○  1988 democratic national convention keynote address  ○

is still a country where there is more to life than just a constant struggle for money.  and we believe that america must have leaders who show us that our struggles amount to something and contribute to something larger, leaders who want us to be all that we can be.  we want leaders like jesse jackson.

jesse jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls. and he has taught us that we are as good as our capacity for caring, caring about the drug problem, caring about crime, caring about education, and caring about each other.

now, in contrast, the greatest nation of the free world has had a leader for eight straight years that has pretended that he can not hear our questions over the noise of the helicopters.  and we know he doesn’t wanna answer. but we have a lot of questions.  and when we get our questions asked, or there is a leak, or an investigation the only answer we get is, “i don’t know,” or “i forgot.”

but you wouldn’t accept that answer from your children.  i wouldn’t.  don’t tell me “you don’t know” or “you forgot.” we're not going to have the america that we want until we elect leaders who are gonna tell the truth;  not most days but every day; leaders who don’t forget what they don’t want to remember.  and for eight straight years george bush hasn’t displayed the slightest interest in anything we care about.   and now that he's after a job he can’t get appointed to, he's like columbus discovering america.  he’s found child care.  he’s found education.  poor george.  he can’t help it.  he was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

well, no wonder, no wonder we can’t figure it out.  because the leadership of this nation is telling us one thing on tv and doing something entirely different.  they tell us, they tell

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