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RELEASE
MEDIA ADVISORY
October 18, 2007
Brownback to
Hold Press
Conference in
Topeka
DES MOINES -
U.S. Senator Sam
Brownback,
Republican
candidate for
president, will
hold a press
conference in
Topeka, Kansas,
this Friday.
Friday, October
19
Brownback Press
Conference
3:45 p.m. CT
Room 514 South
State Capitol
SW 10th Ave and
SW Jackson St
208 W 2nd Street
Topeka, KS
October 21, 2007
Dear Friends,
On Friday, at
the beautiful
Kansas State
Capitol in
Topeka, I
announced that I
am ending my bid
for the
presidency.
While I am
saddened to
leave the race,
I can’t tell you
how grateful and
blessed I feel
to have been a
part of it. To
think that the
son of a farmer
from Parker,
Kansas
(population 250)
could run for
the highest
office of this
great land tells
you about the
endless
opportunities in
America.
And I can’t
thank you enough
for being a part
of it.
Now that our
campaign is
over, I am going
to think of the
thousands of
supporters I met
with across the
country that
gave me strength
and carried me
and our shared
values forward
throughout the
race.
My campaign
staff and
volunteers often
joke about how
they could
easily recite my
campaign trail
stump speech
verbatim for the
rest of their
lives because
they have heard
it so many
times.
Throughout my
stump speech,
which I am sure
many of you
heard especially
if you’re from
Iowa, I would
always address
issues and where
I stand on them.
But I always
would end my
stump speech
centered around
one key word:
optimism.
Optimism, as
defined by
Webster’s
dictionary: an
inclination to
put the most
favorable
construction
upon actions and
events or to
anticipate the
best possible
outcome.
My friends,
America is the
greatest nation
in the history
of mankind
because our
founding
principles
declared both
the dignity and
liberty of man.
And a sense of
optimism is how
we, as a party,
can unite in
order to move
forward and
tackle the tough
issues facing
our nation
today.
I am optimistic
that we, as a
country, will
unite to win the
war in Iraq by
moving forward
with a
bipartisan
political
solution that
matches the
honorable and
valiant efforts
put forward by
our brave men
and women in the
military.
I am optimistic
that our party
will stand by
its principles
and nominate a
candidate who
will respect and
embrace our
deeply held
conviction that
every human life
is sacred,
including the
unborn. Life,
liberty, and the
pursuit of
happiness are
the unalienable
rights of man.
But we must
always remember:
life comes
first.
I am optimistic
that our party
will continue to
work diligently
to renew the
culture, protect
marriage, and
rebuild the
family as the
foundational
unit of society.
And we must
always remember
that the
separation of
church and state
was meant to
protect the
church from the
state, not the
state from the
church. We must
continue to
embrace God in
our nation,
including in our
schools and in
the public
square.
I am optimistic
that our party
will move our
country forward
with a bold 21st
century using
proven,
pro-growth
methods: axing
the tax code,
instituting
personal social
security
accounts, and
investing in
proven
technology to
become energy
secure.
I am optimistic
that the
Republican Party
will nominate a
candidate who
can unite both
wings of the
party: both
social and
fiscal
conservatives.
My friend, if
our party hopes
to achieve
success next
year, we can
only do so by
flying on both
wings — social
and economic
conservatism —
not just one.
However, given
how high the
stakes are for
our nation,
sheer optimism
is not enough.
We must work for
these values as
a party.
Join me today in
committing to
build our party,
but never to
abandon our core
principles.
And I can’t tell
you enough:
thank you. It
has been a
distinct honor
and a blessing.
Sincerely,
Senator Sam
Brownback (R-KS)
Courtesy:
Brownback For
President
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