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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKennedy's Response - Perfect Backdrop
http://www.heraldnews.com/news/20180127/livin-and-dion-fall-river-perfect-backdrop-for-kennedy-response
This is the most incredible opinion piece describing the school where Rep. Kennedy will give the SOTU rebuttal. I have a family member at this school - it is an amazing place.
But the opinion piece is without a doubt, the sharpest attack to the very core of Trump's lies. Read it all ---
"No group of people in America knows better the limitations of capitalism, the cruelty of the free market. They tell you youre a valued employee and a member of the team until the day the boss disappears, and you go home to tell your husband the job is gone. We live surrounded by old, often disintegrating mills, a sign of capitalisms limits.
Trump is supposed to speak for that America, but Fall River wouldnt take the bait. We know his kind. They fire us, they lay us off.
No matter who writes the damn thing, Trumps State of the Union address will be at least partially incomprehensible, loaded with cheap barroom bragging, an insult to the voices of Lincoln, of Roosevelt, of Jack Kennedy, a stunning rebuke to the idea of soaring phrases and ringing words. There will be no Ask not what your country can do for you moment.
We will be told that the stock market is boiling over. No matter. Fall River is not a stock market kind of place. We will be told to gratefully pick up the nickels our corporate masters drop when theyre running away with billions. We will be told we can keep our guns and our bibles, but everything else belongs to the rich."
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Kennedy's Response - Perfect Backdrop (Original Post)
Justice
Jan 2018
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AJT
(5,240 posts)1. I'm hoping the response will contain fact checking of 45s speech.
I just heard he will be touting a 3% average growth over 3 quarters, which is a lie. The lies must be refuted with the facts. A canned speech will not do.
cilla4progress
(24,802 posts)2. Cannot wait
For this. Joe is definitely on my radar!
pandr32
(11,644 posts)4. Mine too
He is shining pretty bright and likely even more so after his SOTU rebuttal speech.
cilla4progress
(24,802 posts)3. Beautiful editorial!
"Roar, young lion, roar."
I believe he will. So hopeful, FINALLY!