Thank You John Kerry and all - Inspiration for the weary - pix heavy

[Sydnie]

To dream the impossible dream,
To fight the unbeatable foe,
To bear with unbearable sorrow,
To run where the brave dare not go.



To right the unrightable wrong,
To love pure and chaste from afar,
To try when your arms are too weary,
To reach the unreachable star.



This is my quest,
To follow that star --
No matter how hopeless,
No matter how far.



To fight for the right
Without question or pause,
To be willing to march
Into hell for a heavenly cause.



And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will be peaceful and calm
when I'm laid to my rest.



And the world will be better for this,
that one man scorned and covered with scars
still strove with his last ounce of courage.
To reach the unreachable star.



To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go.



To right the unrightable wrong
To be better far than you are
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star.



This is my quest, to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To be willing to give when there's no more to give
To be willing to die so that honor and justice may live



And I know if I'll only be true to this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm when I'm laid to my rest



And the world will be better for this
That one man scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star.



No Retreat - No Surrender --



Fight on Dems!

[rox63]

1. Rerun of Kerry's floor speech from today

coming up any minute on C-Span2

[AuntiBush]

36. I Meant to Thank You for that Heads-Up, rox63

Caught you're post earlier, and quickly turned on C-SPAN2. Lucked-out, catching Senator Kerry at the beginning of his speech.

Thanks.

Peace

[fooj]

2. That song always makes my tear up!

Peace.

[helderheid]

4. me too!!

:hug: :cry: :grouphug:

[bliss_eternal]

9. not cool, guys...

:cry::cry::cry::cry: Why you wanna' make me go there? :cry::cry::cry::cry:

[wicket]

10. Same here

:cry:

[rockymountaindem]

12. Not as much as Bobbie Jean

And for the record, I wasn't even alive when those songs were recorded and they still make me feel wierd and nostalgic at the age of 19. How awesome must Springsteen be to get *me* to feel like that. The man's a living legend.

[Marnieworld]

44. Actually

To Dream the Impossible Dream is from the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha.

The picture of Springsteen at the end was probably when he'd be singing No Surrender the rally song of the campaign.

I write more not to point this out but to tell you a few things about Bruce. I briefly met him a coupla times myself. I grew up in NJ so you kind of just run into him. I heard lots of stories of run-ins growing up. Anyway, you could not meet a nicer, more down-to-earth person. Just so kind and respectful and with a sense of humor. Also being in NJ I think there's an unoffical law that you must listen to his music so I grew up with that too. In high school I remember that they would announce his birthday over the PA system in fact but this was in his home town you see so it was even crazier. At the height of the Born in the U.S.A. time too.

Most importantly, I want to make sure that anyone who likes Springsteen knows that Sirius Satelite radio has a whole channel devoted to his music. It is so freakin amazing! His whole library plus interviews, bootlegs, unreleased material and a concert every night. You must have this at once!

[babylonsister]

3. Awww, Sydnie, now you've gone and done it...sniff. nt

[az chela]

5. Totally awesome

What a beautiful tribute to the real president!!!!This would be a country to be proud of if John had become president.Now it is a place to be ashamed of

[FreedomAngel82]

6. My hero!

:loveya: "The average citizen can go into a court house in America and hold the most powerful corporation to account for their safety, for their welfare." *sigh* His speech is historical.

[Sydnie]

7. "this is not a Monday morning vote"

Yes it is! What can I say, I was inspired myself. :loveya:

"These are the things that define us".

[ClayZ]

8. Bravo!

Yay!!!!!

[globalvillage]

11. Bravo, Syndie.

That was beautiful.

[Diane R]

13. President Kerry

A true American Hero. To think what should have been......

[kerrygoddess]

14. My favorite part from today's speech

“I am proud to join my friend, the senior Senator from Massachusetts, in taking a stand against this nomination. I know it is an uphill battle. I have heard many of my colleagues. I hear the arguments: Reserve your gunpowder for the future. What is the future if it changes so dramatically at this moment in time? What happens to those people who count on us to stand up and protect them now, not later, not at some future time?

“This is the choice for the Court now. I reject those notions that there ought to somehow be some political calculus about the future. This impact is going to be now. This choice is now. This ideological direction is defined now."

Ed Schultz played it over and over again today. I have the audio clip here - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1774

Thanks for this post! It's awesome!

[LeahD]

39. Watched on C-Span2 tonight, and it's my favorite part too.

Thanks for the link so I can listen again.

[pacalo]

15. Beautifully done!

I loved these pictures of how he related to kids:









And how he outmatched the boy king in every debate:



I was touched by the charm of the young Edwards family:



What class:

[ProSense]

16. Awsome! NO, really Awesome!

Bravo

:applause:

:yourock:

[jenndar]

17. Aw, thanks for that :)

[jillan]

18. Sydnie - this is wonderful!

Thank you !!!!!

[Inuca]

19. Thank you

:cry: :hug:

[sandnsea]

20. Follow up with a video of today's speech

That was incredible Sydnie, thanks so much for putting that together. Inspiring. :loveya:

http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/cfm/home.cfm

[MH1]

21. Thank you so much.

So fitting.

