Posted on 01/30/2004 8:04:15 AM PST by CatoRenasci
President Bush, speaking last night in front of a packed house of campaign donors, celebrities, local relatives and one conspicuous lieutenant governor in Greenwich, defended his record on the economy and the war with Iraq and said he would not rest until terrorism is defeated.
In his sixth visit to Connecticut -- and second to Greenwich -- as president, Bush raised $1.1 million for his re-election campaign with the 30-minute stump speech at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich.
"The enemies of freedom are not idle and neither are we," said Bush, who was interrupted by applause more than a dozen times.
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Bush opened the speech by poking fun at his academic transcript and his Yale classmates, several of whom were in attendance.
"They were the ones who invented shock and awe," Bush said, referring to the military slogan of the U.S. invasion of Baghdad. "They're all fine lads. They themselves were C students."
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David Dougherty and Linnea Perelli-Minetti, juniors at Greenwich High School and members of a grass-roots organization called Youth for Bush, were among those to arrive early. The 17-year-olds and several of their classmates were invited to meet Bush by the local campaign office.
"I was over there in the corner and said, 'Bush, you rock,' and he said, 'No, you rock,' " said Dougherty, who was so excited about shaking the president's hand that he didn't want to wash his own.
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I would hope so.
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