I once led the people of Louisiana in a great battle to insure the freedom
of their country. We won that battle because the men that were with me showed
exceptional courage against overwhelming odds. They stood their ground and
fought the evil that was trying to subject their nation, and they defeated
that evil. I later became President, and believing I was doing the right
thing broke my word to an honorable people who had done no harm to The United
States. I stripped them of their rights and drove them from their land. I
took their property in the name of economic prosperity. This was beyond my
right to do. I have suffered long because I was so arrogant as to believe
I could defy the teachings of God and do whatever I wanted so my people could
have their way. I learned bitterly, upon my death, that God forbids, that
when a people give their word to another people He expects that word to be
kept even if it is of economic benefit for one party in the agreement not
to keep their word, God says they must.
President Bush has given his word to the people of Iraq that we will stand
fast with them against the evil that opposes them, that we will not retreat,
that we will not withdraw until that evil is vanquished. God has given us
the power to perform this mission. We cannot fail to do so. God gives us
the leadership, God gives us the wisdom to protect our country, and We must
keep that leadership. We must stop breaking our word to those that we give
it to. There must come a time when the word of The United States Of America
is unquestioned, that men will fear when we say that we will do something
because they know we will do it, or we will die trying! That should be what
every enemy of The United States should know.
That is why I must give my complete and full support to the reelection
of George W. Bush, and I ask every gentleman and every lady of Louisiana
to join me in this battle, to tell the world we have an honorable President,
we have a courageous President, and by God, we're gonna keep him!