> I HOPE THE PEOPLE AT HOME ON C-SPAN CAN FEEL THE ELECTRICITY IN THE ROOM. |
| 00:32:37 | THIS IS REALLY A GREAT AFTERNOON. |
| 00:32:41 | NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE THE DELEGATES CAST YOUR VOTES AND PASS THEM TO THE DELGATION CHAIRS. |
| 00:32:54 | PLEASE BRING THAT INFORMATION UP TO THE SECRETARY. |
| 00:33:01 | WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE MADE FROM EACH DELEGATION SHARE, -- IT CHAIR -- FROM EACH DELEGATION CHAIR, THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE MICROPHONE. |
| 00:33:18 | WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR EACH STATE, PLEASE GO TO THE MICROPHONE IN THE CENTER OF THE AISLE. |
| 00:33:33 | COULD EACH OF TEH STATE CHAIRS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES COME TO THE SECRETARY AND GET THE BALLOTS? |
| 00:33:54 | PLEASE COME TO THE SECRETARY TO GET YOUR BALLOT. |
| 00:35:31 | >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE SEE YOUR CONVERSATIONS. |
| 00:35:34 | WE HAVE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. |
| 00:35:39 | >> MR. |
| 00:35:40 | CHAIRMAN, ALL OF THE MATERIALS ON THE TABLE LAST NIGHT WERE UNFORTUNATELY THROWN AWAY. |
| 00:35:50 | HE HAS PREPARED AND DELIVERED CHARTS HE FISHED OUT OF THE TRASH LAST NIGHT. |
| 00:35:59 | THEY ARE AVAILABLE. THEY ARE ALL CLEAN. |
| 00:36:00 | YOU CAN PICK THEM UP. |
| 00:36:02 | THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT THE BACK CORNER OF THE TABLE WITH THE GEORGIA DELEGATION AND ALSO WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DELEGATION ON THE OTHER SIDE. |
| 00:36:13 | THANK YOU. |
| 00:37:13 | " HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE? |
| 00:37:25 | -- >> HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE? |
| 00:37:38 | DO YOU HAVE 13 VOTES? |
| 00:37:49 | YOU HAVE 13 VOTES? |
| 00:37:58 | >> THEN ME. |
| 00:39:31 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> YOU HAVE THEM RIGHT THERE. |
| 00:39:33 | GO AHEAD. |
| 00:39:44 | >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. |
| 00:39:52 | >> STATE CHAIRS, WHEN YOU TURN IN THE BALLOTS, MAKE SURE YOU KEEP A COPY OF THE NUMBERS FOR YOURSELF. |
| 00:40:01 | I AM LOOKING FOR THE DELEGATION SHARES -- CHAIRS OF IOWA, MICH. |
| 00:40:11 | , VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA. |
| 00:40:12 | PLEASE DELIVER YOUR BALLOTS. |
| 00:42:07 | >> I SAID MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS IF YOU GET HIT BY A TRUCK. |
| 00:42:18 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] BILL SAID, AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO LIVE FOR EVER -- FOREVER, [INAUDIBLE] |
| 00:42:30 | >> THERE IS A MEETING ABOUT 1:00. |
| 00:42:42 | >> I DO KNOW THAT COMMITTEE IS STILL ACTIVE. |
| 00:42:51 | >> WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATED COUNT. |
| 00:42:55 | THERE IS A LOCAL ELECTION ON TUESDAY. |
| 00:44:08 | >> REPRESENTATIVES FROM WEST VIRGINIA. |
| 00:44:14 | >> THE SECRETARY SAID WEST VIRGINIA. |
| 00:45:15 | >> I AM A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD PERSON. |
| 00:45:17 | I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS. |
| 00:45:21 | >> HE ANSWERS QUESTIONS DIRECTLY. |
| 00:45:24 | HE GETS RIGHT TO THE POINT. |
| 00:45:42 | >> YOU WANT A PERSON OF CHARACTER? |
| 00:45:50 | PERSONALITY MATTERS. |
| 00:45:51 | IT IS A BLOW AWAY FOR JOHNSON. |
| 00:45:57 | >> THAT IS WHAT WE NEED. |
| 00:46:05 | HIGHLY PRINCIPLED ON WORKPLACE SAFETY. |
| 00:46:10 | >> MAINSTREAM AMERICANS ARE GOING TO SAY I HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE. |
| 00:46:15 | HE GOT A LAW DEGREE FROM HARVARD. |
| 00:46:23 | DEFAULT ON MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS. |
| 00:46:28 | -- A FULL-TIME MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS. |
| 00:46:32 | THE PERSON WHO BUILT A BUSINESS -- >> HE HAS LIVED THE AMERICAN DREAM. |
| 00:46:43 | >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THE POINT IS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT WHO WE ARE. |
| 00:46:50 | >> HE REDUCED THE SPENDING -- [UNINTELLIGIBLE] |
| 00:47:36 | [LAUGHTER] >> IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME. |
| 00:47:41 | ISN'T IT IRONIC IS MOVING TOWARDS THE FIRST BALLOT NOMINATION? |
| 00:47:51 | >> THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE A CONVENTION. |
| 00:47:54 | >> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING RESEMBLING IT. |
| 00:48:00 | >> THEY WILL NOT EVEN GET THE DELEGATES INTO VOTES. |
| 00:48:07 | >> IT IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR US. |
| 00:48:09 | WE HAVE TO BE THERE TO CLAIM IT. |
| 00:48:16 | >> GARY IS THE PERSON TO REACH OUT TO THEM. |
| 00:48:19 | >> I AM GOING TO THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. |
| 00:48:23 | I WANT PEOPLE TO GO WITH ME. |
| 00:48:25 | I WILL HAVE SIGNS MADE OUTSIDE, HUGE SIGNS. |
| 00:50:05 | >> YOUR DELEGATION? |
| 00:50:08 | 99%. |
| 00:51:46 | >> HOW ARE YOU, SIR? |
| 00:51:47 | GOOD TO SEE YOU. |
| 00:52:21 | >> THE NEXT ROUND BASED ON NOT. |
| 00:52:25 | -- THE NEXT ROUND BASED ON THAT. |
| 00:52:29 | I CANNOT WAIT. |
| 00:53:09 | [LAUGHTER] >> 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. |
| 00:53:15 | ONE PER PERSON. |
| 00:53:44 | >> GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:55:51 | >> BY NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT. |
| 00:55:52 | I DID ALL RIGHT. |
| 00:55:57 | LAST NIGHT WAS ABOUT SHOWING MY FAMILY OFF TO AMERICA. |
| 00:56:39 | >> LET'S DO A SUM TOTAL. |
| 00:56:43 | -- LET'S DO A SUB TOTAL. |
| 00:57:12 | [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. |
| 00:57:14 | 2012] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] |
| 00:57:23 | [LAUGHTER] >> THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY, THE WAY THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS DO IT. |
| 00:58:23 | >> 48. |
| 00:58:25 | >> DID A MARVELOUS JOB TOTALS ON THAT SHEET? |
| 00:58:30 | -- DO THEY MARKED THE SUB TOTALS ON THAT SHEET? |
| 00:58:35 | >> HOW DO YOU WANT TO DISTRIBUTE THESE SPECS -- THESE? |
| 00:58:44 | >> PILED THEM OFF. |
| 00:58:50 | -- PILE THEM UP. |
| 00:58:58 | >> ARE WE READY? |
| 00:59:03 | >> READY. |
| 00:59:04 | >> SECOND BOX OPEN. |
| 00:59:07 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:09 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:13 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:14 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:18 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:21 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:24 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:29 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:33 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:39 | RIGHT? |
| 00:59:42 | RIGHT? |
| 00:59:44 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:47 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:50 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:53 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:55 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 00:59:58 | GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:00:01 | RIGHT? |
| 01:00:27 | >> MY COMPANY WAS SUFFERING. |
| 01:00:31 | >> WE HAVE THE CAMERA. |
| 01:00:49 | [LAUGHTER] [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> AND DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. |
| 01:00:52 | TAKEN 14 COMPANIES PUBLIC. |
| 01:01:02 | WHAT I AM ALSO GOING TO DO REJECT -- [UNINTELLIGIBLE] |
| 01:01:11 | NEXT YEAR, WE WILL STRATAGEM IS. |
| 01:01:16 | -- STRATEGIZING. |
| 01:02:12 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> WHEN DID YOU BECOME POLITICALLY AWARE? |
| 01:02:18 | I'VE BEEN POLITICALLY AWARE CENTS -- [UNINTELLIGIBLE] |
| 01:02:24 | >> RIGHT, BUT EVEN AS A KID, YOU FOLLOW THE NEWS, FOLLOWED POLITICS? |
| 01:02:33 | >> IN SIXTH GRADE. |
| 01:02:35 | >> OK. |
| 01:02:49 | RIGHT. [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> I GOT KILLED IN A DEBATE. |
| 01:02:51 | IT WAS A PIVOTAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE. |
| 01:02:59 | I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. |
| 01:03:02 | >> RIGHT. |
| 01:03:11 | >> THEY SAID WHO IN THE CLASS WAS MOST LIKELY TO BE PRESIDENT? |
| 01:03:20 | THERE WAS NO CAMPAIGN. |
| 01:03:24 | >> WERE YOU A POPULAR STUDENT? |
| 01:03:29 | >> THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE -- HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? |
| 01:03:37 | BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I NEVER WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS OR CAMPAIGNS. |
| 01:05:04 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> IN FEBRUARY, WE WENT OVER TO IDAHO. |
| 01:05:17 | [LAUGHTER] [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> MY LIBERTARIAN FRIENDS TRY TO TAKE ME SHOOTING. |
| 01:05:56 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> A LITTLE CONTROVERSY ON THE CREDENTIALS? |
| 01:06:54 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> I AM WITH "THE REVIEW JOURNAL NEWSPAPER. |
| 01:07:00 | " I WAS JUST ASKING THESE PEOPLE -- WHAT KIND OF OUT REACHES THERE? |
| 01:07:11 | -- OUT REACH THE IS THERE? |
| 01:07:32 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> GOOD TO GO? |
| 01:07:39 | >> YES. |
| 01:07:40 | ALL RIGHT. |
| 01:08:48 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> STEEL FREE TO CALL ME. |
| 01:08:50 | I HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER, MY E- MAIL ADDRESS. |
| 01:08:57 | WHEN I AM ELECTED, I WILL DO JUST THE SAME AS I AM NOW. |
| 01:09:05 | I'M VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. |
| 01:09:08 | AGAIN, ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? |
| 01:09:11 | THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 01:09:28 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> WELL, THERE ARE FIVE THAT LARGE, SO THERE ARE ABOUT 10 PEOPLE. |
| 01:09:37 | >> HOWEVER BY LOOKING? |
| 01:09:42 | -- HOW AM I LOOKING? |
| 01:09:47 | [LAUGHTER] >> NOT GOOD. |
| 01:09:53 | >> THANK YOU. |
| 01:09:54 | I AM FIRED UP. |
| 01:09:57 | AS LONG AS YOU'RE SMILING, I AM SMILING. |
| 01:10:06 | AS LONG AS YOU ARE SMILING, I AM SMILING. |
| 01:10:14 | >> CONGRATULATIONS. |
| 01:10:16 | >> IT IS HER BIRTHDAY TODAY, RIGHT? |
| 01:10:21 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY. |
| 01:10:22 | ARE YOU GOING TO SING? |
| 01:10:27 | NO. |
| 01:10:48 | [LAUGHTER] >> I DO NOT KNOW. |
| 01:10:59 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> YOU HAVE A WAYS TO GO. |
| 01:11:38 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> DO WE NOW? |
| 01:11:40 | WHO IS THE OTHER? |
| 01:12:18 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> YOU HAVE TO SIT BACK. |
| 01:12:21 | ED, HOW'RE YOU DOING? |
| 01:14:29 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> SAID AS THE TEA PARTY ARGUMENT RIGHT THERE. |
| 01:14:44 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> IT WILL PISS OFF THE TEA PARTY. |
| 01:14:56 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> WE ARE WORKING TOWARD ONE GOAL. |
| 01:15:16 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> IS THAT NOT PRETTY TERRIBLE? |
| 01:15:43 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> IS IT DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP? |
| 01:16:02 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> THE PARTY, THE NOMINEE -- I AM NOT GOING TO -- [UNINTELLIGIBLE] |
| 01:16:36 | >> WHAT ABOUT JAY HILL, IS HE GOING TO BE WORKING, TOO? |
| 01:17:00 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS WE ARE ONLY FIVE MONTHS THERE IS GOING TO BE OVER BY NOVEMBER. |
| 01:17:30 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> I THOUGHT WE WOULD BE DONE BY NOW. |
| 01:17:33 | >> THIS IS THE FIRST BALLOT. |
| 01:18:31 | >> ARE WE GOING TO DO IT BETTER? |
| 01:18:38 | >> MY QUESTION FOR YOU, IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT TOGETHER A LONG- TERM -- >> I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT COULD CHANGE THE EQUATION RADICALLY IS IF WE ARE INUNDATED. |
| 01:19:07 | AFTER HE GETS KICKED IN THE TEETH, A LOT OF THOSE 20- SOMETHINGS'S WOULD COME HERE. |
| 01:19:14 | >> THAT WOULD BE SHORT TERM FOR THE PARTY. |
| 01:19:19 | >> RIGHT. |
| 01:19:21 | CHANGING THE TO VOTE, THE EQUATION, OUR ABILITY TO GET APPROVAL, IF WE HAVE THEM STRATEGICALLY, IF WE HAVE A PROGRAM, THEY WILL GO ALONG. |
| 01:19:32 | THEY TEND TO BE GOOD FOR THE SOLDIERS. |
| 01:19:36 | >> THE MARYLAND DELEGATION IS A GREAT DELEGATION, BUT I CANNOT GET THEM TO SHOW UP. |
| 01:19:45 | >> THAT IS ODD. |
| 01:19:50 | THAT IS SUCH A TOUGH SELL. |
| 01:19:55 | THE LAST TIME I REMEMBER THE RADICALS BEING ORGANIZED -- THE RADICAL CAUCUS WHEN I WAS GIVING IT WITH JUSTIN, ERIC, THEY WERE POLITICIANS, ORGANIZED, NOT JUST RETICLES. |
| 01:20:17 | -- RADICALS. |
| 01:20:18 | I AM NOT SURE IT COULD BE CREATED. |
| 01:20:22 | >> I THINK SOME OF THESE PEOPLE IN THE PARTY HAVE THE ABILITY. |
| 01:20:28 | IT IS A MATTER OF FINDING SOMEBODY. |
| 01:20:34 | >> I AM INTERESTED IN DEBT. |
| 01:20:40 | HONESTLY, IT IS GOING TO BE HARD -- I'M INTERESTED IN THAT. |
| 01:20:45 | HONESTY, IT IS GOING TO BE HARD. |
| 01:23:30 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> I THOUGHT THAT HAD NOT HAPPENED, BUT APPARENTLY NEVER GET -- NEBRASKA WAS PREVIOUSLY SELECTED IN A RANDOM DRAWING. |
| 01:23:39 | NEBRASKA WILL BE THE FIRST DAY TO ANNOUNCE THEIR VOTE TOTALS FOR PRESIDENT, -- FIRST STATE TO ANNOUNCE THEIR VOTE TOTALS FOR PRESIDENT, ALL RIGHT? |
| 01:23:50 | MY APOLOGIES. |
| 01:25:41 | >> PLEASE, TAKE YOUR SEATS. |
| 01:25:55 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. |
| 01:25:57 | PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND NEBRASKA SO WE CAN EXPEDITE THE ACCOUNT. |
| 01:26:04 | I AM ALSO GOING TO RECOMMEND ONCE THE ACCOUNT IS FINAL, AND WE KNOW IF IN FACT WE HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, AND I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE A 15 MINUTE BREAK, SO WE CAN CHANGE THE BATTERIES IN THE MICROPHONES, AND THE OUR LETTERS, AND CONTINUE WITH THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL -- BLADDERS, AND CONTINUE WITH THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING PROCESS. |
| 01:26:43 | >> WILL THE STATE CHAIR OF THE GREAT STATE OF NEBRASKA PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? |
| 01:27:02 | >> STATE CHAIR OF NEBRASKA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. |
| 01:27:05 | YOU ARE IT. |
| 01:27:12 | EVERYBODY, PLEASE BE QUIET AND GIVE YOUR ATTENTION SO WE CAN ANNOUNCE THE VOTE TOTALS. |
| 01:27:18 | PLEASE BE SEATED. |
| 01:27:25 | >> MR. |
| 01:27:26 | CHAIRMAN, I AM FROM THE CORNHUSKERS STATE LOCATED IN THE HEARTLAND OF OUR GREAT NATION. |
| 01:27:32 | WE WERE OFFICIALLY THE FIRST DAY TO SUPPORT THIS CANDIDATE. |
| 01:27:36 | IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE STATE OF NEBRASKA PROUDLY CASTS ITS ONE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT BERT GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:27:54 | >> NEW JERSEY, WHERE THOMAS EDISON LET THE WORLD WITH INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB CAST ITS VOTE AS FOLLOW, TWO VOTES FOR RICE, EIGHT VOTES FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:28:13 | >> I AM KEVIN EDWARDS FROM THE BUCKEYE STATE, OHIO. |
| 01:28:19 | THE STATE ALSO OF DIVERSITY. |
| 01:28:22 | THE VOTES ARE AS FOLLOWS FROM OHIO, 45 VOTES FOR GOVERNOR JOHNSON, ONE VOTE FOR RICE. |
| 01:28:35 | >> A POINT OF ORDER. |
| 01:28:37 | WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. |
| 01:28:41 | THIS IS WHAT OUR BYLAWS STIPULATE. |
| 01:28:44 | >> I AM RIGHT BEHIND OHIO, AND OKLAHOMA. |
| 01:28:49 | EVEN THOUGH I WENT TO GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT NEVADA WOULD BE NEXT AFTER NEBRASKA. |
| 01:28:58 | IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS COULD JUST TAKING THE VOTE TOTALS IN THE WAY PEOPLE ARE LINED UP IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONES? |
| 01:29:06 | DO I HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS? |
| 01:29:09 | I DID NOT HEAR A WORD YOU SAID. |
| 01:29:16 | IS THERE ANY OBJECTION >> OKLAHOMA, TO HELP CHOOSE THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR EITHER OF THEM THIS NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF BALLOT ACCESS LAWS AND OUR SACRED CAST OUR VOTES AS FOLLOWS. |
| 01:29:41 | ONE VOTE, JIM BURNS, ONE VOTE JARRET JOHNSON, TO VOTE -- TWO VOT3ES, ARLIE RICE. |
| 01:29:58 | >> THE LIVE FREE OR DIE STATE WHERE THE NEW LIBERTARIAN RENAISSANCE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. |
| 01:30:03 | EVERYBODY SHOULD VISIT. |
| 01:30:06 | IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, LIBERTARIANS LED THE FIGHT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY UNDER LAW, THE REGULATING HOME SCHOOLING, AND WE SECURED THE RIGHT TO FILM COPS ON DUTY. |
| 01:30:18 | WE ALSO ELECT LIBERTARIANS EVERY SINGLE YEAR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. |
| 01:30:25 | NEW HAMPSHIRE CAST THIS VOTE THIS FOLLOW. |
| 01:30:28 | GARY JOHNSON, 5, MAX ABRAMSON, TWO, AND ONE FOR NINE OF THE ABOVE. |
| 01:30:39 | -- NONE OF THE ABOVE. |
| 01:30:46 | [APPLAUSE] >> THE GREAT STATE OF NEW MEXICO, HER HOME WHERE THE STATE QUESTION IS RED OR GREEN, CELEBRATING ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY AS A STAKE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PROTESTS ALL SEVEN OF OUR DELEGATE VOTES FOR GARY JOHNSON, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 01:31:19 | >> NEW YORK, HOME OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, CAST THE FOLLOWING BOATS, GARY JOHNSON 24, RICE AID, CARL PEARSON, ONE, AND JIM BURNS, ONE. |
| 01:31:47 | >> THE TAR HEELS OF THE GREAT STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA RESPECTFULLY COCKBOAT -- RESPECTFULLY VOTE HELL NO TO AMENDMENT 1 AND WE VOTE REWROTE -- 3 VOTES FOR LEE RICE AND SEVEN VOTES FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:32:12 | >> MR. |
| 01:32:13 | CHAIRMAN, THE STATE OF OREGON, WHOSE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT ALLOW US TO USE IT, CAST ONE VOTE FOR KARL PEARSON, 34 RICE, AN AIDE FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:32:33 | >> THE DELEGATES FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, BIRTHPLACE OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND THE STATE THAT RALLY KICKED RICK SANTORUM'S ASS OUT OF THE SENATE CASTS TWO WRITE-IN VOTES FOR SAM'S LOAN, AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY CAST NINE VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:33:24 | >> HOME OF THE INDEPENDENT MAN, RARELY CAST ONE VOTE FOR BARRY JOHNSON AND NO VOTES FOR ANY OTHER CAN GET IT. |
| 01:33:38 | >> MR. |
| 01:33:40 | CHAIRMAN, ON JUNE 28, 1776, A SMALL BAND OF SOUTH CAROLINA PATRIOTS DEFEATED -- THEY WON A DECISIVE VICTORY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND OCCUPIED -- >> AND FOR FOUR YEARS. |
| 01:33:59 | TODAY, I CAST OUR VOTES TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT FROM OCCUPYING OUR LIVES. |
| 01:34:06 | SOUTH CAROLINA TASKED TO VOTES FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:34:14 | >> MR. |
| 01:34:16 | CHAIRMAN, THE DELEGATES OF THE STATE OF SELF DECODER ARE PLEASED TO CAST FOUR VOTES FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:34:24 | GARY JOHNSON FOR PRESIDENT. |
| 01:34:31 | >> FROM TENNESSEE, THE VOLUNTEER STATE, THE WHOLE OF THE BEAUTIFUL MOUNDS OF THE SMOKEYS AND OF DOLLY PARTON, AND THE CURRENT HOME OF JACK DANIEL'S AND ELVIS PRESLEY -- HE IS ALIVE, I HAVE SEEN HIM. |
| 01:34:52 | OUR DELEGATION HAS DISCOVERED TOLERANCE FOR ALCOHOL IS VERY HIGH COULD BE CAST VOTES AS FOLLOWS, TWO FOR THE JIM BURNS, THREE FOR JARRET JOHNSON AND 64 LEE RICE. |
| 01:35:15 | >> TEXAS, THE HOME OF THE GREAT PARTY PLANNER -- SOME OF YOU DISCOVER THAT LAST NIGHT. |
| 01:35:24 | WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT PARTY IN FORT WORTH. |
| 01:35:31 | COME OVER AND SEE ME FOR DETAILS. |
| 01:35:36 | WE CAST 36 VOTES FOR KELLEY WRITES --LEE WRIGHTS, 26 WORKED VERY JOHNSON. |
| 01:35:50 | >> UTAH IS THE BEEHIVE STATE, THE SYMBOL OF COLLECTIVISM. |
| 01:35:54 | WHERE THAT SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE SYSTEMS CITY BLOCKS. |
| 01:35:58 | I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU TAUGHT IS A STATE OF DIVERSITY. |
| 01:36:02 | WE ARE THE REST OF RED STATES. |
| 01:36:09 | WE LOVE OUR BOBBLE BASED FAMILIES ABOVE ALL. |
| 01:36:13 | MOST OF YOU BELIEVE THAT MEANS A ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN AND HAD GIVEN -- LEGISLATED THAT TO BE ONLY ONE ARRANGEMENT, BUT UTAH IS ALSO THE BIG LOVE STATE. |
| 01:36:25 | HOMES OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS OF ANOTHER ARRANGEMENT KNOWN AS POLYGAMY. |
| 01:36:32 | DURING GO HAT -- UTAH HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING DISAPPROVED WHAT WE DO IN OUR BEDROOM. |
| 01:36:42 | OTHER UTAH AND HAVE CONCUBINES, ANOTHER BAUBLE PROVISION, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE SHACKING UP. |
| 01:36:52 | THAT LOVE BETWEEN DAVID JOHNSON AND RUTH AND NAOMI. |
| 01:36:59 | THEREFORE, WITH SO MUCH LOVE TO GO AROUND, UTAH LOVINGLY CAST'S SEVEN VOTES FOR JARRET JOHNSON AND ONE VOTE FOR LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 01:37:16 | [APPLAUSE] >> MR. |
| 01:37:17 | CHAIRMAN, THE REPUBLIC OF VERMONT, WHERE THE STATE CONSTITUTION WAS THE FIRST TO ABOLISH SLAVERY AND WHERE THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS THE ONLY GOVERNMENT YOU'LL EVER NEED, PROUDLY CAST ITS TWO DELEGATE VOTES FOR GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:37:37 | >> MR. |
| 01:37:38 | CHAIRMAN, THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, THE ONLY STATE WITH A ONE CONSECUTIVE TERM LIMIT FOR GOVERNOR, AND WE ARE WORKING ON MAKING THAT ZERO, PROUDLY CASTS TWO VOTES FOR LEE WRIGHTS AND 12 VOTES FOR GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:38:00 | >> MR. |
| 01:38:01 | CHAIRMAN, THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY FOR THE EVERGREEN STATE OF WASHINGTON, THE HOME AND BIRTHPLACE OF MANY PRODUCTIVE AND GROUNDBREAKING COMPANIES SUCH AS BOEING, TONY'S COFFEE AND TEA AND STARBUCKS, AMAZON. |
| 01:38:23 | COM, MICROSOFT, CREATOR OF THOUSANDS OF MILLIONAIRES, MANY OF WHICH NEVER WORKED FOR GATES, TIMBER, LUMBER, PAPER, ALUMINUM, SALMON, AND QUALITY FINE WINE. |
| 01:38:34 | THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF WASHINGTON STATE HAS ENDORSED ATTORNEY JUSTIN CENTERS AND ALSO ENDORSES THE INITIATIVE 1185, WHICH REQUIRES A TWO- THIRDS VOTE FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO INCREASE TAXES OR FEES. |
| 01:38:54 | [APPLAUSE] LPWA ANNOUNCES TWO VOTES FOR LEE WRIGHTS AND 10 VOTES FOR GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:39:02 | >> THE STATE OF WISCONSIN CASTS ONE VOTE FOR LEE WRIGHTS, ONE VOTE FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:39:13 | >> MR. |
| 01:39:14 | CHAIRMAN, THE GREAT WILD AND FREE STATE OF WYOMING CAST THREE VOTES FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:39:23 | [APPLAUSE] >> NODAR KUMARITASHVILI CHAIRMAN, ALABAMA, THE HOME OF THE OTHER -- MR. |
| 01:39:32 | CHAIRMAN, THE LAST CONFEDERATE NURSING HOME THAT IS FULLY STAFFED IS IN ALABAMA. |
| 01:39:40 | ALABAMA CASSES VOTES AS FOLLOWS. |
| 01:39:43 | ONE FOR RON PAUL AND FIVE FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:39:53 | >> MR. |
| 01:39:54 | CHAIRMAN, THE LARGEST DATE IN THE AMERICAS, ALASKA, THE GREAT NATION OF ALASKA, HOME OF RUGGED INDIVIDUALISTS AND HOME OF THE DID DIVIDEND -- OWNED BY THE PEOPLE CAST OUR VOTE, ONE FOR GARY JOHNSON AND ONE FOR LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 01:40:24 | >> THE GREAT STATE OF ARKANSAS, WHERE THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ARKANSAS HISTORY, WILL HAVE FULL BALLOT ACCESS. |
| 01:40:41 | [APPLAUSE] CAST ITS VOTES AS FOLLOWS -- FOR VOTES, GARY JOHNSON, ONE VOTE LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 01:40:54 | >> MR. |
| 01:40:55 | CHAIRMAN, THE GREAT STATE OF ARIZONA, BEAUTIFUL LAND OF DESERT, PINE COVERED MOUNDS, AND THE GRAND CANYON, WHERE WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY AS A STATE AND WHERE WE FIND THE WORK -- THE MOST NOTORIOUS POLITICIANS, WHICH PROUDLY CAST OUR VOTES AS FOLLOWS. |
| 01:41:17 | 11 FOR GARY JOHNSON, 94 LEE WRIGHTS, AND ONE FOR -- 94 --9 FOR LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 01:41:39 | >> FOR CALIFORNIA, LAND OF ZERO ENTREPRENEURS AND RISK TAKERS -- LAND OF ON TO VENDORS AND RISK TAKERS -- LAND OF ONTO NORRISON TROOPER NORENT --REPRENEURS AND RISK TAKERS PASSED THE FOLLOWING BOATS, GARY JOHNSON 68, AND LEE WRIGHTS, 18. |
| 01:42:12 | THANK YOU. |
| 01:42:19 | >> MR. |
| 01:42:20 | CHAIRMAN, THE GREAT STATE OF COLORADO, THE CENTENNIAL STATE, THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, CURRENT HOME OF JARRET JOHNSON, SON OF GARY JOHNSON, AND WITH ANY LUCK, THE FIRST STATE TO LEGALIZE AND REGULATE MARIJUANA, LIKE ALCOHOL, THIS FALL, BRADLEY CAST ITS VOTES AS FOLLOWS. |
| 01:42:51 | 14 JAMES LIBERTARIAN BURNS, TWO 4 LEE WRIGHTS, AND 18 FOR JARRET JOHNSON. |
| 01:43:03 | -- 184 GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:43:06 | >> THE GREAT STATE OF CONNECTICUT, THE CONSTITUTION STATE, FOLKS IN THIS ROOM REMEMBER THAT DOCUMENT -- THE HOME OF THE LATE GREAT JIM LEWIS, PROUDLY CAST ITS VOTES AS FOLLOWS. |
| 01:43:22 | TWO VOTES FOR THE HEART OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, LEE WRIGHTS, ONE VOTE FOR THE FIREBRAND OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, JIM LIBERTARIAN BURNS, AND TWO VOTES FOR SOMEONE WHO VETOED MORE BILLS THAN ANY NONSTEROIDAL TAKING BASEBALL PLAYER EVER TO HIT A HOME RUN, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FORMER GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:44:00 | [APPLAUSE] >> MR. |
| 01:44:01 | SPEAKER, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE ONLY JURISDICTION IN THE UNITED STATES WHOSE CITIZENS STILL SUFFER UNDER THE TYRANNY OF TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IN 2012, FOR WHICH OUR FOREFATHERS FOUGHT A REVOLUTION, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DELEGATION PROUDLY CASTS OF THREE BOATS FOR THE MAN WE ALL NEED TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, GOVERNOR AND GARY JOHNSON -- GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:44:34 | [APPLAUSE] >> DELAWARE WAS THE FIRST TO RATIFY THE CONSTITUTION AND FIRST TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM THE BRITISH CROWN. |
| 01:44:39 | REPORT FOR VOTES AND WE HAVE ONE VOTE FOR NONE OF THE ABOVE. |
| 01:44:45 | OUR REMAINING THREE BOATS FOR GOVERNOR, GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:44:50 | -- ARE REMAINING THREE VOTES FOR GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:44:54 | >> THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHICH WILL SOON BE TURNED INTO A POLICE STATE FROM THE UPCOMING REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN AUGUST PROUDLY CASTS ONE VOTE FOR WAYNE ALLYN ROOT AS A RIGHT IN, TO BOATS FOR LEE WRIGHTS, AND 13 VOTES FOR GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:45:24 | [APPLAUSE] >> MR. |
