As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesn't matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there is no difference between the two parties.
The 2000 election exposed some ugly history in our country.
Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
The U.S. is an optimistic nation. No candidate has ever won the American presidency by speaking primarily to people's deepest fears and by manufacturing a sense of apocalypse - that our leaders 'can't do anything right,' that things are utterly falling apart.
We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.
Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches.
Let's dare to release our immature fantasies of a magically faultless U.S. system and a magically protected election process. We have been lucky as a nation, but sometimes continued luck depends on action.
There is one candidate in this election who will protect that dream. One leader who will fight hard to keep the promise of America for the next generation. And that's why we must stand up and make Mitt Romney the next president of the United States.
My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.
In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past.