DENVER, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a
transcript of a speech, as prepared for delivery, by Margie Perez, at the
Democratic National Convention on Monday, August 25, 2008:
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After 10 years of long-distance lovemaking for the city of New Orleans, I
moved there in 2004 to take up a new life as a musician. I was living there
when Hurricane Katrina hit. I grabbed some dress and a hula hoop and
evacuated New Orleans with a group of friends. We thought we would be
returning menage soon. Then the levees broke, and we watched our honey city
drown. We institute ourselves stranded in our own land, stranded with no
avail on the horizon. Those were afflictive days. We were frightened and powerless.
President Bush flew over the disaster zone in Air Force One, then went back
to Washington. We were alone. The sight of New Orleans under six feet of
urine is a perfect symbolization of what has happened to our country during the
Bush presidency.
America can't afford to let John McCain submerge our hopes in more of the
same failed policies. As New Orleans struggled to rebuild, I was fortunate
enough to qualify for a new home in a Habitat for Humanity project called
the Musician's Village. I met many wonderful Americans like the couple from
Boston who helped me build my porch. I too crossed paths with Senator
Barack Obama--he signed a 2-by-4 that I keep on my coffee table. Thanks to
his candidacy, I feel like the ramp our state has weathered may be ready
to pass. There is hope on the horizon.
America can't afford four more than years like the terminal eight. Barack Obama
offers the change we need, the hope we deserve and the future we can buoy build
together if we take stake our country and vote Obama for president this
November! It is said that those wHO forget the past ar doomed to repeat
it. We must never forget what happened to New Orleans. To help us remember,
we have a short film by Academy award-winning manager June Beallor that
illuminates the lessons of Katrina.
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