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[madamesilverspurs]

( x posted from GD )

This appeared in my inbox this morning, it's from a neighboring county:

Good Morning,

Today we celebrate the 234th anniversary of the United States of America. Yet even as we celebrate, we know that millions of American families are struggling. The ongoing economic downturn has left countless productive citizens without jobs for far too long. Millions of gallons of oil continue to flow into our oceans, destroying the gulf coast habitat and the economy that depends on it. The continued wars in Iraq and Afghanistan mean that thousands of men and women in our armed forces will be away from their families on another Fourth of July. Americans who have been treated as second-class citizens because of who they love are still waiting for equality. Our public officials who work tirelessly to stand up for their constituents have come home to the shrill voice of self-serving criticism in response. Each Independence Day we celebrate the founding of our democracy and the fundamental principles we share as Americans. But this year, more than most, many people throughout our community are faced with too wide a gap between those lofty ideals and day-to-day reality.

So where does that leave us today? In these trying times, how do we respond? Perhaps the best place to look is to a similar time in our past, when we faced similar struggles. In 1936 the United States was in the midst of the Great Depression and widespread unemployment. Like now, a new adminstration had made significant legislative strides, but this alone was not enough to quickly solve the nation's deep, institutional problems. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed the nation’s Democrats and said:

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

In this world of ours in other lands, there are some people, who, in times past, have lived and fought for freedom, and seem to have grown too weary to carry on the fight. They have sold their heritage of freedom for the illusion of a living. They have yielded their democracy.

I believe in my heart that only our success can stir their ancient hope. They begin to know that here in America we are waging a great and successful war. It is not alone a war against want and destitution and economic demoralization. It is more than that; it is a war for the survival of democracy. We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world.

Fellow Democrats, ours is a generation of whom much is expected. Our road ahead is harder than many of those who have come before us or who will come after us. But it is in these most trying of times that the causes of justice, peace and compassion need champions more than ever. In these times of economic peril, we are the last line of defense for the American middle class. We remain, as we have always been, the guardians of our environment, dedicated to preventing disasters, not just responding to them. While the merchants of fear tell people to blame their discontent on anyone they see as different than themselves, we are the voice that demands the equality that our society has promised.

Anyone who turns on the television will hear about how bad a time this is to be a Democrat. But I say in these times it is more important to be a Democrat than ever. This year, reactionary forces want to capitalize on voters’ economic frustration to halt our American progress and roll back the gains we’ve made as a people. The only thing they need to succeed, as FDR said decades ago, is for Democrats to become too weary to carry on the fight. I ask today that every one of us promise to each other that we won't let this happen. I ask that we rise to the challenge that history has presented us and to achieve great success in the face of great hardship. The work begins again this month, and I look forward to doing it together.

Thank you all very much for all that you do, and I hope you have a wonderful Independence Day.

Matt Gray, Chair, Broomfield County Democrat


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1. Exactly, madamesilverspurs!~

"Anyone who turns on the television will hear about how bad a time this is to be a Democrat. But I say in these times it is more important to be a Democrat than ever. This year, reactionary forces want to capitalize on voters’ economic frustration to halt our American progress and roll back the gains we’ve made as a people. The only thing they need to succeed, as FDR said decades ago, is for Democrats to become too weary to carry on the fight. I ask today that every one of us promise to each other that we won't let this happen. I ask that we rise to the challenge that history has presented us and to achieve great success in the face of great hardship. The work begins again this month, and I look forward to doing it together.

Thank you all very much for all that you do, and I hope you have a wonderful Independence Day."

Have yourself a awesome Fourth of July celebrating our Nation's 234th Birthday and the second year of our Democratic President Obama:patriot::patriot::party::fistbump::patriot::party: