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Clinton vows to serve as "foot soldier" for Kerry to win presidency
Bill Clinton, who was twice elected president of the United States, said Monday night that he would like to play the role as a "foot soldier" to help John Kerry win the White House in the November elections.
"Tonight I speak as a citizen, returning to the role I have played for most of my life as a foot soldier in the fight for our future, as we nominate a true New England patriot for president," he said at the opening day of the four-day Democratic National Convention.
Praising Kerry as "a great senator, a visionary leader," he said the Democrats would bring the American people a "positive" campaign, arguing not "who's good and who's bad, but what is the best way to build the safe, prosperous world our children deserve."
Clinton, who was elected president in 1992 and 1996, said Democrats and Republicans had different ideas on choices, which were rooted in fundamentally different views of how to meet challenges at home and how to play the nation's role in the world.
He accused the Bush administration of dividing the country. "They need a divided America. But Americans long to be united. After 9/11, we all wanted to be one nation, strong in the fight against terror," he said.
The Democrats were holding its 44th quadrennial national convention here on July 26-29, to approve the party's platform and nominate Senators John Kerry and John Edwards as the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates.
The Republican Party will hold its national convention in New York late August and early September, to nominate President George W. Bush to run for a second term.
Bill Clinton, who was twice elected president of the United States, said Monday night that he would like to play the role as a "foot soldier" to help John Kerry win the White House in the November elections.
"Tonight I speak as a citizen, returning to the role I have played for most of my life as a foot soldier in the fight for our future, as we nominate a true New England patriot for president," he said at the opening day of the four-day Democratic National Convention.
Praising Kerry as "a great senator, a visionary leader," he said the Democrats would bring the American people a "positive" campaign, arguing not "who's good and who's bad, but what is the best way to build the safe, prosperous world our children deserve."
Clinton, who was elected president in 1992 and 1996, said Democrats and Republicans had different ideas on choices, which were rooted in fundamentally different views of how to meet challenges at home and how to play the nation's role in the world.
He accused the Bush administration of dividing the country. "They need a divided America. But Americans long to be united. After 9/11, we all wanted to be one nation, strong in the fight against terror," he said.
The Democrats were holding its 44th quadrennial national convention here on July 26-29, to approve the party's platform and nominate Senators John Kerry and John Edwards as the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates.
The Republican Party will hold its national convention in New York late August and early September, to nominate President George W. Bush to run for a second term.
