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I was a Frontline volunteer in Orange County and I Knew Bush was going to win. We were passionate. And there were alot of us.

I know Karl Rove and Ralph Reed will get all the credit for the ground game but let me tell you, the machine wasn't that great, it was sloppy and when the machine wasn't sloppy, it was aloof. The Rove/Reed machine DID NOT deliver the I-4 corridor for Bush. The I-4 Corridor was key because the Panhandle cancels Miami, and the East Coast cancels the Gulf Coast and the game came down to the Urban Centers of Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa along I-4 and we were PASSIONATE volunteers. The sloppy, aloof machine the RNC and Reed/Rove put together could not keep us from helping our president. We came and called, and walked and waved signs and we were diverse. I stood on the street in the heat being eaten alive by ants with Gus, a hispanic man that spoke with a heavy accent that could not be more in love with Bush, Debbie an executive dripping in diamonds on fire for Bush, a young couple with their baby in a stroller, and a college guy with tatoos and gothic markings radical for Bush. It was these volunteers who united by one thing, we saw Bush as a providential man of the ilk of Lincoln, Churchill and Reagan.

It was love my friend, love that beat the hate of the left. Love that filled the Jaguar Stadium in Jacksonville with 58,000 Bush Zealots, and thousands that flocked to arenas in Orlando and Tampa. I knew, and I knew earlier than Jeb.
Bush did not need the Boss or Schilling. He was enough. He stumbled through his speeches and right into our hearts. And together, we held the line in Florida and kept the ball in play so Ohio could throw the touchdown pass to the heartland receiver.

Bet on it, believe it. I was there. And when Fox called Florida for Bush, IT WAS THE PROUDEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE. My son and daugher were proud of me for fighting for their future. And I was fighting with every ounce of strength in my body, for the troops, for the unborn, and for the valiant dead of WWII. I could not let the generations that came before me DOWN and the generations that will come after. And when I say I, I mean the thousands of us here in Florida who felt that we had been put here by God to fight this fight and we did. And he blessed us, poured out blessing so great that our cup runneth over. Daschle, 5 in Senate, 4 in Congress, a mournful Dan Rather.

Jeb I could have told you sooner. I could have told you how much your brother is loved. I saw it in the eyes of my fellow volunteers. There is a guy named Gus, an hispanic and as Dick Morris the hispanic vote accounted for 2.5 million of the margin that Bush enjoyed. Gus was why we won in Florida. It was Gus and the rest of us. I have Gus's phone number if Jeb and his brother want to call to thank him for the hand. Gus, I will NEVER forget the day we stood our ground and did our part for America.

Amen.