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~>During cross-country trip, a search for hope
Posted: Friday, May 28 2010 at 04:30 pm CT by Bob Sullivan

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Not long ago, I saw Arlo Guthrie in concert. He was in Seattle, preaching to “his people,” one would think. But he told an incredibly moving story that I’ll paraphrase here: He’s traveled every corner of the country, and when he was young, he tried to seek out those who agreed with his point of view on things. But the older he’s gotten, the more he’s seen that there are really two kinds of people in America, and they aren’t Republicans and Democrats or liberals and conservatives. There are people who care and people who don’t. And he found that he had much more in common with the people who care — whatever their views — than the people who didn’t get involved in anything.

My trip has taught me that Americans are angry with being mistreated, neglected and bilked. They are tired of being taken advantage of. But they certainly aren’t tired of caring, and that means we’ll be OK.

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