Make American Ideals a Reality

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Tracy Finklang
December 27, 2008News & Politics

America is an idea as much as an entity. We hold certain truths to be self-evident, but our vision has been cloudy for much of our history. We thought this campaign or these politics were ugly; we have only to look to our past to see that our dream of America the Just, America the Free, with Liberty and Justice for ALL have been just that ... dreams. Now is the time to make them the reality. We must stand up for our ideals, embrace the world we live in and work in every way we can to make it a better place, at home and abroad.America is an idea as much as an entity. It is who we are that makes us what we are and President Obama must inspire and lead us to rise to our best intentions for ourselves as Americans and America.

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