Once more into the breach: Kerry post on HuffPo

[TayTay]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-kerry/standing-for-something_b_26187.html

Needs TLC in the comments. (As usual.) Note, there are some heartbreakers in the comments, as there always are when this subject comes up.

[TayTay]

1. Oh my. Just read this part.

Hearing both of them today reminded me why -- as long I'm in public service myself -- I'm determined to get health care right for our country. I fought hard for a health care plan I believed in when I ran for President. One of my biggest disappointments about losing the election was that we couldn't send our health care plan to Congress in the first 100 Days of a Democratic Administration. The learning gained from getting knocked on your ass in defeat is not my favorite way to gain insight and knowledge but it is an event in life that sticks with you. You are forced to confront your shortcomings, you have to figure out what you did wrong, you have to listen and you have to commit yourself to change. In defeat you also learn what really matters to you. And in defeat I was reminded that as lousy as it felt to lose, life's a hell of a lot harder for the working father who wakes up every day without health care for his kids. Life's a lot harder for the mom who is afraid to let her kids go outside to play in case they get hurt and she ends up with a medical bill she can't handle. So no matter what anyone thinks, I thought I had an obligation to dust myself off and fight for those families again.




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Wow!

[whometense]

2. Oh my.

There's "Why I Love John Kerry" in a nutshell. :loveya: :loveya:

[blm]

3. Tay - that needs to go up in GD. So many just don't understand that his

lifetime efforts for justice, equity and compassion is what the man has ALWAYS been about.

He will never pack his bags, shut up and go away, no matter how much the fascists and their mediawhores hound him.

[babylonsister]

4. Ah, so eloquent, so human. I'd kick this to the heavens in GD also! nt

[Luftmensch067]

6. I hadn't caught that part when skimming the post before I left for work

Thank you so much for highlighting it, Tay! I'm sitting here in shock, but not at *all* in surprise. You're all right -- this is who we knew he was already, but that paragraph is John Kerry distilled to his unique essence.

There are no words sufficient to describe my feelings.

[emulatorloo]

8. Remember that video message he put on his website right after the election

?

It was clear to me from that message that JOHN KERRY was going to do his DAMNDEST to KEEP HIS PROMISES, even if Bush was in the White House instead of him.

I am so proud of him.

[politicasista]

13. Wow, that's powerful

Thanks to you and LK for the recap and pics.:hi:

[Mass]

5. This thread is excellent. Thank you for posting it.

[TayTay]

7. Stuck in Conf today

Go ahead and post

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[wisteria]

9. Read it and liked it. I posted under another name! n/t

[cadmium]

10. I tried

I got banned when after a reasonably civil response to Val in the Meaning of the Flag post.

Huffington bans you based on ISP

Does anyone know how to get an ISP changed?

[TayTay]

11. Hey, pleasure meeting you yesterday!

That was a good speech and a beautiful day at Faneuil Hall.

[cadmium]

12. same here for sure

you guys do a lot of great work.

Attending that speech also gave me a little of shot of enthusiasm for my own job in healthcare.

[ray of light]

14. use a different computer...like at a library or a family's house.

Freepers have a way to do this, but I don't know it.