Brown on Braun: Warm Reception for Braun at Taubman Center

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Braun delivered the Krieger Lecture at Brown yesterday (09/10/2003).

The Brown Daily Herald covered the talk.

Democratic presidential hopeful Carol Moseley Braun issued a call for a spiritual and physical renewal of America Wednesday afternoon in Salomon.

The eighth speaker to take part in the Noah Krieger Memorial Lecture series, Moseley Braun spoke about the preservation of America's long−cherished values of liberty and individual freedom and outlined ways in which her presidency would reinvigorate them.

An urgency about the effects of deep reflection and wise decisions on America's future pervaded Moseley Braun's speech. She described America as being at a decisive moment in time, when the ship of state and the citizens who help row it must choose between two paths. One route leads to the end of public education, civil liberties and opportunity, the other toward the rebuilding of individual privacy, freedom and a tactful role in the international community, she said.

Moseley Braun spoke about the evolution of core American values and the present role Americans have in shaping them for future generations. "The founding fathers started a movement to liberate a country based on liberation of the human spirit," she said. "We are still engaged in a struggle to give life to the nobility of that vision."

Be sure to read the whole story--and check out the picture. Carol's looking a little tweedy, and I have to say, she wears it well. Smart outfit, smart talk, smart campaigning.

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1. I really like that suit

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2. Update: Coverage from Providence Journal

There's a more critical but generally fair report from the Providence Journal. N.B. site uses a javascript redirect to a registeration page, but the article is accessible. Having trouble coding the link, but here it is:

http://www.projo.com/education/content/projo_20030911_braun11.2ef5a.html

Select snippage:

Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, one of nine Democrats running for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, delivered a sharp critique of President Bush at a well-received speech to a largely student audience at Brown University yesterday.

Moseley Braun blasted the Bush policies on the economy and foreign policy, with special attention to the president's tax cuts and Iraq war decisions. After the address, she patiently and expertly fielded questions from students on a wide range of issues.

No pictures, and no comment on her attire.

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3. Better Link

The Projo story is now on Braun's website. Much easier to read it there. Check it out.