A DNC Delegate Reports on the Week
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. So is this the Marie Kondo Democratic Convention? |
| 0:22.6 | Do you know what I mean by that? |
| 0:23.7 | Do you know Marie Kondo, the decluttering guru, who says, |
| 0:27.8 | only keep the things that spark joy, right? |
| 0:32.5 | Well, at this time of widespread pessimism, cynicism, anger, and despair, the DNC speakers are leaning into the word joy. |
| 0:42.1 | Bill Clinton did it last night. |
| 0:45.5 | Take it! |
| 0:50.4 | From a man who once had the honor to be called in this convention, the man from Hope. |
| 0:56.9 | We need, we need Kamala Harris, the president of joy, to lead us. |
| 1:08.9 | So, Bill Clinton did it last night, and Oprah Winfrey did it last night. |
| 1:15.6 | Let us choose truth. |
| 1:18.6 | Let us choose honor. |
| 1:20.0 | And let us choose joy. |
| 1:32.7 | Because that's the best of America. |
| 1:39.9 | So Oprah Winfrey did it last night and Hakeem Jeffries did it last night. |
| 1:56.0 | In the Old Testament, Book of Psalms, the scripture tells us that weeping may endure during the long night, but joy will come in the morning. |
| 2:02.6 | Here's how we do it. Strategize on Sunday. |
| 2:04.6 | Meet the moment on Monday. |
| 2:06.6 | Take it to him on Tuesday. |
| 2:09.6 | Work it out on Wednesday. |
| 2:11.6 | Thank the Lord on Thursday. |
| 2:14.6 | Fight the power on Friday. |
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