The most presidential lorem ipsum in history.
There is a young, twenty-three year old white woman named Ashley Baia who organized for our campaign in Florence, South Carolina. Perhaps somebody told her along the way that the source of her mother's problems were blacks who were on welfare and too lazy to work, or Hispanics who were coming into the country illegally. Moreover, freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one's religion. Our daughters can contribute just as much to society as our sons, and our common prosperity will be advanced by allowing all humanity - men and women - to reach their full potential.
Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. Hope in the face of difficulty. Because the Iraq war is not just a security problem, it's a moral problem. Legalized discrimination - where blacks were prevented, often through violence, from owning property, or loans were not granted to African-American business owners, or black homeowners could not access FHA mortgages, or blacks were excluded from unions, or the police force, or fire departments - meant that black families could not amass any meaningful wealth to bequeath to future generations. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. The Holy Bible tells us, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."
We coach Little League in the Blue States and yes, we've got some gay friends in the Red States. Yet what we also understand is that our values should express themselves not just through our churches or synagogues, temples or mosques; they should express themselves through our government. This time we want to talk about how the lines in the Emergency Room are filled with whites and blacks and Hispanics who do not have health care; who don't have the power on their own to overcome the special interests in Washington, but who can take them on if we do it together. This too is part of America's promise - the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort. In the young people who voted for the first time, and in those who got involved again after a very long time.
Our Party has chosen a man to lead us who embodies the best this country has to offer. I just think he doesn't know. On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people - Muslims and Christians - have suffered in pursuit of a homeland.
That has been my experience at Trinity. And we will match promising Muslim students with internships in America; invest in on-line learning for teachers and children around the world; and create a new online network, so a teenager in Kansas can communicate instantly with a teenager in Cairo. This truth transcends nations and peoples - a belief that isn't new; that isn't black or white or brown; that isn't Christian, or Muslim or Jew.
Thank you, and God bless America.