would you rather quote herbert hoover or franklin delano roosevelt? [applause] would you rather quote richard nixon or john fitzgerald kennedy? [applause] the republicans have always been the party of privilege, but this year their leaders have gone even further. in their platform, they have repudiated the best traditions of their own party. where is the conscience of lincoln in the party of lincoln? what's become of their traditional republican commitment to fiscal responsibility? what's happened to their commitment to a safe and sane arms control? now, i don't claim perfection for the democratic party. i don't claim that every decision that we have made has been right or popular; certainly, they've not all been easy. but i will say this: we've been tested under fire. we've neither ducked nor hidden, and we've tackled the great central issues of our time, the historic challenges of peace and energy, which have been ignored for years. we've made tough decisions, and we've taken the heat for them. we've made mistakes, and we've learned from them. but w

bush: he now leads the party of franklin delano roosevelt. but the only thing he has to offer is fear itself. [applause] george w. bush: that outlook is typical of many in washington -- always seeing the tunnel at the end of the light. [laughter] [applause] bush: but i come from a different place, and it has made me a different leader. in midland, texas, where i grew up, the town motto was "the sky is the limit" -- and we believed it. there was a restless energy, a basic conviction that, with hard work, anybody could succeed, and everybody deserved a chance. our sense of community was just as strong as that sense of promise. neighbors helped each other. there were dry wells and sandstorms to keep you humble, and lifelong friends to take your side, and churches to remind us that every soul is equal in value and equal in need. [applause] george w. bush: this background leaves more than an accent, it leaves an outlook. optimistic, impatient with pretense, confident that people can chart their own course. that background may lack the polish of wa

so i want to thank president franklin delano roosevelt for putting the title of my book all around the place in 1941, 75 years ago. it wasn't an accident. at least not the founding of the library. i don't know what he intended by my title. his planning for this library. and he was thinking he was going to be retiring. and leaving the presidency, he thought there was no buddy else in development, and he was right. action was what was called for in june 18, 1940, that was today 76 years ago. let's think back to that day which was one of the lowest points in freedom and democracy among nations in the west. french forces had just capitulated to the germans. nazi soldiers were marching down the champs Élysees and bunking in paris. at this point hitler occupied or made vassal states of virtually all of scandinavia and western europe. that day was in many ways of turning point in pushing back the forces of tyranny. it is thanks to three speeches the took place this very day 75 years ago. two -- to remain among the most celebrated in modern history and one is little known today. speaking to th

there when the internet was invented -- [applause] governor bush: he now leads the party of franklin delano roosevelt, but the only thing he has to offer is fear itself. [applause] governor bush: that outlook, that outlook is typical of many in washington always seeing the , tunnel at the end of the light. [laughter] [applause] governor bush: but i come i , come from a different place, and it has made me a different leader. in midland, texas, where i grew up, the town motto was "the sky is the limit," and we believed it. there was a restless energy, a basic conviction that, with hard work, anybody could succeed, and everybody deserved a chance. our sense of community our sense , of community was just as strong as that sense of promise. neighbors helped each other. there were dry wells and sandstorms to keep you humble, lifelong friends to take your side, and churches to remind us that every soul is equal in value and equal in need. [applause] governor bush: this background leaves more than an accent. it leaves an outlook. optimistic, impatient with pretense, confident that people can chart their own

that was franklin delano roosevelt's words as he accepted the democratic nomination for president in 1932. the time is now, my fellow americans, to recapture our destiny, to take it into our own hands. , it will take many of us working together. i ask you tonight to volunteer your help in this cause so we can carry our message throughout the land. isn't it time that we, the unkept carry out those promises? that we pledge to each other and all america on this july day, 48 years later, that now, we intend to do just that. [applause] ronald reagan: i have thought of something that is not part of my speech and worried over whether i should do it. can we doubt that only a divine providence placed this land, this island of freedom, here as a refuge for all those people in the world who yearn to breathe free? jews and christians enduring persecution behind the iron curtain, the boat people of southeast asia, of cuba and haiti, the victims of drought and famine in africa, the freedom fighters of afghanistan and our own countrymen held in savage captivity. i'll confess that i've been a little

actors, actresses, we've had everyone from steven spielberg, excuse me, james earl jones, franklin delano roosevelthn mccain. so over the last century everyone can find a favorite for who they're interested in on the walls there. >> well, this sunday you're going to get to pick up that award. >> yes. >> a you excited? >> we're very excited. yes. huge honor for us to be recei receiving great acknowledgment in the bowbowl is the first to be recognized so being core part is very excited to everyone. we're looking forward to it. >> congratulations on that. >> thank you so much. >> that's a party. i've been to the rammy's, that's a party. >> it's open to the public. >> i don't know if there are tickets left, but you can, absolutely. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> we're going to open the door and take a look outside. lots of sunshine for now, and perhaps a bug. is that a dragon fly hanging out with us this morning on our camera. chuck is going to come back with an update about the timing of the rain. we're also going to get an update on the damage colin has caused in parts of florida. the >

