that's what it's all about, folks. that's what this has all been about and want to say thank you to everyone who has come and volunteered and worked and made the most incredible experience for myself and for the woman that i've been so blessed to have by my side all these many years for 30 years of my life of wedded bliss. [ cheers and applause ] there's not anybody that fought any harder or been a greater partner than anita and the love of my life and blessed to be standing on this stage and representing the state of texas and frankly representing america and i think the values that are so important to our country. and to be here with my children, griffin and meredith and sydney, you know, when i began this campaign a little more than four months ago, i didn't do it because it was a lifelong ambition to be the president of the united states. i did it because our country is