\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
listen un Mr. President
\npay attention
\nto what honest dialog produces
\nwhen coach Stringer and her team
\ncan begin
\n“the process of forgiveness”
\nby walking her talk
\nshe refused to answer questions about hate
\nshe made the topic
\nbroader than her team
\nbroader than Imus
\nnow is a good time
\nfor us, as a society, to begin
\n“the process of forgiving”
\nby taking the first step
\nand produce some honest dialog<\/p>\n
thank you Coach C. Vivian
\nfor embodying strong virtues
\nand giving us hope
\nwe may yet fill the highest dreams
\nof our founders, who left the door open
\nfor improvement in what they had started,
\na Constitutional Republic,
\nbecause they knew their limitations
\ntheir expectations were that we the people
\nwould find ways to improve
\ntheir experiment. The lie:
\n“the American Dream” was apple pie.
\nThe truth: “the American Dream”
\nwas that we the people
\ncould rule ourselves;
\nwith a footnote:
\n“If they will build on what we started
\nand not try to turn it into stone.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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