Bill Clinton: “Arkansas July 18, 1998 Thank you very much. It's good to see you. It's wonderful to be home. I always learn something…”

“Arkansas July 18, 1998 Thank you very much. It's good to see you. It's wonderful to be home. I always learn something new. When Bill Bristow was giving that speech, I said to myself, ``I am sitting here watching before my very eyes the broadening of the base of the Democratic Party.'' He now has got every math teacher in Arkansas committed forever. [Laughter] Thank you very much, Bill. I thought that was a terrific--didn't he do a great job? Let's give him another hand; I thought that was great, really great. [Applause] I want to thank Blanche Lincoln, Bill Bristow, Judy Smith for being here and for their candidacies; Kurt Dilday, my longtime friend; Mark Pryor. I thank Congressman Vic Snyder for the wonderful job he does in Washington every day. And in his absence--I know he had to be away at a funeral today--I want to thank Marion Berry, too. He has done a wonderful job, especially for farmers. I thank Jimmie Lou and Gus Wingfield and Charlie Daniels and all the people who have kept the light going in the Democratic Party and State office; Judge Corbin. I'm so pleased to see many people running for office. You know, I had mixed feelings about this term limit issue when it came along, but I felt a little better when Mary Anne Salmon decided to run for the legislature, and I'm glad to see her back there.…”