New York, Sept 2, SPA -- President George W. Bush pledged "a safer world and a more hopeful America" as he accepted hisparty's nomination for a second term in office and plungedinto the final two months of his re-election campaign. In the city that transformed his presidency threeSeptembers ago, Bush declared to a raucous Republicanconvention crowd: "We have fought the terrorists acrossthe earth _ not for pride, not for power, but because thelives of our citizens are at stake. ... We have led, manyhave joined, and America and the world are safer." Bush wasted no time in getting back on the campaign trail,leaving heavily Democratic New York soon after hishour-long speech Thursday night for the more politicallypromising battleground of Pennsylvania. He planned a Friday morning rally in the Scranton area,with stops later in the day in Wisconsin and Iowa. Bush stood a few miles (kilometers) from where twohijacked planes destroyed the World Trade Center on Sept.11, 2001, to make a nationally broadcast appeal toAmericans for another term. "In the last four years, youand I have come to know each other. Even when we don'tagree, at least you know what I believe and where Istand," he said. He boasted of first-term accomplishments, outlined plansfor a second-term agenda and criticized challenger John Kerry on both domestic and foreign policy counts. "My opponent'spolicies are dramatically different from ours," he said,calling Kerry's agenda "policies of the past." "Voters will make a choice based on the records we havebuilt, the convictions we hold and the vision that guidesus forward," Bush said, standing alone on an elevatedtheater-in-the-round platform in Madison Square Garden.--MORE1202 Local Time 0902 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/197634