During Barack Obama’s highly anticipated speech at the Democratic National Convention, the President mentioned a handful of ordinary Americans who give him “hope”. The controversial word that defined his 2008 campaign was applied to citizens Obama never mentioned by name. So who are they?
“The young woman I met at a science fair who won national recognition for her biology research while living with her family at a homeless shelter, she gives me hope.”
That’s Samantha Garvey, a curly-haired teenager from Long Island who just started college this fall.
“The family business in Warroad, Minnesota that didn’t lay off a single one of their 4,000 employees during this recession…they give me hope.”
That’s Marvin Windows and Doors, which was profiled in the New York Times last year for employing 2,000 people in a town of only 1,700.
That’s Samantha Garvey, a curly-haired teenager from Long Island who just started college this fall.
“The family business in Warroad, Minnesota that didn’t lay off a single one of their 4,000 employees during this recession…they give me hope.”
That’s Marvin Windows and Doors, which was profiled in the New York Times last year for employing 2,000 people in a town of only 1,700.