| 00:00:02 | IT WAS A YEAR AGO WHEN THE EXPERTS DISCOUNTED OUR NOMINEE. |
| 00:00:12 | WITH THEIR USUAL CERTITUDE, THEY TOLD US ALL WAS LOST AND THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR THIS CANDIDATE. |
| 00:00:22 | HE SAID HE WOULD RATHER LOSE THE ELECTION AND SEE HIS COUNTRY LOSE THE WAR. |
| 00:00:32 | BUT THE POLLSTERS AND THE ABUNDANCE OVERLOOKED ONE THING. |
| 00:00:37 | THEY OVERLOOKED THE CALIBER OF THE MAN HIMSELF, THE DETERMINATION AND THE RESOLVE AND THE SHEER GUTS OF SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN. |
| 00:00:57 | WHEN THE VOTERS KNEW BETTER. |
| 00:01:00 | AND MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THERE IS A TIME FOR POLITICS AND A TIME FOR LEADERSHIP, A TIME TO CAMPAIGN AND A TIME TO PUT OUR COUNTRY FIRST. |
| 00:01:14 | OUR NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT IS A TRUE PROFILE IN COURAGE, AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT ARE HARD TO COME BY. |
| 00:01:20 | HE'S A MAN WHO WORE THE UNIFORM OF THIS COUNTRY FOR 22 YEARS, AND REFUSED TO BREAK FAITH WITH THOSE TROOPS IN IRAQ WHO HAVE NOW BROUGHT VICTORY WITHIN SIGHT. |
| 00:01:31 | AND AS THE MOTHER OF ONE OF THOSE TROOPS, THAT IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF MAN I WANT AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF. |
| 00:01:49 | I'M JUST ONE OF MANY MOMS WHO'LL SAY AN EXTRA PRAYER EACH NIGHT FOR OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS GOING INTO HARM'S WAY. |
| 00:02:19 | OUR SON TRACK IS 19. |
| 00:02:20 | AND ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROW -- SEPTEMBER 11TH -- HE'LL DEPLOY TO IRAQ WITH THE ARMY INFANTRY IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:02:27 | MY NEPHEW KASEY ALSO ENLISTED, AND SERVES ON A CARRIER IN THE PERSIAN GULF. |
| 00:02:35 | MY FAMILY IS PROUD OF BOTH OF THEM AND OF ALL THE FINE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING THE COUNTRY IN UNIFORM. |
| 00:03:08 | [APPLAUSE] TRACK IS THE ELDEST OF OUR FIVE CHILDREN. |
| 00:03:11 | IN OUR FAMILY, IT'S TWO BOYS AND THREE GIRLS IN BETWEEN -- MY STRONG AND KIND-HEARTED DAUGHTERS BRISTOL, WILLOW, AND PIPER. |
| 00:03:39 | AND IN APRIL, MY HUSBAND TODD AND I WELCOMED OUR LITTLEST ONE INTO THE WORLD, A PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY NAMED TRIG. |
| 00:03:58 | FROM THE INSIDE, NO FAMILY EVER SEEMS TYPICAL. |
| 00:04:05 | THAT'S HOW IT IS WITH US. |
| 00:04:09 | OUR FAMILY HAS THE SAME UPS AND DOWNS AS ANY OTHER, THE SAME CHALLENGES AND THE SAME JOYS. |
| 00:04:22 | SOMETIMES EVEN THE GREATEST JOYS BRING CHALLENGE. |
| 00:04:29 | AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INSPIRE A SPECIAL LOVE. |
| 00:04:31 | TO THE FAMILIES OF SPECIAL- NEEDS CHILDREN ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, I HAVE A MESSAGE -- FOR YEARS, YOU SOUGHT TO MAKE AMERICA A MORE WELCOMING PLACE FOR YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS. |
| 00:04:59 | I PLEDGE TO YOU THAT IF WE ARE ELECTED, YOU WILL HAVE A FRIEND AND ADVOCATE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. |
| 00:05:05 | TODD IS A STORY ALL BY HIMSELF. |
| 00:05:08 | HE'S A LIFELONG COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN, A PRODUCTION OPERATOR IN THE OIL FIELDS OF ALASKA'S NORTH SLOPE, A PROUD MEMBER OF THE UNITED STEEL WORKERS' UNION, AND WORLD CHAMPION SNOW MACHINE RACER. |
| 00:05:49 | THROW IN HIS YUP'IK ESKIMO ANCESTRY, AND IT ALL MAKES FOR QUITE A PACKAGE. |
| 00:06:01 | WE MET IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND TWO DECADES AND FIVE CHILDREN LATER HE'S STILL MY GUY. |
| 00:06:23 | MY MOM AND DAD BOTH WORKED AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OUR SMALL TOWN. |
| 00:06:31 | AND AMONG THE MANY THINGS I OWE THEM IS ONE SIMPLE LESSON -- THAT THIS IS AMERICA, AND EVERY WOMAN CAN WALK THROUGH EVERY DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY. |
| 00:06:38 | MY PARENTS ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND I AM SO PROUD TO BE THE DAUGHTER OF CHUCK AND SALLY HEATH. |
