Bill Clinton: “Committee in Chicago August 30, 1996 Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, you just heard a speech from the part of our…”

“Committee in Chicago August 30, 1996 Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, you just heard a speech from the part of our ticket who got the most sleep last night. [Laughter] I asked Al last night, after the convention adjourned and I was just drained, you know--and you all were so wonderful to me, and I thank you very much--but I said, ``Gosh, I wish tomorrow we were getting up and taking the kids to the aquarium and the zoo and just kind of looking around Chicago, a wonderful town; I hadn't spent any time here. Why are we going out on that bus?'' [Laughter] ``Why are we doing that tomorrow?'' Totally deadpan, you know, just like he did in the speech, he said in his version of the macarena, you know, that dead stare-- [laughter]--he said, ``Because we do not wish Senator Dole to win the election.'' [Laughter] So I said, ``Okay, when I get up tomorrow and my back hurts and I'm whining around, you remind me of that so I can be in a good humor.'' [Laughter] Rabbi, Reverend Barrow, ladies and gentlemen, I just want to echo, if I might for a moment, a lot of what has been said and make two brief points about our party and our future. First, I want to thank Don Fowler for a lifetime of devotion to our party and for doing the hard work--out of the limelight and keeps going. I want to thank B.J. Thornberry and the staff at the Democratic National Committee who have worked hard to bring our party back. I thank Chris Dodd for his tirelessness and his eloquence.…”