Bush Speaks on Fourth of July
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: The president is speaking in West Virginia, so lets go ahead and join President Bush on this Independence Day.</s>GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I had the honor of meeting the mayor of Ripley, Mayor Guthrie. Thank you for being here, Mr. Mayor. I appreciate your hospitality. And tell all the folks who work in the city here, I'd like to stay around for the clean-up, but...</s>AUDIENCE MEMBER: (OFF-MIKE)</s>BUSH: I'm sure you would let me, but...</s>BUSH: There is no America race; there's only an American creed: We believe in the dignity and rights of every person. We believe in equal justice, limited government and in the rule of law. We believe in personal responsibility and tolerance toward others. This creed of freedom and equality has lifted the lives of millions of Americans, of citizens by birth and citizens by choice. This creed draws our friends to us, it sets our enemies against us, and always inspires the best that is within us. In this 226th year of our independence, we have seen that American patriotism is still a living faith. We love our country only more when she's threatened.</s>KAGAN: Weve been watching President George W. Bush as he addresses a crowd at Ripley, West Virginia, making references to a year that has just passed, a year unlike any year this country has ever seen -- references, of course, to what happened on September 11, the war in Afghanistan. Most recently, you heard him talk about the Pledge of Allegiance and that ruling that came out of the 9th Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where it was ruled unconstitutional to include the two words under God in the Pledge of Allegiance. You heard the president include those words very firmly and very strongly and very proudly, and you also heard an emotional and heartfelt tribute to the troops, the people still serving overseas. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com