| 01:45:25 | CHAIRMAN, GEORGIA, THE HOME OF THE LARGEST LIBERTARIAN VOTE-GETTER OF ALL TIMES, PROUDLY CASTS ITS VOTES AS FOLLOWS. |
| 01:45:36 | FOR A GREAT FRIEND OF GEORGIA AND LIBERTIES BEST FRIEND, LEE WRIGHTS, 10 VOTES, AND TO THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON, 9 VOTES. |
| 01:45:57 | >> THE GREAT ALOHA STATE OF HAWAII CASTS ONE VOTE FOR A GREAT AMERICAN AND LIBERTARIAN, LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 01:46:05 | THE ALOHA STATE CASTS TO BOATS FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND MONEY -- MADE HIS STAR FOR OUTSHINE HIS PREDECESSORS ANDREW AND LINDEN, GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:46:25 | >> MR. |
| 01:46:26 | CHAIRMAN, I REPRESENT THE STATE OF IDAHO, WHERE WE REGULARLY LIVED UNDER FEDERAL OPPRESSION CREW THE CONSTITUTION FORCED UPON US THAT STATED BY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND LARGELY OWNED, OUR STATE IS, BY THE FEDS. |
| 01:46:41 | WE ALSO LIVE IN THE SHADOW OF OUR RECOLLECTIONS OF THAT TRILOGY " -- OF THAT TRAGEDY CALLED RUBY RIDGE. |
| 01:46:47 | BUT WITH HOPES FOR A LIBERTARIAN FUTURE, OUR DELEGATION TELECASTS ONE VOTE FOR LEE WRIGHTS AND FOUR VOTES FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:47:01 | >> MR. |
| 01:47:03 | CHAIRMAN, THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WHICH HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE ONLY STATE IN THE UNION WHICH THE ONLY GUN YOU CAN CONCEAL AND CARRIED OUTSIDE YOUR HOME NEEDS TO GET RELOADED AT A DRINKING FOUNTAIN, AND WHERE OVER HALF THE PRISON POPULATION IS THERE FOR NON-VIOLENT DRUG OFFENSES, AND 30% ARE FORMER GOVERNORS -- [LAUGHTER] |
| 01:47:33 | WE ARE BROADCAST OUR BOATS AS FOLLOWS. |
| 01:47:36 | 6 VOTES FOR GARY JOHNSON, 11 VOTES FOR LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 01:47:46 | >> I WOULD LIKE TO TURN INDIANAS TIME AT THE MICROPHONE OVER TO THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, RUPERT BONHAM. |
| 01:48:00 | >> THAT IS WHAT TO SAY TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE, KEEP AN EYE ON THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY. |
| 01:48:03 | KEEP AN EYE OUT KANAWHA. |
| 01:48:06 | KEEP AN EYE ON THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR. |
| 01:48:07 | YOU'LL SEE ME TRAVELING AROUND IN MY R. |
| 01:48:17 | V. LEE WRIGHTS RECEIVING ONE VOTE, AND OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON, RECEIVING 30 VOTES. |
| 01:48:35 | [APPLAUSE] >> MR. |
| 01:48:36 | CHAIRMAN, FELLOW DELEGATES, THE GREAT STATE OF IOWA, WHOSE MOTTO IS OUR LIBERTIES WE PRIZE AND OUR RIGHTS WE WILL MAINTAIN, PROUDLY CASTS ONE VOTE FOR LEE WRIGHTS AND FOUR VOTES FOR GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:48:59 | >> MR. |
| 01:49:00 | CHAIRMAN, THE STATE THAT ENTERED THE UNION IN 1861, CAST THREE VOTES FOR LEE WRIGHTS AND THREE VOTES FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:49:15 | >> MR. |
| 01:49:16 | CHAIRMAN, DELEGATES FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, HALL OF BOURBON AND THE KENTUCKY DERBY, PROUDLY CAST ARE THREE BOATS FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:49:27 | -- PROUDLY CAST OUR THREE VOTES FOR GARY JOHNSON . |
| 01:49:30 | >> THE STATE OF LOUISIANA CAST ITS VOTES FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:49:40 | >> SOMEONE WHO LOOKS FORWARD TO SERVING WITH THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THIS WONDERFUL PARTY, I PROUDLY PROMISE AND GIVE ALL OUR UNANIMOUS VOTES TO THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SOMEONE I HOPE TO CALL A FRIEND IN THE FUTURE, GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:50:02 | >> THE STATE OF MARYLAND IS CALLED A FREE STATE, THE BIRTHPLACE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND HARRIET TUBMAN. |
| 01:50:10 | WE ARE NOW CUT THE FRONT LINE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THOSE GUYS IN D. |
| 01:50:16 | C. THAT TRULY HATE US FOR OUR FREEDOM. |
| 01:50:18 | WE CAST OUR VOTES AS FOLLOWS, GARY JOHNSON, NINE VOTES, LEE WRIGHTS, FOR BOATS, CARL PETERSON, ONE VOTE. |
| 01:50:28 | -- LEE WRIGHTS FOUR VOTES. |
| 01:50:33 | >> THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, HOME TO LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, WHERE THE BATTLE FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY BEGAN, HOME TO JOHN ADAMS, OUR SECOND PRESIDENT, SAMUEL ADAMS, WHO ORGANIZED THE COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE, AND PAUL REVERE, A PATRIOT AND SILVERSMITH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, PROUDLY CAST OUR VOTES AS FOLLOWS. |
| 01:50:58 | FOUR VOTES FOR LEE WRIGHTS AND FOUR VOTES FOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:51:10 | >> MR. |
| 01:51:11 | CHAIRMAN, FROM THE REGION KNOWN AS MICHIGAN, THE HOME OF GOVERNMENT MOTORS, WHERE VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED TO LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA, ONLY TO HAVE REPUBLICAN DRUG -- MICHIGAN CAST ONE VOTE FOR JIM BURNS, 14 FOR GARY JOHNSON, AND 54 LEE WRIGHTS -- 5 FOR LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 01:51:45 | >> THE SEXY STATE OF MINNESOTA, THE BAE, THE BLUE OX, BELOVED FOR 16,000 LAKES, AND THE COHEN BROTHERS WHO PRODUCED "FARGO" -- WE CAST OUR VOTES AS FOLLOWS ATWO. |
| 01:52:15 | FOR LEE WRIGHTS AND FIVE FOR JARRET JOHNSON. |
| 01:52:24 | -- TWO FOR LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 01:52:29 | >> THE MISSOURI LIBERTARIAN PARTY IS PLEASED TO BE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SHOWING MISSOURI LIBERTY WITH CONTINUOUS BALLOT ACCESS SINCE 1992. |
| 01:52:41 | TODAY, IT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE INCLUSIVENESS OF LIBERTY, WE ARE ACTUALLY HOSTING AN ORPHANAGE FOR DELEGATES. |
| 01:52:48 | WE HAVE TWO DELEGATES FROM THE GREAT STATE OF VIRGINIA WHO HAVE JOINED US, ONE DELEGATE FROM THE GREAT STATE OF NEVADA WHO HAS JOINED US, AND WE HAVE ONE DELEGATE FROM THE CESSPOOL OF WASHINGTON D. |
| 01:53:02 | C. WHO HAS JOINED US. |
| 01:53:05 | SORRY. |
| 01:53:06 | ANYWAY, WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT 10 VOTES FOR GOVERNOR JOHNSON AND FOUR VOTES FOR LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 01:53:18 | >> MR. |
| 01:53:19 | CHAIRMAN, FROM THE GREAT STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, HOME OF WILLIAM BLOGGER, B. |
| 01:53:25 | B. KING, MUDDY WATERS, AND THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE BLUES, WHICH PROUDLY VOTE AS FOLLOWS, ONE VOTE FOR LEE WRIGHTS, THREE VOTES FOR GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:53:39 | >> THE GREAT STATE OF MONTANA, BIG SKY COUNTRY, YOU CAN CATCH THOSE VOTES AT IVOTELIBERTARIAN . |
| 01:54:00 | COM. WE PROUDLY CAST ONE VOTE FOR GARY JOHNSON AND A ONE-VOTE POUR LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 01:54:12 | >> THE GREAT STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, SOON TO ELIMINATE PROPER TAXES, REPRESENTED TODAY -- TO ELIMINATE PROPERTY TAXES, IS REPRESENTED BY THREE STATE WHAT LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATES. |
| 01:54:27 | THREE VOTES FOR GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:54:36 | [APPLAUSE] >> NEVADA IS THE SILVER STATE, AND PROUD HOME STATE OF OUR NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR 2012. |
| 01:54:45 | WE PROUDLY CAST 13 VOTES FOR GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:54:56 | >> SEEING THAT ALL DELEGATES HAVE REPORTED THEIR TOTALS, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE TONY NATHAN, WOULD YOU COME UP AND ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF BALLOTING. |
| 01:55:45 | [APPLAUSE] >> IT IS REAL PLEASURE TO SEE THIS DELEGATION, THE ENTHUSIASM AND THE INTEREST, AND YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELVES. |
| 01:55:55 | THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VOTE IS, THE 2012 LIBERTARIAN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 01:56:15 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 01:57:04 | [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. |
| 01:57:06 | 2012] |
| 01:57:07 | [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] |
| 01:57:10 | >> I HUMBLY ACCEPT THE NOMINATION. |
| 01:57:12 | THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 01:57:21 | [APPLAUSE] >> I WILL MAKE A PLEDGE TO ALL OF YOU, AND THAT IS THAT NONE OF YOU ARE GOING TO REGRET WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY. |
| 01:57:36 | [APPLAUSE] I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY PARENTS. |
| 01:57:41 | THEY ARE BOTH HERE. |
| 01:57:43 | EARL AND LORRAINE. |
| 01:57:49 | MY MOTHER IS THE REASON WE WERE IN NEW MEXICO. |
| 01:57:54 | SHE IS THE ONE WHO HAD ME DOING TAP DANCING LESSONS IN A TAP DANCING SCHOOL THAT HAD ONE OF BOY AND 30 GIRLS. |
| 01:58:06 | SHE HAD ME PLAYING THE PIANO. |
| 01:58:08 | I WAS THE BEST SIFTER GREAT PIANO PLAYER THAT COULD HAPPEN. |
| 01:58:13 | I LOVE MY PARENTS AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM BOTH. |
| 01:58:18 | I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY FIANCEE, KATY PERRY I AM IN LOVE, AND IT WILL BE A WHITE HOUSE -- TAKEKATE. |
| 01:58:32 | I AM IN LOVE, AND IT WILL BE A WHITE HOUSE WEDDING. |
| 01:58:38 | I WANT TO THANK MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, LORI AND SCOTT. |
| 01:58:47 | MY SON ERIC IS HERE. |
| 01:58:52 | ERIC'S, WHERE ARE YOU? ERIC, WHERE IS ERIC? |
| 01:58:58 | ERIC QUIT HIS WELL-PAYING JOB IN DENVER TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS AGO TO COME AND DO THIS WITH ME ON PAID. |
| 01:59:15 | IF THAT IS NOT JUST AS LOVELY IN A GESTURE AS ANYTHING I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED -- THANK YOU. |
| 01:59:25 | [APPLAUSE] >> MY DAUGHTER GAVE ME A CALL AND SAID I'M THE WORST DAUGHTER IN THE WORLD. |
| 01:59:35 | I SAID WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD BE IN BRAZIL WHICH BS IN SANTA FE BALLET. |
| 01:59:43 | MY DAUGHTER WAS -- SHE IS THERE WITH THE ASPEN SANTA FE BY LARRY. |
| 01:59:56 | SHE WAS THE VALEDICTORIAN. |
| 01:59:57 | HER CAR BROKE DOWN. |
| 01:59:59 | SHE HAPPENED TO HAVE HER TOOLS WITH HER. |
| 02:00:03 | SCHINDLER WAS THE ALTERNATOR. |
| 02:00:06 | SHE HITCH -- SHE KNEW IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. |
| 02:00:11 | SHE HITCHHIKED, GOT AN ALTERNATOR, WENT BACK AND INSTALLED IT HERSELF. |
| 02:00:18 | [APPLAUSE] >> MY BROTHER CALLED ME AND SAID I WATCHED THE DEBATE ON C-SPAN, YOU DID GREAT, YOU GOT YOUR ASS KICKED BY R. |
| 02:00:28 | LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 02:00:33 | [APPLAUSE] R. |
| 02:00:35 | LEE WRIGHTS, WHERE IS LEE WRIGHTS? |
| 02:00:49 | [APPLAUSE] >> WHAT A GENTLEMAN, WHEN A PLEASURE, WHAT THE THE LIGHT IT HAS BEEN SUED DEBATE LEE WRIGHTS -- WHAT A DELIGHT IT HAS BEEN SUED THE DATE -- TO DEBATE LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 02:01:15 | >> LET'S GET THIS GUY ELECTED. |
| 02:01:20 | >> HE SAID IT ALONG THE WAY, AND IT IS TRUE. |
| 02:01:23 | WE MADE EACH OTHER BETTER -- BETTER CANDIDATES. |
| 02:01:26 | NO ONE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE CORDIAL, MORE GRACIOUS, MORE PARTICULATE REGARDING LIBERTARIAN IDEALS AND BELIEFS -- PARTICULATE REGARDING LIBERTARIAN IDEALS AND BELIEFS. |
| 02:01:44 | SO, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? |
| 02:01:46 | THIS IS ABOUT WINNING. |
| 02:01:48 | THIS IS ABOUT WINNING. |
| 02:01:50 | SO, THIS IS YOUR DECISION, BUT I WANT TO EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING, AND THAT IS, PLEASE CONSIDER JIM GRAY AS MY RUNNING MATE. |
| 02:02:03 | I BELIEVE THAT HE AFFORDS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO WINNING, AND IN THIS PROCESS WE INTERVIEWED A LOT OF CANDIDATES AS POTENTIAL VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, AND WITHOUT QUESTION I THINK JIM GRAY DOES A BETTER JOB WHEN IT COMES TO ARTICULATING LIBERTARIAN IDEALS AND BELIEFS THAN ANYONE ELSE. |
| 02:02:29 | I GO BACK TO THE YEAR 2000 WHEN I MET JIM GRAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH TURNED TO BE RETURNED OUT TO BE THE FIRST OF ONE DOZEN TIMES, -- WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE FIRST OF ONE DOZEN TIMES, AND HE WAS VERY OUTSPOKEN ON THE WAR ON DRUGS. |
| 02:02:51 | HE BROUGHT AN EXPERTISE ON THIS AS THE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE IN CALIFORNIA THAT WAS JUST UNDENIABLE. |
| 02:02:59 | IT IS NOT JUST DRUGS. |
| 02:03:01 | JIM GRAY RAN AS THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR SENATE IN CALIFORNIA, AND I THINK HE DOES A TERRIFIC JOB WHEN IT COMES TO ARTICULATING LIBERTARIAN IDEALS AND BELIEFS, BECAUSE BACK TO THE CRITERIA FOR OUR CANDIDATES, THAT NEEDS TO BE THE NUMBER 1 CRITERIA. |
| 02:03:22 | THIS IS YOUR CHOICE. |
| 02:03:23 | I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS YOUR CHOICE, AND ALL I AM ASKING YOU IS TO JUST GIVE JIM GRAY A LISTEN, AND IF YOU DO THAT, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION ON, THAT THIS AFFORDS US THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO WIN, AND THAT IS WHAT THE GOAL NEEDS TO BE, TO ACTUALLY WIN IN NOVEMBER. |
| 02:03:50 | CITYWIDE AND THE -- THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. |
| 02:04:42 | THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [CHANTING] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE KNOW IN THE PRIVATE WORLD COMPETITION MAKES BETTER PRODUCTS, BETTER SERVICES. |
| 02:04:51 | IN THE POLITICAL WORLD COMPETITION MAKES FOR BETTER CANDIDATES AND BETTER CAMPAIGNS. |
