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AUDIENCE: OBAMA!
OBAMA!
>> THANK YOU.
AUDIENCE: YES, WE CAN!
YES, WE CAN!
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
TO CHAIRMAN DEAN AND MY GREAT
FRIEND *** DURBIN, AND TO ALL
MY FELLOW CITIZENS OF THIS
GREAT NATION, WITH PROFOUND
GRATITUDE AND GREAT HUMILITY, I
ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR
PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED
STATES!
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LET ME -- LET ME EXPRESS -- LET
ME EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE
HISTORIC SLATE OF CANDIDATES
WHO ACCOMPANIED ME ON THIS
JOURNEY, AND ESPECIALLY THE ONE
WHO TRAVELED THE FARTHEST, A
CHAMPION FOR WORKING AMERICANS
AND AN INSPIRATION TO MY
DAUGHTERS AND YOURS, HILLARY
RODHAM CLINTON.
[APPLAUSE]
TO PRESIDENT CLINTON, TO
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, WHO
MADE LAST NIGHT THE CASE FOR
CHANGE AS ONLY HE COULD MAKE
IT.
[APPLAUSE]
TO TED KENNEDY, WHO EMBODIES
THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE.
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AND TO THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE
BIDEN, I THANK YOU.
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I AM GRATEFUL TO FINISH THIS
JOURNEY WITH ONE OF THE FINEST
STATESMEN OF OUR TIME, A MAN AT
EASE WITH EVERYONE FROM WORLD
LEADERS TO THE CONDUCTORS ON
THE AMTRACK TRAIN HE STILL
TAKES HOME EVERY NIGHT.
TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, OUR
NEXT FIRST LADY, MICHELLE
OBAMA.
[APPLAUSE]
AND TO MALIA, AND SASHA, I LOVE
YOU SO MUCH, AND I'M SO PROUD
OF YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
FOUR YEARS AGO I STOOD BEFORE
YOU AND TOLD YOU MY STORY, OF
THE BRIEF UNION BETWEEN A YOUNG
MAN FROM KENYA AND A YOUNG
WOMAN FROM KANSAS WHO WEREN'T
WELL OFF OR WELL-KNOWN, BUT
SHARED THE BELIEVE THAT THEIR
SON COULD ACHIEVE WHATEVER HE
PUT HIS MIND TO.
IT IS ALWAYS THAT PROMISE THAT
SET THIS COUNTRY APART, THAT
THROUGH HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE
EACH OF US CAN PURSUE OUR
INDIVIDUAL DREAMS BUT STILL ++
COME TOGETHER AS ONE AMERICAN
FAMILY TO ENSURE THAT THE NEXT
GENERATION CAN PURSUE THEIR
DREAMS AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY I STAND HERE
TONIGHT.
BECAUSE FOR 232 YEARS, AT EACH
MOMENT WHEN THAT PROMISE WAS IN
JEOPARDY, ORDINARY MEN AND
WOMEN, STUDENTS AND SOLDIERS,
FARMERS AND TEACHERS, NURSES
AND JANITORS, FOUND THE COURAGE
TO KEEP IT ALIVE.
WE MEET AT ONE OF THOSE
DEFINING MOMENTS.
A MOMENT WHEN OUR NATION IS AT
WAR, OUR ECONOMY IS IN TURMOIL,
AND THE AMERICAN PROMISE HAS
BEEN THREATENED ONCE MORE.
TONIGHT, MORE AMERICANS ARE OUT
OF WORK AND MORE ARE WORKING
HARDER FOR LESS.
MORE OF YOU HAVE LOST THEIR
HOMES, AND EVEN MORE ARE
WATCHING YOUR HOME VALUES
PLUMENT.
MORE OF YOU HAVE CARS YOU CAN'T
AFFORD TO DRIVE, CREDIT CARDS,
BILLS YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY
AND TUITION BEYOND YOUR REACH.
THESE CHALLENGES ARE NOT ALL OF
GOVERNMENT'S MAKING, BUT THE
FAILURE TO RESPOND IS A DIRECT
RESULT OF A BROKEN POLITICS IN
WASHINGTON AND THE FAILED
POLICIES OF GEORGE W. BUSH.
[APPLAUSE]
AMERICA, WE ARE BETTER THAN
THESE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
WE ARE A BETTER COUNTRY THAN
THIS.
THIS COUNTRY'S MORE DECENT THAN
ONE WHERE A WOMAN IN OHIO ON
THE BRINK OF RETIREMENT FINDS
HERSELF ONE ILLNESS AWAY FROM
DISASTER AFTER A LIFETIME OF
HARD WORK.
WE'RE A BETTER COUNTRY THAN ONE
WHERE A MAN IN INDIANA HAS TO
PACK UP THE EQUIPMENT HE'S
WORKED ON FOR 20 YEARS AND
WATCH AS IT'S SHIPPED OFF TO
CHINA AND THEN CHOKES UP AS HE
TELLS HIS FAMILY THE NEWS.
WE ARE MORE COMPASSIONATE THAN
A GOVERNMENT THAT LETS VETERANS
SLEEP ON OUR STREETS AND
FAMILIES SLIDE INTO POVERTY,
THAT SITS, THAT SITS ON ITS
HANDS WHILE THE MAJOR AMERICAN
CITY DROWNS BEFORE OUR EYES.
[APPLAUSE]
TONIGHT I SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF
AMERICA, TO DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS
ACROSS THIS GREAT LAND, ENOUGH!
