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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama at Detroit rally: "Out of this political darkness, I see a great awakening"
(Detroit Free Press) Standing before a crowd of several thousand people in Detroit Friday night, former President Barack Obama said the biggest threat to the nations democracy is indifference.
But a vote on Nov. 6 can neutralize that threat, he told a crowd jammed into the gymnasium at Cass Technical High School.
Im hopeful that despite all the noise, all the lies, were going to remember who we are, who were called to be. Out of this political darkness, I see a great awakening, he said. If you vote, things will get better, it will be a start.
With 10 days left before the Nov. 6 election, the rally was designed to get Democrats fired up and ready to work to both help candidates up and down the ticket as well as get to the polls to cast their ballots. ............(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/26/barack-obama-cass-tech-detroit/1774600002/
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Obama at Detroit rally: "Out of this political darkness, I see a great awakening" (Original Post)
marmar
Oct 2018
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magicarpet
(14,155 posts)1. I hope he is right,...
A new political awakening would be timely and nice. Nazis, Fascists, and White Supremists need to be returned to a locked cage - away from mixing, mingling, and openly welcomed in the general society.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)2. Kick
Hugin
(33,163 posts)3. "If you vote, things will get better, it will be a start."
Can't be put any clearer.
Aristus
(66,387 posts)4. "Through all the gloom, I see the rays of ravishing light and glory."
- John Adams.