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America Is More Than This







America is not a consumer price index.

Or a jobs report.Or a gross domestic product.

If it was, any middling beancounter could be President.

 

America is not a defense budget.

Or a military-industrial complex.

Or a series of insider government contracts.

If it was, any mediocre general could be President.

 

America is not a stock price.

Or a balance sheet.

Or an earnings report.

If it was, any cutthroat CEO could be President.

 

America is not a church.

Or an exclusionary dogma.

Or a list of sins to keep the flock in line.

If it was, any charismatic pastor could be President.

 

America is not a conclave of partisan lawgivers.

Or a whip count.

Or a back-room pork barrel deal.

If it was, any slick politico could be President.

 

America is not a nation of witless rubes.

Or easily duped screen slaves.

Or wild-eyed strident simpletons.

If it was, any dishonest huckster could be President.

 

America is not a population of coin-operated drones.

Or self-obsessed loners.

Or materialistic isolationists.  

If it was, anyone pledging to pad their wallets could be President.

 

America is not an oligarchy of wealthy titans and flush conglomerates.

Or a cabal of moguls who own the airwaves and the newspapers.

Or a shadow-funded PAC that can buy any candidate.

If it was, a small group of self-interested elites could pick the President.

 

America is the dream of freedom made real by generations who gave their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

 

America is a superpower born of a Great Depression and a war no one thought it could win, midwifed by a citizenry who defied expectations and united in common purpose.

 

America is a series of faults corrected by men and women who believed in our better angels and our unwavering commitment to unity and equality.

 

America is a country of compassion where neighbors put out fires and save lives and rebuild in calamity’s aftermath.

 

America is a builder and an innovator and a trailblazer, driven by the certainty that anything is possible for a people full of curiosity and vision.

 

America is a land of opportunity, where talent and hard work can pave the way to a better future for generations yet to come.

 

If it wasn’t, it wouldn’t matter who was President.

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