DENVER, Aug. 28 DNCC-Flick-Rmarks
DENVER, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a transcript
of a speech, as prepared for delivery, by Nathaniel Flick at the Democratic
National Convention on Thursday, August 28, 2008:
Scheduled for delivery: August 28, 2008 - 7:00-8:00 pm MT
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
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Nathaniel Flick
Democratic National Convention
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery
Good afternoon. I'm Nathaniel Flick. My Marine platoon landed in
Afghanistan on a moonlit night in 2001. A little more than a year later, we
rolled into Iraq. I'll never forget one dawn after a vicious gun battle. We'd
just medevaced one of our wounded Marines, and I turned to see a small
American flag hanging from a humvee's antenna. For a second, it reminded me of
the line we all know so well: "And our flag was still there."
I registered as a Republican at 18 and voted for John McCain in 2000. It
took seven years of hard experience to get me on this stage. But we cannot
afford more of the same. That's why we need Barack Obama and Joe Biden to lead
us beyond the tired divisions of the past. They have the judgment to make the
right decisions, leading our military, and uphold our highest ideals.
Everyone who fought in Iraq or Afghanistan has left something: a friend, a
limb, a piece of their youth. In those palm groves and on those ridge lines,
this is personal for us. I don't want to retreat; I want to win.
The past seven years have been hard, often heartbreaking. Our flag,
however, is still there. Let's move forward in our quest to live up to the
idea of America.
SOURCE 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee
