I got this note and link from Alexei Panshin yesterday morning.

"Ted Sorensen was JFK's word man, the real author of his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Profiles in Courage.

"This is a real speech -- meant to be read aloud. It has incredible cadences."

Alexei didn't know Kim and I had seen Sicko the previous evening (which is really good, maybe Moore's most damning film, since the corporations he profiles make their profits by screwing with people's very health and lives). This article turned out to be a good antidote to the depression we were left with after the film.

I read it aloud to Kim. At the end, she said, "I hope someone would actually give a speech like that. We need leadership."

Sorensen's Dream Acceptance Speech for the Democratic Presidential Nominee at the 2008 Convention