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1、AmericanRhetoric.comElizabeth Glaser:Democratic National Convention Addressdelivered 14July1992, NewYork,NYAUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED:Textversion belowtranscribeddirectlyfromaudio I'm Elizabeth Glaser. Eleven years ago, while giving birthto my first child
2、, I hemorrhaged and was transfused with seven pints of blood. Four years later, I found out that I had beeninfected withthe AIDS virus and hadunknowingly passed itto my daughter, Ariel, throughmy breast milk, and my son, Jake, in utero. Twenty years a
3、go I wanted to be atthe Democratic Convention because it was a way toparticipate in my country. Today, I am here because it's a matter of life and death. Exactly Exactly four years ago my daughter died of AIDS. She did not survive the Reagan Administ
4、ration. I am here because my son and I may not survive four more years of leaders who say they care, but donothing.I I am ina race withthe clock. This is not about being a Republican or an Independent or a Democrat. It's aboutthe future for each and
5、 every one of us. I started out just a mom fighting for the life of her child.But along the way I learned howunfair America can be today, not just for peoplewho have HIV, but for many, many people poor people, gay people, people of color, children.
6、A strange spokespersonfor such a group: a welltodo white woman. But I have learned mylessonthe hard way, and IknowthatAmerica has lost her path and is at risk of losing her soul. America wake up: We are allin a struggle betweenlife and death. I unders
7、tand I understand the sense of frustration and despair in our country, because Iknow firsthand about shouting for help and getting no answer.I went toWashington totellPresidents Reagan and Bush that much, muchmore hadto be done for AIDS research and
8、care, and that children couldn't be forgotten. The first time, when nothing happened, Ithought, "They just didn't hear me." The second time, whennothing happened,Ithought, "Maybe Ididn't shout loud enough." Butnow Irealize they don'thear becau