[bear425]

22. Superb. n/t

[politicasista]

23. Thanks Sydnie

Love the kid pics. :loveya: :patriot: :hi:

[A Brand New World]

24. All these pics brings back memories of a time when we had hope

that the national nightmare was coming to an end. But the nightmare didn't end, it's only getting worse. Please let it end!

[Straight Shooter]

25. Hard to believe that in my life I've had four presidents stolen from me.

John Kennedy, assassinated by bullet.
Robert Kennedy, who would have won, assassinated by bullet.
Gore, politically assassinated by the Supreme Court.
Kerry, politically assassinated by Diebold.

[jillan]

30. Wow -

I'm actually speechless after reading that.

I have lived through all of that as well:cry:

[Straight Shooter]

31. It's mind-numbing to think about it.

Four presidents. :(

[Sydnie]

32. I feel as if I bought a lifelong ticket on the Hope Rollercoaster

I have lived through all of that as well.

:grouphug:

[Straight Shooter]

35. Thank you for the wonderful tribute to our Reality-Based President.

That photo with him on one side and the kids on the other side of the window always knocks me out. :)

[Surya Gayatri]

47. Wow, I've never thought of it like that...

but I've lived through all of those traumatic events as well.

How different this world would be now, if just one of them had been allowed to realize his full promise.

But, as JK said a day or two ago on the Rachel Maddow show (AAR): "I don't want to return to the past--we must look forward". (paraphrase) SG

[Catchawave]

48. Did you see this!?! You're famous now....

Congratulations Straight Shooter :)

http://daoureport.salon.com/

[ClayZ]

52. Now there is the truth!

We the people, have been robbed! Karma cometh!


Perhaps Year of the Dog will 86 43!

[d_b]

26. I was so crushed when bush 'won'

Kerry would've made a damn fine president.

[Vektor]

27. Beautiful, Sydnie! May I add some love?

Oh, how I wish we had a smart President:


Vintage foxy:


Reaching across the aisle (hedge?) - pure class, John.


This is what a President looks like:

[Sydnie]

28. I believe the hedge picture is one of my favorites from the whole

election. When I would get down, I would bring up that picture and think "ahhhh, to be able to build a bridge again". Thank you for posting all of these, but that one in particular. :loveya: :hug:

[Vektor]

33. No problem!

Thanks for starting this great thread!

:hug:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

29. I'm Loving This Thread. Thank You Very Much.

And that pic in the post right above me of him shaking the freepers hand is one of the classiest of any campaign I've ever seen. I love that pic.

Thank you so much for a thread that reallllly just hit the spot :)

[lucca]

34. Thank you John Kerry.

Your words were beautiful to listen to.
You spoke the truth.

Harry S Truman:
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear."

[Raster]

37. It's the last pic that gets me. Kerry and BRUUUUCEEEE!!!!

There is no f'ing way on God's green Earth that dumbya and bushco* were lawfully and legally elected the first time nor the second. I want my country back!

[ginnyinWI]

38. a few more

[passy]

40. Gore and Kerry in 2008.

[helderheid]

43. I've been thinking that too.

[bluedonkey]

41. nice tribute

Really,I was tearing up as well.
What could have been...

"There is a time to stand up and be counted",that's what I wrote to Mary Landrieu.Not that it will make much difference,but I had the need to be heard.

[Buddyblazon]

42. That very first pic....

that's from the Fillmore Theatre in Denver. That was their first rally on the road to the convention.

It was supposed to be at Fitzsimmons (where Kerry was born), but tornado warnings and insane weather the day before made them take an alternate route. The decision was made AFTER they had finished the build.

So I get a call from the Union...at about 3 pm. Got to the theatre at 5pm. Half our crew had another call at another venue at about 11pm. So there were 4 of us left over.

We worked all night hanging banners...building risers...drying a massive US flag that had been drenched from the rain.

But I would've done it for free. The unfortunate part...the four of us were NOT permitted to stay and watch the rally. We were told at 8 in the morning. After all we did...and they wouldn't even let us stay and watch. I did get to stand next to Kerry's daughter (the older one) when I was waiting to go back in for the load out several hours later. She is a knockout. She was doing some interview and was quite polite to us.


What a night that was. Thanks for the memories.

[Sydnie]

45. that is such a cool story

I wish they would have let you stay for the rally. Thanks for being such a big part of the first day of what we all hoped would be the rest of our lives. Keep hope alive ...

[Surya Gayatri]

46. Sitting here in front of my desktop,

tears in my eyes--dreaming of what could have been & praying for what surely will come. Thanks so much for that photo album, Sydnie. SG

:cry: :grouphug:

[Sydnie]

49. Don't lose hope SG

We could still change things! :grouphug:

[ProSense]

50. I love this post! n/t

[debbierlus]

51. I am going to cry - my dad sang that song to me when I was little

Thanks for the pics.

And, I reminder of how I became a fighter.

Sniff.