THIS MOMENT --
[APPLAUSE]
THIS MOMENT, THIS ELECTION, IS
OUR CHANCE TO KEEP IN THE 21ST
CENTURY THE AMERICAN PROMISE
ALIVE.
BECAUSE NEXT WEEK IN MINNESOTA
THE SAME PARTY THAT BROUGHT YOU
TWO TERMS OF GEORGE BUSH AND
*** CHENEY WILL ASK THIS
COUNTRY FOR A THIRD.
AND WE ARE HERE -- WE ARE HERE
BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS COUNTRY
TOO MUCH TO LET THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS LOOK JUST LIKE THE LAST
EIGHT.
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ON NOVEMBER 4 -- ON NOVEMBER 4,
WE MUST STAND UP AND SAY EIGHT
IS ENOUGH.
AUDIENCE: CHANTING
>> NOW -- NOW LET ME -- LET --
LET THERE BE NO DOUBT.
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, JOHN
MCCAIN, HAS WORN THE UNIFORM OF
OUR COUNTRY WITH BRAVERY AND
DISTINCTION AND FOR THAT WE OWE
HIM OUR GRATITUDE AND RESPECT.
[APPLAUSE]
NEXT WEEK WE'LL ALSO HEAR ABOUT
THOSE OCCASIONS WHEN HE'S
BROKEN WITH HIS PARTY AS
EVIDENCE HE CAN DELIVER THE
CHANGE WE NEED.
BUT THE RECORD'S CLEAR.
JOHN MCCAIN HAS VOTED WITH
GEORGE BUSH 90% OF THE TIME.
SENATOR MCCAIN LIKES TO TALK
ABOUT JUDGMENT, BUT REALLY,
WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT YOUR
JUDGMENT WHEN YOU THINK GEORGE
BUSH HAS BEEN RIGHT MORE THAN
90% OF THE TIME?
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I
AM NOT READY TO TAKE A 10%
CHANCE ON CHANGE.
[APPLAUSE]
THE TRUTH IS ON ISSUE AFTER
ISSUE THAT WOULD MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIVES, ON
HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, THE
ECONOMY, SENATOR MCCAIN HAS
BEEN ANYTHING BUT INDEPENDENT.
HE SAID OUR ECONOMY HAS MADE
GREAT PROGRESS UNDER THIS
PRESIDENT.
HE SAID THAT THE FUNDAMENTALS
OF THE ECONOMY ARE STRONG AND
WHEN ONE OF HIS CHIEF ADVISORS,
THE MAN WHO WROTE HIS ECONOMIC
PLAN, WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
ANXIETIES AMERICANS WERE
FEELING HE SAID WE WERE
SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL
RECESSION AND THAT WE HAVE
BECOME -- AND I QUOTE --" A
NATION OF WHINERS".
A "NATION OF WHINERS."
TELL THAT TO THE PROUD AUTO
WORKERS AT THE MICHIGAN PLANT
WHO AFTER THEY FOUND OUT IT WAS
CLOSING KEPT SHOWING UP EVERY
DAY AND WORKING AS HARD AS EVER
BECAUSE THEY KNEW THERE WERE +%
PEOPLE WHO COUNTED ON THE
BRAKES THEY MADE.
TELL THAT TO THE MILITARY
FAMILIES WHOSE SHOULDER THEIR
BURNS SILENTLY AS THEY WATCH
THEIR LOVED ONES LEAVE FOR
THEIR THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH TOUR
OF DUTY.
THESE ARE NOT WHINERS.
THEY WORK HARD.
THEY GIVE BACK.
THEY KEEP GOING WITHOUT
COMPLAINT.
THESE ARE THE AMERICANS I KNOW.+
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NOW I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
SENATOR MCCAIN DOESN'T CARE
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LIVES OF
AMERICANS.
I JUST THINK HE DOESN'T KNOW.
WHY ELSE WOULD HE DEFINE MIDDLE
CLASS AS SOMEONE MAKING UNDER
$5 MILLION A YEAR?
HOW ELSE COULD HE PROPOSE
HUNDREDS OF BILL YANS IN TAX
BREAKS FOR BIG COMPANIES BUT
NOT ONE PENNY TO MORE THAN 1
HOURBLINGS MILLION AMERICANS?
HOW ELSE COULD HE OFFER A
HEALTHCARE PLAN THAT WOULD TAX
PEOPLE'S BENEFITS?
OR EDUCATION PLAN THAT WOULD DO
NOTHING TO HELP FAMILIES PAY
FOR COLLEGE?
OR A PLAN THAT WOULD PRIVATIZE
SOCIAL SECURITY AND GAMBLE YOUR
RETIREMENT?
IT'S NOT BECAUSE JOHN MCCAIN
DOESN'T CARE. +
IT'S BECAUSE JOHN MCCAIN
DOESN'T GET IT.
FOR OVER TWO DECADES -- FOR
OVER TWO DECADES HE SUBSCRIBED
TO THE OLD DISCREDITED
REPUBLICAN PHILOSOPHY, GIVE
MORE AND MORE TO THOSE WITH THE
MOST AND HOPE PROSPERITY
TRICKLES DOWN.
IN WASHINGTON THEY CALL IT THE
OWNERSHIP SOCIETY.
BUT WHAT IT REALLY MEANS IS
THAT YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
OUT OF WORK, TOUGH LUCK.
YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.
NO HEALTHCARE?
THE MARKET WILL FIX IT.
YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.
BORN INTO POVERTY?
PULL YOURSELF UP BY YOUR OWN
BOOT STRAPS.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE BOOTS,
YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
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WELL, IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO OWN
THEIR FAILURE.
