The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I’d been up all night inventing the Camcorder.
I have faith in the United States and our ability to make good decisions based on the facts.
I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country’s economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.
I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.
The Bush-Cheney administration had betrayed some basic American values. So there was hunger for change.
I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fashioned by a critical mass of opinion, the slow pace of change we’re used to will no longer be the norm. I see a lot of signs every day that we’re moving closer and closer to that tipping point.
I think it’s harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed.