Just Do Something
A Renewal of Hope and Victory for the Republic
As I have written previously, I write these messages to encourage one person to see the light and vote to save the Republic. Some people make calls, some donate; I choose to make my voice heard with the printed word.
These have been dark times: Trump and his looking backward, his hate, his desire for retribution, and the division it all has caused this country. It makes me both sick and very sad.
I believe we are on the precipice of falling into the black abyss of ignorance once again. Throughout the history of man, we have taken from each other, enslaved our fellow man, preached the word of God, and took the actions of the devil. Throughout man’s oft-time brutal history, people have stood up for what we say we believe in, even sacrificed themselves for others and the cause that all men are created equal. We have those who touched our hearts and souls with tenderness, compassion, intellect, and their unbridled love of their fellow man. Too often, men seek that which they have not earned; they take and never give. They find it easier to destroy than to build, and they make their candles look brighter by making others look dimmer.
Among all the wars, greed, and self-promotion, mankind still has those who live by the code of honor and integrity, and believe what is the best for me is what is best for all. That taking rights away from one takes away rights from us all, that injustice for one is an injustice for all. I want to believe in mankind. I want to believe that America, with its dream of democracy and freedom where each one of us can live our own lives, love whom we wish, worship how we wish, and be afforded the same rights as rich and poor, as black, white, red or brown, or as men as women. I want to believe that Americans are better than the less-than-human we call Donald Trump. Republican Adam Kitzinger said it of Trump better than anyone else at the Democratic convention. He said, “Trump is a weak man pretending to be strong. He is a small man pretending to be big. He is a faithless man pretending to be righteous. He is a perpetrator who can’t stop playing the victim.”
There have been great men and women who have led us through troubled times, who have written works that have inspired us, and who have taken us into the outer reaches of space in search of solving the mysteries of the universe we live in and those that have given their last full measure of devotion to preserve our Republic. Can we permit all their work, dreams, and wishes for a better future for all of mankind to have been wasted? I just don’t say we cannot; I scream it with the voice of my pen.
Yes, with this election, we are on the precipice of losing our Republic. But all is not lost; there is hope that the shining city on the hill can still shine. There is a new energy that fills us with a desire to win. Kamala Harris and those speaking at the Democratic Convention renewed our spirit that there is more good in this country than there is bad, and that who we are as a country are better than who we are as individuals. The words of the brilliant and inspirational Michelle Obama filled me with emotion, pride, and renewed faith that we can “do something.”
FULL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION SPEECH
Our country is the great experiment, and given all the strife we have endured as a nation, we still cling to the dream; we are still believe that we are the shining city on the hill and others dream they can share in our freedom and opportunity. No, it is not all perfect, and yes, we have those who wish to go back to the days they want, days of perhaps white supremacy or women's suffrage, an age when old white men ruled our nation. But we can see hope; we see a party where all people are together with the same dream of a life free of discrimination, free of hate, and open to all to succeed.
One might say it is a daydream or an unattainable wish. But let us look at where we are sure there is still a long way to go but look at where we are. In a world of racial prejudice, we elected a black man as President of the United States. We now have a mixed-race woman, Jamaican-Indian, poised to be the first woman president of the United States. We have a former Mayor and now cabinet member who is openly gay, who expressed his love for his husband on the national stage, and together they are making a family with their two adopted children. Who, after announcing his sexuality, won re-election with 80 percent of the vote. Now that is progress.
We have the possibility of the President of the United States being a woman, with her husband, who is of the Jewish faith, being the first First Gentleman. These are events that could not have happened twenty years ago. America is making those painful steps to finally ratify our Constitution and proclaim that all men are created equal with certain inalienable rights.
It is not today, and it may not be tomorrow, or next year, or in ten years, but one day, America will be what our forefathers dreamed of, what all those who came before us sacrificed for, what in our hearts we know what we can be, one nation Under God, with liberty, and justice for all. That the Pledge of Allegiance won't be something we just say; it will be something we will all believe.
I have never met Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, or Pete Buttigieg, but I think I know them. You cannot fake the love they show and their caring for each other and for each one of us.
I predict Americans will rally behind her in Kamal Harris will win this election with dramatic results. With her victory, make that our victory, the immediate threat to our republic will be ended, and once again, we will be on the path to a better life. That Donald Trump will finally be seen as the soulless wretch and will put him down like the sick dog he is. There is also one more prediction, and you heard it here first. In eight years from now, in 2032, America will see its first gay man in the Office of the President of the United States, as they will come to see there is no one more eloquent, intelligent, and truly representative of the principles of inclusion and for the dream of good people to succeed, than Pete Buttigieg.
So, I ask you, where do you stand? What will you do to save the Republic? We all cannot stand on corners and carry signs, or knock on doors, or make calls in support of our candidate, but we all can “do something.” We all can vote. We all can share the message of hope, by sending these and the words of others to those that have not seen the light. My mission has been to reach one “Starfish” and help them see the light and help save the Republic. But like the boy in the story, I continue to pick up one starfish at a time and return them to the sea.
What will you do?
I celebrate the possibilities.
The Office of the President is all about honor and integrity. Donald Trump and none, and the rest is just noise. Thus ends the lesson.
Finally, tremendous hope for the future of America!