<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=435556" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>First and Foremost</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">First and foremost...<br>With pre-eminence to commence.<br>I'd like to thank you, <br>And your listening audience...<br>For giving me this opportunity <br>To provide clarification on the matter.<br>With open and honest dialogue, <br>About those issues we face as a great nation.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When last I visited, <br>I had stated 'this' was 'that' time.<br>And without 'that' to advance...<br>'This' would not be an enhancement.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now...<br>Let me explain my position.<br>I am sitting comfortably! <br>Am I not? <br>Will you concur with me, Dirk! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'This is your host...<br>Dirk Kincaid.<br>And yes, <br>It appears our guest...<br>The honorable and nobel, <br>Mr.Chick Crisp...<br>Is, indeed, sitting quite comfortably'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If I sat 'this' way...<br>Would 'that' then be another position? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I am not sure I follow.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Exactly! <br>And I would not expect you to, either.<br>Only a fool would confuse two separate positions, <br>That are completely different ones...<br>As debateable! <br>And for eight years...<br>Eight grueling years, <br>I have stayed the course.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am not expecting everyone to agree.<br>But 'this' is the position I have taken.<br>And 'that'...<br>As you can plainly see, Dirk<br>Has to be our objective and main focus! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Well, ladies and gentlemen...<br>There you have it.<br>And as always...<br>We have been given the facts.<br>Brilliantly stated.<br>And clearly defined.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Folks...<br>We have witnessed <br>One of today's most gifted statesmen of our time.<br>We...<br>And I speak collectively for all of us enthralled.<br>We...<br>Have been truly blessed by your presence.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am the one deeply honored to have been invited!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=435556" data-title="First and Foremost de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="First and foremost... With pre-eminence to commence. I'd like to thank you, And your listening audience... For giving me this opportunity To provide clarification on the matter. With open and honest dialogue, About those issues we face as a gre..."></div> </div> </div>

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