Hope is on the Way
My body's utter refusal to sleep past noon is quite irritating. As is the fact that someone has eaten my banana! Fiend! Have no fear, I still have an untouched orange in the fridge that should sustain me.
Last night I dreamt about the convention (and eating regular food but let's skip over that). I dreamt that John Kerry won the kids vote. Remember when you are in school and you practice voting? I dreamt that vote was actually counted all over the country and Kerry was holding up a plaque saying "Even our nation's children no longer believe in Bush!"
Once more last night the convention had me in tears. First is was the Rev. Al Sharpton who had me searching for a tissue. Then it was that piece on the Worcester fire and how Kerry turned his plane around and headed back home to be with the victims families.
Here is an exert from John Edwards's speech last night:
"We're here to make America stronger at home so she can get ahead. And we're here to make America respected in the world so that we can bring him home and American soldiers don't have to fight the war in Iraq and the war on terror alone.
So when you return home, you might pass a mother on her way to work the late-shift you tell her... hope is on the way.
When your brother calls and says that he's working all the time at the office and still can't get ahead you tell him... hope is on the way.
When your parents call and tell you their medical bills are through the roof, you tell them... hope is on the way.
When your neighbor calls you and says that her daughter has worked hard and wants to go to college you tell her... hope is on the way.
When you talk to your son or daughter who is serving this country and protecting our freedoms in Iraq you tell them hope is on the way.
We choose hope over despair; possibilities over problems, optimism over cynicism. We choose to do what's right even when those around us say. You can't do that. We choose to be inspired because we know that we can do better because this is America where everything is still possible.
What we believe, what John Kerry and I believe is that you should never look down on anybody, that we should lift people up. We don't believe in tearing people apart. We believe in bringing people together. What we believe what I believe is that the family you're born into and the color of your skin in our America should never control your destiny."
Last night I dreamt about the convention (and eating regular food but let's skip over that). I dreamt that John Kerry won the kids vote. Remember when you are in school and you practice voting? I dreamt that vote was actually counted all over the country and Kerry was holding up a plaque saying "Even our nation's children no longer believe in Bush!"
Once more last night the convention had me in tears. First is was the Rev. Al Sharpton who had me searching for a tissue. Then it was that piece on the Worcester fire and how Kerry turned his plane around and headed back home to be with the victims families.
Here is an exert from John Edwards's speech last night:
"We're here to make America stronger at home so she can get ahead. And we're here to make America respected in the world so that we can bring him home and American soldiers don't have to fight the war in Iraq and the war on terror alone.
So when you return home, you might pass a mother on her way to work the late-shift you tell her... hope is on the way.
When your brother calls and says that he's working all the time at the office and still can't get ahead you tell him... hope is on the way.
When your parents call and tell you their medical bills are through the roof, you tell them... hope is on the way.
When your neighbor calls you and says that her daughter has worked hard and wants to go to college you tell her... hope is on the way.
When you talk to your son or daughter who is serving this country and protecting our freedoms in Iraq you tell them hope is on the way.
We choose hope over despair; possibilities over problems, optimism over cynicism. We choose to do what's right even when those around us say. You can't do that. We choose to be inspired because we know that we can do better because this is America where everything is still possible.
What we believe, what John Kerry and I believe is that you should never look down on anybody, that we should lift people up. We don't believe in tearing people apart. We believe in bringing people together. What we believe what I believe is that the family you're born into and the color of your skin in our America should never control your destiny."
Labels: dreams, edwards, election, kerry, unemployment
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