| 02:04:57 | WE ALL ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. |
| 02:05:04 | THEY MADE THIS CONVENTION BUT IT IS TODAY. |
| 02:05:08 | [APPLAUSE] -- WHAT IS TODAY. |
| 02:05:18 | [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT. |
| 02:05:20 | AT THIS POINT, IN ORDER TO PUT SOME BANNERS UP, AND FOR THE TECHNICIANS TO REPLACE THE BATTERIES, I AM GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE TAKE A HALF-HOUR LUNCH BREAK, AND THIS REQUIRES A MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES. |
| 02:05:39 | IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS? |
| 02:05:41 | BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ONE OF MY FAVORITE -- ANNOUNCEMENT. |
| 02:05:53 | ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES IS FROM GONDI WHO SAID A LOCAL FIRST THEY IGNORE YOU, THEN THEY LAUGH AT YOU, -- "FIRST THEY IGNORE YOU, THEN THEY LEFT THE TEAM, THEN THEY FIGHT YOU, THEN YOU WIND. |
| 02:06:10 | I'D BRING THAT UP, BECAUSE TODAY, WHO WAS THREATENED BY THAT? |
| 02:06:16 | PRESIDENT -- MR. |
| 02:06:18 | OBAMA ANNOUNCED THE START OF HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN DO YOU THINK HE IS TRYING TO STEAL SOME THUNDER AWAY FROM US? |
| 02:06:27 | DO YOU THINK WE ARE A THREAT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT? |
| 02:06:42 | [APPLAUSE] >> DAMN RIGHT WE ARE. |
| 02:06:47 | AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A HALF-HOUR BREAK, BE BACK HERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, GET REHYDRATED, A QUICK BITE TO EAT, AND THEN WE WILL SELECT OUR VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. |
| 02:07:03 | FOR THOSE LOOKING AT US ON C- SPAN, WE INVITE YOU TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WWW. |
| 02:07:14 | LP.ORG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 02:09:02 | >> DURING THIS BREAK BEFORE THE VOTING FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE FOR THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY BEGINS, WE WILL TAKE YOUR CALLS AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE PARTY'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT. |
| 02:09:15 | THE NUMBERS ARE ON YOUR SCREEN. |
| 02:09:17 | IF YOU ARE AND C-SPAN RADIO, HERE ARE THOSE NUMBERS, TO 02- 55-3885. |
| 02:09:28 | A LINE FOR LIBERTARIANS, 202- 585-3887. |
| 02:09:39 | AGAIN, GARY JOHNSON IS THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE FOR THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, AND WE WILL SEE WHAT SOME OF OUR VIEWERS THINK. |
| 02:09:48 | FIRST, WE'LL GO TO TRAVIS IN CHARLOTTE, N. |
| 02:09:53 | C., WITH THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY. |
| 02:09:55 | >> YES. |
| 02:09:56 | I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS SHEDS A LOT OF CREDIBILITY TO THE PARTY. |
| 02:10:01 | HAVING A FORMER GOVERNOR NOMINATED AS OUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DEFINITELY SAYS THAT WE ARE HERE, WE ARE ESTABLISHED, AND WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO GET MORE VOTES IN THIS ELECTION THAN ANY OTHER THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE HAS IN THE 21ST CENTURY. |
| 02:10:20 | GOVERNOR JOHNSON IS PULLING AT 6%. |
| 02:10:23 | UNPRECEDENTED. |
| 02:10:24 | I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT COMMENT OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO LIBERTARIANS. |
| 02:10:30 | >> BETHANY IS ON THE LINE IN CALIFORNIA. |
| 02:10:33 | SHE IS A REPUBLICAN. |
| 02:10:34 | WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE VOTING? |
| 02:10:40 | >> -- BETHANY, ARE YOU WITH US? |
| 02:10:42 | >> YES, I AM. |
| 02:10:44 | >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE NOMINEE? |
| 02:10:47 | >> I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY TO SEE HIM WIN, AND I HOPE TO SEE HIM AS PRESIDENT. |
| 02:10:54 | I REALLY DO. |
| 02:10:57 | I AM 18, AND I WILL BE MAKING MY FIRST VOTE FOR HIM. |
| 02:11:00 | >> WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DO YOU THINK HE WILL HAVE ON A NATIONAL ELECTION? |
| 02:11:06 | >> I THINK HE WILL AS LONG AS HE REACHES OUT TO OTHER POPULATIONS. |
| 02:11:12 | I THINK HE WILL DEFINITELY DO IT. |
| 02:11:15 | >> IN YOUR AGE GROUP, DO YOU THINK A LOT OF YOUNGER PEOPLE WILL BE GOING TOWARDS THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY NOMINEE. |
| 02:11:23 | >> YES, I DO. |
| 02:11:24 | >> WHAT IS THE ATTRACTION THERE? |
| 02:11:31 | >> JUST LIBERTARIAN IS ATTRACTIVE. |
| 02:11:34 | I AM VERY DIFFERENT, AND I RELATE TO THIS PARTY AND MORE. |
| 02:11:39 | >> GREGORY IS ON THE LINE IN KENTUCKY, ALSO ON THE LIBERTARIAN LINE. |
| 02:11:44 | WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE NOMINEE? |
| 02:11:46 | >> I AM THRILLED. |
| 02:11:49 | THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, AND I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT GARY JOHNSON IS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES, AND I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE FOR HIM. |
| 02:12:02 | THEY SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT WASTING THEIR VOTE BECAUSE GARY JOHNSON IS NOT A WASTED VOTE. |
| 02:12:08 | HE IS A VERY VALUABLE VOTE. |
| 02:12:11 | I MEAN, I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT WASTING VOTES BEFORE. |
| 02:12:17 | I DO NOT BY THE ARGENTINE GENERAL, BUT ESPECIALLY NOT HERE. |
| 02:12:21 | -- I DO NOT BUY THAT ARGUMENT IN GENERAL, BUT ESPECIALLY HERE. |
| 02:12:27 | HE IS ALREADY PULLING AT 8%, 9% BEFORE THE NOMINATION. |
| 02:12:33 | >> WHO DO YOU THINK HE WILL TAKE VOTES FROM? |
| 02:12:37 | >> FOR BOTH OF THEM. |
| 02:12:40 | FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKES CIVIL LIBERTIES, THEY WILL VOTE FOR HIM OVER OBAMA, AND THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FISCAL SITUATION, HE WILL TAKE VOTES FROM ROMNEY. |
| 02:12:51 | >> WE ARE TAKING THESE CALLS DURING THIS BREAK DURING THE LIBERTARIAN NOMINATING PROCESS, HAVING JUST NOMINATED GARY JOHNSON AS THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, AND THEY WILL TURN TO THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. |
| 02:13:12 | GARY JOHNSON NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN A NUMBER OF POLLS AND GET 15% OF THE NATIONAL VOTE IN ORDER TO COMPETE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. |
| 02:13:22 | HE HAS BEEN RANKED BY A PUBLIC POLLING GROUP AT 7% LAST MONTH, COMPARED TO PRESIDENT OBAMA WHO HAD 46%, AND FORMER GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY WHO HAD 39%. |
| 02:13:38 | JIM IS WAITING ON THE LINE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. |
| 02:13:42 | WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE LIBERTARIANS CHOICE? |
| 02:13:45 | >> I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN. |
| 02:13:49 | I KNOW HE WAS A GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO. |
| 02:13:53 | ANYWAY, I AM NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE LIBERTARIANS STAND FOR. |
| 02:13:58 | CAN YOU EDUCATE ME ON THIS? |
| 02:14:02 | >> WELL, WHICH PARTY ARE YOU WITH? |
| 02:14:05 | >> I AM WITH THE DEMOCRATS, BUT I CONSIDER MYSELF MORE OF A INDEPENDENT BECAUSE I AM FED UP WITH ALL OF THEM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND I AM REALLY FED UP WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, BUT I MEAN IF YOU WERE TO EDUCATE ME ON WHAT HE STANDS FOR AND WHAT HE IS ALL ABOUT BECAUSE I JUST TUNE IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO WHILE HE WAS GIVING HIS SPEECH, SO I MISSED A LOT OF THAT. |
| 02:14:34 | I AM HOPING TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE THAT I THINK WILL DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THIS COUNTRY, AND, YOU KNOW, I AM DEFINITELY NOT LOCKED INTO ANY PARTICULAR PARTY. |
| 02:14:49 | SO, I CONSIDER MYSELF AN INDEPENDENT MORE THAN ANYTHING, BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY STANDS FOR. |
| 02:14:59 | >> FOR GIN AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO FIND OUT MORE, WE WILL BRING YOU THE SPEECHES FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY CONVENTION, BUT YOU CAN ALSO FIND THEIR SPEECHES ONLINE ANYTIME, AT C- SPAN. |
| 02:15:14 | ORG, AND YOU CONDUCTED ALL THE SPEECHES FROM THIS PROGRAM AS WELL AS OTHER PROGRAMS. |
| 02:15:20 | SARAH IS IN WASHINGTON. |
| 02:15:22 | WHAT PARTY ARE YOU WITH? |
| 02:15:24 | >> I AM A DEMOCRAT. |
| 02:15:25 | >> WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE NOMINATING PROCESS? |
| 02:15:34 | >> I WAS IMPRESSED FOR THE FIRST TIME, I DO NOT KNOW WHO I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR, AND IF EVER THERE WERE A TIME OF THIRD PARTY COULD BREAK THROUGH IT MIGHT BE THIS GUY, AND THIS TIME. |
| 02:15:42 | >> DO YOU THINK HE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE NATIONAL STAGE? |
| 02:15:47 | >> I DO NOT KNOW, BECAUSE I AM PRETTY AWARE OF THINGS GOING ON, AND I'VE NOT COME ACROSS HIM BEFORE. |
| 02:15:54 | IF SO, HE HAS WORKED CUT OUT FOR HIM, BUT AS RON PAUL PUTS HIS SUPPORT BEHIND HIM, THEN FOR SURE HE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO GET ON THE BALLOTS. |
| 02:16:07 | >> YOU SAID YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT. |
| 02:16:10 | WHAT ATTRACTS YOU TO END ALTERNATIVE CHOICE OR A THIRD- PARTY CHOICE? |
| 02:16:15 | >> I AM SO TIRED OF THE CRAP IN WASHINGTON, D. |
| 02:16:25 | C., AND I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA, AND IT IS NOT THAT I THOUGHT HE HAS DONE A REALLY BAD JOB, BUT I THINK THAT I WANT US TO FOCUS ON OUR COUNTRY AND GETTING OUR STUFF IN SHAPE AND NOT BE SPENDING THE MONEY OVERSEAS, AND THAT KIND OF THING. |
| 02:16:43 | >> IF YOU ARE JOINING US ON C- SPAN, WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT THIS CROWD, KIND OF DISPERSED DURING THIS BREAK. |
| 02:16:55 | THEY JUST VOTED FOR GARY JOHNSON AS THEIR CHOICE FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, AND THEY WILL PICK UP WITH THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING PROCESS. |
| 02:17:05 | CONNECTICUT, JOHN. |
| 02:17:07 | WHAT PARTY ARE YOU YET? |
| 02:17:08 | >> I AM IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. |
| 02:17:11 | >> WHY DID YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW? |
| 02:17:14 | >> I AM 86 YEARS OLD. |
| 02:17:17 | A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN, AND FOUR YEARS AND YEARS, I HAD HOPED WE HAVE THREE PARTIES IN THIS COUNTRY, ALTHOUGH I HAVE BEEN A FIRM REPUBLICAN. |
| 02:17:28 | I HAVE BEEN DISENCHANTED WITH THEM, WITH THE DEMOCRATS, THEY DO NOTHING BUT GIVE YOU A LIFT SERVICE. |
| 02:17:35 | I HOPE GARY JOHNSON -- WITH SERVICE. |
| 02:17:40 | I HOPE GARY JOHNSON WILL GAIN THE RESPECT OF THIS COUNTRY, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A NEW PARTY, A NEW PRESIDENT THAT CAN DO SOMETHING. |
| 02:17:51 | GOD BLESS HIM. |
| 02:17:52 | I HOPE FOR THE BEST, AND I HOPE WE CAN BREAK A SLOT OPEN BECAUSE THIS PARTY -- COUNTRY NEEDS A THIRD PARTY -- LOST OPEN BECAUSE THIS PARTY WHICH THIS COUNTRY NEEDS A THIRD-PARTY TO GOD BLESS HIM AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. |
| 02:18:10 | >> RICHARD IS ON THE LINE IN OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI. |
| 02:18:16 | GO AHEAD. RICHARD, ARE YOU THERE? |
| 02:18:18 | >> HOW'RE YOU DOING? |
| 02:18:19 | THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. |
| 02:18:21 | >> YOU BET. |
| 02:18:22 | >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM THRILLED GARY JOHNSON GOT OUR NOMINATION TODAY. |
| 02:18:32 | -A LIBERTARIAN -- I AM A LIBERTARIAN ACTIVIST HERE IN MISSISSIPPI, AND I THINK WE HAVE SOMEONE THEY CAN GET RID OF THE PATRIOT ACT, ATTACKS ON OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES THAT THIS PRESIDENT WENT BACK AND HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES AND BROUGHT US. |
| 02:18:57 | >> WHAT DO YOU THINK STANDS IN THE WAY FOR HIM TO MAKE HIS VOICE HEARD ON THE NATIONAL STAGE? |
| 02:19:03 | >> IT COULD BE THE NATIONAL MEDIA. |
| 02:19:07 | AS BEING PART OF THE RON PAUL CAMPAIGN, WE HAVE SEEN TOO MANY TIMES WHERE A THIRD PARTY VOICE OR AN ALTERNATE VOICE COMES OUT AND WE DO NOT GET THE RECOGNITION THAT WE DESERVE. |
| 02:19:22 | I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT BALLOT ACCESS IN STATES LIKE OKLAHOMA AND VIRGINIA ALSO HURT US AS WELL. |
| 02:19:30 | I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ACTIVISTS FROM THOSE STATES TO TRY TO GET US ON THE BALLOT. |
| 02:19:37 | >> ON TO UTAH. |
| 02:19:39 | WE WILL SEE WHAT DANIEL HAS TO SAY. |
| 02:19:42 | HE IS AN INDEPENDENT. |
| 02:19:45 | GO AHEAD. |
| 02:19:49 | >> HI. |
| 02:19:50 | >> WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE NOMINATING PROCESS? |
| 02:19:54 | >> I THOUGHT THEY HAVE A GOOD PROCESS. |
| 02:19:57 | >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THEIR CHOICE? |
| 02:20:01 | >> I AM A BIG FAN OF GARY JOHNSON. |
| 02:20:03 | HE HAS BEEN AN ARDENT OPPONENT OF THE WAR ON DRUGS, WHICH HAS TAKEN AN INCREDIBLE ON THIS COUNTRY, SO THAT IS HOW I BECAME AWARE OF HIM. |
| 02:20:15 | I'VE BEEN AWARE OF HIM FOR COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I AM A BIG FAN. |
| 02:20:22 | HE PARDONED NONVIOLENT MARIJUANA OFFENDERS WHEN HE WAS GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, AND FOR THAT I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT HIM. |
| 02:20:31 | I FIND FEW CANDIDATES EXCEPT BOTH FOR PRESIDENT. |
| 02:20:36 | HE IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT I FIND ACCEPTABLE. |
