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1、1988DemocraticNationalConventionKeynoteAddressAnnRichards:1988DemocraticNationalConventionKeynoteAddressThankyou.Thankyou.Thankyou,verymuch.Goodevening,ladiesandgentlemen.Buenasnoches,misamigos.I'mdelightedtobeherean,Barbaramadethekeynoteaddresstothisconvention,andteninahundredandsi
2、xtyyearsisaboutparforthecourse.But,ifyougiveusachance,.Afterall,GingerRogersdideverythingthatFredAstairedid.Shejustdiditbackorethan100days,theReagan-Meese-Deaver-Nofziger-Poindexter-North-akethatbasket,Birdlegs!Andmygreatestfearisthatsameguyissomeedouchtoleranceforself-importance,peopleu
3、nityjustoutsideassachusetts.MichaelDukakisknothere’sanimpatiencetounifythiscountryandtogetonerican.They’retoughandthey’regenerous.Andpersonally,IhavetotellyouthatIhavenevermetamanoreremarkablesenseaboutportantinlife.Andthenthere’smyfriendandmyteacherformanyyears,SenatorLloydBentsen.AndIc
4、ouldn’tbeprouder,bothasaTexanandasaDemocrat,becauseLloydBentsenunderstandsAmerica.Fromthebarriototheboardroom,heknoics,andbyexample.Andhe’salreadybeatenGeorgeBushonce.So,ericandream--thoseustbenurturedandpassedalong.I’magrandmothernoedLily.AndetimesIspreadthatBaptistpalletoutonthefloor,a
5、ndLilyandIrollaballbackandforth.AndIthinkofallthefamilieslikemine,liketheoneinLorena,Texas,liketheonesthatnurturechildrenallacrossAmerica.AndasIlookatLily,Iknoiliesthatandignityandtoongood.ilies,e.AndasIsitthere,Iylife--ifshe’lleverbelievethatthereepublicencouldn’tvote.Ithinkofallthepoli
6、ticalfightsI’vefought,andallthepromisesI’vehadtoacceptaspartpayment.AndIthinkofallthesmallvictoriesthathaveaddeduptonationaltriumphs;andallthethingsthatphsocraticPartytriumphs.IuchtotellLilyhoenandenilyandtheirjobs,andisethatechoesinhomesallacrossAmerica:thatuch.