Watched the DNC last night on C-Span (kudos to the person who suggested that — talking head free zone (except for the speakers)).
Before I examine Dennis’s speech, I thought it was interesting that the only delegates who didn’t release to Kerry were Kucinich supporters.
Anyway, several thoughts struck me during Dennis’s speech that I want to share. The transcript is from Dennis Kucinich for President – A Voice for Change (Official Web Site).
Starting out:
We, Democrats, in convention united. We who built this country with the sweat of our brow, we, the steelworkers, autoworkers, the miners, the aircraft workers, communication workers, the laborers, the people who teach the children, who farm the land, who drive the trucks, who clean the streets; we who hunger for justice, who nurse the sick, who represent the oppressed, who serve the meals, who stand at check out counters, who build the bridges, who sleep under the bridges, who hunger for food; we, who put out the fires, who police the streets; who protect this nation and the freedoms we celebrate tonight: the soldiers, the sailors,…
What about the candlestick makers??? (ellipses mine)
Courage America! Courage to replace an administration which has usurped our constitution and attacked our Bill of Rights.
Courage to reject doctrines which separate us from the world. Courage to rejoin the world to ban all nuclear weapons, biological and chemical weapons, land mines and small arms. Courage to join the International Criminal Court, to sign the Kyoto Climate change treaty. Courage America .
Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the “ape” in apricot? What have they got that I ain’t got?
Actually, I think anyone espousing the views of Dennis in the US is quite courageous as his views are not popular with a lot of Americans.
Lots of work to do today, so I’m signing off until I get some high-priority stuff done.