IT'S TIME FOR US TO CHANGE
AMERICA, AND THAT'S WHY I'M
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
[APPLAUSE]
YOU SEE -- YOU SEE, WE
DEMOCRATS HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT
MEASURE OF WHAT CONSTITUTES
PROGRESS IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE MEASURE PROGRESS BY HOW MANY
PEOPLE CAN FIND A JOB THAT PAYS
THE MORTGAGE, WHETHER YOU CAN
PUT A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY AWAY
AT THE END OF THE MONTH SO YOU
CAN SOMEDAY WATCH YOUR CHILD
RECEIVE HER COLLEGE DIPLOME
MASSACHUSETTS WE MEASURE
PROGRESS IN THE 23 MILLION NEW
JOBS CREATED WHEN BILL CLINTON
WAS PRESIDENT.
WHEN THE AVERAGE AMERICAN
FAMILY SAW ITS INCOME GO UP
7500 INSTEAD OF GO DOWN $2,000
LIKE IT HAS UNDER GEORGE BUSH.
[APPLAUSE]
WE MEASURE THE STRENGTH OF OUR
ECONOMY NOT BY THE NUMBER OF
BILLIONAIRES WE HAVE OR THE
PROFITS OF THE MINORITY WHICH
YOU KNOW 500 BUT BY WHETHER
SOMEONE CAN TAKE A RISK AND
START A NEW BUSINESS OR WHETHER
THE WAITRESS WHO LIVES ON TIPS
CAN TAKE A DAY OFF TO LOOK
AFTER A SICK KID.
AN ECONOMY THAT HONORS THE
DIGNITY OF WORK.
THE FUNDAMENTALS WE USE TO
MEASURE ECONOMIC STRENGTH OR
WHETHER WE ARE LIVING UP TO
THAT FUNDAMENTAL PROMISE THAT
MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT.
A PROMISE THAT IS THE ONLY
REASON I AM STANDING HERE
TONIGHT.
BECAUSE IN THE FACES OF THOSE
YOUNG VETERANS WHO COME BACK
FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, I
SEE MY GRANDFATHER, WHO SIGNED
UP AFTER PEARL HARBOR, MARCHED
IN PATTON'S ARMY, AND WAS
REWARDED BY A GRATEFUL NATION
WITH THE CHANCE TO GO TO
COLLEGE ON THE G.I. BILL.
IN THE FACE OF THAT YOUNG
STUDENT WHO SLEEPS JUST THREE
HOURS BEFORE WORKING THE NIGHT
SHIFT, I THINK ABOUT MY MOM,
WHO RAISED MY SISTER AND ME ON
HER OWN WHILE SHE WORKED AND
EARNED HER DEGREE, WHO ONCE
TURNED TO FOOD STAMPS BUT WAS
STILL ABLE TO SEND US TO THE
BEST SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY
WITH THE HELP OF STUDENT LOANS
AND SCHOLARSHIPS.
WHEN I LISTEN TO ANOTHER WORKER
TELL ME THAT HIS FACTORY HAS
SHUT DOWN, I REMEMBER THE MEN
AND WOMEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
CHICAGO WHO I STOOD BY AND
FOUGHT FOR TWO DECADES AGO
AFTER THE LOCAL STEEL MILL
CLOSED.
WHEN I HEAR A WOMAN TALK ABOUT
THE DIFFICULTIES OF STARTING
HER OWN BUSINESS OR MAKING HER
WAY IN THE WORLD I THINK ABOUT
MY GRANDMOTHER WHO WORKED HER
WAY UP FROM THE SECRETARIAL
POOL TO MIDDLE MANAGEMENT
DESPITE YEARS OF BEING PASSED
OVER FOR PROMOTIONS BECAUSE SHE
WAS A WOMAN.
SHE'S THE ONE WHO TAUGHT ME
ABOUT HARD WORK.
SHE'S THE ONE WHO PUT OFF
BUYING A NEW CAR OR NEW DRESS
FOR HERSELF SO I COULD HAVE A
BETTER LIFE.
SHE POURED EVERYTHING SHE HAD
INTO ME, AND ALTHOUGH SHE CAN
NO LONGER TRAVEL, I KNOW SHE'S
WATCHING TONIGHT AND THAT
TONIGHT IS HER NIGHT AS WELL.
[APPLAUSE]
NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF
LIES JOHN MCCAIN THINKS
CELEBRITIES LEAD, BUT THIS HAS
BEEN MINE.
THESE ARE MY HEROES.
THEIRS ARE THE STORIES THAT
SHAPED MY LIFE.
AND IT IS ON BEHALF OF THEM
THAT I INTEND TO WIN THIS
ELECTION AND KEEP OUR PROMISE
ALIVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
[APPLAUSE]
WHAT -- WHAT IS THAT AMERICAN
PROMISE?
IT'S A PROMISE THAT SAYS EACH
OF US HAS THE FREEDOM TO MAKE
OF OUR OWN LIVES WHAT WE WILL,
BUT WE ALSO HAVE OBLIGATIONS TO
TREAT EACH OTHER WITH DIGNITY
AND RESPECT.
IT'S A PROMISE THAT SAYS THE
MARKET SHOULD REWARD DRIVE,
INVASION AND GROWTH BUT
BUSINESSES SHOULD LIVE UP TO
THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO
CREATE AMERICAN JOBS, LOOK OUT
FOR AMERICAN WORKERS AND PLAY
IT BY THE RULES OF THEIR OWN.
OURS IS A PROMISE THAT SAYS
GOVERNMENT CANNOT SOLVE ALL OUR
PROBLEMS.
