I'm A Believer In What Your Record

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I Respect And Empathize With Reporters And Editors Who Must Compete In Today's Environment. And I Know Full Well That When I've Been Covering Campaigns, Which I Still Do, I've Made My Mistakes And Have Been Far From Perfect.

The American Dream Is One Of The Greatest Ideas In The History Of Human Achievement . . . It Thrives Today In An Age When Its Core Components Of Freedom And Opportunity Are Open To More Americans Than Ever Before. It Holds A Real, Identifiable Place In The American Heart And Mind, And It Informs The Aspirations Of Everyone From Farmers To Software Developers, From Detectives To Bankers, From Soldiers To Social Workers . . . It Defines Us As A People, Even As We Add To Its Meaning With Each New Chapter In Our National Experience And Our Individual Actions.

Have You Ever Had Any Anger About President Bush - Who Spent His Time During The Vietnam War In The National Guard - Running, In Effect, A Campaign That Does Its Best To Diminish Your Service In Vietnam? You Have To Be At Least Irritated By That, Or Have You Been?

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