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John Kerry believes in energy independence, so we aren't held hostage to the profits of oil companies, or the sabotage of foreign oil fields. You know, a while back, I met a young man named Shamus [Seamus?] in a V.F.W. She's the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life. If your hopes have been dashed again and again, then it's best to stop hoping, and settle for what you already know. It's a promise I make to my daughters when I tuck them in at night, and a promise that you make to yours - a promise that has led immigrants to cross oceans and pioneers to travel west; a promise that led workers to picket lines, and women to reach for the ballot. The fourth issue that I will address is democracy.
Now let me be clear. So let's rededicate ourselves to a new kind of politics - a politics of conscience. Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. So when they are told to bus their children to a school across town; when they hear that an African American is getting an advantage in landing a good job or a spot in a good college because of an injustice that they themselves never committed; when they're told that their fears about crime in urban neighborhoods are somehow prejudiced, resentment builds over time. Because one of the things that we have to change in our politics is the idea that people cannot disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism. Too much blood has been shed.
John Edwards calls on us to hope. But at the end of the day, we cannot walk away - not for the sake of passing a bill, but so that we can finally address the real concerns of Americans and the persistent hopes of all those brothers and sisters who want nothing more than their own chance at our common dream. I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to serve in Patton's Army during World War II and a white grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort Leavenworth while he was overseas. And I believe that America holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life, all of us share common aspirations - to live in peace and security; to get an education and to work with dignity; to love our families, our communities, and our God. Fear that because of modernity we will lose of control over our economic choices, our politics, and most importantly our identities - those things we most cherish about our communities, our families, our traditions, and our faith.
That we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted at least, most of the time. In the end, then, what is called for is nothing more, and nothing less, than what all the world's great religions demand - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. I just think he doesn't know.
The Bush-McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans - Democrats and Republicans - have built, and we are here to restore that legacy. We also know that military power alone is not going to solve the problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
God bless you.