Reply #9: Cut from White House transcript!

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040813-7.html

Bush talks to a tortilla maker, a cookie dough manufacturer and a tree grower, and then the transcript reads:

Okay, hold on. We've got more work to do here. We've got more work to do. Right, Vail?

MR. HORTON: Yes, sir.

THE PRESIDENT: Vail Horton. I want you to hear this story. This is a fabulous story of an entrepreneur. Tell us your story, Vail.

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THE PRESIDENT: One thing you do have is a heart and a soul and the desire to improve yourself. And I hope your business does well.

Listen, what a fantastic country, isn't it, where somebody has got a dream and says, I'm going to overcome obstacles and work to realize my dream. He's expanding, he's growing. The tax relief has helped on the investment side. I'll tell you why. Because people can take a tax deduction on the investment they make when they buy a piece of his equipment. In other words, it's stimulated demand for his products. And this guy is going to make it. There's no doubt in my mind. (Applause.) Thanks for coming.

And so Vail Horton, member of the Small Business Leaders for Bush-Cheney '04 Steering Committee, fails utterly to get his place in history! :eyes: