The most presidential lorem ipsum in history.
Segregated schools were, and are, inferior schools; we still haven't fixed them, fifty years after Brown v. We can tackle race only as spectacle - as we did in the OJ trial - or in the wake of tragedy, as we did in the aftermath of Katrina - or as fodder for the nightly news. Now is the time to change our bankruptcy laws, so that your pensions are protected ahead of CEO bonuses; and the time to protect Social Security for future generations. Over seven years ago, the United States pursued al Qaeda and the Taliban with broad international support.
And this restlessness - this search for meaning - is familiar to me. If you're working forty hours a week, you shouldn't be living in poverty. But we also know our conscience cannot rest so long as the war goes on in Iraq. I have made it clear to the Iraqi people that we pursue no bases, and no claim on their territory or resources. I know there is debate about this issue.
Part of it's because of the so-called leaders of the Christian Right, who've been all too eager to exploit what divides us. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach. We cannot walk alone. The situation in Afghanistan demonstrates America's goals, and our need to work together. We seek no military bases there. For more than sixty years they have endured the pain of dislocation.
At times, that anger is exploited by politicians, to gin up votes along racial lines, or to make up for a politician's own failings. When a new flu infects one human being, all are at risk. And just as it devastates Palestinian families, the continuing humanitarian crisis in Gaza does not serve Israel's security; neither does the continuing lack of opportunity in the West Bank.
Even for those blacks who did make it, questions of race, and racism, continue to define their worldview in fundamental ways. That is one option. You see, we Democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam. It is agonizing for America to lose our young men and women. Many Gulf States have enjoyed great wealth as a consequence of oil, and some are beginning to focus it on broader development.
God bless you.