Now, America is a land of second chances, and I gather you have room for the estimated 6 million of us who know we got it wrong in 2008 and who want to fix it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The U.S. is supposed to be a nation of second chances, but for the 70 million Americans with a criminal record, we're not doing such a great job. Even among those whose crimes were nonviolent and committed long ago, too many still bear a scarlet letter.
Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised.
Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.
America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
We're going to make America a better place.
So more than 8 million people lost their jobs. It's going to take a significant push on our part and time before that comes down. I don't anticipate it coming down rapidly.
I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America.
Let's dare to release our immature fantasies of a magically faultless U.S. system and a magically protected election process. We have been lucky as a nation, but sometimes continued luck depends on action.
America is a mistake, a giant mistake.
A lot of people don't get second chances.