My first diary, so be gentle!
A couple of weeks ago when I was a real newbie (and not just a newbie), I posted a comment on Renee in Ohio's diary in reply to a comment someone had made about Sr. Joan Chittister (a Benedictine nun I heard at the Call to Action conference in Detroit seven years ago). I was trying to remember the story she used to open her speech, because it had a really good line in it.
Well, I found the tape of that speech the other day, and listened to the start of it in the car on my way to work today. Now that I've got the line right, I think it's one the Dems should consider using--especially after Darth Cheney's doom-and-gloom, more-of-the-same performance in last night's VP debate. Story and quote below the fold.
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