| 02:20:38 | >> WILL TAKE A COUPLE MORE CALLS ON THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, GARY JOHNSON. |
| 02:20:46 | TRAVIS IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA IS A LIBERTARIAN. |
| 02:20:50 | >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. |
| 02:20:54 | >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE NOMINEE? |
| 02:20:57 | >> I LIKE HIM. |
| 02:20:59 | I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET HIM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I THOUGHT HE WAS WELL-SPOKEN MAN IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE 2008 CANDIDATE. |
| 02:21:11 | I APPRECIATE THAT HE GAVE TO THOSE TO THE R. |
| 02:21:13 | LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 02:21:17 | I AM LOOKING FOR TO HAVE BEEN SOMEONE WHO HAS GOVERNING EXPERIENCE. |
| 02:21:23 | >> WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THE THING HE CAN HAVE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE? |
| 02:21:26 | >> IT DEPENDS. |
| 02:21:28 | IF YOU HAD SCROLLED ON THE SCREEN, THE EXCESS TO GET INTO THE DEBATES IS DIFFICULT, AND THAT WILL BE A BIG HURDLE. |
| 02:21:40 | AS ONE OF THE CALLERS SAID, THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF WHO HE IS. |
| 02:21:46 | THAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST HURDLE, MEDIA TIME, DEBATE TIME, HIS IDEAS WILL RESONATE. |
| 02:21:55 | >> THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR LAST CALL. |
| 02:21:59 | WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE CALLS TODAY. |
| 02:22:01 | I'M SORRY IF WE DID NOT GET TO YOUR CALLS. |
| 02:22:04 | YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TO COMMENT ON THE TOPIC POSTED THERE, AND SEE WHAT IS ON PEOPLE'S MINDS. |
| 02:22:12 | ALSO, CHECK OUT OUR TWITTER FEED. |
| 02:22:16 | NEXT, SOME OF GARY JOHNSON, THE REMARKS FROM EARLIER. |
| 02:22:23 | -- GARY JOHNSON'S REMARKS FROM EARLIER. |
| 02:22:38 | >> I DID SUFFERED FROSTBITE ON EVEREST AND THAT HAS TO DO TO THE LACK OF CIRCULATION DUE TO THE BROKEN LEG. |
| 02:22:46 | >> WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? |
| 02:22:48 | >> 2003. |
| 02:22:49 | >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 02:22:53 | >> READY? |
| 02:22:56 | >> YES. >> GREAT. |
| 02:23:00 | GREAT. |
| 02:23:04 | TERRIFIC. I SPENT TWO WINTERS IN NORTHERN IDAHO. |
| 02:23:10 | I TAUGHT SKIING. |
| 02:23:12 | >> CONGRATULATIONS. |
| 02:23:13 | >> THANK YOU. |
| 02:23:15 | >> THANK YOU. |
| 02:23:19 | [LAUGHTER] >> ALL RIGHT, GOVERNOR. |
| 02:23:23 | >> THANK YOU. |
| 02:23:27 | >> CONGRATULATIONS. |
| 02:24:04 | [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> CONGRATULATIONS. |
| 02:24:05 | I AM SO EXCITED. |
| 02:24:08 | >> WONDERFUL JOB. |
| 02:24:54 | >> I AM VERY HAPPY. >> AND WE JUST SAW FORMER NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR AND NOW LIBERTARIAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT GARY JOHNSON LEAVING THE ROOM. |
| 02:25:03 | THEY WILL PICK THINGS UP IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. |
| 02:25:06 | NEXT, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEEKLY ADDRESSES BY PRESIDENT OBAMA, FOLLOWING -- FOLLOWED BY THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE, THEN WE WILL BRING YOU BACK TO LAS VEGAS. |
| 02:25:19 | >> THIS WEEK, I TRAVELED TO AFGHANISTAN TO THANK OUR TROOPS SERVING FAR FROM HOME, AND TO SIGN AN HISTORIC AGREEMENT WILL HELP US COMPLETE OUR MISSION AND END THE WAR. |
| 02:25:31 | NOTHING IS MORE HUMBLING, MORE INSPIRING AND THE CHANCE TO TAKE TIME WITH OUR TROOPS APPEARED I VISITED WITH SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING MEN AND WHAT -- TROOPS. |
| 02:25:42 | I VISITED WITH SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING MEN AND WOMEN AND I LET THEM KNOW THAT AMERICA HONORS THEIR SACRIFICE. |
| 02:25:49 | BECAUSE OF THEIR BRAVERY AND DEDICATION, THE TIDE OF WAR HAS TURNED IN AS A CELLIST -- AFGHANISTAN. |
| 02:25:57 | WE'VE BROKEN THE TALIBAN'S MOMENTUM. |
| 02:25:59 | WE'RE DEVASTATED AL QAEDA'S LEADERSHIP, AND ONE YEAR AGO, OUR TROOPS LAUNCHED THE OPERATION THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN, THE GOAL THAT I SET TO DEFEAT AL-QAIDA IN DENY IT A CHANCE TO REBUILD IS WITHIN REACH. |
| 02:26:14 | BECAUSE OF THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE I WAS ABLE TO SIGN AN HISTORIC AGREEMENT THAT DEFINES A NEW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND THE UNITED STATES, WHERE AFGHANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SECURITY OF THEIR NATION, AND REBUILD THE EQUAL PARTNERSHIP FOR TWO SOVEREIGN STATES, WHERE THE WAR ENDS. |
| 02:26:39 | THE SACRIFICES ARE NOT OVER, BUT MANY TROOPS ARE ALREADY COMING HOME. |
| 02:26:44 | LAST YEAR, WE REMOVED 10,000 U. |
| 02:26:47 | S. TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN. |
| 02:26:50 | ANOTHER 23,000 WILL LEAVE BY THE END OF SUMMER. |
| 02:26:54 | BY 2014, THE AFGHANS WILL BE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SECURITY OF THEIR COUNTRY, AND THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF WAR IT IS TIME TO FOCUS ON NATION- BUILDING. |
| 02:27:09 | AS A NEW GREATEST GENERATION RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS, WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY WILL THEY COME BACK TO? |
| 02:27:15 | A COUNTRY WHERE A SHRINKING NUMBER OF AMERICANS DO VERY WELL, WHERE A GROWING NUMBER BARELY GET BY, OR A COUNTRY WHERE EVERYONE IT'S A FAIR SHOT, EVERYONE DOES THEIR FAIR SHARE AND PLAYS BY THE SAME SET OF RULES? |
| 02:27:31 | AMERICA HAS ANSWERED THIS QUESTION BEFORE. |
| 02:27:34 | MY GRANDFATHER, A VETERAN, GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO COLLEGE ON THE GI BILL. |
| 02:27:41 | MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO WAS THEN A BOMBER ASSEMBLY LINE -- WHO WORKED ON A BOMBER ASSEMBLY LINE, THEY CONTRIBUTED TO A STORY OF SUCCESS EVERY AMERICAN HAS A CHANCE TO SHARE IN, THE BASIC AMERICAN PROMISE THAT IF YOU WORK HARD, YOU COULD RAISE A FAMILY, SEND A KID TO COLLEGE, AND PUT A LITTLE BIT AWAY FOR RETIREMENT. |
| 02:28:05 | THAT MEANS MAKING RESPONSIBLE CHOICES. |
| 02:28:08 | I DO NOT IF WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE THINGS LIKE MORE TAX CUTS FOR MILLIONAIRES WHILE CUTTING THE INVESTMENTS THE BUILD A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS. |
| 02:28:17 | THAT IS WHY I HAVE CALLED ON CONGRESS TO TAKE THE MONEY WE ARE NO LONGER SPENDING AT WAR, USE HALF OF IT TO PAY DOWN OUR DEBT, AND THE OTHER HALF TO REBUILD AMERICA. |
| 02:28:27 | WE OF MORE JOBS TO CREATE, MORE STUDENTS TO EDUCATE, MORE CLEAN ENERGY TO GENERATE, MORE ENTREPRENEURS LOOKING FOR THEIR SHOT AT SUCCESS. |
| 02:28:38 | WE HAVE TO INVEST IN THINGS LIKE EDUCATION AND MEDICAL RESEARCH. |
| 02:28:41 | WE HAVE TO BUILD NEW WORK, FASTER TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, AND WE A TO SECURE THE BENEFITS OF OUR VETERANS HAVE EARNED SO WE SERVE THEM AS WELL AS THEY HAVE SERVED US. |
| 02:28:55 | EVERY TIME I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH OUR TROOPS ARE AND STRUCK BY THEIR COURAGE, COMMITMENT, SELFLESSNESS, AND TEAM WORK. |
| 02:29:03 | THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO TEACH US. |
| 02:29:06 | RECOVERING FROM THE WORST ECONOMIC RECESSION SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT IF WE FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE, I HAVE NO DOUBT WE WILL PRESERVE THIS COUNTRY, PROTECT THE FREEDOMS WE CHERISH AND LEAVE OUR CHILDREN AND AMERICA THAT IS BUILT TO LAST. |
| 02:29:23 | THE BLESSED, AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. |
| 02:29:25 | >> I AM BOB CORKER, AND I AM PROUD TO REPRESENT TENNESSEE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATOR. |
| 02:29:31 | WHEN I WAS 25 YEARS OLD THE SAVED $8,000 AND STARTED MY OWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. |
| 02:29:38 | I WORKED HARD, AND MY BUSINESS EXPANDED OUR COUNTRY'S FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN SUCCESS AND WITH THE AMERICAN DREAM. |
| 02:29:47 | I BECAME INVOLVED IN PUBLIC SERVICE TO PROVIDE MY NEIGHBORS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE AMERICAN DREAM THEMSELVES, AND I CAME TO WASHINGTON WITH THE SAME GOAL. |
| 02:29:59 | I FEEL OUR COUNTRY IS MOVING TO A PLACE WHERE POLITICIANS HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THE VALUE OF BURNED SUCCESS. |
| 02:30:06 | POLITICIANS ARE BANKRUPTING OUR COUNTRY BY PASSING LEGISLATION WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT, AND ABANDONING THE FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES THAT GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED. |
| 02:30:18 | IT IS DISAPPOINTING, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, HIGHLY FRUSTRATING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN WASHINGTON. |
| 02:30:25 | MORE SPENDING AND DEBT, AND TAKING TOUGH DECISIONS DOWN THE ROAD, LITERALLY ROBBING THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE SUCCESS AND LIVE THEIR OWN AMERICAN DREAM. |
| 02:30:38 | LAST SUNDAY MARKED THREE YEARS SINCE THE SENATE HAS PASSED A BUDGET. |
| 02:30:42 | THREE YEARS CARE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. |
| 02:30:45 | THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT SPENDS MORE THAN $3. |
| 02:30:48 | 30 TRILLION A YEAR, MUCH OF IT BORROWED FROM OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES, HAS NO GUIDELINES FOR HOW BAD IS SPENT. |
| 02:30:58 | IF THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER OF THE SENATOR SAID IT WOULD BE FOOLISH FOR US TO DO A BUDGET AT THIS STAGE, AND HE HAS EVEN REFUSED TO HOLD A VOTE. |
| 02:31:06 | WHEN THE DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE ATTEMPTED TO HOLD A MARKUP ON A BUDGET, HE WAS STOPPED AT THE LAST MINUTE AND PULLED A VOTE FROM CONSIDERATION. |
| 02:31:17 | WHAT ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP? |
| 02:31:21 | PRESIDENT OBAMA'S BUDGET FAILED TO RECEIVE A SINGLE YES VOTE IN EITHER HOUSE OF CONGRESS LAST YEAR. |
| 02:31:29 | ACCORDING TO THE NONPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL BUDGET WOULD ACTUALLY DECREASE ECONOMIC GROWTH OVER THE NEXT DECADE. |
| 02:31:38 | THIS KIND OF WASHINGTON MISMANAGEMENT HAS PUT US IN A PLACE WHERE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS OUR DEBT HAS INCREASED BY MORE THAN $4 TRILLION. |
| 02:31:50 | FAILING TO ACCOMPLISH EVEN THE MOST BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOVERNMENT IS A TOTAL SILVER SHIP OF -- FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP AND REPRESENTS EVERYTHING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HATE ABOUT WASHINGTON. |
| 02:32:04 | JUST LAST MONTH, THE TRUSTEES FOR MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY REITERATED THAT THEY ARE ON A PATH TOWARD INSOLVENCY AND IN URGENT NEED OF REFORM. |
| 02:32:15 | DESPITE EVERY WARNING SIGN ON MANAGEABLE, WE HAVE NO SOLUTIONS FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION OR DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP. |
| 02:32:25 | THE PRESIDENT PUNTS ON ALMOST EVERY TOUGH DECISION. |
| 02:32:32 | AS HE APPEALS TO COLLEGE STUDENTS, HIS ADMINISTRATION IS ROBBING THOSE SAME YOUNG PEOPLE OF THEIR AMERICAN INHERITANCE, SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON MY GENERATION, AND ENGAGING IN NOTHING SHORT OF GENERATIONAL THREAT. |
| 02:32:48 | FAMILIES AND STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS EVERY DAY TO MAKE ENDS MEET, AND BUSINESSES ARE CRYING OUT FOR CLARITY AND TAX RATES AND REGULATION. |
| 02:32:57 | THIS UNCERTAINTY IS WEIGHING DOWN THE RECOVERY AND PREVENTING THE INVESTMENT NEEDED TO CREATE JOBS IN TENNESSEE AND FROM THE COUNTRY. |
| 02:33:06 | WASHINGTON'S LACK OF COURAGE TO DEAL WITH OUT-OF-CONTROL SPENDING IS ONLY ADDING TO THE SENSE OF UNCERTAINTY AMONG INVESTORS AND POTENTIAL SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. |
| 02:33:20 | AT PRESENT, OUR INABILITY TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES IS OUR GREATEST ENEMY. |
| 02:33:24 | IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE OUR GREATEST ENEMY. |
| 02:33:29 | I ALSO BELIEVE IT CAN BE OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY. |
| 02:33:32 | WE NEED PROFESSIONAL TAX REFORM. |
| 02:33:35 | THIS MEANS SIMPLIFYING THE TAX CODE, AND DOING AWAY WITH MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE 1 $0. |
| 02:33:43 | 20 TRILLION OF THE LOOPHOLES AND TAX EXPENDITURES CONGRESS HAS CREATED TO TRY TO DRIVE YOUR BEHAVIOR, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO BROADEN THE TAX BASE AND LOWER RATES FOR EVERYONE. |
| 02:33:56 | THIS KIND OF TAX REFORM COMBINED WITH A LONG-TERM PLAN TO REDUCE OUR DEBT AND STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE SO THEY ARE SOLVENT FOR THE LONG HAUL WOULD REALLY CAUSE OUR ECONOMY TO JUST TAKE OFF. |
| 02:34:09 | GROWING THE PRIVATE SECTOR, NOT GOVERNMENT, WILL INSURE THAT WE REMAIN THE STRONGEST COMPANY -- COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. |
| 02:34:16 | RESERVING THE PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT IS THE STRUGGLE OF THIS GENERATION. |
| 02:34:23 | FREE ENTERPRISE, PERSONAL LIBERTY, AND A SOCIETY WHERE EVERYONE HAS THE TOOLS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN SUCCESS. |
| 02:34:31 | NOTHING MAKES PEOPLE HAPPIER THAN TURNING SUCCESS. |
| 02:34:35 | OUR FOUNDING FATHERS UNDERSTOOD THIS, AND CONSIDERED THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS TO BE A GOD-GIVEN RIGHT, AND LET'S -- RIGHT. |
| 02:34:47 | LET'S PUT IN PLACE POLICIES THAT WOULD ENABLE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO EARN SUCCESS. |
