I'm a pessimist and a cynic, courtesy of a lifetime of witnessing how base and low and disingenuous people can be.
But occasionally I am moved by what I believe is a person's honesty and integrity and sheer sense of goodness. I hope my assessment of Governor (Massachusetts) Duval Patrick's speech during last night's Democratic National Convention was right. I hope I'm not suspending my cynicism and pessimism to a highly skilled actor. I hope I'm suspending those perspectives to a man who deserves my respect and regard.
I'd like to see more people like Duval Patrick in public office. If Obama is elected to the Presidency, I'm confident Duval Patrick will be offered a very important position. I hope I'm right, both about him and about his future in public service.
I don't trust most of the other people who spoke, though Lilly Ledbetter's comments were hard and from the heart. I hope Goodyear's senior executives were watching and could feel their sales plummet with each word she spoke.
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