| 00:00:00 | IS NECESSARY FOR THE PARTY FAITHFUL WHETHER YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, REFORMER OR GREEN PARTY. |
| 00:00:09 | YOU SET THE AXIOMS. |
| 00:00:11 | YOU SET THE POLITICAL PRINCIPLES OF YOUR PARTICULAR PARTY. |
| 00:00:15 | AND THAT'S WHAT THE PLATFORM IS ALL ABOUT. |
| 00:00:17 | IT'S FOR THE PARTY FAITHFUL AND FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOOKING AT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN OUR CASE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE REPUBLICANS STAND FOR. |
| 00:00:25 | AND I'VE REACHED OUT TO BE AS INCLUSIVE AS I POSSIBLY CAN BE, SOMETHING THAT OUR CANDIDATE GEORGE W. |
| 00:00:32 | BUSH WANTED ME TO DO BUT ALSO SOMETHING THAT HE PIT MIESES. |
| 00:00:38 | HE'S TRYING TO BE THE NEW REPUBLICAN -- EE PIT MIESES. |
| 00:00:41 | HE IS TRYING TO REACH OUT TO ALL AMERICANS. |
| 00:00:44 | IT'S MY ROLE AS THE PARTY PLATFORM CHAIRMAN TO TAKE THAT ONE STEP FURTHER AND TO MEET WITH THOSE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO HAVE SOME INPUT INTO THE PARTY PLATFORM TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND MEET WITH THEM AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE AS INDIVIDUALS AND HOW CAN THE PARTY BE HELPFUL TO STATE YOUR CASE AND TO LOOK AT THE -- AT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HOW WE CAN FASHION THAT INTO OUR PRINCIPLES OF OUR PARTY? |
| 00:01:13 | AND IT'S BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE BECAUSE I AM A REPUBLICAN AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS AND BEEN IN THE PARTY FOR A LONG TIME. |
| 00:01:21 | AND SO IT GIVES ME A CHANCE TO HELP ALONG WITH THE CANDIDATES. |
| 00:01:24 | AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE AND TWO GREAT CO-CHAIRS, FRISK FROM TENNESSEE AND SUE MYRIX FROM NORTH CAROLINA WHO IS JUST A DELIGHT AND TO REALLY SET FORTH THE VISION, THE ACTUAL VISION OF OUR PARTY AND HOW WE CAN REALLY, YOU KNOW, DO A BETTER JOB OF RUNNING THIS COUNTRY AND IN TAKING CARE OF THE CONCERNS OF INDIVIDUALS ALL ACROSS AMERICA. |
| 00:01:50 | >> GOVERNOR THOMPSON IN HIS FOURTH TERM, FIRST ELECTED IN 1988. |
| 00:01:56 | FIRST CALL IS FROM NASHVILLE. |
| 00:01:58 | GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. |
| 00:01:59 | AND I'M A C-SPAN JUNKY. |
| 00:02:02 | THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN. |
| 00:02:03 | GOOD MORNING GOVERNOR. |
| 00:02:04 | >> GOOD MORNING. |
| 00:02:05 | HOW ARE YOU? CALLER: I'M DOING FINE. |
| 00:02:07 | I'VE ADMIRED YOU FOR A LONG TIME. |
| 00:02:10 | THINK YOU'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB IN MICHIGAN. |
| 00:02:12 | IN FACT, I WAS RAISED IN MICHIGAN. |
| 00:02:15 | OF COURSE I'M IN TENNESSEE NOW. |
| 00:02:16 | >> I'M FROM WISCONSIN, NOT MICHIGAN. |
| 00:02:19 | I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. |
| 00:02:22 | CALLER: WHAT I'M CALLING ABOUT THIS MORNING IS I THINK GOVERNOR BUSH IS DOING A GOOD JOB. |
| 00:02:26 | AND THE ONE |
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