We Are All So Privileged To Be

I'm Running For President Because I've Had Enough Of The Oil Barons, The Status-quo Apologists, The Special-interest Lobbyists Running Amok.

I Grew Up In A Household That Was A Labor Household. My Dad Was A Teamster And A Milk Truck Driver. My Mother Was A Secretary. Neither Of Them Got Through High School. But They Worked Hard And They Gave Me Very, Very Important Opportunities To Go To School, Get A Good Education.

Diplomacy Matters. Burden-sharing Matters. Follow-through Matters. And Yes, Sustaining The Peace Is Harder, More Complex And Often Costlier Than Winning The War Itself. No Matter The Surge Of Momentary Machismo -- As Gratifying As It May Be For Some -- It's Short-sighted And Wrong To Simply Go It Alone.

I Was Raised In A Working Class Family Of Baptist Faith, And I Went To College On A Church Scholarship Where Early Teachings Were Reinforced. Abortion Was Wrong, I Was Taught.

In 1988, As An Unknown Candidate, Totally Unknown, I Won Iowa, Came In Second In New Hampshire, Won South Dakota. I Was Ahead In Every Super Tuesday State The Day After South Dakota. The Only Problem Was I Didn't Have Enough Money. I Had A Million Dollars Left, And Al Gore Had Three And Michael Dukakis Had Three And It Was Lights Out.