How I’d Open For the DNC Convention

My head on ScarJo's body, considering it poetic license for the sake of setting the "stage"

::walk the podium, head held up, smiling, and waving::

Thank you for your kind reception. I know you don’t know me, but you should, I’m one of you.

I stand before you, a middle class American woman who an trace her roots back before the Revolution. I’ve been married for 20 years, with a son who turns 13 this fall. We have a dog. We have a home. We’ve struggled through job loss, recessions, housing-market downturns. We’ve refinanced, amassed and cleared credit debt.  We’ve ridden the economic cycle of this volatile world market. And we’ve worked hard as a two worker home, to achieve or try to attain that “American Dream”… of happiness, health and a chance… a chance to make more of our lives while we breathe on this big blue marble.

But I’m weary. Last week, made me weary.

If any of you tuned in to the convention in Cleveland last week, and hoped to hear what the GOP was presenting as their platform, hear inspirational speeches from their party leaders, and tap it off with a clear idea of what their candidate was bringing to the party… I suspect you are weary as well.

I look out here, at all your faces, your smiling, excited faces… but what I truly see, what I revel in seeing… human beings. I see thousands of similarly-minded humans from diverse backgrounds, experiences, ethnicities, ages and all whom have their own distinct story to tell.

I see the true face of America… the HUMAN face. And that is why I don’t want to give last week any more of my time or consideration. I want to talk about what we’re about to do here! Here in  Philadelphia, where the original text of our Constitution was crafted. 

Here, in Philly, is where we… the Democratic Party… have come to layout our plan to the masses outside these walls, whether they join us or oppose us. We’re never going to please every single human… but we are here to talk about how we will best represent our fellow Americans and guide policy that will affect all our lives.

The difference?

We’re not here to scare people. We’re not here to mock people. We’re not here to isolate us from the world. We’re not here to point fingers and blame others. Those things make us weary, and offer no solutions or paths to success. They serve only to subjugate the masses with fear and anger.

We are here to approve our platform… an inclusive, progressive, thoughtful platform. We are here to hear from our leaders, party supporters and fellow humans about the future for all of us. We are here to affirm our candidate for the Presidency, and endow her with the rights to carry our message.

We are here to talk about how America IS great, and how we can make it even better. We have real issues, many of which have inundated our TVs, social feeds and news, as of late. But they are not insurmountable, they’re not anything to be cowering in fear about, and give up our liberties to squelch. We’re not naïve, but we are reasonable, calm, and ready to be collaborators, listeners, and share our ideas, openly and without fear of retribution or hate.

We are here to thank President and First Lady Obama for their stewardship, even when their battles were disproportionately against them. We are here to continue the good works and economic path that this administration has set us upon. We are here to put in office, a leader who can continue the healing of the rifts with our global partners, that President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary Clinton, and Secretary Kerry have nurtured over 8 years.  We are here to bring together the supporters of Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders, and recognize their ideas and consider their voice as we move our party forward.

We are here to confirm, celebrate and support Hillary Clinton as our candidate for the President of these UNITED States.

Welcome and THANK you for all of your work, in your states, in your districts, in your neighborhoods… for keeping on task, keeping on message, and keeping this race for the White House a positive one… and for representing all of us. We are ALL part of this race… the human race!

Leave the negative, divisive, anger to them. 

Keep the faith, be positive, be an aggregator of goodwill, THAT is what we stand for, that is what will win the election in November!

Thank you.