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Sun Oct 11, 2009 at 11:13 AM CDT
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Last night over 160 euphoric Democrats congregated in downtown Fort Worth for the 2nd Biennial North Texas Salute to Speaker Jim Wright dinner hosted by the Mid-Cities Democrats and the Tarrant County Democratic Party. Former Agriculture Commissioner, Jim Hightower, lit up the audience with his energizing and hilarious commentary on the state of our political foes on the opposite side of the aisle:
I went to welcome you all to what is STILL the state of Texas. Governor Good-Hair puts the goober in gubernatorial, doesn't he? He isn't limited by stupidity, just insanity. He certainly wasn't the fastest bunny in the litter.
Hightower went on to provide a motivating call to get involved:
Even the smallest dog can pee on the tallest building. We are scrappy Democrats. They have the fat-cats and we have the alley-cats. It's time to strategize, organize, and mobilize because we are capable of coming together as a strong political force.
The evening ended with Hightower moderating a sit-down conversation with Tarrant County's own Speaker Jim Wright. When Hightower asked Speaker Wright about what it takes to step up and lead, be involved, and make a difference, he didn't hesitate to point out the Mid-Cities Democrats as an example of doing exactly that:
Look no farther than the people in this room. These Mid-Cities Democrats said 'no more!' That Mid-Cities area is the crown jewel of Tarrant County. As most counties continue to lose population that area continues to grow. And these people said we will be pushed no more. We will stand up, organize, and mobilize. We'll stand up for what is right. I see what they are doing. They energize youth. They let them lead. They are young in heart and young in spirit. I see what they are doing and it is working. |
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Jim "Give 'em Hell" Wright, as Hightower called him, had what I thought was sharp commentary on today's politics as well:
Is their anything sorrier then when our president was selected by the world's most peaceful body to receive the Noble prize that our political opponents jeered? When I was in the House I never did such a thing. Whoever was president at the time was MY PRESIDENT. I didn't care what political party they were from, they were MY PRESIDENT.
Speaker Wright's comments on President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize---and the hostile, negative rhetoric that has spewed from the Right as a result---demonstrates just how far in the gutter that the Rush Limbaugh-Tea Bag-Birther Republican Party has taken politics in the 21st century.
It's up to people like you and me---young, spirited, energized, and motivated, to raise politics out of the gutter and work hard to transform this nation into the hope and promise we all know she can live up to. It has started with electing the first African-American president, but it has not ended there. This is no time to sit, but a time to stand. Much can be learned from wise, political capsules like Speaker Jim Wright. He represents a generation of political leaders that are all too rare these days. We the people have the power to restore integrity to the political system again. This is our time to stand and say "no more!" This is our moment to be part of history. Speaker Wright is asking us all to stand and fight. I, for one, am answering his call. |
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