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People I HAD to Thank at the DNC – Dolores Huerta

Continuing my series on people I felt compelled to thank at the recent Democratic National Convention, let’s add activist Dolores Huerta to the list.

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American Healthcare – Up Close & Personal

There are those life changing moments ..seconds really …that remind us of our mortality and lack of control over our environment. I won’t even pretend that my recent knee injury is comparable to the pain and suffering experienced by millions around the world on a daily basis. However, it did ‘knock me off my game’ and put me front and center in a world many navigate on a daily basis – The American Healthcare System.

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This is the second in my series of people I HAD to personally say thank-you to at the Democratic National Convention. Today I spotlight CNN’s Roland Martin…commentator extraordinaire!

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There were so many ‘movers and shakers’ I spotted at the Democratic National Convention a couple of weeks ago! Journalists, Politicians, Celebrities, and COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS (the hard working people who keep our country going.)

Among this distinguished group there were several people I HAD to personally say
thank-you to. People who have served our country well.

The next five blogs will recognize these people I thanked at the DNC. They include: Representative John Lewis, CNN Correspondent Roland Martin, Latina Activist Dolores Huerta, Actress Angela Bassett, and Community Organizers ‘Sweet Alice’ Harris and Temo Fiqueroa.
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Pit Bull Palin is a Product

So they did it….they took the best (or maybe the worst) of Jerry Springer and came up with a candidate and a message. She will play the gender card as a victim….the race card as an attacker. She will play the innocent victim against ‘the cultural elite.’ She will divide America between ‘hard-working white, evangelicals’ and ‘those people.’ She will be the ‘innocent victim’ against a media that asks her hard questions (if they don’t let themselves get bullied.) She is a movie script where the spunky girl rises to power against ‘those mean people’ who make fun of her.
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This past Sunday, at the evangelical megachurch I attend, the Pastor threw out a line during his sermon about how he “loves Sarah Palin!”  I thought it was inappropriate and unfortunate that the Pastor felt comfortable enough to say this.
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Oh What a Night!

Wherever you were….wherever you watched the speech…I’m sure you felt the electricity of this historic event. August 28, 2008 will go down in history as the day a son of America…a son of color….led this country toward a new day.

To quote Governor Kaine (from his speech last night) we ‘told the mountain to MOVE!’ We have truly come this far by faith!

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