Just Maxed Out Donation To HRC--Because No Man Is An Island
In 1992 I had the honor of seeing Hillary give a speech. At the time she was campaigning for her husband's presidential nomination. It was, to this day, the most impressive political speech I have ever heard. People talk about Michelle's abilities, but Hillary was every bit as good that day.
A few minutes in to her remarks, an unspoken and unanimous sentiment fell over the crowd. Everyone, and I mean everyone, felt that we should be so lucky if she would run for president some day. Nobody thought that any other candidate in the 1992 race would be better suited to the job.
Near the end of her discussion at the outdoor commons, the bell tower on the UCSB college campus began to ring, interrupting her words. She let the clock strike its hour and then finished the thought she was making. She proclaimed that the doubters, the corporate interests, the naysayers and the corrupt, that is for whom the bell tolls. I can't do it justice and I paraphrase, but you had to be there.
After the speech I went home. Feeling academically inspired, I looked up the origin of the phrase "for whom the bell tolls." I knew the book title but didn't know the roots of the expression. It comes from a pastor's sermon and it comes from the same paragraph of the sermon that coined the phrase "no man is an island." I believe the expression is enormously fitting to the current moment.
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee."
John Donne
I truly believe that Hillary is still every bit the person that she was in 1992. I truly believe that if given the chance she would do everything she could--within her skills and abilities--to collaboratively help her fellow man. Her world view serves as a stark contrast to her opponent's self-centered authoritarianism. There is no question that Hillary is involved in mankind and no question that Trump is only involved in himself.
It's also obvious that there are powerful and dark individuals who do not believe in John Donne's world-view. These people are now attacking Ms. Clinton with everything they have. These are interests who are not involved in mankind and I believe that it is time to defeat them.
And that is why I gave to her campaign today.
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