Senator Gary Hart Addresses DNC
Senator Gary Hart Addresses DNC
U.S. Senator Gary Hart (D-CO) addresses the Democratic National Committee on reliance on oil from the Persian Gulf. He believes it would be a mistake for the U.S. to get involved militarily in the Persian Gulf area in a situation where oil is cut off due to regional conflicts. Under a Hart administration, he would make sure the U.S. would no longer be reliant on oil from that region, nullifying any need to get involved, militarily, over land or in any regional dispute in the Persian Gulf. He calls for a negotiating agreement with friendly oil importing nations, particularly Western Europe, whereby they would provide land support to secure oil supplies, and the U.S. would provide air and sea support. Hart would keep a naval presence and cites international law which allows the U.S. to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and secure for commercial shipping.
Senator Gary Hart Addresses DNC
U.S. House Representative Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY) thanks U.S. Senator Gary Hart (D-CO) for addressing the Democratic National Committee; adult Caucasian males seated, standing around Rep. Ferraro. She and other adult, predominantly Caucasian, males and females stand and applaud; Sen. Hart hurries over to shake her hand, adult Caucasian male photographers taking pictures. Rep. Ferraro speaking to Reverend Jesse Jackson; photos being taken, District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry stands next to Jackson. Mayor Barry sits down next to Rep. Ferraro. Rev. Jackson walks with adult African American and Caucasian males in FG, occasionally stopping to shake hands as Rep. Ferraro announces she will allow Rev. Jackson the chance to make his way to the speaker's table, then allow for photographs to be taken, before the next session begins. Rev. Jackson sits down at the table, smiles and gives a "thumbs up"; adult Caucasian and African American males and females in BG.
Reverend Jesse Jackson Addresses DNC
U.S. House Representative Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY) introduces Reverend Jesse Jackson; adult Caucasian males seated and standing in BG. Adult Caucasian and African American males and females stand, applaud. Rev. Jackson main argument is that this is more than simply choosing a representative for the President. It is an opportunity for party unity to strengthen. Rev. Jackson recalls U.S. President Ronald Reagan's 1980 speech that he had won a mandate; a mandate that government should no longer have the basic responsibility to ensure social progress and harmony, proceeding to shift money from welfare to military programs, and cutting taxes for the rich. This created new burdens for the poor and has created "the new poor". Adult Caucasian female deaf interpreter translates Rev. Jackson' words in BG.
Reverend Jesse Jackson Addresses DNC
Reverend Jesse Jackson continues speaking to Democratic National Committee members (o/s), citing the need for any new Democratic administration to reverse the "Reagan Revolution" by re-stating that it is within the government's purview to provide for the "common defense and social welfare, equally. Justice, jobs, and peace must be at the forefront of any Presidential nominee's agenda. Rev. Jackson believes the federal government must enforce civil rights laws throughout the system. Within the voting system, there must be fairness with "one person, one vote". Rev. Jackson explains that he has gotten three million votes, twenty-two percent of the total, but he only has seven percent of the delegates. He provides another example of Democratic disenfranchisement in the primary system with vote results in Mississippi not matching the delegates he had won; zoom out to adult Caucasian and African American males and females in attendance.
Reverend Jesse Jackson Addresses DNC
U.S. House Representative Geraldine Ferraro and District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry seated, listening to Reverend Jesse Jackson say that justice cannot be ignored in the course of Democratic Party unity. Rev. Jackson states it is not enough for liberal people to have a wish list when it comes to voting rights. Fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, jobs, health care, and justice is admirable, but secondary to the fight for voting rights. Citizens impeded from voting are disenfranchised and do not have their voices heard. Rev. Jackson continues talking about injustices in drugs and illegal immigration; noting that immigrants are not a drain on the economy, rather, they are subsidizing it. VS of adult Caucasian and African American males and females seated around banquet tables at DNC event, listening to Rev. Jackson speaking; adult African American man and Caucasian man standing on either side of Rev. Jackson.
Reverend Jesse Jackson Addresses DNC
Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks to Democratic National Committee members on the need for improved public infrastructure and transportation, not only a means to wean the U.S. off foreign energy dependence, but also to put the U.S. steel worker back to work. Rev. Jackson urges support for programs that build hospitals and trains doctors and nurses. He also believes the Democratic Party needs to hold corporations accountable when they take tax and consumer dollars, yet close down factories and plants to workers in favor of shipping those same jobs overseas to "slave markets". Rev. Jackson believes there must be human consideration in industrial expansion; instead of replacing people with robotics and cheap labor, provide training and jobs to people, allowing them to make a decent living.
Reverend Jesse Jackson Addresses DNC
Reverend Jesse Jackson continues speaking to Democratic National Committee members on his vision of a peaceful foreign policy that focuses on demilitarization, human rights, and development. Rev. Jackson believes that diplomacy, trade polices, and cultural understandings should be the primary tactics. He believes in a nuclear freeze and would cut defense spending by twenty percent that would see reductions in wasteful spending by the Pentagon and troop reductions in Europe. Rev. Jackson would also re-negotiate military obligations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Japan, and take a second look at no-bid defense contracts. Rev. Jackson's foreign policy centers around human rights, and he takes a strong stand against South Africa, but would use non-interventionist, economic tactics against them. He concludes his speech to applause; U.S. House Representative Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY) thanks Jackson; adult Caucasian males seated around her.
Reverend Jesse Jackson Addresses DNC
U.S. House Representative Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY) asks for questions from platform members; adult Caucasian male seated beside her, adult African American male points out member with question. Adult African American female gives microphone to Pat Delurie, delegate from Iowa. He suggests that something is happening within the black community, which Reverend Jesse Jackson appears to be a symbol of; blacks organizing and voting in ways he has never encountered before. He sees it as a contrast to the events of the late 1960s, when riots were the theme. He asks Rev. Jackson to share his thoughts.
Reverend Jesse Jackson Addresses DNC
Reverend Jesse Jackson answers delegate's proposed question; adult Caucasian and African American males and females in BG. The riots were an expression of frustration, but no use beyond that. Then, there was the implosion of feelings expressed through drug use, dropping out of school, and society; hoping, in some empty way, that someone would affect positive change. Currently, politics is the way to affect positive changes in economic development and empowerment. Rev. Jackson revisits the issue of primary voting and delegate counts, referencing the three million votes he received, but two million of the votes were disenfranchised when looking at the disproportionate delegates he had won. It is a systematically unfair system. Yet when black voters sign up and vote, females, gays, Hispanics, progressive whites, and so forth, all tend to win. The reason he has gotten votes is because he speaks to issues important to black voters where they live, and the black vote is a powerful bloc.