BUT WHAT IT SHOULD DO IS THAT
WHICH WE CANNOT DO FOR
OURSELVES, PROTECT US FROM HARM
AND PROVIDE EVERY CHILD A
DECENT EDUCATION, KEEP OUR
WATER CLEAN AND TOYS SAFE.
INVEST IN NEW SCHOOLS, ROADS,
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY.
OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD WORK FOR
US, NOT AGAINST US.
IT SHOULD HELP US, NOT HURT US.
IT SHOULD ENSURE OPPORTUNITY,
NOT JUST FOR THOSE WITH THE
MOST MONEY AND INFLUENCE BUT
FOR EVERY AMERICAN WHO'S
WILLING TO WORK.
THAT'S THE PROMISE OF AMERICA.
THE IDEA THAT WE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR OURSELVES BUT
WE ALSO RISE OR FALL AS ONE
NATION.
THE FUNDAMENTAL BELIEVE THAT I
AM MY BROTHER'S KEEPER.
I AM MY SISTER'S KEEPER.
THAT'S THE PROMISE WE NEED TO
KEEP.
THAT'S THE CHANGE WE NEED RIGHT
NOW.
[APPLAUSE]
SO LET ME -- LET ME SPELL OUT
EXACTLY WHAT THAT CHANGE WOULD
MEAN IF I AM PRESIDENT.
[APPLAUSE]
CHANGE MEANS A TAX CODE THAT
DOESN'T REWARD THE LOBBYISTS
WHO WROTE IT BUT THE AMERICAN
WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
WHO DESERVE IT.
[APPLAUSE]
YOU KNOW, UNLIKE JOHN MCCAIN I
WILL STOP GIVING TAX BREAKS TO
COMPANIES THAT SHIP JOBS
OVERSEAS, AND WILL START GIVING
THEM TO COMPANIES THAT CREATE
GOOD JOBS RIGHT HERE IN
AMERICA.
I'LL ELIMINATE CAPITAL GAINS
TAXES FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES
AND START-UPS THAT CREATE THE
HIGH WAGE, HIGH-TECH JOBS OF
TOMORROW.
I WILL -- LISTEN NOW.
I WILL CUT TAXES -- CUT TAXES
-- FOR 95% OF ALL WORKING
FAMILIES.
BECAUSE IN AN ECONOMY LIKE
THIS, THE LAST THING WE SHOULD
DO IS RAISE TAXES ON THE MIDDLE
CLASS.
AND FOR THE SAKE OF OUR
ECONOMY, OUR SECURITY, AND THE
FUTURE OF OUR PLANET I WILL SET
A CLEAR GOAL AS PRESIDENT IN 10
YEARS WE WILL FINALLY END OUR
DEPENDENCE ON OIL FROM THE
MIDDLE EAST.
[APPLAUSE]
WE WILL DO THIS.
WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON'S BEEN
TALKING ABOUT OUR OIL ADDICTION
FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.
AND BY THE WAY, JOHN MCCAIN'S
BEEN THERE FOR 26 OF THEM.
AND IN THAT TIME, HE HAS SAID
NO TO HIGHER FUEL EFFICIENCY
STANDARDS FOR CARS.
NO TO INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE
ENERGY.
NO TO RENEWABLE FUELS.
TODAY WE IMPORT TRIPLE THE
AMOUNT OF OIL THAN WE HAD ON
THE DAY SENATOR MCCAIN TOOK
OFFICE.
NOW IS THE TIME TO END THIS
ADDICTION.
AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT DRILLING
IS A STOPGAP MEASURE, NOT A
LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
NOT EVEN CLOSE.
AS PRESIDENT I WILL TAP OUR
NATURAL GAS RESERVES, INVEST IN
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY, AND FIND
WAYS TO SAFELY HARNESS NUCLEAR
POWER.
I'LL HELP OUR AUTO COMPANIES
RETOOL SO THE FUEL EFFICIENT
CARS OF THE FUTURE ARE BUILT
RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA.
I'LL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE TO AFFORD THESE
NEW CARS, AND I'LL INVEST $150
BILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE IN
AFFORDABLE, RENEWABLE SOURCES
OF ENERGY, WIND POWER, SOLAR
POWER, THE NEXT GENERATION OF
BIOFUELS, AN INVESTMENT THAT
WILL LEAD TO FIVE BILLION NEW
JOBS THAT PAY WELL ANT CAN'T BE
OUTSOURCED.
AMERICA, NOW IS NOT THE TIME
FOR SMALL PLANS.
NOW IS THE TIME TO FINALLY MEET
OUR MORAL OBLIGATION, TO
PROVIDE EVERY CHILD A WORLD
CLASS EDUCATION BECAUSE IT WILL
TAKE NOTHING LESS TO COMPETE IN
THE GLOBAL COMMIFMENT YOU KNOW,
MICHELLE AND I ARE ONLY HERE
TONIGHT BECAUSE WE WERE GIVEN A
CHANCE AT AN EDUCATION, AND I
WILL NOT SETTLE FOR AN AMERICA
WHERE SOME KIDS DON'T HAVE THAT
CHANCE.
[APPLAUSE]
I'LL INVEST IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION.
I'LL RECRUIT AN ARMY OF NEW
TEACHERS AND PAY THEM HIGHER
SALARIES AND GIVE THEM MORE
SUPPORT.
