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Bush Risky Scheme

Clipped from:2000 Republican National Convention Day 4
Aug 3, 2000

Bush Risky Scheme 2000 RNC

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00:00:39 FIRST REACTIONS FROM YUKON, REPUBLICAN LINE.
00:00:43 >> YEAH, MY NAME IS RICHARD.
00:00:44 I WAS JUST SAY THAT GO I'VE BEEN A REPUBLICAN ALL MY LIFE ALONG WITH MY PARENTS AND I THINK THIS CONVENTION HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.
00:00:51 >> THANK YOU.
00:00:52 FORT LEONARDWOOD, YOU ARE ON >> YES, I'M A REPUBLICAN.
00:00:56 I LOVED THE SPEECH.
00:00:58 IT MAKES ME PROUD TO BE AN OCRATIC PUNDITS KEEP SAYING THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WILL BE DOING IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:01:04 BUT WE KNOW HE WON'T BE FOOLING AROUND WITH -- ON HIS WIFE WITH HE WON'T BE COMMITTING PERJURY.
00:01:09 AND HE WONE BE TWISTING THE LAW TO HIS OWN BENEFIT.
00:01:12 >> SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, INDEPENDENT LINE.
00:01:15 >> YES, MA'AM. I VOTED FOR BILL CLINTON BOTH TIMES LAST TIME AND I'VE GOT TO SAY I FEEL LIKE I WASTED EIGHT YEARS WORTH OF VOTES.
00:01:22 CLINTON IS AN ADULTERESS HE BETRAYED HIS WIFE AND US.
00:01:28 GORE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE TIBET IS.
00:01:30 I DON'T THINK HE'S A REAL GOOD MODEL FOR EDUCATION.
00:01:33 THEIR FOREIGN POLICY SEEMS TO BE -- THEY'RE GOING TO SAY STOP AND IF THEY DON'T THEY'RE GOING TO SAY STOP AGAIN.
00:01:40 >> REPUBLICAN LINE.
00:01:42 >> I THINK GOVERNOR BUSH HIT A HOME RUN.
00:01:45 AS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER THE LINE THAT RESONATED WITH ME WAS THAT THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF OUR YOUTH BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AND WE KNOW WHAT AL GORE WENT ON STAGE AND SAID THAT BILL CLINTON WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF OUR GREATEST VOTE FOR GEORGE BUSH.
00:02:03 >> DEMOCRAT LINE.
00:02:04 >> YES.
00:02:07 I WATCHED THE CONVENTION ALL AND I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE WHAT I HEAR FROM GEORGE BUSH AND ABOUT GEORGE BUSH.
00:02:14 BUT I THINK IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS CONVENTION AND THE COUNTRY IS ABOUT HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND UP AND TALK ABOUT INCLUDING ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF SEXUALITY -- GAYS, LESBIANS, EVERYONE INCLUDED BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE DEEPLY AFFECTED UNTIL HE STANDS UP TO THAT, I CAN'T SUPPORT HIM IN HIS EFFORT IN THAT REGARD.
00:02:39 >> CONNECTICUT, INDEPENDENT >> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
00:02:44 YEAH, THIS -- I'VE BEEN VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT GEORGE W.
00:02:46 JUST BECAUSE OF HIS FATHER.
00:02:48 I THOUGHT HE MIGHT JUST BE ANOTHER GOOD OLD BOY, WHITE BOY NETWORK.
00:02:54 BUT I THINK HE'S CONVERTED ME TONIGHT.
00:02:56 HE SEEMS LIKE A SOLID GUY WITH A CONSCIENCE AND I THINK HE CONVERTED ME TONIGHT.
00:03:04 >> CARLIN, TEXAS, DEMOCRATS LINE.
00:03:08 >> YES, AS A PERSON IN TEXAS ILITY I WONDER IF THE WORLD KNOWS THAT WE HAVE THE NEXT TO THE LOWEST IN IF YOU MAKE MORE THAN $512 A MONTH, YOU MAKE TOO MUCH FOR MEDICAID IN THIS STATE.
00:03:24 >> BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, REPUBLICAN LINE.
00:03:26 >> YEAH, HIGH.
00:03:27 MY NAME IS RICK.
00:03:29 I THOUGHT IT WAS TREMENDOUS.
00:03:32 I THOUGHT THAT GEORGE BUSH SCORED PREVIOUS CALLER SAID A I THINK HE SCORED A GRAND SLAM.
00:03:40 AND I REACH OUT TO ALL THE AFRO-AMERICANS, ALL OF THE VOTERS TO GET ON THE BALL, TAKE YOUR JACKET OFF, AND LET'S GO >> HARRIS, TENNESSEE, DEMOCRATS LINE.
