"When we are unified and not divided there is nothing that we cannot achieve." -- Barack Obama
Liz Allen is a registered nurse in the Cardiovascular Unit at Mission Hospital, here in Asheville. What Liz hates most is the waste. So many people who end up in the intensive care unit she works in are there because they don't have insurance. When people don't have health insurance they usually develop conditions that are far more dangerous -- and far more expensive to treat. It just doesn't make sense, especially at a time when Americans are suffering under the rising cost of everything in their lives, not just health care, but food and gas as well.
In her introduction at Asheville High School, home of the fighting Cougars, Liz made clear why she supports Barack. He is the only candidate looking out for needs the middle class.
She declared her support in from of about 28,000 folks (according to Captain Sarah Benson of the Asheville Fire Deptartment) and could not have been a better prelude to Barack himself.
So many people, like Liz Allen, are working hard to help others, even as they themselves are just scraping by. It's the only way this country can regain it's strength. More than that, as Barack says, it's who we are. Find out how you can help this movement for change across America.
Here is a clip from today's speech in Asheville, in which Barack pledged to keep on talking about the issues that matter and to continue fighting for the middle class.
Arun ChaudharyOctober 5th , 2008Asheville, North Carolina
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