Today I was privileged and honored to hear a True American Hero speak. He spoke of what Americans could do to make this world a better place.
He spoke about educating children around the world, raising the minimum wage to a living wage for all people, affordable health care and insurance for all Americans, working to end bigotry and hatred, letting students who qualified get their tuition and books by working 10-20 hours a week. He spoke of an America which takes it’s place as a partner for good instead of being a bully.
He explained a plan to bring 50,000 soldiers home immediately and remove the rest from Iraq in a year. He spoke of using diplomacy to reach out to all nations and make the world a safe place for everyone. He spoke of traveling the world to speak not just the leaders or the elite but to the citizens. He spoke of working to stop global warming by finding renewable alternative power sources and with this new technology creating thousands upon thousands of jobs that have been lost in America.
Most important, he spoke of the American People joining in a partnership to make this a better country and a better world. He spoke of people working together with their elected officials and their communities to tear down the walls of poverty, ignorance and intolerance. He gave me hope for a better world that I have not felt since I listened to the recorded speeches of JFK and Martin Luther King, Jr. Today I heard an American Hero who wants to be President because he wants to make the World a better place and not just win a title.
I am talking about Sen. John Edwards. No politician has moved me to tears in decades but John Edwards did. If we as Americans work together, we can make a difference and with John Edwards at the helm, America can once again become the Great Nation it is meant to be. I was an Edwards supporter before going to San Antonio to hear him speak. I am now an Edwards Disciple. I truly believe John Edwards can help Americans turn our country into a Great America and release the potential for greatness in all.
