[cheers and applause] econdly, we have learned that message is more powerful than money.oved something else. i grew up in a world of segregated water fountains. my father was a chauffeur. my mother was a maid. we showed that you did not have to have a degree from harvard in order to run for president. we showed that you did not have to have a political pedigree to run for president. one of the biggest things we have shown is that we, the people, are still in charge of this country. [cheers and applause] today, we're one month away from the iowa caucuses. with over 300 million americans in our nation, i stand here because of you. if you look at the top three republican candidates right now and consider the president in the white house, we can say that i am in the final four. [cheers and applause] we are in the final four. when you think of where i came from right here in atlanta, now to be in the final four for the presidency, this is a great nation. that is why this nation is so great. i tell you what, it is a powerful and humbling position to be in. proving that we could

to me it's outrageous, and econdly it shuts down conversation.y meant to demean the president of the united states. let's take away whatever differences you may have with this president, i think that kind of languageeabout our -- the president offthe united states is ouurageous and i think that it is intended to absolutely shut down a conversation. he, i think he thought he -as being a funny guy, and i think he thought he was bbing a provocaaeur, and he was going to be rewardee for being so rude towards the president of the united and i -- here'' the thing. fox didn't fire him. abc fired him, and why did abc fire him? ú&ain, i think the answer is their advertisers and their audience, they have people who are watching that program, monday night football, they have people advertising on that show that they feel could not or would not tolerate that3 association anymore. that if he's there, they3 wwre going to lose audience, they were going o lose same thing happened with limbaugh, same company actually, abc/espn, when he went after donovan mcnabb by