John McCain's speech to the Republican national convention  I am
grateful for your kindness to a distant runner-up. And I am
proud to join you this evening in commending to all Americans
the man who now represents your best wishes and mine for the
future of our country, my friend, Governor George W Bush, the
next president of the United States.  Tomorrow, we will formally
nominate Governor Bush. We do so not for our sake alone. We do
not seek his election merely to acquire an advantage over our
political opponents or offices for our party faithful. We have a
grander purpose than that.  When we nominate Governor Bush for
president, here in the city where our great nation was born, we
invest him with the faith of our founding fathers, and charge
him with the care of the cause they called glorious.  We are
blessed to be Americans, not just in times of prosperity, but at
all times. We are part of something providential; a great
experiment to prove to the world that democracy is not only the
most effective form of