| 02:34:52 | IT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM. |
| 02:34:54 | >> C-SPAN HAS BEEN ALIVE THIS WEEKEND AT THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY CONVENTION HERE IN LAS VEGAS. |
| 02:35:01 | WE ARE INSIDE THE RED ROCK RESORT. |
| 02:35:06 | EARLIER WE SAW A FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO GARY JOHNSON WHEN THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. |
| 02:35:16 | HE MENTIONED DURING SOME OF HIS REMARKS THAT HIS PREFERRED RUNNING MATE WOULD BEAT JIM GRAY, A RETIRED CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR COURT -- SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE. |
| 02:35:28 | MR. GRAY IS A LONGTIME PROPONENT OF MARIJUANA DRUGS. |
| 02:35:33 | HE IS THE ONLY ANNOUNCED LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT. |
| 02:35:36 | HERE IS GARY JOHNSON'S SPEECH PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE NOMINATION. |
| 02:35:55 | >> I WANT TO BE A LIBERTARIAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT. |
| 02:36:02 | [APPLAUSE] >> THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEMS, GIVE THE SOLUTIONS, AND ONLY THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE WILL OFFER UP THE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RESUME TO GO ALONG WITH THAT, AND I THINK I HAVE THE RESIN. |
| 02:36:20 | ITEM THAT AN ENTREPRENEUR MY ENTIRE LIFE. |
| 02:36:23 | I HAVE BEEN AN ATHLETE MY ENTIRE LIFE. |
| 02:36:26 | S. |
| 02:36:27 | I WAS THE GOVERNOR OF -- I WAS THE GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO FOR TWO TERMS. |
| 02:36:35 | HOW DID THAT WORK IN A STATE THAT WAS TWO-TO-ONE DEMOCRAT? |
| 02:36:41 | THEY DID A POLL, AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THAT WAS VIEWED FAVORABLY IN HIS OR HER OWN STATE, AND I'M TELLING YOU PEOPLE IN NEW MEXICO WAIVED ANY WITH ALL FIVE FINGERS, NOT JUST ONE. |
| 02:37:04 | [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD GOVERNOR -- GOOD GOVERNMENT WAS EASY. |
| 02:37:07 | IT WAS NOT HARD. |
| 02:37:08 | IT WAS EASY TO LOOK AT ISSUES, FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, WEST. |
| 02:37:18 | POLITICS WAS NOT EXISTENT. |
| 02:37:22 | WHEN IT COMES TO CIVIL LIBERTIES, I THINK I HAVE IT IN SPADES. |
| 02:37:27 | I THINK I HAVE IT IN SPADES WHEN IT COMES TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND I MAY HAVE THE CODE MORE LEGISLATION THAN THE OTHER 49 GOVERNORS IN THE COUNTRY COMBINED. |
| 02:37:41 | ALL GOVERNMENTS NEEDS TO HAPPEN UNDER STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. |
| 02:37:52 | AND AS GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, AND I MADE VERY FEW PROMISES. |
| 02:38:00 | I PROMISED TO VETO ANY TAX INCREASES. |
| 02:38:04 | I BE TOWED EVERY SINGLE TAX INCREASE. |
| 02:38:08 | NOT ONE SINGLE PENNY WAS INCREASED OVER A--- OVER EIGHT YEARS, AND THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. |
| 02:38:19 | [APPLAUSE] >> I PROMISED THERE WOULD BE FEWER STATE EMPLOYEES WHEN I LEFT OFFICE THAN WHEN I GOT THERE. |
| 02:38:25 | THERE WERE 1200 FEWER STATE EMPLOYEES WHEN I LEFT OFFICE, A 10% REDUCTION IN STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHEN I LEFT OFFICE. |
| 02:38:36 | THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE. |
| 02:38:40 | I PROMISED TO INCREASE AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPEND ON EDUCATION EVERY YEAR, AND DID THAT FOR EIGHT STRAIGHT YEARS, WHICH GAVE ME THE LIBERTY TO TALK ABOUT REAL SCHOOL REFORM, WHICH WAS BRINGING COMPETITION TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. |
| 02:39:00 | [APPLAUSE] >> IF I WOULD HAVE PROMISED EVERYTHING THAT I DELIVERED AS GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ELECTED BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST ANOTHER BLOWHARD POLITICIANS. |
| 02:39:18 | [APPLAUSE] >> AS PRESIDENT I AM PROMISING TO SUBMIT A BALANCED BUDGET TO CONGRESS, I'M PROMISING TO VETO LEGISLATION WHERE EXPENSES EXCEED REVENUE, I AM PROMISING TO ADVOCATE ON THE PART OF A FAIR TAX, AND LOOKS, I AM LISTENING. |
| 02:39:35 | I PROMISED TO ADVOCATE ON THE PART OF THE LESS ON A FAIR TAX. |
| 02:39:42 | I PROMISE -- UNFAIR TAX. |
| 02:39:49 | I PROMISED TO END THE MILITARY WARS. |
| 02:39:52 | I PROMISED TO END THE WAR. |
| 02:39:59 | [APPLAUSE] I PROMISE TO END THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, TO BRING THE TROOPS HOME. |
| 02:40:06 | I PROMISE TO END THE COSTLY AND INEFFECTIVE WAR ON DRUGS. |
| 02:40:23 | [APPLAUSE] >> LOOK, MOST AMERICANS ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND SOCIALLY TOLERANT. |
| 02:40:29 | HI FALL IN THAT GROUP. |
| 02:40:30 | I THINK THIS IS A BROAD BRUSH STROKE FOR THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO EXIST TO PROTECT US AGAINST FRAUD AND FORCE, AGAINST INDIVIDUAL GROUPS, CORPORATIONS, COUNTRIES THAT WOULD DO US HARM. |
| 02:40:50 | IMAGINING LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENT CHALLENGING CONGRESS TO BRING ABOUT MARRIAGE EQUALITY. |
| 02:40:58 | A IMAGINE A LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENT CHALLENGING CONGRESS TO REDUCE IMPEDIMENTS TO FREE MARKETS. |
| 02:41:07 | FREE MARKETS MEANS NO TARRIFFS. |
| 02:41:13 | IMAGINE A LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT CHALLENGING CONGRESS TO REPEAL THE PATRIOT ACT, ABOLISH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. |
| 02:41:28 | [APPLAUSE] >> IMAGINE A LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENT CHALLENGING CONGRESS FOR MEANINGFUL IMMIGRATION REFORM. |
| 02:41:40 | THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE THE ONLY CANDIDATE TALKING ABOUT GUN RIGHTS AND GAY RIGHTS IN THE SAME SENTENCE. |
| 02:41:53 | [APPLAUSE] >> THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SLASHING WELFARE AND WARFARE SPENDING IN THE SAME SENTENCE. |
| 02:42:11 | [APPLAUSE] >> DID CHANGE TO MEET TO BE A LIBERTARIAN IS NOT A CHANGE. |
| 02:42:16 | I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A LIBERTARIAN. |
| 02:42:20 | I PLEDGE TO BE ACTIVE IN THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY BEYOND THE 2012 ELECTION. |
| 02:42:32 | [APPLAUSE] >> MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT. |
| 02:42:36 | THE GOAL HERE IS TO WIN THE ELECTION. |
| 02:42:47 | [APPLAUSE] >> IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE MESSAGE. |
| 02:42:51 | I THINK THE MESSAGE I AM DELIVERING IS THE SAME MESSAGE OF THAT OF RON PAUL. |
| 02:42:57 | RON PAUL HAS ALWAYS SAID HE WAS A MESSENGER. |
| 02:43:01 | RON PAUL ONE WEEK AGO SAID HE WAS NOT DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE BECAUSE THE CROWDS ARE GROWING. |
| 02:43:07 | THIS IS A GROWING MOVEMENT IN AMERICA TODAY, AND RON PAUL'S, WHEN HIS CAMPAIGN COMES TO A END, AND I HOPE IT DOES NOT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO A END, WHERE DOES THE MESSAGE GO? |
| 02:43:24 | WILL IT CONTINUE? |
| 02:43:26 | THERE IS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO VOTING FOR RON PAUL, AND IT WILL BE THE LIBERTARIAN NOMINEE. |
| 02:43:38 | [APPLAUSE] >> THIS IS NOT 2008. |
| 02:43:41 | I DEBATED BOB BARR IN THE YEAR 2000 AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA ON DRUG POLICY. |
| 02:43:53 | SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THAT DEBATE AND 2008 HE FELL OUT OF BED, HIT HIS HEAD, AND BECAME A LIBERTARIAN. |
| 02:44:04 | I AM GLAD IT HAPPENED. |
| 02:44:06 | THIS IS NOT ABOUT 2008. |
| 02:44:09 | I DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THAT BAGGAGE HANGING IN BACK OF ME. |
| 02:44:14 | I DID HAVE AN NPR INTERVIEW YESTERDAY, "ALL THINGS CONSIDERED" AND THE QUESTION WAS IF YOU ARE ON THE TORTURE RACK, AND THEY ARE GOING TO KILL YOU, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR MITT ROMNEY, OR BARACK OBAMA, AND MY RESPONSE WAS I HAVE CLIMBED MOUNT EVEREST, I KNOW IT IS TO HUNKER DOWN AND DO WHAT IT TAKES. |
| 02:44:44 | TAKE THIS TO THE BANK. |
| 02:44:53 | I WOULD DIE. [APPLAUSE] >> COLLECTIVELY THE COUNTRY DOES NOT NEED TO DIE. |
| 02:44:55 | IF THERE IS ONLY ONE CHOICE, AND IT IS GOING TO BE THE LIBERTARIAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT. |
| 02:45:03 | I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU FOR THAT NOMINATION. |
| 02:45:07 | THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 02:45:14 | [APPLAUSE] >> GARY JOHNSON GAVE THAT SPEECH EARLIER HERE IN LAS VEGAS AT THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY CONVENTION. |
| 02:45:24 | HE WON THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT, AND VOTING IS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AS DELEGATES CHOOSE THE VICE- PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. |
| 02:45:34 | EACH NOMINEE WILL GET 11 MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND GARY JOHNSON ESTABLISHED A PREFERENCE FOR AN JIM GRAY, A RETIRED SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE AND A LONGTIME OPPONENT OF MARIJUANA LAWS, BUT HE COULD SEE A CHALLENGE FROM JIM BURNS, WHO HAS ALSO EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO BE CONSIDERED HERE TODAY. |
| 02:45:57 | AS FAR AS THE NATIONAL ELECTION IS CONCERNED, EVEN WITH THE NOMINATION TO THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, GARY JOHNSON ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HIS PAST WOULD NOT BE EASY, SAYING ANY HOPE HE HAS TO BE COMPETITIVE DEPENDS ON BEING INCLUDED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES IN OCTOBER. |
| 02:46:16 | THE DELEGATES WILL COME BACK TO THE ROOM HERE TO VOTE FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, BUT UNTIL THEN, HERE IS THE FORMER NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR AGAIN, AND HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. |
| 02:46:33 | >> I HUMBLY EXCEPT THE NOMINATION. |
| 02:46:52 | THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I'M GOING TO MAKE A PLEDGE TO ALL OF YOU, AND ADDED THAT NONE OF YOU ARE GOING TO REGRET WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY. |
| 02:47:02 | [APPLAUSE] I REALLY WANT TO THANK MY PRESIDENT -- MY PARENTS. |
| 02:47:06 | THEY ARE BOTH HERE. |
| 02:47:08 | MY MOM IS THE REASON WE ENDED UP IN NEW MEXICO. |
| 02:47:14 | SHE WAS WITH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. |
| 02:47:17 | SHE IS THE ONE WHO IN THE THIRD GRADE HAD ME DOING TAP? |
| 02:47:23 | IN -- TAP DANCING LESSONS AND A SCHOOL THAT HAD ONE BOY AND 30 GIRLS. |
| 02:47:31 | I WAS THE BEST FIT GREAT PIANO PLAYER THAT COULD HAPPEN. |
| 02:47:37 | I LOVE MY PARENTS, AND I WANT TO THANK THEM BOTH. |
| 02:47:40 | I WANT TO CITYWIDE TO MY FIANCEE. |
| 02:47:44 | I AM IN LOVE, AND IT WILL BE A WHITE HOUSE WEDDING. |
| 02:48:04 | WHERE IS SHE? [APPLAUSE] >> I WANT TO THINK MY SISTER. |
| 02:48:07 | MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER AND LAW ARE HERE. |
| 02:48:10 | LORI ANN SCOTT GARRETT MY SON ERIC IS HERE. |
| 02:48:14 | WHERE ARE YOU? |
| 02:48:17 | . , WHERE ARE YOU? |
| 02:48:22 | ERIC QUIT HIS WELL-PAYING JOB IN DENVER TWO YEARS AGO TO COME AND DO THIS WITH ME ON TAPE. |
| 02:48:35 | IF THAT IS NOT AS LOVING A GESTURE AS ANYTHING I'VE EVER RECEIVED. |
| 02:48:50 | [LAUGHTER] >> MY DAUGHTER GAVE ME A CALL AND SAID I'M THE WORST DAUGHTER IN THE WORLD. |
| 02:48:54 | I SAID WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD BE IN BRAZIL WHICH BS IN SANTA FE BALLET. |
| 02:49:00 | MY DAUGHTER WAS -- SHE IS THERE WITH THE ASPEN SANTA FE BY LARRY. |
| 02:49:05 | SHE WAS THE VALEDICTORIAN. |
| 02:49:13 | HER CAR BROKE DOWN. |
| 02:49:17 | SHE HAPPENED TO HAVE HER TOOLS WITH HER. |
| 02:49:21 | SCHINDLER WAS THE ALTERNATOR. |
| 02:49:23 | SHE HITCH -- SHE KNEW IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. |
| 02:49:24 | SHE HITCHHIKED, GOT AN ALTERNATOR, WENT BACK AND INSTALLED IT HERSELF. |
| 02:49:35 | [APPLAUSE] >> MY BROTHER CALLED ME AND SAID I WATCHED THE DEBATE ON C- SPAN, YOU DID GREAT, YOU GOT YOUR ASS KICKED BY R. |
| 02:49:46 | LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 02:49:55 | [APPLAUSE] R. |
| 02:49:56 | LEE WRIGHTS, WHERE IS LEE WRIGHTS? |
| 02:50:09 | [APPLAUSE] >> WHAT A GENTLEMAN, WHEN A PLEASURE, WHAT THE THE LIGHT IT HAS BEEN SUED DEBATE LEE WRIGHTS -- WHAT A DELIGHT IT HAS BEEN SUED THE DATE -- TO DEBATE LEE WRIGHTS. |
| 02:50:28 | [APPLAUSE] >> LET'S GET THIS GUY ELECTED. |
| 02:50:40 | >> HE SAID IT ALONG THE WAY, AND IT IS TRUE. |
| 02:50:42 | WE MADE EACH OTHER BETTER -- BETTER CANDIDATES. |
| 02:50:45 | NO ONE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE CORDIAL, MORE GRACIOUS, MORE PARTICULATE REGARDING LIBERTARIAN IDEALS AND BELIEFS -- PARTICULATE REGARDING LIBERTARIAN IDEALS AND BELIEFS. |
| 02:51:14 | [APPLAUSE] ? -- >> SO, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? |
| 02:51:16 | THIS IS ABOUT WINNING. |
| 02:51:17 | THIS IS ABOUT WINNING. |
| 02:51:19 | SO, THIS IS YOUR DECISION, BUT I WANT TO EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING, AND THAT IS, PLEASE CONSIDER JIM GRAY AS MY RUNNING MATE. |
| 02:51:25 | I BELIEVE THAT HE AFFORDS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO WINNING, AND IN THIS PROCESS WE INTERVIEWED A LOT OF CANDIDATES AS POTENTIAL VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, AND WITHOUT QUESTION I THINK JIM GRAY DOES A BETTER JOB WHEN IT COMES TO ARTICULATING LIBERTARIAN IDEALS AND BELIEFS THAN ANYONE ELSE. |
| 02:51:51 | I GO BACK TO THE YEAR 2000 WHEN I MET JIM GRAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH TURNED TO BE RETURNED OUT TO BE THE FIRST OF ONE DOZEN TIMES, -- WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE FIRST OF ONE DOZEN TIMES, AND HE WAS VERY OUTSPOKEN ON THE WAR ON DRUGS. |
