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WITHOUT CREDIBILITY IN OFFICE, YOU CANNOT LEAD
If credibility is important in life, it is critical in the Oval Office.

I believe that many Americans have been turned off by the cynicism in Washington. If people can't trust their leaders, they're more likely to turn away from the political process.

At the last debate in St. Louis, a young person asked, why we thought the youth population was turning away from the election -- and why many of them had decided not to vote. I believe it's because of the cynicism and the partisanship in Washington, and because young people don't believe what the politicians are saying. Then I looked at the young man and told him, I believed that way to bring young people back would be to tell the truth to the American people. I wouldn't hide behind phrases like, "no controlling legal authority" because that's not what a leader should do.

I'm a plain-spoken Texan. I speak from the heart. I've done in office what I said I'd do on the campaign trail. I am looking to go to Washington to bring both parties together to work for the American people- it shouldn't be about politics, it should be about the people. The Vice President has campaigned to change Social Security and Medicare since 1992 and today in the year 2000 he still is -- he has not lead. I will.

If I am so fortunate to get your vote, and be elected President, when I put my hand on the Bible I will not only swear to uphold the laws of the United States, but I will also restore the honor and integrity of the Office, so help me God.