biden, because mum's the word, the democrats have decided that franklin delano roosevelt, one of his cardinal achievements--the 1938 federaral minimum wage law--was never to be discussed in this campaign. elizabeth warren is not allowed to discuss it. joe biden is not allowed to discussed it. george miller doesn't discuss it publicly. he put in a bill under our stress just for pro forma. never had a press conferenence. nancy pelosi doesn't discuss it. richard trrumka of the afl doesn't discuss it. and the m minimum wage today adjusted for inflation, as i mentioned, would put tens of billiions of dollars at ten bucks an hour--tens of billions s of dollars in peopl's hands to jump-start for the recessionary economy. biden could have skewered ryan, and he was muzzled because obama doesn't want to discuss this because he might be accused of being against small business, who he's given 18 tax breaks by his own admission on the first debate. 18 tax breaks, and 2/3 of all low-income workers are employed by 50 large corporations, like wal-mart and mcdonald's, whose ceos get an average of $10

when franklin delano roosevelt made social security, fundamental principle was that there should be someationship between what you pay in and what you get out. if you break that relationship, that you break down the willingness of people to participate. something you have to think about. we have to be in the real world. you have to deal in the real world. if you took the cap off completely, you have that proposal before the congress of the united states, it would not pass. jim you are on "washington journal." with kent conrad and cassius clay -- with kent conrad and james lockhart with the bipartisan policy center. caller: couple of ideas. first, i think obamacare will be here for a while. why can't we take the residual amounts that people are credited , and instead of letting them have the money now, put it in a health savings account that will not go away for when they are older? or the $2000 for the ira as a tax credit. that residual money could go into a fund that will stay with you until you retire. addition, why can't we move hard assets like toys property at yellowstone park into

caller: during the depression i and durings hoover world war ii, franklin delano roosevelt.ost: the correct answer is fdr, i guess they're looking at the depression starting during the 1930's. caller: i see. host: you disagree that there should not be a civics test and that ignorant voters should not be weeded out. caller: i think it is a tremendous problem. that is to say the lack of voter information is a tremendous problem, but i don't think the solution to the problem is to d outscore devised a system for weeding out poorly informed people. their original idea of the thomas jefferson had of ofresentative government calls to the notion that only knowledgeable people would vote and those were your representatives and that the only havetizenry with a voice in selecting representatives who would vote and make the decisions, so that was kind of the jeffersonian not a badthat was idea at the time, but today, with their population of 300 million, each individual citizen must have an opportunity to vote, but they need to be better informed. i think the absence of good informatio

war ii veterans and heroes, as they come to washington are able to see this prayer that franklin delano roosevelt said that day. i would like to read these words that were spoken 72 years ago by president roosevelt, if i might. he said, and i quote, "my fellow americans, last night when i spoke with you, i knew at that moment that the troops of the united states and our allies were crossing the chang l in another and yet greater operation. it has come to pass with success thus far and so in this poignant hour i ask you to join with me in prayer. almighty god, our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our republic, our religion and our civilization and to set free a suffering humanity. lead them straight and triewrks give strength to their arms, stout no, sir they are hearts, steadfast no, sir they are faith. they will need thy blessings, the road will be long and hard who are the enemy is strong, he may hurl back our forces. success may not come with rushing speed but we shall return again and again, and we know at that by thy grace and by the

franklin delano roosevelt wasn't confident that everything that he proposed was going to solve the economic crisis of the 1930's and 1940's, but he was damned if he wasn't going to try something. he and his aides talked unabashedly and unapoll jet cally about trial and error. we try one thing and it doesn't work, we'll try something else. why don't we do that? why don't we try one thing and if it doesn't stem the violence, try something else, but doing nothing is an abomination, and that makes it imupon for -- impossible for those of us who have lived through these tragedies to look these families in the eye. i remember that it took ten years from the attempted assassination of president reagan and the maiming of his press secretary james brady for the brady gun bill to be signed into law. it took a decade of political action, and it took probably many nights like this when legislators or advocates stood at a rally, maybe stood on the floor of the senate or the house and argued until they had no more energy left, knowing that they weren't going to get the victory the next day. and as i said

franklin roosevelt with his iridescent personality. openinghim was like your first bottle of champagne. knowing him was like drinking it. >> my name originally was sara delano roosevelt. name for quite a long time. we didn't see a whole lot of him when we were children. he did go on and marry other people. from the perspective of a grandchild, which you have described fully and well. milton student at mill academ academy. mrs. roosevelt was coming to give the graduation address. she came to our boarding house. and i had a chair been pulled aside for a moment by the headmistress to say hello to her in a private room. which was basically a kiss on the cheek. i sat on the very outskirts of this group. kate and i had a maternal grandmother with whom we spent a lot of time. we really didn't know eleanor. she probably knew her better than i did. i had this revelation. understand, she is everybody's grandmother but she's not my grandmother. mr. ward: that is perfect. [applause] >> we called her grandma. i think we were the only grandchildren who called her grandma. [applause] >> i was struck by your story on fdr's grand parenting style. how social privilege shaped