Mark Warner in Speeches at 2008 Democratic National Convention

On Jobs: Bring high-tech, well-paying jobs to small towns

Let me tell you about a place called Lebanon, Virginia. Lebanon’s in the coalfields of southwest Virginia. Lebanon’s like a lot of small towns in America. It’s seen the industries that sustained it downsized, outsourced or shut down. Some folks look at towns like Lebanon and say, “Tough luck. In the global economy, you’ve lost.” But we believed that we couldn’t, and shouldn’t, give up on our small towns and expect the rest of the state to prosper. And that’s what brought me to Lebanon to announce that we were going to bring over 300 high-tech jobs -- jobs that paid twice the county average. One student told a reporter that before this, he always thought that he’d have to move away to raise his family and find a good job. Now, I just heard from this young man, a junior at Virginia Tech. His older brother just moved back home to Lebanon because there was an information technology job open for him that was just too good to pass up. That’s a story worth rewriting all across America. Source: Speech at 2008 Democratic National Convention Aug 26, 2008

On Principles & Values: It’s “the future v. the past” not “liberal v. conservative”

We need leaders who see our common ground as sacred ground. We need leaders who will appeal to us not as Republicans or Democrats, but first and foremost as Americans. So why is this wisdom so hard to find in Washington? If an idea works, it really doesn’t matter whether it’s got a “D” or an “R” next to it, because this election this election is not about liberal versus conservative, it’s not about left versus right, it’s about the future versus the past. Source: Speech at 2008 Democratic National Convention Aug 26, 2008

The above quotations are from Speeches at Democratic National Convention, Aug. 26th-Aug. 28th, 2008. Click here for main summary page. Click here for a profile of Mark Warner. Click here for Mark Warner on all issues.
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