[APPLAUSE]
AND IN EXCHANGE I'LL ASK FOR
HIGHER STANDARDS AND MORE
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WE WILL
KEEP OUR PROMISE TO EVERY YOUNG
AMERICAN, IF YOU COMMIT TO
SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY OR OUR
COUNTRY, WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU
CAN AFFORD A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
[APPLAUSE]
NOW IS THE TIME TO FINALLY KEEP
THE PROMISE OF AFFORDABLE,
ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE FOR EVERY
SINGLE AMERICAN.
IF YOU HAVE HEALTHCARE -- IF
YOU HAVE HEALTHCARE, MY PLAN
WILL LOWER YOUR PREMIUMS.
IF YOU DON'T, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
GET THE SAME COVERAGE MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS GIVE THEMSELVES.
AND AS SOMEONE WHO WATCHED MY
MOTHER ARGUE WITH INSURANCE
COMPANIES WHILE SHE LAY IN BED
DYING OF CANCER, I WILL MAKE
CERTAIN THOSE COMPANIES STOP
DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THOSE
WHO ARE SICK AND NEED CARE THE
MOST.
[APPLAUSE]
NOW IS THE TIME TO HELP
FAMILIES WITH PAID SICK DAYS
AND BETTER FAMILY LEAVE BECAUSE
NOBODY IN AMERICA SHOULD HAVE
TO CHOOSE BETWEEN KEEPING THEIR
JOB OR CARING FOR A SICK CHILD
OR AILING PARENT.
NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE THE
BANKRUPTCY LAWS SO YOUR
PENSIONS ARE PROTECTED ABOVE
CEO BONUSES AND THE TIME TO
PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
NOW IS THE TIME TO KEEP THE
PROMISE OF EQUAL PAY FOR AN
EQUAL DAY'S WORK BECAUSE I WANT
MY DAUGHTERS TO HAVE THE SAME
OPPORTUNITIES AS YOUR SONS.
[APPLAUSE]
NOW MANY OF THESE PLANS WILL
COST MONEY, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE
LAID OUT HOW I WILL PAY FOR
EVERY DIME, BY CLOSING
CORPORATE LOOPHOLES AND TAX
HAVENS THAT DON'T HELP AMERICA
GROW.
BUT I WILL ALSO GO THROUGH THE
FEDERAL BUDGET LINE BY LINE,
ELIMINATING PROGRAMS THAT NO
LONGER WORK AND MAKING THE ONES
WE DO NEED WORK BETTER AND COST
LESS BECAUSE WE CANNOT MEET
21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES WITH A
20TH CENTURY BUREAUCRACY.
AND DEMOCRATS, WE MUST ALSO
ADMIT THAT FULFILLING AMERICA'S
PROMISE WILL REQUIRE MORE THAN
JUST MONEY.
IT WILL REQUIRE A RENEWED SENSE
OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM EACH OF
US TO RECOVER WHAT JOHN F.
KENNEDY CALLED OUR INTELLECTUAL
AND MORAL STRENGTH.
YES, GOVERNMENT MUST LEAD ON
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, BUT EACH
OF US MUST DO OUR PART TO MAKE
OUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES MORE
EFFICIENT.
YES, WE MUST PROVIDE MORE
LADDERS TO SUCCESS TO YOUNG MEN
WHO FALL IN THE LIVES OF CRIME
AND DESPAIR BUT WE MUST ADMIT
PROGRAMS ALONE CAN'T REPLACE
PARENTS, GOVERNMENT CAN'T TURN
OFF THE TELEVISION AND MAKE A
CHILD DO HOMEWORK, THAT FATHERS
MUST TAKE MORE RESPONSIBILITY
TO PROVIDE LOVE AND GUIDANCE TO
THEIR CHILDREN.
[APPLAUSE]
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY, THAT'S
THE ESSENCE OF AMERICA'S
PROMISE, AND JUST AS WE KEEP
OUR PROMENTS TO THE NEXT
GENERATION HERE AT HOME, SO
MUST WE KEEP AMERICA'S PROMISE
ABROAD.
IF JOHN MCCAIN WANTS TO HAVE A
DEBATE ABOUT WHO HAS THE
TEMPRAMENT AND JUDGMENT TO
SERVE AS THE NEXT COMMANDER IN
CHIEF THAT'S A DEBATE I'M READY
TO HAVE.
[APPLAUSE]
FOR -- FOR A WHILE, WHILE
SENATOR MCCAIN TURNED HIS
SIGHTS TO IRAQ, JUST DAYS AFTER
9/11, I STOOD UP AND OPPOSED
THIS WAR, KNOWING IT WOULD
DISTRACT US FROM THE REAL
THREATS WE FACE.
WHEN JOHN MCCAIN SAID WE COULD
JUST MUDDLE THROUGH IN
AFGHANISTAN, I ARGUED FOR MORE
RESOURCES AND MORE TROOPS TO
FINISH THE FIGHT AGAINST THE
TERRORISTS WHO ACTUALLY
ATTACKED US ON 9/11 AND MADE
CLEAR WE MUST TAKE OUT OSAMA
BIN LADIN AND HIS LIEUTENANTS
IF WE HAVE THEM IN OUR SIGHTS.
YOU KNOW, JOHN MCCAIN LIKES TO
SAY THAT HE'LL FOLLOW BEN LADIN
TO THE GATES OF HELL BUT HE
WON'T FOLLOW HIM TO THE CAVE
WHERE HE LIVES.