| 00:07:02 | LONG AGO, A YOUNG FARMER AND HABBER-DASHER FROM MISSOURI FOLLOWED AN UNLIKELY PATH TO THE VICE PRESIDENCY. |
| 00:07:11 | A WRITER OBSERVED, "WE GROW GOOD PEOPLE IN OUR SMALL TOWNS, WITH HONESTY, SINCERITY, AND DIGNITY. |
| 00:07:23 | " I KNOW JUST THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WRITER HAD IN MIND WHEN HE PRAISED HARRY TRUMAN. |
| 00:07:29 | I GREW UP WITH THOSE PEOPLE. |
| 00:07:31 | THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DO SOME OF THE HARDEST WORK IN AMERICA, WHO GROW OUR FOOD, RUN OUR FACTORIES, AND FIGHT OUR WARS. |
| 00:07:43 | THEY LOVE THEIR COUNTRY, IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS PROUD OF AMERICA. |
| 00:08:10 | I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING MOST OF MY LIFE IN A SMALL TOWN. |
| 00:08:16 | I WAS JUST YOUR AVERAGE HOCKEY MOM, AND SIGNED UP FOR THE PTA BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE MY KIDS' PUBLIC EDUCATION BETTER. |
| 00:08:36 | WHEN I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL, I DIDN'T NEED FOCUS GROUPS AND VOTER PROFILES BECAUSE I KNEW THOSE VOTERS, AND KNEW THEIR FAMILIES, TOO. |
| 00:08:51 | -- THEY SAY THE DIFFERENCE BETSEENWEEN A PIT BULL AND A HOCKEY MOM IS LIPTICK. |
| 00:09:01 | I SIGNED UP FOR THE PTA TO MAKE THE EDUCATION BETTER. |
| 00:09:08 | WHEN I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL, I DIDN'T NEED VOTER PROFILES. |
| 00:09:14 | I KNEW THE VOTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, TOO. |
| 00:09:18 | BEFORE I BECAME GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF ALASKA, I WAS MAYOR OF MY HOMETOWN. |
| 00:09:24 | AND SINCE OUR OPPONENTS IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SEEM TO LOOK DOWN ON THAT EXPERIENCE, LET ME EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THE JOB INVOLVES. |
| 00:09:32 | I GUESS A SMALL-TOWN MAYOR IS SORT OF LIKE A "COMMUNITY ORGANIZER," EXCEPT THAT YOU HAVE ACTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES. |
| 00:10:21 | I MIGHT ADD THAT IN SMALL TOWNS, WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF A CANDIDATE WHO LAVISHES PRAISE ON WORKING PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE LISTENING, AND THEN TALKS ABOUT HOW BITTERLY THEY CLING TO THEIR RELIGION AND GUNS WHEN THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T LISTENING. |
| 00:10:51 | WE TEND TO PREFER CANDIDATES WHO DON'T TALK ABOUT US ONE WAY IN SCRANTON AND ANOTHER WAY IN SAN FRANCISCO. |
| 00:11:03 | AS FOR MY RUNNING MATE, YOU CAN BE CERTAIN THAT WHEREVER HE GOES, AND WHOEVER IS LISTENING, JOHN MCCAIN IS THE SAME MAN. |
| 00:11:22 | I'M NOT A MEMBER OF THE PERMANENT POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT. |
| 00:11:30 | AND I'VE LEARNED QUICKLY, THESE PAST FEW DAYS, THAT IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE WASHINGTON ELITE, THEN SOME IN THE MEDIA CONSIDER A CANDIDATE UNQUALIFIED FOR THAT REASON ALONE. |
| 00:11:52 | BUT HERE'S A LITTLE NEWS FLASH FOR ALL THOSE REPORTERS AND COMMENTATORS -- I'M NOT GOING TO WASHINGTON TO SEEK THEIR GOOD OPINION -- I'M GOING TO WASHINGTON TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:13:07 | AMERICANS EXPECT US TO GO TO WASHINGTON FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, AND NOT JUST TO MINGLE WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE. |
| 00:13:15 | POLITICS ISN'T JUST A GAME OF CLASHING PARTIES AND COMPETING INTERESTS. |
| 00:13:21 | THE RIGHT REASON IS TO CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO, TO SERVE THE COMMON GOOD, AND TO LEAVE THIS NATION BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT. |
| 00:13:40 | NO ONE EXPECTS US TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING. |
| 00:13:44 | BUT WE ARE EXPECTED TO GOVERN WITH INTEGRITY, GOOD WILL, CLEAR CONVICTIONS, AND A SERVANT'S HEART. |
| 00:13:51 | I PLEDGE TO ALL AMERICANS THAT I WILL CARRY MYSELF IN THIS SPIRIT AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED |
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