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MaryMagdaline

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1. For me it was the 1984 Convention speech

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:04 AM

Feb 17

I was already a Democrat, but that speech knocked it out of the park. “Poor people WORK!” I always believed in anti-poverty programs and the Great Society, but Jesse Jackson had me walking in the shoes of poor people. I could see myself going to work each morning on the bus, putting in long hours and still being poor. Used to end my Christmas cards with “Keep Hope Alive!”

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For me it was the 1984 Convention speech MaryMagdaline Feb 17 #1

Thanks for this, my friend. calimary Feb 17 #2