| 02:52:02 | HE BROUGHT AN EXPERTISE ON THIS AS THE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE IN CALIFORNIA THAT WAS JUST UNDENIABLE. |
| 02:52:18 | IT IS NOT JUST DRUGS. |
| 02:52:21 | JIM GRAY RAN AS THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR SENATE IN CALIFORNIA, AND I THINK HE DOES A TERRIFIC JOB WHEN IT COMES TO ARTICULATING LIBERTARIAN IDEALS AND BELIEFS, BECAUSE BACK TO THE CRITERIA FOR OUR CANDIDATES, THAT NEEDS TO BE THE NUMBER 1 CRITERIA. |
| 02:52:42 | THIS IS YOUR CHOICE. |
| 02:52:44 | I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS YOUR CHOICE, AND ALL I AM ASKING YOU IS TO JUST GIVE JIM GRAY A LISTEN, AND IF YOU DO THAT, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION ON, THAT THIS AFFORDS US THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO WIN, AND THAT IS WHAT THE GOAL NEEDS TO BE, TO ACTUALLY WIN IN NOVEMBER. |
| 02:53:09 | CITYWIDE AND THE -- THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. |
| 02:53:13 | THANK YOU. |
| 02:53:29 | [APPLAUSE] [CHANTING] >> THAT WAS GARY JOHNSON'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FROM EARLIER TODAY. |
| 02:53:35 | C-SPAN HAS BEEN COVERING THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY'S CONVENTION, AND IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PARTY AND ITS NOMINEES, WE WILL BESTIAL IN SPEECHES AGAIN ON C-SPAN, AND YOU CAN'T -- WE WILL BE SHOWING SPEECHES AGAIN ON C-SPAN, AND YOU CAN WATCH ONLINE. |
| 02:53:56 | VOTING WILL BEGIN SHORTLY AS DELEGATES BEGIN TO CHOOSE THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. |
| 02:54:02 | EACH NOMINEE WILL GET ABOUT 11 MINUTES TO SPEAK. |
| 02:54:06 | GARY JOHNSON EXPRESSED A PREFERENCE FOR JIM GRAY, A RETIRED SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE, AND A LONGTIME OPPONENT OF MARIJUANA LAWS, WHO WILL SEE A CHALLENGE FROM JIM BURNS, AND ALSO LEE WRIGHTS, THE MAIN COMPETITION FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL BID. |
| 02:54:30 | A REPORT -- HAVING THE FORMER NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR ON THE BALLOT MAKES LIBERTARIANS MORE HOPEFUL BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET HIM INTO THE RACE WHEN HE WAS THE GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO AND BECAME KNOWN NATIONALLY FOR HIS SUPPORT OF DECRIMINALIZING DRUGS. |
| 02:54:49 | WHEN HE STARTED MISSING THE CUT FOR THE REPUBLICAN DEBATE, THE BENTON TO GO -- COME ON OVER. |
| 02:54:56 | -- BEGGED HIM TO COME ON OVER. |
| 02:55:00 | WE WILL HEAR SOME OF AN INTERVIEW THAT IS ALL ABOUT -- THAT IS ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE OVERALL. |
| 02:55:10 | PRESIDENT OBAMA KICKED OFF HIS CAMPAIGN EARLIER IN OHIO. |
| 02:55:14 | HE WILL BE IN VIRGINIA EARLIER -- HE WAS IN VIRGINIA LATER HE -- HE WILL BE IN VIRGINIA EARLIER TODAY. |
| 02:55:24 | >> TALK TO US ABOUT THE PRESIDENT. |
| 02:55:27 | HE TICKS OFF HIS CAMPAIGN >> -- -- GUEST: IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE. |
| 02:55:47 | HE HAS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE MOBILIZED FOR HIM. |
| 02:55:50 | AS YOU KNOW, AS SOME REPUBLICANS HAVE COMPLAINED, HE HAS DONE A LOT OF THESE EVENTS, INCLUDING A SLOW OF THEM LAST WEEK THAT SKIRT THE LINE BETWEEN CAMPAIGN AND GOVERNMENTS, BUT TODAY IS THE OFFICIAL KICKOFF ON THE JOINT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE. |
| 02:56:09 | WE WILL FLY OUT FIRST TO COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND THEN ON TO VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY TO CONCLUDE TODAY. |
| 02:56:18 | TODAY IS THE OFFICIAL KICKOFF AFTER MONTHS AND MONTHS OF ACTUAL CAMPAIGNING. |
| 02:56:24 | >> BEFORE THE PHONES START LIGHTING UP WITH ALUMNI FROM THE BUCKEYE STATE, I BELIEVE THERE REFERRED TO IT AS THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, BUT WHY THOSE SCHOOLS AND THOSE STATES? |
| 02:56:40 | GUEST: THEY REPRESENT THE PAST TO VICTORY. |
| 02:56:43 | OHIO IS THE OLD DEMOCRATIC MATH THAT SENATORS AROUND THREE SWING STATES. |
| 02:56:53 | VIRGINIA REALLY IS THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK. |
| 02:56:59 | OBAMA WON IT BY SEVEN PERCENTAGE POINTS IN 2008, ALONG WITH NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH HE WON BY 14,000 VOTES. |
| 02:57:18 | ALONG BOTH OF THE STATES, WHICH ARE CONVENIENTLY CLUSTERED CLOSE TOGETHER TODAY REPRESENT THE TWO PATHS HE WILL HAVE TO GO ON. |
| 02:57:28 | >> KIND OF OLD SCHOOL AND NEW SCHOOL, I GUESS. |
| 02:57:32 | >> YES, BUT THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW THE EXTENT TO WHICH THINGS HAVE REORIENTED THEMSELVES SINCE THE 2006 MIDTERM ELECTIONS. |
| 02:57:45 | WITHOUT WINNING THE WESTERN STATES, PRESIDENT OBAMA DOES NOT STAND A CHANCE. |
| 02:57:49 | I SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A GENERATION, BUT ELECTORAL COLLEGE MAP ADVANTAGES DEMOCRATS THIS TIME. |
| 02:58:00 | WHEN YOU SEE THE POLLS -- I BELIEVE WE WILL SEE MITT ROMNEY SURGING AHEAD AT VARIOUS POINTS. |
| 02:58:10 | THE RAW POPULARITY NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE NATIONALLY ARE LESS IMPORTANT THAN THE MAP. |
| 02:58:16 | BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS SPEAKING CANDIDLY THINK THE MAP THIS TIME ADVANTAGES PRESIDENT OBAMA PARA >> WE WILL TALK LATER IN THE PROGRAM WITH HEATHER SMITH, THE PRESIDENT OF ROCK THE VOTE. |
| 02:58:28 | TELL US WHY THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN DECIDED TO START OFF THIS WEEKEND IN TWO COLLEGES, AS OPPOSED TO OTHER SITES, MAYBE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. |
| 02:58:45 | >> COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN 2008 WERE REALLY THE CRITICAL NEXUS POINTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. |
| 02:58:53 | THE FIRST IS, THEY REALLY FORMED THE ARMY, THE VOLUNTEER ARMY AND CREATED THIS MASSIVE GRASS-ROOTS CAMPAIGN IN 2008. |
| 02:59:02 | I RECALL BEING IN IOWA AND BUSLOADS OF COLLEGE KIDS WERE COMING ACROSS THE BORDER FROM ILLINOIS AND OVERWHELMING THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN IN TERMS OF THE GRASSROOTS. |
| 02:59:13 | JUST AS CRUCIALLY, THE YOUTH VOTE IN 2008 WENT ROUGHLY TWO- ONE, MORE THAN 2-14 PRESIDENT OBAMA. |
| 02:59:26 | -- MORE THAN TWO-ONE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. |
| 02:59:31 | IN NORTH CAROLINA, THERE IS A TREMENDOUS NETWORK OF UNIVERSITIES. |
| 02:59:39 | THERE HAS BEEN A SHARP DROP-OFF IN REGISTRATION. |
| 02:59:41 | WE HAVE SEEN MORE RESTRICTIVE VOTER REGISTRATION LAWS AROUND THE COUNTRY REALLY CRIMPING THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN. |
| 02:59:47 | IN ADDITION, THE POLLS SHOW THAT YOU SPOKE STRONGLY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, KILLED BY A COUPLE OF YEARS OF RECESSION THAT HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY HURT YOUNG PEOPLE. |
| 03:00:03 | THEY HAVE TO CREATE A SENSE OF BUS AND ENTHUSIASM AT A TIME WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT FEELING SO FIRED UP AND READY TO GO. |
| 03:00:15 | >> GLENN THRUSH SPENT FIVE YEARS WITH NEWSDAY, THE LAST THREE IN WASHINGTON, FOLLOWING HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON. |
| 03:00:29 | THE LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, THIS MARKS FOR THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN MARSHALING THE TROOPS. |
| 03:00:39 | IS THERE ANY COINCIDENCE TO THE FACT THAT HE IS TALKING AT TWO COLLEGES AT A TIME WHEN COLLEGE STUDENTS AREN'T JUST GETTING READY TO LEAVE THE CAMPUS FOR THE SUMMER BREAK, AND HE IS GETTING READY TO SEND THE TROOPS OUT INTO THE FIELD? |
| 03:00:52 | >> THAT IS A GREAT POINT. |
| 03:00:53 | I HAD NOT REALLY THOUGHT OF IT. |
| 03:00:58 | MAYBE THEY ARE WONDERING WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND THEIR TIME DOING. |
| 03:01:05 | IN 2008, THEY CERTAINLY CREATED THIS CULTURE. |
| 03:01:11 | IT REALLY BECAME A SOCIAL ACTIVITY AND I AM TOLD THAT A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS STARTED. |
| 03:01:20 | >> SPEAKING OF RELATIONSHIPS, I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO ASK ABOUT. |
| 03:01:24 | YOU WROTE ON MAY 3 UNDER THE HEADLINE "THE DANGEROUS NEW OBAMA", REACHING OUT TO OBAMA'S OLD FRIENDS, CLASSMATES, AND LOVERS FOR THE LAST ZERO YEARS. |
| 03:01:39 | THIS IS A DANGEROUS BOOK, YOU ARE RIGHT, AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN FRETTING ABOUT IT IN A LOW GREAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME, IN PART BECAUSE IT COULD REDEFINE THE SELF PORTRAIT OBAMA SKILLFULLY CREATED FOR HIMSELF IN 1995, WITH "DREAMS OF MY FATHER. |
| 03:01:59 | " HOW DOES THIS REDEFINE THE SELF PORTRAIT, AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FRIENDS AND LOVERS WE MAY HEAR FROM IN THIS BOOK. |
| 03:02:06 | >> THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A BLOCKBUSTER. |
| 03:02:12 | THERE WAS A BOOK CALLED "FIRST IN HIS CLASS" IN WHICH THAT THERE WERE DAMAGING REVELATIONS ABOUT BILL CLINTON. |
| 03:02:24 | THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THAT KIND OF BOOK. |
| 03:02:27 | THE POINT OF THAT STORY IS, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 2008 CAMPAIGN WAS LARGELY FUELLED BY THIS AMAZING LIFE STORY, AND THIS BIOGRAPHY OF HIMSELF THAT HE WAS ABLE TO CONTROL, BEING THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE AMERICAN MELTING POT. |
| 03:02:48 | I REMEMBER THE HILLARY CLINTON FOLKS TELLING MEET THEY WERE NOT RUNNING AGAINST A MAN OR A RESUME, THEY WERE RUNNING AGAINST A MEMOIR. |
| 03:03:01 | AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT GREAT AND NEW REVELATIONS. |
| 03:03:04 | BECAUSE OF THE CREDIBILITY AS A HISTORIAN, HE IS ABLE TO CHALLENGE THE VISION THAT OBAMA HAS PROJECTED OF HIMSELF AS BEING THIS ORGANIC FORCE, SOMEBODY WHO WAS ABOVE CALCULATION AND POLITICS. |
| 03:03:20 | THE PORTRAIT WE SAW INITIALLY SHOWS THAT HE WAS FAR FROM IT, THAT HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO, IN THE VIEW OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE CLOSE TO HIM, WAS SOMEWHAT ALOOF, SOMEWHAT CALCULATING, AND SOMEONE WITH A STEELY EYE ON THE FUTURE. |
| 03:03:40 | WHILE THAT IS NOT A GAME CHANGER, THAT DOES BUMP UP AGAINST THE PERCEPTION THAT OBAMA HAS PROJECTED OF HIMSELF BEING A CREATION OF INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL FORCES. |
| 03:03:54 | >> GLENN THRUSH'S WORK CAN BE FOUND AT POLITICO. |
| 03:04:07 | COM. >> THANK YOU. |
| 03:04:08 | >> THAT WAS AN INTERVIEW FROM EARLIER ABOUT THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN, WHICH KICKED OFF TODAY IN OHIO. |
| 03:04:12 | AS WE RETURN YOU TO READ RAHR RESORT IN LAS VEGAS, WHERE THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY IS HOSTING ITS CONVENTION. |
| 03:04:19 | AND NOMINATED FORMER GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON AS THEIR CHOICE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. |
| 03:04:25 | NEXT, DELEGATES WILL BE CHOOSING HIS RUNNING MATE. |
| 03:04:28 | EACH NOMINATEEE WILL GET 11 MINUTES TO SPEAK. |
| 03:04:36 | WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM JIM GRAY, A LONGTIME OPPONENT OF MARIJUANA LAWS. |
| 03:04:44 | HE COULD SEE IT CHALLENGE FROM JIM BURNS, WHO HAD EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO BE CONSIDERED. |
| 03:04:51 | ALSO LEE WRIGHTS, WHO WE SAW WAS GARY JOHNSON'S MAIN COMPETITION FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL BID. |
| 03:04:59 | IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, JUST GO AHEAD AND CHECK OUT OUR COVERAGE ONLINE AT THE C-SPAN VIDEO LIBRARY. |
| 03:05:16 | >> WITH THE REPORT FROM THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE, EMILY, IF YOU ARE IN THE ROOM, COULD YOU START MAKING YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT. |
| 03:05:26 | I WOULD ALSO REMIND THE DELEGATES, PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONES ARE PUT THEM IN VIBRATE MODE -- OR PUT THEM IN VIBRATOR MODE. |
| 03:05:40 | -- VIBRATE MODE. |
| 03:05:44 | ARE YOU READY? |
| 03:05:46 | LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE CREDENTIALS CHAIR. |
| 03:05:52 | >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. |
| 03:05:54 | GOOD AFTERNOON. |
| 03:05:57 | MR. |
| 03:06:00 | CHAIRMAN, AS OF 1:06 TODAY, THERE ARE 631 DELEGATES AND TWO ALTERNATES REGISTERED FOR A TOTAL OF 632 VOTES. |
| 03:06:13 | THE CORE OF MR. |
| 03:06:15 | HUNDRED 53, THE MAJORITY 315, -- ON BEHALF OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE I MOVED TO HAVE THE ROLE OF VOTERS INCLUDE THOSE NUMBERS. |
| 03:06:30 | >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. |
| 03:06:33 | ENNEAD JACKSON'S BEAT ANY OBJECTIONS TO ACCEPTING THE REPORT? |
| 03:06:39 | HEARING NONE, SO MOVE TO REJECT ANY OBJECTIONS TO ACCEPTING THE REPORT? |
| 03:06:44 | >> I MOVE THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE TO THE VOTER ROLL. |
| 03:06:56 | FROM NORTH CAROLINA, A DELEGATE FOR NORTH CAROLINA, AND FROM OREGON, A DELEGATE FOR OREGON. |
| 03:07:05 | >> IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ADDING THESE THREE NAMES TO THE DELEGATE LIST? |
| 03:07:10 | HEARING NONE, SO MOVE. |
| 03:07:15 | WE FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS FOR OUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. |
| 03:07:22 | -- FOR VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. |
| 03:07:24 | WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM OUR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, GARY JOHNSON. |
| 03:07:27 | HE WAS GIVEN HIS TIME TO SELECT HIS PREFERENCE AND THAT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. |
| 03:07:32 | ARE THERE NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY TICKET FOR 2012? |
| 03:07:46 | >> MR. |
| 03:07:47 | CHAIRMAN, I AM A DELEGATE FROM THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. |
| 03:07:52 | THAT IS THE WASHINGTON PEOPLE DO NOT HATE WITH A PASSION. |
| 03:07:55 | I MOVE TO NOMINATE JIM GRAY FOR RICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 03:08:03 | [APPLAUSE] >> JIM GRAY HAS BEEN NOMINATED. |
| 03:08:07 | >> AND SCOTTY BOWMAN FROM MICHIGAN AND I NOMINATE LEE WRIGHTS OR VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES LIBERTARIAN NOMINATION. |
| 03:08:25 | [APPLAUSE] >> I NOMINATE JIM BURNS FOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 03:08:29 | >> JIM BURNS HAS BEEN NOMINATED. |
| 03:08:32 | FURTHER NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? |
| 03:08:36 | SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE -- SORRY, I SEE ONE MORE. |
| 03:08:45 | >> I AM MARY O'CONNOR FROM MINNESOTA. |
| 03:08:48 | I NOMINATE SAM SLOAN FOR VICE- PRESIDENT. |
| 03:08:54 | >> I AM SORRY, I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY HIS SECRETARY THAT HE IS NOT ELIGIBLE. |
| 03:09:01 | FURTHER NOMINATIONS? |
| 03:09:06 | >> I NOMINATE JIM GRAY FOR VICE- PRESIDENT. |
| 03:09:21 | >> HE WAS ALREADY NOMINATED. |
| 03:09:25 | IF YOU LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. |
| 03:10:04 | >> I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT NOMINATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN WRITING, SO THOSE WHO HAVE DONE THE NOMINATING, THERE ARE THREE NAMES THAT THE SECRETARY IS ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF. |
| 03:10:16 | THE GO-AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NOMINATION, BUT SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY. |
| 03:10:24 | >> I AM FROM THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA. |
| 03:10:27 | AND NOMINATE -- I NOMINATE NOTA, NONE OF THE ABOVE. |
| 03:10:40 | >> ANOTHER SECONDING FOR JIM BYRNES. |
| 03:10:51 | >> SEEING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED. |
| 03:11:08 | UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS, WE WILL HAVE THE NOMINATING AND SECONDING SPEECHES IN THAT ORDER WHICH THE CANDIDATES WERE NOMINATED. |
| 03:11:20 | THAT NOMINATING SPEAKERS COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND STANDS IN QUEUE, AND WE WILL GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD. |
| 03:11:39 | NOMINATORS FOR JUDGE JIM GRAY, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. |
| 03:11:55 | >> GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. |
| 03:11:57 | I HAVE A GREAT PLEASURE OF NOMINATING JUDGE JIM GRAY TO SERVE AS OUR VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. |
| 03:12:07 | [APPLAUSE] AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE, JIM IS A DISTINGUISHED JURIST, HAVING SPENT 20 YEARS MORE AS A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE. |
| 03:12:18 | HE IS THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS INCLUDING "LIVE OUR DRUG LAWS HAVE FAILED. |
| 03:12:27 | " I BELIEVE THAT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE HORRORS OF THE WAR ON DRUGS, HIS ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE, HIS EXPERIENCE AS A CANDIDATE, AT AND HIS DEMONSTRATED ABILITY WITH THE MEDIA MAKE HIM A SUPERB CHOICE TO SERVE AS THE RUNNING MATE FOR GOVERNOR JOHNSON. |
| 03:12:45 | THE SECOND DENOMINATION, PLEASE WELCOME 1984 PER SE LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DAVID BERGMAN -- PRESIDENTIAL LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE. |
| 03:13:01 | >> THANK YOU. |
| 03:13:02 | IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO DO THIS JOB. |
| 03:13:07 | FIRST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. |
| 03:13:25 | [APPLAUSE] HE WAS HERE THIS MORNING TO TELL YOU WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT JIM GRAY. |
| 03:13:29 | TO ME, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. |
| 03:13:31 | WE HAVE TO HAVE THE VERY BEST TEAM WE CAN PUT OUT INTO THE FIELD TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY AND TO SEEK THE OFFICES OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. |
| 03:13:42 | I HAVE KNOWN JIM GRAHAM FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS. |
| 03:13:46 | IT IS A TERRIFIC A JURIST IN ORANGE COUNTY, I HELD HIM IN THE HIGHEST RESPECT, AND I HAVE TO SAY SINCE HE GOT HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AT UCLA AND HIS LAW DEGREE AT USC, AND SINCE I GOT MY EYE GRADUATE DEGREE AT UCLA AND MY LAW DEGREE AT USC, I FIGURE HE IS QUALIFIED. |
| 03:14:13 | GM HAS DONE GREAT WORK AS A LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE. |
| 03:14:18 | IN 2004, HE RAN AGAINST THE EVIL BARBARA BOXER IN CALIFORNIA. |
| 03:14:25 | I FOUND JIM TO BE ALWAYS OPEN TO IDEAS AND TO LEARN AND TO FIGURING OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THE JOB OF BEING A LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE. |
| 03:14:37 | SO IT GIVES ME -- I AM VERY HONORED, AND IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO SECOND THE NOMINATION AND TO INTRODUCE JIM IRSAYGRAY. |
| 03:14:56 | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 03:15:10 | >> MY NAME IS JUDGE JIM GRAY, AND I AM SEEKING YOUR NOMINATION TO BE THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ALONG WITH GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON AS PRESIDENT. |
| 03:15:27 | [APPLAUSE] I TRULY THANK MY FRIENDS. |
| 03:15:33 | THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF OUR GREAT LAND IN WHICH THERE HAS BEEN A NEED SO STRONG FOR THIRD PARTIES TO RISE UP AND TO BECOME LEADERS AND ELECTED TO STATE LEGISLATURES, CONGRESS, AND THE WHITE HOUSE. |
| 03:15:53 | I BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES, AND I BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARE GOING TO AGREE. |
| 03:16:04 | IN THESE TIMES, IN WHICH PROSPERITY IS SLIPPING FROM OUR GRASP, THE NEED TO REESTABLISH THE LIBERTARIAN PRINCIPLES THAT MADE US GREAT IN THE FIRST PLACE IS THE ENORMOUS. |
| 03:16:20 | WE ARE THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY. |
| 03:16:23 | WE ARE NOT A PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE SOCIETY. |
| 03:16:26 | WE ARE A POLITICAL PARTY. |
| 03:16:35 | THE PURPOSE OF THE POLITICAL PARTY IS TO ENSURE GOOD AND QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO SUPPORT THOSE CANDIDATES IN LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS, AND THEN TO WIN THOSE ELECTIONS. |
| 03:16:56 | [APPLAUSE] THAT IS RIGHT. |
| 03:16:57 | IN FACT, WE HAVE A BROADENING TRADITION IN MY HOME STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN WHICH WHEN SOMEONE AS A LIBERTARIAN SPEAKER USES A PARTICULAR WORD, AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AGREE WITH THAT WORD, THEY REPEAT IT. |
| 03:17:14 | AND WHEN WE WIN, THAT IS WHAT WE HEAR BACK. |
| 03:17:19 | THAT IS RIGHT. |
| 03:17:21 | SOON THE VOTERS OF OUR COUNTRY WILL BECOME A WITH OUR HELP, SEEING THAT IT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAS BEEN PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR LOSS OF PROSPERITY. |
| 03:17:35 | SOON, THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY WILL TALK WITH OTHERS, LIKE I DID THIS PAST WEEK, WITH THE MANAGER OF A BANK. |
| 03:17:42 | THEY HAVE MONEY, THEY DO NOT WANT MONEY. |
| 03:17:45 | THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO LOAN MONEY TO PEOPLE WITH A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN, PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOOD, LEGITIMATE BUSINESS RISKS. |
| 03:17:53 | WHY? |
| 03:17:54 | BECAUSE OF THE THROTTLING OF ALL THESE REGULATIONS. |
| 03:17:56 | THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS KEEPING US FROM THAT PROSPERITY. |
| 03:18:00 | I TALKED TO LADY WHO IS A MANAGER OF A BANK. |
| 03:18:03 | SHE SAID LISTEN TO THIS, 30% OF HER EMPLOYEES DO NOTHING BUT TRY TO ATTEMPT TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. |
| 03:18:11 | SOON THE PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD ARE GOING TO LEARN WHAT IT IS REALLY LIKE TO ELECT LIBERTARIANS WHO WILL CUT BACK THOSE REGULATIONS AND BRING BACK THIS PROSPERITY. |
| 03:18:28 | [APPLAUSE] MY ALL-TIME HERO, MILTON FRIEDMAN, THAT NOBLE LAUREATE, WAS RIGHT WHEN HE SAID THAT WE WILL NEVER BRING BACK THE EXCELLENCE TO OUR SCHOOLS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CHOICE. |
| 03:18:42 | WHEN WE ALLOW THE PARENTS TO DECIDE WHERE AND HOW THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE EDUCATED, AND THEN WE WILL AGAIN REGAIN THAT CHOICE, REGAIN THAT EXCELLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND THEN THE VOTERS WILL REACH OUT AND ELECT LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATES TO BRING BACK THAT EXCELLENCE. |
| 03:19:05 | I BELIEVE THAT. DID YOU EVER CONTEMPLATE THAT WE, IN OUR COUNTRY, WOULD EVEN DEBATE WHETHER WE SHOULD TORTURE SOMEONE IN OUR CUSTODY? |
| 03:19:15 | DID YOU EVER CONTEMPLATE THAT WE WOULD THINK THAT SOMEONE IN OUR CUSTODY THE TAINT THAT WOULD NOT BE AFFORDED CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THEM AND A FAIR TRIAL IN A MILITARY OR CIVILIAN COURT, WHEN THE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THE RIGHTS OF LIBERTY'S ARE THE SOUL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OUR SOUL IS UNDER ATTACK BY OUR VERY OWN GOVERNMENT. |
| 03:19:40 | THEY ARE GOING TO REACH OUT TO US LIBERTARIANS TO CHANGE THAT. |
| 03:19:55 | [APPLAUSE] OUR INCOME TAX CLEARLY IS UNWIELDY, UNFAIR, AND WORKABLE. |
| 03:19:59 | IT PUNISHES PEOPLE FOR SAVING MONEY. |
| 03:20:02 | IT PUNISHES PEOPLE FOR INVESTING MONEY. |
| 03:20:05 | IT PUNISHES OUR GOODS MANUFACTURED HERE THAT ARE TRADED -- THAT ARE EXPORTED. |
| 03:20:11 | IT ACTUALLY GIVES UNFAIR TRADE ADVANTAGE TO THOSE GOODS THAT COURT BROUGHT INTO OUR COUNTRY AS IMPORTS. |
| 03:20:27 | PEOPLE WHO ARE TAX ACCOUNTANTS AND TAX LAWYERS, AND CRITICALLY ENOUGH, WHO HAS THE BIGGEST VESTED INTEREST? |
| 03:20:38 | IT IS THOSE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO GET TAX BREAKS AND THEREBY GET BACK ALL THESE GOODIES THAT THE USE FOR THEIR ELECTIONS. |
| 03:20:45 | WHEN THE VOTERS SEE THAT THIS FAILED SYSTEM WORKS AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF ALL THE REST OF US, THEY WILL RISE UP AND SELECT LIBERTARIANS TO CHANGE THAT SYSTEM. |
| 03:21:06 | [APPLAUSE] IN HEALTH CARE, WHEN PEOPLE -- DOES ANYBODY NOTE A PATTERN HERE? |
| 03:21:14 | IN HEALTH CARE, P. |
| 03:21:16 | J. O'ROURKE WAS RIGHT WHEN HE SAID, AS WE ALL KNOW, IF YOU THINK HEALTH CARE IS EXPENSIVE NOW, WAIT UNTIL IT IS FREE. |
| 03:21:24 | PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REALIZE THAT THE PROBLEM IN THIS IS HAVING THE GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF OUR HEALTH CARE, AND THEY ARE GOING TO RISE UP AND REALIZE THAT WE WILL REGAIN EXCELLENCE IN OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WHEN WE REGAIN COMPETITION IN THAT SYSTEM. |
| 03:21:40 | THEY WILL RISE UP AND VOTE FOR LIBERTARIANS AND LIBERTARIANS WILL WIN. |
| 03:21:56 | [APPLAUSE] REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, WITH THEIR BIPOLAR POLITICS, ARE LEADING OUR COUNTRY AWAY FROM PROSPERITY, FROM EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AND FROM LIBERTY. |
| 03:22:06 | I STAND BEFORE YOU AND SAY THAT GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON AND JUDGE JIM GRAY WILL BRING US BACK. |
| 03:22:18 | [APPLAUSE] THOMAS JEFFERSON, PROBABLY THE FIRST AMONG MANY LIBERTARIANS, SAID SO LONG AGO THAT IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY, WE MUST HAVE A REVOLUTION EVERY GENERATION. |
| 03:22:35 | IT HAS BEEN SO LONG, IT HAS BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME, BUT WE NEED THAT TO KEEP THE SPECIAL INTEREST THAT DAY, THE SPECIAL INTERESTS THAT WILL INVEIGLE THEIR WAY INTO POWER AND WILL SAP OUR STRENGTH AND OUR VITALITY. |
| 03:22:51 | LET ME SAY AT THIS TIME, FROM TEXAS TO INDIANA, FROM NEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA, FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA, IT IS GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON AND JUDGE JIM GRAY THAT ARE THAT REVOLUTION. |
| 03:23:19 | [APPLAUSE] GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON HONORED ME BY ASKING IF I WOULD CONSIDER BEING HIS RUNNING MATE. |
| 03:23:25 | I CAN TELL YOU, I WAS DEEPLY HONORED, AND I CAN SAY THIS MINUTE THERE IS NO MONEY -- KNOW WHAT I HAVE EVER MET THAT I WOULD RATHER WORK WITH TO OBTAIN THESE EFFORTS. |
| 03:23:35 | WHEN HE SAID THAT, SAID THERE WOULD BE ONE CONDITION. |
| 03:23:39 | THE ONE CONDITION IS THAT WE WOULD RUN TO WIN. |
| 03:23:45 | HE VOWED TO ME THAT THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO. |
| 03:23:50 | IN TURN, I VOWED TO HIM, THEN AND NOW, THAT IF YOU PUT YOUR FAITH AND TRUST IN ME, YOU WILL NEVER BE SORRY WE WILL -- YOU WILL NEVER BE SORRY. |
| 03:24:04 | WE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN. |
| 03:24:06 | I'VE OUT TO YOU AS DELEGATES, IF YOUR HONOR WITH THE NOMINATION TO BE YOUR CANDIDATE FOR VICE- PRESIDENT, I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN. |
| 03:24:13 | YOU WILL NEVER BE SORRY. |
| 03:24:16 | IN FACT, I SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE MATTER WHO YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE OR WHAT YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS ARE, IF YOU TRUST AND HONOR GOVERNOR GARY |
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