It was two years ago when the winner in the City of Memphis's mayoral election delivered a combative victory speech aiming bitter, divisive rhetoric at the "haters." Willie Herenton's speech, of course, had the desired effect of raising the blood pressure of his enemies and drawing comments and letters galore.
So it is interesting that A C Wharton's sunny, optimistic and sometimes rousing call to action after Thursday's victory is drawing so little attention. People love accusing the media of wanting to focus on the negative, but it is hard not to notice the lack of reaction to a winning candidate's relentless optimism compared to the attention the winning candidate got in 2007 for something completely different.
In the interest of balance, then, we have posted video of Wharton's speech in several places on the Web site, including below. Click here for the text of Wharton's speech.
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