[APPLAUSE]
AND TODAY, TODAY, AS MY CALL
FOR A TIME FRAME TO REMOVE OUR
TROOPS FROM IRAQ HAS BEEN
ECHOED BY THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT
AND EVEN THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION, EVEN AFTER WE
LEARNED THAT IRAQ HAS 79
BILLION DOLLARS IN SURPLUS
WHILE WE ARE WALLOWING IN
DEFICIT, JOHN MCCAIN STANDS
ALONE IN HIS STUBBORN REFUSAL
TO END THE MISGUIDED WAR.
THAT'S NOT THE JUDGMENT WE
NEED.
THAT WON'T KEEP AMERICA SAFE.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO CAN
FACE THE THREATS OF THE FUTURE,
NOT KEEP GRASPING AT THE IDEAS
OF THE PAST.
[APPLAUSE]
YOU DON'T DEFEAT.
YOU DON'T DEFEAT A TERRORIST
NETWORK THAT OPERATES IN 80
COUNTRIES BY OCCUPYING IRAQ.
YOU DON'T PROTECT ISRAEL AND
DETER IRAN JUST BY TALKING
TOUGH IN WASHINGTON.
YOU CAN'T TRULY STAND UP FOR
GEORGIA WHEN YOU HAVE STRAINED
OUR OLDEST ALLIANCES.
IF JOHN MCCAIN WANTS TO FOLLOW
GEORGE BUSH WITH MORE TOUGH
TALK AND BAD STRATEGY, THAT IS
HIS CHOICE, BUT THAT IS NOT THE
CHANGE THAT AMERICA NEEDS.
[APPLAUSE]
WE ARE THE PARTY OF ROOSEVELT.
WE ARE THE PARTY OF KENNEDY.
SO DON'T TELL ME THAT DEMOCRATS
WON'T DEFEND THIS COUNTRY.
DON'T TELL ME DEMOCRATS WON'T
KEEP US SAFE.
THE BUSH-MCCAIN FOREIGN POLICY
HAS SQUANDERED THE LEGACY OF
GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS,
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE
BUILT.
WE ARE HERE TO RESTORE THAT
LEGACY.
[APPLAUSE]
AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF I WILL
NEVER HESITATE TO DEFEND THIS
NATION, BUT I WILL ONLY SEND
OUR TROOPS INTO HARM'S WAY WITH
A CLEAR MISSION AND A SACRED
COMMITMENT TO GIVE THEM THE
EQUIPMENT THEY NEED IN BATTLE
AND THE CARE AND BENEFITS THEY
DESERVE WHEN THEY COME HOME.
[APPLAUSE]
I WILL END THIS WAR IN IRAQ
RESPONSIBLY AND FINISH THE
FIGHT AGAINST AL QAEDA AND THE
TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN.
I WILL REBUILD OUR MILITARY TO
MEET FUTURE CONFLICTS, BUT I
WILL ALSO RENEW THE TOUGH,
DIRECT DIPLOMACY THAT CAN
PREVENT IRAN FROM OBTAINING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND CURB
RUSSIAN AGGRESSION.
I WILL BUILD NEW PARTNERSHIPS
TO DEFEAT THE THREATS OF THE
21ST CENTURY, TERRORISM AND
NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, POVERTY
AND DISEASE.
I WILL RESTORE OUR MORAL
STANDING SO AMERICA IS ONCE
AGAIN THAT LAST, BEST HOPE FOR
ALL WHO ARE CALLED TO THE CAUSE
OF FREEDOM, WHO LONG FOR LIVES
OF PEACE AND WHO YEARN FOR A
BETTER FUTURE.
[APPLAUSE]
THESE -- THESE ARE THE POLICIES
I WILL PURSUE.
AND IN THE WEEKS AHEAD I LOOK
FORWARD TO DEBATING THEM WITH
JOHN MCCAIN.
BUT WHAT I WILL NOT DO IS
SUGGEST THAT THE SENATOR TAKES
HIS POSITIONS FOR POLITICAL
PURPOSES BECAUSE ONE OF THE
THINGS WE HAD TO CHANGE IN OUR
POLITICS IS THE IDEA PEOPLE
CAN'T DISAGREE WITHOUT
CHALLENGING EACH OTHER'S
CHARACTER AND EACH OTHER'S
PATRIOTISM.
[APPLAUSE]
THE TIMES ARE TOO SERIOUS.
THE STAKES ARE TOO HIGH FOR
THIS SAME PARTISAN PLAYBOOK SO
LET US AGREE THAT PATRIOTISM
HAS NO PARTY.
I LOVE THIS COUNTRY, AND SO DO
YOU, AND SO DOES JOHN MCCAIN.
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE IN
OUR BATTLEFIELDS MAY BE
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AND
INDEPENDENTS, BUT THEY ARE
FOUGHT TOGETHER AND BLED
TOGETHER, AND SOME DIED
TOGETHER UNDER THE SAME PROUD
FLAG.
THEY HAVE NOT SERVED A RED
AMERICA OR A BLUE AMERICA.
THEY HAVE SERVED THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
[APPLAUSE]
AUDIENCE: U.S.A.!
U.S.A.!
U.S.A.!
SO I HAVE GOT NEWS FOR YOU,
JOHN MCCAIN, WE ALL PUT OUR
COUNTRY FIRST.
AMERICA, OUR WORK WILL NOT BE
EASY.
THE CHALLENGES WE FACE REQUIRE
TOUGH CHOICES.
DEMOCRATS, AS WELL AS
REPUBLICANS, WILL NEED TO CAST
OFF WORN OUT IDEAS AND POLITICS
OF THE PAST.
FOR PART OF WHAT HAS BEEN LOST
THESE EIGHT YEARS CAN'T JUST BE
MEASURED BY LOST WAGES OR BIG
PER TRADE DEFICITS.
