I wanted to do everything I could to see that we put a Republican president in the White House after the 2000 elections and give him a Republican Congress, and to add to our majorities in the state legislatures, ... And I am proud to say, sir, mission accomplished.
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Today begins Day One of the Bush-Cheney era, ... We gather today in Philadelphia, the birthplace of our freedoms...to nominate the next president and vice president of the United States, George W. Bush, and Richard B. Cheney.Jim Nicholson
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