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February 22, 2008 at 20:05:17

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Does Hillary Have a Dream?

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Recently Senator Clinton played down the value of "having a dream", saying to effect that having a dream won't move anything.

I wonder what JFK, or Dr. King would make of this very "telling" comment.

" I say to you today, my friends, we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I used to have a dream, but then I realized that dreams won't make anything. Even a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I had a dream that one day this nation would rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

I had a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners would have been able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I had a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, would have been transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I had a dream that my four little children would one day have lived in a nation where they would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I had a dream yesterday.

I had a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls would be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I had a dream today.

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Having lived six decades now, I've had a lot of experiences! Grew up in a family often oppressed because of our faith - we stood for peace and against war, and for the rights of all regardless of ethnic background. Active from youth in peace and civil rights. Vietnam-era draft resister. Worked for a while for peace and social justice groups, and then became a civil servant. Felt a call to a consistent life ethic, and am currently serving as President of Consistent Life. All this is out of Chr...

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Bill SamuelHaving lived six decades now, I've had a lot of experiences! Grew up in a family often oppressed because of our faith - we stood for peace and against war, and for the rights of all regardless of ethnic background. Active from youth in peace and civil rights. Vietnam-era draft resister. Worked for a while for peace and social justice groups, and then became a civil servant. Felt a call to a consistent life ethic, and am currently serving as President of Consistent Life. All this is out of Chr...

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Hillary's Dream

It seems evident that Hillary does have a dream. The dream is about her personal glory. That's quite different than King's dream.

"Without vision the people perish" says the Good Book. Hillary presents herself as a "work horse not a show horse" but a dream of a good society needs to be behind what we work for.

We have Hillary denouncing dreams and Barack presenting a very ethereal dream without much substance. How we long for a King with a dream with real substance and a willingness to sacrifice everything so that those in the future could experience the reality of the dream.

by Bill Samuel (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 343 comments) on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 10:55:53 AM