Civil Liberties 101

I recently found a transcript of the best speech I ever heard. In autumn 1988, in the thick of the Bush Sr. vs. Dukakis election campaign, the elder Bush described his opponent as a "card-carrying member of the ACLU". A few weeks later, ACLU Director Ira Glasser responded during a speech to the National Press Club. I heard this live on the radio, and it blew me away. Still does. I actually bought a cassette copy of it and listened to it occasionally over the years until it got lost somewhere. (Warning -- it's fairly long).