spoke on the third night as opposed to the final night. Bush's acceptance speech In his speech, Bush attacked the Clinton administration on defense and military topics, high taxes, underfunded schools, high pollution, and a lack of dignity and respect for the presidency. He attacked Clinton's military policies, claiming that American troops were "not ready for duty, sir." He also claimed the Clinton administration had failed to provide leadership, saying, "They've had their chance. They have not led. We will." Speakers July 31 Colin Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Elaine Chao, former president of the United Way of America married to U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell from Kentucky August 1 John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., retired general and allied commander during the 1991 Persian Gulf War Bob Dole, former U.S. Senator from Kansas and 1996 Republican Presidential Nominee George Pataki, Governor of New York Condoleezza Rice, professor of political science and former provost of Stanford University Laura Bush, school librarian married to George W. Bush Elizabeth Dole, former Secretary of Labor married to Former Republican Presidential Candidate Bob Dole. August 2 Lynne Cheney, former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities married to Dick Cheney Vice Presidential nominee Dick Cheney, former U.S. Secretary of Defense August 3 Tom Ridge, governor of Pennsylvania Presidential nominee George W. Bush, governor of Texas Other attendees Henry Bonilla Barbara Bush (Former First Lady) George H. W. Bush (Former President) George P. Bush (Son of George W.'s brother, Jeb Bush, Governor from Florida) Andrew Card (Former United States Secretary of Transportation) Robert Conrad Bo Derek Jennifer Dunn Gerald Ford (Former President) Bill Frist (Senator from Tennessee) Chuck Hagel (Senator from Nebraska) Melissa Hart (Congresswoman from Pennsylvania) Dennis Hastert (Speaker of the United States House of Representatives) Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) Lorrie Morgan (country music recording artist) Trent Lott (Senate Majority Leader) Sue Myrick Jim Nicholson (RNC Chairman) Nancy Reagan (Former First Lady) Richard J. Riordan Rick Schroder Ben Stein Connie Stevens Tommy Thompson (Governor of Wisconsin) Tom Patrick Waring (Editor of the Northeast Times) J.C. Watts Hank Williams Jr. Bruce Willis (Actor) Steve Young Public reception In July 1999, the LGBT+ community of Philadelphia held two protests on July 29 and 30. They did this in objection to Philadelphia hosting the Republican National Convention. The protests resulted in the arrest of over 300 people. The initial protest