We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossible odds; when we've been told that we're not ready, or that we shouldn't try, or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people.
Yes we can.
It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
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3 Comments:
"Is it ever possible to forge a truly new national narrative, a different way of understanding "the unlikely story that is America"?"
I'm not sure about the truly new but I am sure that you could make a long list of people that have spoken parts of the narrative of which you speak from Howard Zinn to Gloria Anzaldua and to you for that matter.
But I certainly couldn't argue with that phrase if you added [and become President].
"Is it ever possible to forge a truly new national narrative, a different way of understanding "the unlikely story that is America"?"
baby steps, man...
Obama's ventures west will definitely be revolutionary now that he has succeeded in Iowa and New Hampshire. Getting the culinary workers on his side in Nevada was big and the sight of all those students in California rallying on his behalf will be quite a spectacle. Getting out voters in California will still prove tricky, but it's not impossible at this point.
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