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DEL.ICIO.USJohn Lewis: ‘Come walk in my shoes’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
U.S. Rep. John Lewis has cut loose a 60-second radio ad in the final days of his Democratic primary battle.
Technically, it’s an ad. It sounds much like a mini-sermon — and from the tone and content appears aimed at African-American voters on the southern side of his 5th District rather than the Buckhead end. (A staffer has confirmed that the ad is airing primarily on black radio in metro Atlanta.)
This ad is very much a forceful attempt by Lewis to show average voters that he identifies with them.
Listen to it here. Says Lewis:
“Come walk in my shoes and see how we’ll change America. But there’s still a lot of work to be done. We must end the war and bring our young men and young women home. Health care is a right, not a privilege.
“We need clean, convenient mass transit. We must lose our love affair with the automobile I go to the grocery story, I see what we have to pay, it is too much. I go to the gas station, I see what we have to pay, it is too much.
“I brought hundreds of millions of dollars to the 5th District, and we need more….”
Comments
By George Bush
July 10, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this
Whaaaah oh! wah life is so hard Dad bails you out of jail and war by a baseball team run it into the ground these are Christian requiremnts for hifher office unlike Jesus u must shun the poor join a fraternity and marry ugly and young
By Marcus Childs
July 11, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
He talks like he hasn’t been in office for 22 years. He’s running like a Rookie. Time for change…
By New South Lady
July 11, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
Few of us have walked in Lewis’ shoes, few of us would have had the courage to do so. From the early days of the Civil Rights Movement, from Selma to Memphis, Lewis has been there. He has been there when being there meant you could get yourself shot, hung, carried off to jail, bitten by dogs, spat upon, threatened (well, you get the picture). I wish I could walk in his shoes but they are just to big for me to fill. Funny though, his head may be stuffed with knowledge and political acumen; but, it isn’t oversized at all, not like some in Washington. Not like Tom Price who has been called the worst Congressman on education and health care and given a grade of “F” by our Veterans. It is a pity the 6th District doesn’t have Lewis instead of Price, I think we could appreciate him more than you folk seem to.
New South Lady
By New South Lady
July 11, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
Few of us have walked in Lewis’ shoes, few of us would have had the courage to do so. From the early days of the Civil Rights Movement, from Selma to Memphis, Lewis has been there. He has been there when being there meant you could get yourself shot, hung, carried off to jail, bitten by dogs, spat upon, threatened (well, you get the picture). I wish I could walk in his shoes but they are just to big for me to fill. Funny though, his head may be stuffed with knowledge and political acumen; but, it isn’t oversized at all, not like some in Washington. Not like Tom Price who has been called the worst Congressman on education and health care and given a grade of “F” by our Veterans. It is a pity the 6th District doesn’t have Lewis instead of Price, I think we could appreciate him more than you folk seem to.
New South Lady