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Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

- Emanuel Cleaver
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We talk about the '68 Democratic Convention. I was too young to really know a lot about it, but - and didn't even watch it, but I have read about it, and I know enough about it to know that it damaged the Democratic candidates.

I can do an hour-long speech about Democrats taking African Americans for granted, and I'd have a line behind me of very prominent African-Americans who would say, 'Amen.'

You would think that if any group in America had 20% to 25% unemployment, it would generate all kinds of attention. The Labor Department would understandably and necessarily begin to concentrate on what can we do to reduce this level of unemployment. Congress would give great time on the floor for debate on what can be done.

We have Democrats saying dumb things every single day, and Republicans as well.

Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.

First of all, do I think there's some racists in the Tea Party? Yeah. I'm an ordained United Methodist pastor; there's some racists in the Methodist church. I don't know if there's a body that does not have some racists in it.

Hope is the motivation that empowers the unemployed, enabling them to get out of bed every single morning with unbounded enthusiasm as they look for work.

We may be a nation of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, but first and foremost we are all human beings and Americans.

There are people walking around the streets of Kansas City who are unemployed, while one of our largest employers is not only sending jobs aboard, but then turning around and making a statement about preserving jobs.

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Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.