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Bill Clinton: Thank you very much. My good friend Buddy MacKay--I've had a wonderful time with Buddy and Anne today, and I think we…

On the recordSeptember 9, 1998
Thank you very much. My good friend Buddy MacKay--I've had a wonderful time with Buddy and Anne today, and I think we did a little good in Orlando. And I certainly hope we're doing some good tonight. I want to thank Daryl Jones for being here and for what he said, for being my friend, for being willing to serve this country and go through a highly political process. It's a long road that doesn't turn, and yours is going to turn in the right direction, friend, for a long time to come. I want to thank all the legislators and others who are here. I'd like to say a special word of thanks to Congressman Peter Deutsch, who came down with me from Washington and is going home tonight, so he's not going to get a lot of sleep. Thank you for being here. I want to thank Mitch Ceasar for being with me today, and all the Democratic officials. And I would like to recognize our nominee for State comptroller, Newall Daughtrey. Thank you for being here, Newall, and good luck to you. You know, I was sitting here listening to Daryl speak and then listening to Buddy speak, and I thought of that old saw: The last speaker at the banquet said, ``Everything that needs to be said has been said, but not everyone has yet said it.'' [Laughter] And I thought of just standing up and saying, ``Amen,'' and sitting down.…
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