they made ramblers and jeeps. i have a rambler, 1962. when he got married, his financial resources were not a lot better. he filled the back of the car with aluminum paint and he sold aluminum paint along the way to pay for gas and hotel bills he became governor of one of the states where he sold aluminum paint. a lot of what i learned about america and the confidence i have in america came from my dad and my conviction of the greatness of the american spirit comes from him and my wife and from people i met all over the country. it is fashionable to be cynical about america. come to think that the challenges we face are so severe that the american people are not up to overcoming them, or solving them. i have had the chance to my life and business which was 25 years and at the olympics which was three years, and then serving as governor and then campaigning, i have had a chance to get to know the american people pretty well. i have been inspired. asthe ened of my service governor of massachusetts, i got a call one day and it came from the