John McCain
Florida Victory Speech
Miami, FL
1/29/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: I stand for the principles and policies that first attracted me to the Republican party when I heard, in whispered conversations and tap codes, about the then governor of California who stood by me and my comrades and who was building quite a reputation for standing by his convictions no matter the changing political winds in thought or popular culture. When I left the Navy and joined public life, I enlisted as a foot soldier in the political revolution he began. And I am as proud today to be a Republican conservative as I was then [applause]. I trust in the courage, good sense, resourcefulness and decency of the American people who deserve a government that trusts in their qualities as well and doesn't abrogate for its self the responsibilities to do for the people what the people can and want to do for themselves. We Republicans have always known that the first responsibility of government is to keep this country safe from enemies foreign and domestic [applause]. And the American people unburdened from the heavy hand of government who spends too much of their money on things they neither want nor need while failing to do as well as we should the things none of us can do individually.

LABEL: JM FL 1-29 (BH#93) RZZ Tape#1 - Clip A

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