"A Ripple of Hope"
a movie i'm watching on Netflix. it's the story of RFK's speech on the day MLK was assassinated. RFK shared a poem by Aeschylus as part of his speech. one of his speechwriters said there wouldn't be a speechwriter alive who woud have advised him to quote the greeks to this audience.
another member of his campaign said of him, "he spoke the same whether he was talking to poor people or rich people, black people or white people." (paraphrased)
it really made me think of mitt romney. what a huge difference, in depth, compassion, love. we KNOW what romney says when he's talking to rich people is so different from what he says when he's trying to fool the masses. we've seen him pandering to latinos and giving up on african americans. he's got the depth of a cartoon and appears not to have a heart.
so i'm crying a little bit now and thinking about what a toll the assassinations of the 1960s took on this nation. every once in a while i think about how different this country could be today. i know why i hold such contempt for republicans.
Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart,
until, in our own despair,
against our will,
comes wisdom
through the awful grace of God.
