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Thursday, 7 October 04 ::
teresa heinz-kerry
so, folks some folks wanted my reaction to teresa heinz-kerry. i wrote the following. and to note -- andrea is andrea ortiz, eugene's newest city councilor, who's campaign i was the assistant manager of. kitty is kitty piercy, eugene's new mayor. i adore both of them muchly.
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okay, so.. i'm now a bit more sold on the kerry - edwards ticket. and not just because i got to shake teresa heinz-kerry's hand. no. that wouldn't do it for me.
she talked for a long time. longer than i expected. we were all cramed in, i took my 'short privilage' and got a spot right up against the ropes so i could see every speaker, watch andrea and kitty, really be able to listen to what teresa had to say.
i thought she was going to do a stump speech. i thought the crowd would spend a lot of time cheering. i thought she would rally the troops.
she did. but she also explained what it is that john kerry hopes to do when he becomes president. she talked about their creating jobs through funding of alternative energy sources, she talked about education and the fact that no child should be left behind, and that that should be funded, she talked about afghanistan and iraq, and she talked about health care. every child will have health care by the end of the kerry administration, if they get to do what they want to do. and there will be government coverage for catastrophic health care. and. and. and.
and she referred to our friend mr. kucinich in her talk. yeah, it wasn't a speech, it was a talk. she referred to him, let us know that yes our voices have been heard.
is it a pipe dream she's just sold us? in a country where so many poor people are voting for bush, do we have hope that the kind of change she talked about can happen? i don't know.
i don't know if hope is on the way. but i like our future first lady. i liked that when the bush supporters started to chant that she simply told them they were being impolite. i liked that she told them that they have the freedom to say what they want, but right now it was her turn to talk. they can talk later. i like how she handled it. no god crap, no 'they'll come around and see the light' like cheney threw at my friend peter. simply about manners.
i've never seen hillary speak. maybe she's more charasmatic. or probably just less tired. yeesh, if i'm tired, can you imagine what the kerry's and the edward's and their staff feel like? oh, yeah, i know, because i see dnc staff every day at the office, and they are exhausted.
i like her. i like the fact that she is a modern woman. i like the fact that she is modern like my mother. if you knew my mother, you'd know exactly what i'm talking about. teresa is independent, can speak for herself. she doesn't need her husband to mold her, she molds herself. she is choosing to campaign for him because she *wants* to, not because of some sacred duty to the man who is the be all and end all of her life. she is highly educated and well traveled. her perspective is global. she has chosen america as her country and she's looking out for this country first, but she knows that we are just one country out of hundreds that share this planet. she knows that america is only the center to the people who live here, not to the rest of the world.
maybe this all stuff other folks already knew, but i didn't. i just knew the press hasn't been happy with her because she speaks her mind, and i liked that about her.
i really hate crowds, i hate being cramed in and not being able to get out, everyone squirming for position, not having any personal space.. but this crowd was worth it. it was worth being nearly brought to tears when i saw andrea take the stage, it was worth yelling 'NO MORE' with kitty, but most of all it was worth it to hear someone from our future administration talk about their hopes for this country of mine.
posted by brooke at October 7, 2004 09:23 PM
