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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= The Dream Speech John F. Kennedy referred to <a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0707.Sorensen.html" title="Theodore C. Sorensen">Theodore C. Sorensen</a> (above, left) as his intellectual blood bank—a man who helped put the magic in JFK’s famous rhetoric. Here is his dream acceptance speech for the next Democratic nominee. While the actual speech will probably have more political calculation and pandering, it’s worth dreaming about an alternative. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070627_the_dream_speech/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070627_the_dream_speech/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= The Dream Speech John F. Kennedy referred to <a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0707.Sorensen.html" title="Theodore C. Sorensen">Theodore C. Sorensen</a> (above, left) as his intellectual blood bank—a man who helped put the magic in JFK’s famous rhetoric. Here is his dream acceptance speech for the next Democratic nominee. While the actual speech will probably have more political calculation and pandering, it’s worth dreaming about an alternative. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070627_the_dream_speech/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070627_the_dream_speech/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com