It's not because I believe all the promises she made last night. I'm way way too experienced to believe such promises. I know enough about marketing and commercials to recognize one when I hear one. And I know that those conventions are designed to market the candidates. But what they're selling and how they're selling it speaks to me.
I came away seeing a woman who has done some really dumb things in her life but who hasn't? I believe she sees what she did wrong and has learned lessons. And that's what I expect from people, including politicians - to learn from experience.
The motto, stronger together, speaks directly to how I see the world. It is the basis America was found on, the reason we fought a Civil War, World War II, the Cold War and so forth. When Democrats emphasized "WE the people", that was correct - it's a bedrock of American values enshrined in the founding documents.
When Democrats emphasized love, optimism, patriotism, family and hard work they were emphasizing and promoting the religious underpinning of America - ideals that are my ideals.
When Hillary quoted the Methodist faith statement “Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can.” she was speaking to my ideals.
When first Cory Booker and then Hillary Clinton spoke the words, they were speaking my highest ideals “In America, love always trumps hate”
This election is about an existential choice between an optimistic if hard path to the future or a fear-promoting candidate who claims to be the savior who will ride a white horse into Washington and single-handedly solve all of our problems. I choose optimism not pessimism; I choose hope not fear; I choose someone who pays her bills not stiffs people; I choose a woman of faith; I choose one who holds up our motto "E pluribus unum"; I choose someone who I believe will move us in the direction of the promise of the Great Seal, novus ordo seclorum - New Order of the Ages.
I came away seeing a woman who has done some really dumb things in her life but who hasn't? I believe she sees what she did wrong and has learned lessons. And that's what I expect from people, including politicians - to learn from experience.
The motto, stronger together, speaks directly to how I see the world. It is the basis America was found on, the reason we fought a Civil War, World War II, the Cold War and so forth. When Democrats emphasized "WE the people", that was correct - it's a bedrock of American values enshrined in the founding documents.
When Democrats emphasized love, optimism, patriotism, family and hard work they were emphasizing and promoting the religious underpinning of America - ideals that are my ideals.
When Hillary quoted the Methodist faith statement “Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can.” she was speaking to my ideals.
When first Cory Booker and then Hillary Clinton spoke the words, they were speaking my highest ideals “In America, love always trumps hate”
This election is about an existential choice between an optimistic if hard path to the future or a fear-promoting candidate who claims to be the savior who will ride a white horse into Washington and single-handedly solve all of our problems. I choose optimism not pessimism; I choose hope not fear; I choose someone who pays her bills not stiffs people; I choose a woman of faith; I choose one who holds up our motto "E pluribus unum"; I choose someone who I believe will move us in the direction of the promise of the Great Seal, novus ordo seclorum - New Order of the Ages.
