Rev. Peter Friederich
In his speech attacking Obama at the Republican National Convention, Rudy Giuliani said that “Hope is not a strategy.” Well, he’s dead wrong about that. Since 9/11 the Bush administration has used fear as a strategy. As a strategy to rationalize the use of preemptive military action that has decimated our economy and our standing on the world stage, a strategy to eviscerate our constitutionally-guaranteed personal liberties, a strategy to justify the use of torture, a strategy to manipulate and control us.
I reject fear, and instead choose hope as a strategy. A strategy to develop alternative fuels that will gain us energy independence. A strategy to lead us out of an unjustified war in Iraq. A strategy to provide health care coverage for every American. A strategy to save the middle class and to bridge the ever-growing chasm between the haves and the have-nots. Barack Obama is offering us hope, but he isn’t offering just hope. Or even just “hope and a prayer.” He is offering hope, and a prayer, and a plan. Contrary to what the Republicans would have you believe, he isn’t just “full of empty rhetoric.” (And, by the way, when did it become a crime to be a well-educated, erudite and inspiring speaker?) If you’re not familiar with the particulars of his plans to get us out of Iraq, to promote energy independence, to provide health care coverage for all, to provide tax credits to the middle class, I urge you to visit www.barackobama.com and learn more.
And I urge you to join me in working to elect Barack Obama, and choosing hope over fear.
With love and faith,
Rev. Peter Friederich
Unitarian-Universalist
Swarthmore, PA
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