Candidate George Bush Giving His Stump (campaign) Speech: Election 2000

Candidate Bush, I think sometime in late October 2000. He flew in to give a short speech at the University of Portland at the Chiles Center, I was there, it was pretty lame. He kept talking about schools, education, the children, no child left behind, I kept yelling; "the Federal governments not supposed to be involved with the schools, it's a State and local issue". Actually that's what I wanted to yell, but instead I kept my mouth shut because I didn't want to be removed and end up on the evening news.
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Bush Stump speech 2000 election

"I'm running to keep the peace. I want the Moms and Dads and Grandparents to hear this loud and clear. This will be an Administration that does everything in our power to make the world a more peaceful place. I can't think of a better legacy, a better legacy for an Administration, than to say, we kept the peace, we kept ourselves out of war, which requires however a realistic view of the world. Often times it's a big pressure to see the world the way that we would like to see it, not me, I'm going to see the world the way it is. And the way I see the world is in the post cold war era, this is a world of uncertainty. And even thought the evil empire may have gone on its way, evil still exists. People who resent our freedoms, who resent our successes, people who want to threaten our alliances. I will not let our nation retreat to within our borders, this is too important a nation; it is too important a nation to retreat. We must remember it is the obligation of America to help make the rest of the world more peaceful as far as I'm concerned."


By EVELYN NIEVES
Published: November 2, 2000

For a moment on Monday morning, Sandra Shipley thought she might head over to Portland Community College to see the man she prefers to be the next president of the United States, Vice President Al Gore.

Dan Hagar thought, briefly, of attending an afternoon rally at Memorial Coliseum for his man, Gov. George W. Bush.

Instead, Ms. Shipley shopped for shoes, and Mr. Hagar went for a 10-mile run.

''He's not a very exciting speaker,'' Ms. Shipley, 32, a part-time student, said of Mr. Gore. ''I mean, as a Democrat, I'm voting for him. That should be enough.''

Mr. Hagar, 42, a sales manager for a computer parts company, was hardly more apologetic. ''The way they promoted the event, I knew they wouldn't miss me,'' he said. ''It's no big deal not to hear Bush misspeak.''

So it was a day after the two major-party presidential candidates came calling to aid their chances to win Oregon's seven electoral votes -- votes that have become very much up for grabs.

Seeming very ''eh'' about it, Portland was shrugging its shoulders.

The visits by Mr. Gore and Mr. Bush did not even make the top of the 11 o'clock news Monday night on at least one television station, KATU. While both candidates broadcast several commercials during the news -- the Portland TV market is one of the country's biggest this year for presidential advertising -- their rallies followed a story on trick-or-treating.

This morning's show on the local talk radio station, KEWS-AM, devoted some attention to the candidates, but more to local propositions.

A statewide poll for KATU and The Oregonian, the state's largest newspaper, released Monday night continued to show the race in a statistical dead heat, with Mr. Gore at 45 percent, Mr. Bush at 44 percent. Ralph Nader, the Green Party candidate whose support in Oregon has Democrats worried, drew 6 percent.

Of a dozen people interviewed downtown this morning, five said they were voting for Mr. Gore, three named Mr. Bush, three named Mr. Nader, and one said he was not voting. There was zero enthusiasm for the way the contest, the closest presidential race in Oregon in decades, is winding up.

Like a prom queen faced with two less-than-ideal suitors, those interviewed today said they wished they had more choices.

''I'm disgusted with Gore's campaign,'' said Johnny Gladstone. ''He has sold out to all the special interests, and he pretends to be progressive.'' Mr. Gladstone, 20, a student and self-described activist, planned to vote for Mr. Nader.

A group calling itself ''Greens for Gore'' issued a release this morning to say it was calling on Mr. Nader's supporters to vote for Mr. Gore, but members of the Portland Green Party said they knew nothing of the group.

Portland is a politically attuned city, tackling the social problems of homelessness and heroin addiction while it prospers in the New Economy, and people who spoke were not apathetic about the election.

''All elections are important,'' said Josie Quintalla, 45. ''It's disrespectful to the country not to vote.''

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[BRUTUALTRUTH]

IF ONLY PEOPLE KNEW THEN WHAT DAMAGE THIS RETARD WOULD DO!

[jbranstetter04]

@BRUTUALTRUTH What damage is that? Spell it out man! What exactly did he do to damage the United States?

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

@jbranstetter04 Oh my god - a right wing republican zedalot in absolute denial. Get out and meet some peop[le sonny boy! :D

[jbranstetter04]

@BRUTUALTRUTH Just as I expected. 

[jalks1]

'he wanted to share the surplus with the people." And then he spent trillions of dollars bombing desert people who did not even attack us. Now we are in a shitter, thanks asshole.

[jbranstetter04]

He was wrong, there was never a surplus. They have the books cooked with the social security tax, which is not supposed to be spent on the general budget. And even if we did have a annual surplus, it should be spent on deficit reduction.

And now we have Obama leading us down the shitter times three.

[MrRaunchy1978]

Please tell me that was meant to be sacrastic...! I'll find it too hard to swallow otherwise !

[Yipyapeo]

best president EVUR!!!

[Tippersnore]

It was the soft pigotry of low expectorations.

[TheMattd546]

@pmpspot i know he said the truth about giving more tax brakes to us, cuz we had a working credit on taxes, and tax brakes for people with kids, bush gave more money back to the people in the taxes then any president, lol somthing obama wants to take away, wait and see what your income tax is going to be this year with obama, there will be alot of tax breaks gone, bush wanted to make them tax cuts permanet but obama doesnt, i think that money should go back to the people like bush did

[TheMattd546]

@stevereed78 thats has to do alot with fanny mae, and freddie mac, and the banks, bush was fighting to get those guys out, but stupid congress though bush was dumb and said no, well look who was right, bush was, congress didnt let bush stop that mess, and bush is right, he gave more tax brakes in our checks then any president, like a working credit, that alone was 300 bucks more in our checks that was from bush's policy, bush gave more money back to the people, rather then gov. true

[TheMattd546]

@SongsofLondon terrorist made war with us, maybe they knew he really wanted peace really bad, but on the other hand, the terrorist was prob. made cuz bush was very tough and hard on the enemy even while running for president, bush was always about getting terrorist and evel people like saddam, thats why they attacked us, well, just maybe, not to sure, but, dont forget when he said this speech, he didnt know 911 would happend, what president ever thinks this is the year for war?

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

@jbranstetter04 As is your reply. Totally in denial! Sad to think that are many like you in that disgusting Republican party.