Summary
There's a pitiful practice in some schools that say, ''You're too hard to educate; we're just going to shuffle you through.'' It may be the color of somebody's skin or somebody's demographics that says to somebody, ''We're just going to quit on you.'' That's not right. It's not good for Pennsylvania. It's not good for the United States. You need to have a Governor who'll set high standards and hold people to account.
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Remarks at a Reception for Gubernatorial Candidate Lynn C. Swann in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
August 16, 2006
Thank you all for coming. Thanks for being here. The people of Pennsylvania know that when you draft Lynn Swann-[laughter]- you get a man who performs. I am proud to be here with the next Governor of the great State of Pennsylvania, Lynn Swann. I know something about being a Governor. Here's what you need. You need somebody who tells the truth, somebody who sets the people's agenda above political parties, somebody who makes decisions based upon principle, not based upon polls or focus groups, somebody who doesn't go around the State trying to become everybody's friend, but somebody who goes around the State to try to improve the lives of the people of the State. And there's no doubt in my mind that Lynn Swann has got the characteristics necessary to be a great Governor of this important State.And I'm proud to be here with Lynn and Jim Matthews. You know, one of the interesting things-I'll never forget; one time I was campaigning for my dad in the sixties in Texas. And I went to a county courthouse on his behalf, and it was empty. It turns out he was a Republican, and they were all Democrats. [Laughter] It was my...See the full content of this document
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