Michelle Obama said last night,
"If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire ... if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores ... if women could be dragged to jail for seeking the vote ... if a generation could defeat a depression, and define greatness for all time ... if a young preacher could lift us to the mountaintop with his righteous dream ... and if proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love ... then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream."These values are the American Way. But last week, we watched as a dangerously extreme Republican Party tore them down, speech by speech, at their convention. They spent an entire week promising to "take America back." But their platform called for moving our county backwards:
- A call to outlaw abortion in all cases -- with no exception for rape or incest
- A constitutional amendment defining marriage as "one man and one woman"
- A voucher system to replace Medicare
- A ban on women fighting in combat
- Public displays of the Ten Commandments
- The lowering of taxes for the top 1%
I choose the American Way.
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