Ron Brown Tribute @ DNC Meeting

[journalist3072]

I was listening to the DNC Meeting in New Orleans, and they did a wonderful tribute to Ron Brown. Almost had me in tears.

Alma and Michael Brown were there too, and Alma spoke.

So I thought it would be nice if we could pay tribute to Ron on here as well.

Ron revitalized the Democratic Party like no one else I have seen in modern time.

And just from my perspective as an African-American, it really made me feel good to see a person like Ron Brown who had the President's ear.

Not simply because he was African-American. I think Condi Rice and Colin Powell have proven just because you look like me and have my same skin color, doesn't mean you represent my interests or my values.

But I was proud of Ron Brown because he had a history and a legacy of trying to do things to help lift up his community. He really believed that once you reached the top of the ladder, you had the obligation to bring people up with you.

To see people like Ron Brown and Alexis Herman have President Clinton's ear, it made me feel like my issues were finally going to be addressed.

Ron Brown died just days before Easter in 1996, and following is a portion of President Clinton's speech at the Dover Air Force Base Ceremony:

"The sun is going down on this day. The next time it rises it will be Easter morning, a day that marks the passage from loss and despair to hope and redemption, a day that more than any other reminds us that life is more than what we know, life is more than what we can understand, life is more than, sometimes, even we can bear. But life is also eternal. For each of these 33 of our fellow Americans and the two fine Croatians that fell with them, their day on Earth was too short, but for our country men and women we must remember that what they did while the sun was out will last with us forever."

[Olney Blue]

1. Thank you for this wonderful reminder of Mr. Brown.

:patriot: He was a great American.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

6. I watched it as I was getting ready for work.

I'd forgotten what a handsome man he was, and full of joy and life.

[itzamirakul]

2. I, too watched the tribute to Ron Brown and then saw his widow, Alma

speak so graciously and supportively of Dr. Dean. It certainly was heartwarming.

[Pirate Smile]

3. DNC not DLC. That is a lovely quote from Clinton. Very nice.

I was glad to see it too.

[journalist3072]

5. Thank you. I was rushing and typing too fast, lol

And yes that's a beautiful quote, isn't it?

[Pirate Smile]

8. It's great. I just wanted to let you know since the DLC word usually

causes fireworks.

Thank you for your post.:hi:

[madfloridian]

4. His widow was almost in tears. That was moving.

I appreciated that tribute.

[11cents]

7. That Dover address ....

...delivered without notes, seemingly extemporaneously, to a small audience of family members sitting in folding chairs in a gloomy hangar, was IMHO the best speech Clinton ever made.