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...that is history now. He is our President for the next four years. And in wartime, that means we owe him a second chance in the conflict he is conducting. I hope he manages to find some Democrats to put in his Cabinet. I hope he realizes that his first-term strategy of reaching out only to his base was detrimental to the war effort and to the unity of the country as a whole. I hope we see more of the Bush who campaigned from the center in 2000 than the Bush who governed from the extreme right...
...years old,” Gates recalls. “Once I saw that publication, it was a long essay on the Harlem Renaissance, I was launched on my way to being a literary scholar, so I owe him quite...
...Manchester headquarters of America Coming Together (ACT). Today, ACT-New Hampshire had more than 1,000 volunteers walking the streets, urging New Hampshire residents to vote. An exhausted camaraderie permeates the room. The crowd, mostly young people who have traveled from all over the East coast, feel they owe it to everybody else here to do their best. They don’t think it’s their right to opt out of the process. The stakes are too high, for everybody. Voters who slam the door on these volunteers are rejecting democracy, and that is not a personal...
...this election than have ever voted before. It’s a great start. But before our work is done, we need to be able to say that we, as a nation, truly take elections seriously. Americans have an obligation, not just a right, to take elections seriously. They owe it to their fellow citizens and the rest of the world. It’s nothing personal. It’s democracy...
...owe them fairness, respect, and I think we owe them opportunity. The fact that we have thousands of people lined up for 500 jobs [at a new supercenter] tells you that people will improve their lives when they can. They will join a company that has good benefits, that pays better and that provides opportunity for promotion. You could find yourself pushing carts in Mississippi and then find yourself managing in Germany...