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THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                       (Los Angeles, California)

For Immediate Release

August 14, 2000

                        REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
                IN "TRIBUTE TO THE PRESIDENT" RECEPTION
                 HOSTED BY GOVERNOR DAVIS OF CALIFORNIA

                           Paramount Studios
                        Los Angeles, California

11:18 P.M. PDT

THE PRESIDENT: First of all, thank you. Let me say on behalf of my family, we're honored to have this Oscar. (Laughter.)

I want to thank the Governor and Sharon for welcoming us to California, for the wonderful reception that we've had, for the great convention we've had. (Applause.) And I want to say to all of you -- I don't know if any of you saw my "Home Alone" video that I did -- do you remember that? (Applause.) Well, in this "Home Alone" video I was talking to myself in the mirror and I had Kevin Spacey's Oscar. And he was ungracious enough to come take it away from me, just because he won it and I didn't. So now that I have one of my very own, I'll be able to lord it over him.

We have had a wonderful time. I want to thank the delegates who are here from every single state. (Applause.) From the places where we started to the places where we ended, it's been a great ride. I want to thank you for being so good to Hillary tonight. (Applause.) And you just remember what I told you. We had a good run tonight because we've had a good eight years. But the best way to validate all the work we've done is to win again and keep it going.

God bless you. Thank you. (Applause.)

END 11:20 P.M. PDT