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angrychair

(8,700 posts)
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 05:43 PM Feb 2016

Hope

"In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? I'm not talking about blind optimism here... No, I'm talking about something more substantial. It's the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs; the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores; the hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta; the hope of a millworker's son who dares to defy the odds; the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. The audacity of hope!"

Yes, it is who you think it is...
President Barack Obama
2004 Democratic National Convention

I am a Bernie Sanders supporter.

Our society can longer tolerate the massive transfer of wealth, going to so few, to the detriment of so many.

I believe in healthcare for all. Education for all.
I do know these things to be the cornerstone to prosperity for all, not the few.

I know these things to be possible.

The "audacity of hope"!

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Hope (Original Post) angrychair Feb 2016 OP
Recommended. H2O Man Feb 2016 #1
I Agree. But then there's this..... Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #2
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