Tammy Duckworth....a true American Hero.

[spanone]

i so admire her.

[Booster]

1. I do too. Quite a woman & a inspiration. Hope she wins her race.

[ThatsMyBarack]

4. YESSS!!!!

And what a WAR story!

[grantcart]

2. Strong, beautiful, confident, articulate, and she is half Thai!!!!!!!!

[valerief]

3. Damn, her speech is great. She good!!! nt

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. She has quite a compelling story.

PBS just showed what looks like a Vietnam era veteran who may have had tears in his eyes. As she exhorted the audience to vote for President Obama, he nodded his head in agreement. Quite moving, IMO.

[spanone]

6. she had me in tears. what an amazing spirit. what an amazing person.

watching her walk off on her 'legs' was shattering

[AsahinaKimi]

10. me too

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. She's terrific. I live in Illinois, though in a different district.

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Happily, I live in a safely Democratic district.

[skeewee08]

7. Lover her

She was AWESOME please elect her Illinois

[moondust]

8. Listening to Tammy tell her story,

it occurred to me that Republicans don't talk much about teamwork anymore. Their narrative is all about individualism now. Maybe that's because they seldom find themselves in situations where "our crew had to pull together" as often happens in military service. Perhaps they were too busy serving themselves to gain that kind of experience.

[longship]

9. You all forget THIS!!!!

Tammy Duckworth for Congress

This fanboy has to stand up here. After all, she's in a pitched battle for a seat in Congress which would be a Dem pickup.

Please support her.

[Blue Idaho]

11. Don't just admire her - please support her if you can.

Every little bit helps!

[stopwastingmymoney]

13. She made me cry too

As the older sister of an Iraq vet, I am so grateful he came home physically whole

Her story leaves me speechless, I'm crying now