I Think We Need To

The Violence Against Women Act Protects The Lives Of Tens Of Thousands Of Domestic Violence Victims. But The U.s. Must Also Support Gender Equality Around The World, And That Means Acknowledging That Some Nations We Consider To Be Our Friends Are No Friends To Women.

When John Kennedy Was Assassinated I Was Twenty-three, A Stockbroker On Wall Street And Married, And I Never Ever Thought That Politics Would Be Anything That I Would Be A Part Of. But I Realized That I Had To Get Involved. Then, When Martin Luther King Was Assassinated And The Vietnam War Was Raging, I Felt That My World Was Falling Apart. I Had These Two Beautiful Children - Three And One - And I Just Said, "i Have To Make It Better."

Even Though The Press At Times Made Me Completely Crazy As They Followed Me Around The Hall, And Asked Tough Questions Over And Over Again - Now Believe Me, Every Politician Feels This Way - It Is A Necessary Part Of Our Life, And We Must Have A Press That Isn't Cowed And Won't Be Afraid Of Ratings If They Get Put To The Back Of The Room At A Press Conference.

There Has To A Certain Responsibility, Whether It's Tv News, Online News, To Sort Out Opinion From Fact.

The American People As A Whole Are Really Pretty Moderate. They're Not, As A Whole, Conservative Or Liberal. The Right Wing Is Marching The Republican Party Off A Cliff.