From the Boston Herald – In a 400-year-old church at the center of Springfield, a wooden sanctuary that once ushered slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, Elizabeth Warren was not merely endorsed, but blessed by an icon of America’s contemporary struggle for civil rights.
“I went to jail 40 times,” said Georgia’s veteran Congressman John Lewis. The man who almost died crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge with Martin Luther King Jr. nearly 50 years ago sounded more like the preacher he once longed to be. “I never gave up, and I never gave in,” he said as his voice swelled.
“And I believe with every fiber of my being that this woman, this smart, gifted woman will never give up, and will never let you down. She’s a fighter, a warrior,” Lewis said, as he turned to enfold Warren in a bear hug.
The capacity throng inside the Old First Church literally jumped out of the ancient wooden pews. There are routine campaign stops. And then there are inspired political events that have a vibe which seems to transcend even the smartest orchestration.
Rudy Giuliani munching a cannoli in Mike’s Pastry with U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is a photo op. What happened here yesterday inspired people to leave the church and fan out across Springfield, knocking on doors. That’s the difference.
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