It Is Okay Not To Like Someone,

Don't Speak To Me About Your Religion; First Show It To Me In How You Treat Other People. Don't Tell Me How Much You Love Your God; Show Me In How Much You Love All God's Children. Don't Preach To Me Your Passion For Your Faith; Teach Me Through Your Compassion For Your Neighbors. In The End, I'm Not As Interested In What You Have To Tell Or Sell As I Am In How You Choose To Live And Give.

I Hope And Understand That People Are Getting A Better Recognition That Food Stamps Is A Program That Really Helps America, Helps Families In Need. It's Not A Government Handout. If Anything, It's A Safety Net That Helps People Through Difficult Times And Bridges Them Towards Stability.

The War On Drugs Is A War On People, But Particularly It's Been A War On Low-income People And A War On Minorities. We Know In The United States Of America There Is No Difference In Drug Use Between Black, White And Latinos. But If You're Latino In The United States Of America, You're About Twice As Likely To Be Arrested For Drug Use Than If You're White. If You're Black, You Are About Four Times As Likely To Be Arrested If You're African American Than If You Are White. This Drug War Has Done So Much To Destroy, Undermine, Sabotage Families, Communities, Neighborhoods, Cities.

Our Platform Calls For A Balanced Deficit Reduction Plan Where The Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share. And When Your Country Is In A Costly War, With Our Soldiers Sacrificing Abroad And Our Nation Facing A Debt Crisis At Home, Being Asked To Pay Your Fair Share Isn't Class Warfare - It's Patriotism.

Here, We Have A Country That Is Making Its Veterans, People Who Are Struggling With Post-traumatic Stress, People Who Are Struggling With Depression, Who Often They're Only Hope Is Their Access To Marijuana To Treat These Illnesses, And Here We Are Criminalizing Them For Doing What's Necessary To Stabilize Their Lives As A Result Of Their Service. This Is Not Who We Are As A Country. We Are Better Than This.