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Tell that to the military families who shoulder their burdens silently as they watch their loved ones leave for their third or fourth or fifth tour of duty. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for.
My father, who I didn't know, returned to Kenya when I was just two. These are some of the challenges that test our conscience - as Americans and people of faith. But it does find voice in the barbershop or around the kitchen table. And as so many generations have come to realize over the course of the two-hundred and twenty one years since a band of patriots signed that document in Philadelphia, that is where the perfection begins. Around the world, we can turn dialogue into Interfaith service, so bridges between peoples lead to action - whether it is combating malaria in Africa, or providing relief after a natural disaster.
It comes from Deuteronomy 30 when Moses talks to his followers about the challenges they'll find when they reach the Promised Land without him. So let's rededicate ourselves to a new kind of politics - a politics of conscience. And the lack of basic services in so many urban black neighborhoods - parks for kids to play in, police walking the beat, regular garbage pick-up and building code enforcement - all helped create a cycle of violence, blight and neglect that continue to haunt us. Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. We are shaped by every culture, drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept: E pluribus unum: "Out of many, one."
On one end of the spectrum, we've heard the implication that my candidacy is somehow an exercise in affirmative action; that it's based solely on the desire of wide-eyed liberals to purchase racial reconciliation on the cheap. For the men and women of Reverend Wright's generation, the memories of humiliation and doubt and fear have not gone away; nor has the anger and the bitterness of those years. America does not presume to know what is best for everyone, just as we would not presume to pick the outcome of a peaceful election.
I can assure you it is not. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach. He said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. So let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable. For instance, in the United States, rules on charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation.
Thank you very much everybody.