WHAT HAS ALSO BEEN LOST IS OUR
SENSE OF COMMON PURPOSE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO
RESTORE.
WE MAY NOT AGREE ON ABORTION,
BUT SURELY WE CAN AGREE ON
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF UNWANTED
PREGNANCIES IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE REALITY OF GUN OWNERSHIP
MAY BE DIFFERENT FOR HUNTERS IN
RURAL OHIO THAN THOSE PLAGUED
BY GANG VIOLENCE IN CLEVELAND,
BUT DON'T TELL ME WE CAN'T
UPHOLD THE SECOND AMENDMENT
WHILE KEEPING A.K. 47'S OUT OF
THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS.
I KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENCES ON
SAME SEX MARRIAGE, BUT SURELY
WE CAN AGREE OUR GAY AND
LESBIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS
DESERVE TO VISIT THE PEOPLE
THEY LOVE IN THE HOSPITAL AND
TO LIVE LIVES FREE OF
DISCRIMINATION.
[APPLAUSE]
PASSIONS MAY FLY ON
IMMIGRATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW
ANYONE WHO BENEFITS WHEN A
MOTHER IS SEPARATED FROM HER
INFANT CHILD OR AN EMPLOYER
UNDERCUTS AMERICAN WAGES BY
HIRING ILLEGAL WORKERS.
THIS, TOO, IS PART OF AMERICA'S
PROMISE.
THE PROMISE OF A DEMOCRACY
WHERE WE CAN FIND THE STRENGTH
AND GRACE TO BRIDGE DIVIDES AND
UNITE IN COMMON EFFORT.
I KNOW THERE ARE THOSE WHO
DISMISS SUCH BELIEVES AS HAPPY
TALK.
THEY CLAIM THAT OUR INSIS SENSE
ON SOMETHING LARGER, MORE
FIRMER IS A THROW JANUARY HORSE
FOR HIGHER TAXES AND THE
ABANDONMENT OF THINGS, AND
THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED BECAUSE
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FRESH
IDEAS YOU USE STEAL TACTICS TO
SCARE VOTERS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A RECORD TO
RUN ON, THEN YOU PAINT YOUR
OPPONENT AS SOMEONE PEOPLE
SHOULD RUN FROM.
YOU MAKE A BIG ELECTION ABOUT
SMALL THINGS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S WORKED BEFORE.
BECAUSE IT FEEDS INTO THE
CYNICISM WE ALL HAVE ABOUT
GOVERNMENT.
WHEN WASHINGTON DOESN'T WORK,
ALL ITS PROMISES SEEM EMPTY.+
IF YOUR HOPES HAVE BEEN DASHED
AGAIN AND AGAIN, THEN IT'S BEST
TO STOP HOPING AND SETTLE FOR
WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW.
I GET IT.
I REALIZE THAT I'M NOT THE
LIKELIEST CANDIDATE FOR THIS
OFFICE.
I DON'T FIT THE TYPICAL
PEDIGREE, AND I HAVEN'T SPENT
MY CAREER IN THE HALLS OF
WASHINGTON.
BUT I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT
BECAUSE ALL ACROSS AMERICA
SOMETHING IS STIRRING.
WHAT THE NAY SAYERS DON'T
UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS
ELECTION HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT
ME.
IT'S ABOUT YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
IT'S ABOUT YOU.
FOR 18 LONG MONTHS YOU HAVE
STOOD UP, ONE BY ONE, AND SAID
ENOUGH TO THE POLITICS OF THE
PAST.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IN THIS
ELECTION THE GREATEST RISK WE
COULD TAKE IS TO TRY THE SAME
OLD POLITICS WITH THE SAME OLD
PLAYERS AND EXPECT A DIFFERENT
RESULT.
YOU HAVE SHOWN WHAT HISTORY
TEACHES US.
THAT IN DEFINING MOMENTS LIKE
THIS ONE THE CHANGE DOESN'T +
COME FROM WASHINGTON.
CHANGE COMES TO WASHINGTON. +
[APPLAUSE]
CHANGE HAPPENS BECAUSE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE DEMAND IT,
BECAUSE THEY RISE UP AND INSIST
ON NEW IDEAS AND NEW
LEADERSHIP, A NEW POLITICS FOR
A NEW TIME.
AMERICA, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
MOMENTS.
I BELIEVE THAT AS HARD AS IT
WILL BE, THE CHANGE WE NEED IS
COMING BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN IT.
BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED IT.
BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN IT IN
ILLINOIS WHEN WE PROVIDED
HEALTHCARE TO MORE CHILDREN AND
MOVED MORE FAMILIES FROM
WELFARE TO WORK.
I HAVE SEEN IT IN WASHINGTON
WHERE WE WORKED ACROSS PARTY
LINES TO OPEN UP GOVERNMENT AND
HOLD LOBBYISTS MORE
ACCOUNTABLE, TO GET BETTER CARE
FOR VETERANS AND KEEP NUCLEAR
WEAPONS OUT OF THE HANDS OF
TERRORISTS.
I HAVE SEEN IT IN THIS CAMPAIGN
IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO VOTED
THE FIRST TIME AND THE YOUNG AT
HEART, THOSE WHO GOT INVOLVED
AGAIN AFTER THE LONG TIME.
IN THE REPUBLICANS WHO NEVER
THOUGHT THEY WOULD PICK UP A
DEMOCRATIC BALLOT BUT DID.
I HAVE SEEN IT IN THE WORKERS
WHO WOULD RATHER CUT THEIR
HOURS BACK A DAY, EVEN THOUGH
THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT, THAN SEE
THEIR FRIENDS LOSE THEIR JOBS.
