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Parody Song of Myself by William Jefferson Madison Monroe Jackson Wilson Roosevelt Clinton Actual Excerpts, in Free-Verse Form, of the President's Victoiy Speech on Election Night 1996 CANTO THE...

...Parody Song of Myself by William Jefferson Madison Monroe Jackson Wilson Roosevelt Clinton Actual Excerpts, in Free-Verse Form, of the President's Victoiy Speech on Election Night 1996 CANTO THE FIRST I'm ready if you are...
...I thanked him for his love of our country...
...I ask you to join me...
...I thanked God that I was born an American...
...I say again, let us resolve to run our country the way we try to run our lives...
...I want to say to all of you here and to all of the American people, no words can convey the gratitude I feel tonight for the honor that has been given to me...
...CANTO THE SECOND I thank the members of my wonderful family...
...I thank the finest Vice President the country has ever seen...
...I thank you for staying with me so long...
...I wish him well and Godspeed...
...I thank Tipper for her friendship...
...I thank the people of my beloved native state...
...I want to thank the employees of the nation's government...
...I thank the leaders of our party...
...I thank the members of our Administration...
...I had a good visit with Senator Dole...
...Today I went down to the train station...
...CANTO FINALE I was born in a summer storm to a widowed mother in a small town...
...CANTO THE FOURTH I vowed to turn our country around with a strategy to beat our challenges...
...I thanked him for the work we did together to advance the common cause of America...
...I thank all those who stood for what we believe in...
...It is hard for me to believe that it was 23 years ago when I first began to go to the people of Arkansas to ask for their support...
...I believe this and I have tried to live by it...
...I thank you all and wish you Godspeed...
...I thank those who served this Administration and our cause who are no longer here tonight...
...I ask you to join me in applause...
...I thank the friends of my lifetime...
...I will do my best...
...I thank all those who are part of the permanent service to the President...
...I thank Jack Kemp...
...I will do all I can...
...I applauded the campaign that he fought so bravely...
...I did not get here on my own...
...I got here tonight, my fellow Americans, because America gave me a chance...
...CANTO THE THIRD I would like to say a special word of thanks to Senator Dole...
...I am more grateful than I can say...
...I must thank my pastor...
...I took Chelsea to the ballot with me...
...I thank especially my Secret Service detail...
...I thank you from the bottom of my heart...
...I have worked hard to serve...
...I thank them all for bringing me closer to God and to the eternal wisdom without which a President cannot serve...

Vol. 2 • November 1996 • No. 10


 
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