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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Kansas City, Missouri
Holy Mackerel, what passion. Put tears in my eyes...and I don't even know why...
Evergreen Emerald
(13,071 posts)He is amazing!
OkieLib41
(39 posts)DAMN!!! It had to be the second best speech so far!!! FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!!!
Carolina
(6,960 posts)fishwax
(29,149 posts)Always good to see Okies represented here!
hatrack
(59,594 posts)fadedrose
(10,044 posts)So close, too...checked the map.
People who moved from Kansas to Missouri were homesick?
Missouri couldn't think up something original like "Missouri City"?
The Midway Rebel
(2,191 posts)Then it was platted as "The Town of Kansas" before the Civil War. Somewhere along the line it became "Kansas City". And there is already a Missouri City down river from KCMO and KC,KS (although it is more of town than a city). Come visit, have BBQ and hear some blues!
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)yo!
hatrack
(59,594 posts)As if you didn't guess that already!
お元気ですか?
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Arigatou, Hatrack san wa?
KansDem
(28,498 posts)...not Kansas
But I wish!
on edit: What hatrack said!
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)Maybe I should edit it. That man deserves to have his name right..
KansDem
(28,498 posts)Two cities, actually, separated by the state line.
Kansas City, Missouri is famous for jazz and blues, steak and barbecue, casinos, Royals baseball and Chiefs football, numerous fountains, upscale shopping...
Kansas City, Kansas is famous for being next to Kansas City, Missouri...
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)in the most Democratic county in the state AND has the healthiest economy in the state.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)I should be ashamed of myself!
GentryDixon
(2,963 posts)He is awesome.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)I LOVED it!
THAT is what I'm looking for...fire in the belly!
On a daily basis, I usually look to Ed Schultz and Cenk Unger for some fire.
But I loved last night and I'm hoping for the same tonight.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)Rep. Emanuel Cleaver urged President Obama to continue to speak about "hope" during his speech in Charlotte Wednesday evening. Republicans often mock Obama's 2008 line about "hope and change."
"President Barack Obama has been lampooned for speaking of hope; hope for a better America," Cleaver said. "Yes, President Obama! Continue to have hope. Continue to speak of hope to the American people, because it is impossible for hope to overdraw its account in God's bank. The tough days our nation faced may have caused us great pain, but they must not and will not cause us to lose our hope. Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart. Hope inspires me to believe that any day now, we will catch up to the ideals put forth by our nation's founding fathers."
"Hope on!" he yelled enthusiastically, bringing the crowd to its feet. Delegates shouted "hope on!" in response.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rep-cleaver-to-obama-continue-to-speak-of
He was great. Would be a great clip!
BumRushDaShow
(129,662 posts)proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)People were crying. I still get chills remembering that speech.
life long demo
(1,113 posts)awesome. I wrote in another post that I was out of my chair, cheering his speech.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)I'm very proud to know him. He's a gift to Kansas City.
tnvoter
(257 posts)Unabashed, unapologetic and unfucking-believeable! So proud to be a fellow American. Cleaver was fantastic.
The Midway Rebel
(2,191 posts)I still remember his message from 12 years ago. Great speaker from the Dr. King school of rhetoric.
I missed his speechat the DNC. I can't wait to see it.