00:03:51 >> YES.
00:03:52 I'M A YOUNG BLACK MALE.
00:03:53 AND I'VE BEEN A DEMOCRAT.
00:03:55 AND AFTER SEEING THIS, I DO BELIEVE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY I COMMEND THEM IN THEIR EFFORTS.
00:04:01 AND I WILL BE VOTING REPUBLICAN AND I URGE OTHER AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO DO SO.
00:04:06 AND WE CAN BECOME PART OF THIS PARTY THAT IS A PART OF THE AMERICAN IDEAL.
00:04:11 >> LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, INDEPENDENT LINE.
00:04:13 >> WELL, ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THIS.
00:04:15 YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME.
00:04:22 TEXAS IS A BASKET CASE AND GEORGE BUSH WILL NOT WIN.
00:04:26 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, REPUBLICAN LINE.
00:04:29 >> YES, I THINK IT WAS AN EXCELLENT CONVENTION.
00:04:33 IT PRESENTED THE PEAFERT IN A -- PARTY IN A VERY OUTSTANDING LIGHT.
00:04:39 UNIFIED, DIVERSE, AND INCLUSIVE ROLE THAT WILL LEAD NOUSE A 90-DAY MARCH INTO VICTORY IN NOVEMBER.
00:04:49 FORT WASHINGTON, MARYLAND.
00:04:50 CALLER, GO AHEAD.
00:04:51 YOUR COMMENT ON THE CONVENTION.
00:04:53 >> BASICALLY I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE WINNER TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY BILL CLINTON.
00:04:58 BILL CLINTON HAS ACTUALLY MOVED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TOWARD THE MIDDLE, AND HE HAS MOVED THE MIDDLE.
00:05:06 SO ACTUALLY THE WINNER TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY BILL CLINTON.
00:05:09 >> ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, DEMOCRATS LINE.
00:05:13 >> YEAH, THAT WAS A VERY WELL PUT ON SHOW BY THE REPUBLICANS.
00:05:19 I THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM.
00:05:25 IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE TONIGHT.
00:05:27 >> EAST BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.
00:05:29 >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROBERT.
00:05:31 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE CONVENTION I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT I SAW.
00:05:38 I'M HIGHLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, GEORGE W.
00:05:42 BUSH. >> OLIVE BRANCH.
00:05:43 I'M A LIFELONG DEMOCRAT.
00:05:45 AFTER SEEING ALL THIS CONVENTION THIS WEEK AND GEORGE BUSH, I THINK I'M SWITCHING PARTIES AND I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS -- I WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER FOLKS TO DO IT.
00:05:54 IN MISSISSIPPI WE'VE TRADITIONALLY BEEN A REPUBLICAN STATE.
00:05:57 I THINK ALL THE DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING MYSELF, ARE GOING TO COME OUT IN FULL FORCE AND BUSH IS GOING TO TAKE IT.
00:06:02 >> THAT WAS OLIVE BRANCH, MISSOURI.
00:06:04 NEXT IS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, INDEPENDENT LINE.
00:06:09 >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT UNDECIDED ON WHO I WOULD VOTE FOR BE IT GEORGE BUSH OR AL AND LIFFLING HERE IN TEXAS -- LIVING HERE IN TEXAS I'VE DECIDED I'M PRETTY MUCH GOING TO VOTE FOR AL GORE.
00:06:25 AND THAT BEING BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A GOOD OLD BOY STATE AND GEORGE BUSH KIND OF ADHERES TO THE GOOD OLD BOY WAYS STILL.
00:06:35 I FIND IT SURPRISING HIS NEPHEW, GEORGE P.
00:06:38 BUSH, WHO IS HALF SPANISH AND HALF ANGLO IS GOING TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY THIS IS THE SAME SCHOOL WHERE THE GENTLEMAN HAPPENS TO BE A GOOD FRIEND OF BUSH'S SAYS IN
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