"Keep hope alive! I have not yet begun to fight. Old soldiers never die..."

[babylonsister]

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-rand-paul-does-some-heavy-lifting-for-a-speech/2013/11/08/721126b4-488d-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_story.html

Rand Paul does some heavy lifting for a speech
By Dana Milbank, Published: November 8


Speech(1) by Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky accepting the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, as prepared for delivery:

(1) Source: Wikipedia

My fellow Americans,

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Read my lips: A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage; tear down this wall; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold; give me liberty or give me death.

Tonight is a particular honor for me because — let’s face it — my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely. My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. He grew up herding goats. I still believe in a place called Hope. I am paying for this microphone. I knew Jack Kennedy; Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Ich bin ein Berliner. I have not only grown gray but almost blind in the service of my country. I am not a crook. I am not a potted plant. Four score and seven years ago — a day which will live in infamy — I did not have sexual relations with that woman.

I have a dream! It was a little cocker spaniel dog in a crate that he’d sent all the way from Texas, black and white, spotted. And our little girl Tricia, the 6-year-old, named it “Checkers.”

We hold these truths to be self-evident: Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; a city set on a hill cannot be hidden; a house divided against itself cannot stand; an iron curtain has descended across the Continent; it takes a village; Atlas shrugged; if it doesn’t fit, you must acquit.

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For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.

Keep hope alive! I have not yet begun to fight. Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. Our long national nightmare is over. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! Let’s roll.

[libdem4life]

1. Clever and creative and a good chuckle.

[pacalo]

2. K&R!

[IrishAyes]

3. That's Rand Paul to a T.

You broke my funny bone.