***Joe Kennedy will deliver his speech from a Vocational Technical High School in Fall River, MA***
No, it won't match the glamor of the background behind DT.
Yes, he will be in a room full of people who want to hear him and who represent REAL America.
Great choice, Joe!
http://www.heraldnews.com/news/20180127/livin-and-dion-fall-river-perfect-backdrop-for-kennedy-response
We are the struggle.
Fall River is one of those left-behind places, one of those forgotten, unfashionable places, one of those American places that is neither New York City nor some quiet little suburb, nor some farm town. We are not igniting any national trends. We are, at best, the subject of occasional news stories which remind us either than we are a “former mill town,” or that we are at the “epicenter of the opioid crisis.” Neither term is meant as a compliment, just a surface reminder that we are defined by the worst of our problems.
SNIP
It is significant that Kennedy chooses to speak, not from one of Fall River’s worst neighborhoods, but from a school that thrives on work and hope, a school where tax money isn’t “wasted,” where the much-reviled “political correctness” puts wrenches in the hands of girls, where immigrant parents get the chance to see their kids climb above menial work.
Trump will stand behind the podium. Kennedy will stand in the fire, among the children of working people, among the children of immigrants, among the children of the poor, in a government-run school that gives out education without thought to wealth, or social class, or color.
This, we have been told, is “entitlement.” This, we have been told, is “government indoctrination” and lazy unionized teachers. This, we have been told, should be swept away, and you should be left with a privatized education that is only as good as your parents can buy. The poor, who have nothing, must give up still more, we are told.
It’s the perfect place in the perfect town at the perfect moment to stand in the fire.
The made-up culture wars are raging over prayers and flags and Confederate statues and Christmas, and all that overshadows some kid learning to fix air conditioners, or learning to cook.
Fall River will lend Joe Kennedy this stage, this place to stand.
Roar, young lion, roar.
http://www.heraldnews.com/news/20180126/rep-kennedy-will-deliver-state-of-union-response-from-diman
Kennedy said Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, approached him a week ago and asked him to make the speech. He has given it a lot of thought, but he hasn’t yet put anything on paper, Kennedy said.
“My job in this is to try to articulate a Democratic vision for our country, one we can all share in,” he said. “I’ll pose the question on whether this administration has been good for this country.”
He realizes it could be an uphill battle, Kennedy said. He noted that the Democrats were beaten across the country in the last general election.
“I understand and appreciate the fact that I’m in the minority party in Congress,” he said.
“I expect to put some decisions he and his administration have made in context to the needs of the county and to lay out another vision.”
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Here he is introducing Senator Elizabeth Warren at the convention:
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8 years.
The repubs had some disasters during President Obama's years.
Spewing their ugly lies.
... with the Lizzie Borden case, and I've read everything I can get my hands about her. So when I see the name Fall River, I immediately think of Lizzie B.
The house she lived and died in after her acquittal, which she called Maplecroft, is currently for sale. The previous owner had the house painstakingly restored to what it would have looked like when Lizzie purchased it. It's absolutely gorgeous - you can Google it and see photos on the real estate broker's listing.
