Bittersweet.
There was a lot of hope back in the summer of 2004. It was a time that gave us the right man for the right job, but at a time when too much of the country was blinded by fear -- some real and some manufactured -- and not ready to accept the change we so desperately needed. It was an uncertain time that would allow the campaign of George W. Bush to drown out our hope with a series of strategically timed attacks and a trumped up message of terror and hopelessness that would effectively rob the country of a better future. But Senator Kerry gave us an opportunity for change in 2004 that we wouldn't realize until years later. One that even the right wing couldn't take from us despite their fear mongering, terror alerts and swift boat lies.
"Out of this long political darkness, a brighter day will come."
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At the 2004 Democratic Convention, we were introduced to a young, relatively unknown Illinois Senator, a skinny kid with a funny name, who would bring back hope, four years later, to a country still desperately in need.
Let's not screw it up this time.
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