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2、tapresidentialcandidate.sincethattime,democratshavecontinuedtoconveneonceeveryfouryearsanddraftapartyplatformandnominateapresidentialcandidate.andourmeetingthisweekisacontinuationofthattradition.butthereissomethingdifferentabouttonight.thereissomethingspecialaboutt

3、onight.whatisdifferent?whatisspecial?i,barbarajordan,amakeynoteSpeaker.alotofyearspassedsince1832,andduringthattimeitwouldhavebeenmostunusualforanynationalpoliticalpartytoaskthatabarbarajordantodeliverakeynoteaddress.buttonighthereiam.andifeelthatnotwithstandingthe

4、pastthatmypresencehereisoneadditionalbitofevidencethattheamericandreamneednotforeverbedeferred.nowthatihavethisgranddistinctionwhatintheworldamisupposedtosay?icouldeasilyspendthistimepraisingtheaccomplishmentsofthispartyandattackingtherepublicans--butidon’tchooseto

5、dothat.icouldlistthemanyproblemswhichamericanshave.icouldlisttheproblemswhichcausepeopletofeelcynical,angry,frustrated:problemswhichincludelackofintegrityingovernment;thefeelingthattheindividualnolongercounts;therealityofmaterialandspiritualpoverty;thefeelingthatth

6、egrandamericanexperimentisfailingorhasfailed.icouldrecitetheseproblems,andThenicouldsitdownandoffernosolutions.butidon’tchoosetodothateither.thecitizensofamericaexpectmore.theydeserveandtheywantmorethanarecitalofproblems.weareapeopleinaquandaryaboutthepresent.weare

7、apeopleinsearchofourfuture.weareapeopleinsearchofanationalcommunity.weareapeopletryingnotonlytosolvetheproblemsofthepresent,unemployment,inflation,butweareattemptingonalargerscaletofulfillthepromiseofamerica.weareattemptingtofulfillournationalpurpose,tocreateandsus

8、tainasocietyinwhichallofusareequal.throughoutouthistory,whenpeoplehavelookedfornewwaystosolvetheirproblems,andtoupholdtheprinciplesofthisnation,m