ted sorenensen's speech for the dem nominee

i don't know if this has been diaried already. if it has i'll take it down, i don't want to bore you all with old stuff. some of you may also think this post is lacking in requisite comment or analysis. i'm thinking that commentary on my part would be gilding the lily, or more accurately, polishing a gem with peanut butter.
i found The New Vision while surfing over at Firedoglake.
ted sorensen, you all probably know, was jfk's speechwriter. the washington monthly

...called Theodore C. Sorensen and asked him to write the speech he would most want the next Democratic nominee to give at the party convention in Denver in August 2008. We requested that he proceed with no candidate in mind and that he give no consideration to expediency or tactics—in other words, that he write the speech of his dreams.

it is a beauty.

his nominee is proud of his/her lineage:

Nor will I shrink from calling myself a liberal, in the same sense that Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, John and Robert Kennedy, and Harry Truman were liberals—liberals who proved that government is not a necessary evil, but rather the best means of creating a healthier, more educated, and more prosperous America.

his nominee draws a stark contrast to the previous regime:

Our nation is emerging from eight years of misrule, a dark and difficult period in which our national honor and pride have been bruised and battered.

his nominee offers the nation unity & change. please read the whole thing, especially those of you running for president.