Arslan Khalid
Speech 1305-302
1- Norman Mailer, who was covering the convention for the New Republic said: “When
Mary Fisher spoke like an angel that night the floor was in tears, and conceivably the
nation as well.” The speech echoed because it was heard simultaneously by 27 million
people at the time we did not had Youtube, Facebook or Twitter. This really spread the
age awareness from bringing compassion to people’s hearts and to bring understanding
that how dangerous and contagious the disease is, which ultimately started a dominos
effect by not only initiating, but also bringing in millions of charities to support clinical
research to eradicate the disease. This also led the political parties to promote more
