Notes found rapidly scribbled on a crumpled up napkin on the floor of the White House Correspondents Dinner last night\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some 2600 people in the room<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Right and left, Rep and Dem, men and women, black and white, so much more<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes we forget who\u2019s all in the room<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Geesh\u2026 we can be so foolish<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We act like because of our differences, someone is lesser<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Not just lesser but worse<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Stupider<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Always wrong<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Less deserving of God\u2019s goodness<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I can\u2019t help but think that if someone other than the officer was shot tonight, half the room, half the media would have cheered<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Celebrated<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe even justified why for that person it was<\/em> good<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ugh\u2026 our rhetoric is awful so many days<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n On the left and the right… from the top\/all over the place<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve justified lying<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bluster, incompetence, impairment, insult<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Party has meant more than people<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Power has meant more too<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n All show a lack of wisdom<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In me <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let us be wiser<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n God, I pray<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Please<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let me always care about who\u2019s in the room<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let my care surpass any difference or disagreement<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let us be a wiser people <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Starting now<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Soberly\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n AR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Notes found rapidly scribbled on a crumpled up napkin on the floor of the White House Correspondents Dinner last night\u2026 Some 2600 people in the room Right and left, Rep and Dem, men and women, black and white, so much more Sometimes we forget who\u2019s all in the room Geesh\u2026 we can be so foolish … <\/p>\n