IN THE SOLDIERS WHO REENLIST
AFTER LOSING A LIMB, IN THE
GOOD NEIGHBORS WHO TAKE A
STRANGER IN WHEN THE HURRICANE
STRIKES AND THE FLOODWATERS
RISE.
YOU KNOW, THIS COUNTRY OF OURS
HAS MORE WEALTH THAN ANY
NATION, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT
MAKES US RICH.
WE HAVE THE MOST POWERFUL
MILITARY ON EARTH, BUT THAT'S
NOT WHAT MAKES US STRONG.
OUR UNIVERSITIES AND OUR
CULTURE ARE THE ENVY OF THE
WORLD BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT KEEPS
THE WORLD COMEING TO OUR
SHORES.
IT IS THE AMERICAN SPIRIT, THAT
AMERICAN PROMISE, THAT PUSHES
US FORWARD EVEN WHEN THE PATH
IS UNCERTAIN THAT BINDS US
TOGETHER IN SPITE OF OUR
DIFFERENCES, THAT MAKES US FIX
OUR EYE NOT ON WHAT IS SEEN BUT
WHAT IS UNSEEN.
THAT BETTER PLACE AROUND THE
BEND.
THAT PROMISE IS OUR GREATEST
INHERIT ANSWER.
IT IS A MR. OR MRS. I MAKE TO
MY DAUGHTERS WHEN I TUCK THEM
IN AT NIGHT AND A PROMISE THAT
YOU MAKE TO YOURS, A PROMISE
THAT HAS LED IMMIGRANTS TO
CROSS OCEANS AND PIE NEVERS TO
TRAVEL WEST, A PROMISE THAT LED
WORKERS TO PICTURE LINES AND
WOMEN TO REACH FOR THE BALLOT.
[APPLAUSE]
AND IT IS THAT PROMISE THAT 45
YEARS AGO TODAY BROUGHT
AMERICANS FROM EVERY CORNER OF
THIS LAND TO STAND TOGETHER ON
A MALL IN WASHINGTON BEFORE
LINCOLN'S MEMORIAL AND HEAR A
YOUNG PREACHER FROM GEORGIA
SPEAK OF HIS DREAM.
[APPLAUSE]
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GATHERED
THERE COULD HAVE HEARD MANY
THINGS.
THEY COULD HAVE HEARD WORDS OF
ANGER AND DISCORD.
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN TOLD TO
SUCCUMB TO THE FEAR AND
FRUSTRATIONS OF SO MANY DREAMS
DEFFERED, BUT WHAT THE PEOPLE
HEARD INSTEAD, PEOPLE OF EVERY
CREED AND COLOR, FROM EVERY
WALK OF LIFE, IS THAT IN
AMERICA OUR DESTINY IS
INEXTRICABLY LINKED, THAT
TOGETHER OUR DREAMS CAN BE WON.
WE CANNOT WALK ALONE, THE
PREACHER CRIED.
AND AS WE WALK, WE MUST MAKE
THE PLEDGE THAT WE SHALL ALWAYS
MARCH AHEAD.
WE CANNOT TURN BACK.
AMERICA, WE CANNOT TURN BACK.
NOT WITH SO MUCH WORK TO BE
DONE.
NOT WITH SO MANY CHILDREN TO
EDUCATE AND SO MANY VETERANS TO
CARE FOR, NOT WITH AN ECONOMY
TO FIX AND CITIES TO REBUILD
AND FARMS TO SAVE, NOT WITH SO
MANY FAMILIES TO PROTECT AND SO
MANY LIVES TO MEND.
AMERICA, WE CANNOT TURN BACK.
WE CANNOT WALK ALONE.
AT THIS MOMENT, IN THIS
ELECTION, WE MUST PLEDGE ONCE
MORE TO MARCH INTO THE FUTURE.
LET US KEEP THAT PROMISE THAT
AMERICAN PROMISE, AND IN THE
WORDS OF SCRIPTURE, HOLD FIRMLY
WITHOUT WAVERS TO THE HOPE WE
CONFESS.
THANK YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[APPLAUSE]
♪♪
SUN COMING UP OVER NEW YORK
CITY
♪
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER IN HIS
TRAFFIC JAM ♪
♪ STEPPING OUT
♪
FACES IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR
♪
LOOKING AT THE PROMISE OF A
PROMISE LAND ♪
♪ ONE KID DREAMS ABOUT FAME
AND FORTUNE
♪
ONE KID HELPS PAY THE RENT ♪
♪ ONE COULD END UP GOING TO
PRISON
♪
ONE JUST MIGHT BE PRESIDENT ♪
♪ ONLY IN AMERICA
♪
DREAMING IN RED WHITE BLUE ♪
♪♪ ONLY IN AMERICA
♪
WHERE WE DREAM AS BIG AS WE
WANT TO ♪
♪ WE ALL GET A CHANCE
♪
EVERYBODY GETS TO DANCE ♪
♪ ONLY IN AMERICA
♪
SUN GOING DOWN ON AN L.A.
FREEWAY
♪
IN THE BACK OF A LIMOUSINE
♪
WELDERS SON AND A BANKER'S SON
♪
ALL THEY WANT IS EVERYTHING ♪
♪ SHE CAME OUT HERE TO BE AN
ACTRESS
♪
HE WAS A SINGER IN A BAND ♪
♪ THEY JUST MIGHT GO BACK TO
OKLAHOMA ♪
♪
[APPLAUSE]
♪
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