host: we go to wayne and sylvester, georgia, and our republican line.aller: thanks for broadcasting as. thank you c-span for everything you do. i am a libertarian but you do not have a category for me to call in on. i was really inspired by herman cain. he hit so many of my key issues. it is not about color. just being true to your own personal values. wow. i was just blown out of my schair. host: next up, joe on the democrats' line in pennsylvania. caller: i'm a democrat but i am soon to become an independent. both parties are to blame for the position that we are in, but everyone seems to forget that 8 years in iraq has earned this nation down. last night on the pennsylvania megaball someone from new york won the lottery. it was $312 million. it would last six days to find the war in libya which we are getting out of. host: from what you saw and the conference did anything stand out? caller: king a little bit. these republicans think everybody can have a rush limbaugh show. i am not a socialist but if you lived through this life from fdr on, the liber

dear michael jordan, dear sylvester stallone. guess what happened? nothing. then at christmas time i got one check for $100 from tom brokaw and then i saw my climbing ger and i sold it and i sold my car for $500 that i got from my grandfather in a seedy area in oakland. by string i o spring i had only $2,400. my mother invited me to come and talk to the kids. when i got ready to leave, a fourth grader named jeffery looked me in the aye and he said i've got a piggy bank at home and i'm going to help you build that school. west side school raised 65, 300 pennies. it wasn't the celebrities or the sports heroes or movie stars or if i lan throw pears but children reaching out to children half way around the world to help them build a school. what can you buy with a penny the bay area? probably nothing. in montana you can buy 1/2 tootsie roll. but in afghanistan you can buy a pencil. it's not that's so important but education gives a child hope. you know, if you fight tear riz her rorism it's based in fear but the real enemy is ignorance that bleeds hatred. here in