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Those of you who are concerned with the more obacure political
happenings in Washington may recall that I was elected Minority Leader
of the House of Representatives not long ago by a landalide vote of
73 to 67.
This triumph gives me a certain feeling of kinship with the kindly
fellow who has just introduced me so handsonely, your new President,
Landslide Blair.
Bill Blair and I, in fact, are living proof that democracy works,
even in the National Press Club or a Republican caucus. All you need is
a little virtue, a moderate amount of hard work, and one hell of a lot
of luck.
In any event, the overwhelming mandate I received in January and
unborker record of success
the various personal triumphs I have achieved since then have encouraged
me to appear before you today as an authority -- on the problems of
oppressed minorities.
X come here, in fact, as a defender of the downtrodden in the
Great Society -- the press, the two-party political system, and my dog.
Let ma say first that I am not one of those who blames the press
for the Republican disaster of last November.
No help was needed.
It was an overwhelming plebiscite against our national ticket,
poasibly the first negative landslide in American history.
The mistakes of narrow factionalism which produced this catastrophe
must never be repeated -- for even now, our two-party political system is
dangerously close to the brink of destruction.
FORD
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