For all the 'imperfections', he still speaks for me. This rally lifted my spirits tonight. In case you missed him in Nevada, and the enthusiastic audience, video is here:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296172-101Obama comes in around the 15 minute mark.
My favorite parts:
The ever-expanding car analogy: We're going to put middle class workers in the front seat, where they belong.
"Our families were working folk.... We understand that government doesn't have all the answers to our problems. Government has got be lean, has got to be efficient. We believe in individual initiative. "But we also believe, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, that government should do for the people what they cannot do better for themselves. We believe in a country that rewards hard work and responsibility. We believe in an America that invests in its future and its people, in the education of our children, in the skills of our workers. We believe in an America where we look after one another, where I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper; that's the America we believe in."
You know, when Amercan's weren't running in fear from each other, we didn't have the bullying problems we had today. Communities watched out for each other, and worked together. Boy, I miss that.
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