Transcript: Barack Obama’s Victory Speech in South Carolina
The following is a transcript of Barack Obama’s prepared remarks for his victory speech in Columbia, S.C.:
Over two weeks ago, we saw the people of Iowa proclaim that our time for change has come. But there were those who doubted this country’s desire for something new - who said Iowa was a fluke not to be repeated again.
Well, tonight, the cynics who believed that what began in the snows of Iowa was just an illusion were told a different story by the good people of South Carolina.
After four great contests in every corner of this country, we have the most votes, the most delegates, and the most diverse coalition of Americans we’ve seen in a long, long time.
They are young and old; rich and poor. They are black and white; Latino and Asian. They are Democrats from Des Moines and Independents from Concord; Republicans from rural Nevada and young people across this country who’ve never had a reason to participate until now. And in nine days, nearly half the nation will have the chance to join us in saying that we are tired of business-as-usual in Washington, we are hungry for change, and we are ready to believe again.
But if there’s anything we’ve been reminded of since Iowa, it’s that the kind of change we seek will not come easy. Partly because we have fine candidates in the field - fierce competitors, worthy of respect. And as contentious as this campaign may get, we have to remember that this is a contest for the Democratic nomination, and that all of us share an abiding desire to end the disastrous policies of the current administration.
But there are real differences between the candidates. We are looking for more than just a change of party in the White House. We’re looking to fundamentally change the status quo in Washington - a status quo that extends beyond any particular party. And right now, that status quo is fighting back with everything it’s got; with the same old tactics that divide and distract us from solving the problems people face, whether those problems are health care they can’t afford or a mortgage they cannot pay.
So this will not be easy. Make no mistake about what we’re up against.
We are up against the belief that it’s ok for lobbyists to dominate our government - that they are just part of the system in Washington. But we know that the undue influence of lobbyists is part of the problem, and this election is our chance to say that we’re not going to let them stand in our way anymore.
We are up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as President comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to the White House. But we know that real leadership is about candor, and judgment, and the ability to rally Americans from all walks of life around a common purpose - a higher purpose.
We are up against decades of bitter partisanship that cause politicians to demonize their opponents instead of coming together to make college affordable or energy cleaner; it’s the kind of partisanship where you’re not even allowed to say that a Republican had an idea - even if it’s one you never agreed with. That kind of politics is bad for our party, it’s bad for our country, and this is our chance to end it once and for all.
We are up against the idea that it’s acceptable to say anything and do anything to win an election. We know that this is exactly what’s wrong with our politics; this is why people don’t believe what their leaders say anymore; this is why they tune out. And this election is our chance to give the American people a reason to believe again.
And what we’ve seen in these last weeks is that we’re also up against forces that are not the fault of any one campaign, but feed the habits that prevent us from being who we want to be as a nation. It’s the politics that uses religion as a wedge, and patriotism as a bludgeon. A politics that tells us that we have to think, act, and even vote within the confines of the categories that supposedly define us. The assumption that young people are apathetic. The assumption that Republicans won’t cross over. The assumption that the wealthy care nothing for the poor, and that the poor don’t vote. The assumption that African-Americans can’t support the white candidate; whites can’t support the African-American candidate; blacks and Latinos can’t come together.
But we are here tonight to say that this is not the America we believe in. I did not travel around this state over the last year and see a white South Carolina or a black South Carolina. I saw South Carolina. I saw crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children. I saw shuttered mills and homes for sale that once belonged to Americans from all walks of life, and men and women of every color and creed who serve together, and fight together, and bleed together under the same proud flag. I saw what America is, and I believe in what this country can be.
That is the country I see. That is the country you see. But now it is up to us to help the entire nation embrace this vision. Because in the end, we are not just up against the ingrained and destructive habits of Washington, we are also struggling against our own doubts, our own fears, and our own cynicism. The change we seek has always required great struggle and sacrifice. And so this is a battle in our own hearts and minds about what kind of country we want and how hard we’re willing to work for it.
So let me remind you tonight that change will not be easy. That change will take time. There will be setbacks, and false starts, and sometimes we will make mistakes. But as hard as it may seem, we cannot lose hope. Because there are people all across this country who are counting us; who can’t afford another four years without health care or good schools or decent wages because our leaders couldn’t come together and get it done.
Theirs are the stories and voices we carry on from South Carolina.
The mother who can’t get Medicaid to cover all the needs of her sick child - she needs us to pass a health care plan that cuts costs and makes health care available and affordable for every single American.
The teacher who works another shift at Dunkin Donuts after school just to make ends meet - she needs us to reform our education system so that she gets better pay, and more support, and her students get the resources they need to achieve their dreams.
The Maytag worker who is now competing with his own teenager for a $7-an-hour job at Wal-Mart because the factory he gave his life to shut its doors - he needs us to stop giving tax breaks to companies that ship our jobs overseas and start putting them in the pockets of working Americans who deserve it. And struggling homeowners. And seniors who should retire with dignity and respect.
The woman who told me that she hasn’t been able to breathe since the day her nephew left for Iraq, or the soldier who doesn’t know his child because he’s on his third or fourth tour of duty - they need us to come together and put an end to a war that should’ve never been authorized and never been waged.
The choice in this election is not between regions or religions or genders. It’s not about rich versus poor; young versus old; and it is not about black versus white.
It’s about the past versus the future.
It’s about whether we settle for the same divisions and distractions and drama that passes for politics today, or whether we reach for a politics of common sense, and innovation - a shared sacrifice and shared prosperity.
There are those who will continue to tell us we cannot do this. That we cannot have what we long for. That we are peddling false hopes.
But here’s what I know. I know that when people say we can’t overcome all the big money and influence in Washington, I think of the elderly woman who sent me a contribution the other day - an envelope that had a money order for $3.01 along with a verse of scripture tucked inside. So don’t tell us change isn’t possible.
When I hear the cynical talk that blacks and whites and Latinos can’t join together and work together, I’m reminded of the Latino brothers and sisters I organized with, and stood with, and fought with side by side for jobs and justice on the streets of Chicago. So don’t tell us change can’t happen.
When I hear that we’ll never overcome the racial divide in our politics, I think about that Republican woman who used to work for Strom Thurmond, who’s now devoted to educating inner-city children and who went out onto the streets of South Carolina and knocked on doors for this campaign. Don’t tell me we can’t change.
Yes we can change.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can seize our future.
And as we leave this state with a new wind at our backs, and take this journey across the country we love with the message we’ve carried from the plains of Iowa to the hills of New Hampshire; from the Nevada desert to the South Carolina coast; the same message we had when we were up and when we were down - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope; and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people in three simple words:
Yes. We. Can.
Another preacher speech and I can guarantee you that he will not fullfill half the promises he is making. He is just saying what we want to hear, until he gets in office and then the people will see him for who he really is!!
Hands down one of the best live speeches Ive heard in quite some time. I got goosebumps.
What Democrat milk toast. God bless Obama for pandering… but oh, my gosh… can no one see the pandering… and the fact that his “plans” will kill us in the future??? We cannot afford this “change” as all anyone will be left with (if at all) will be chump change!
This is powerful!. This is a change we can believe and this is a change that we must fight for and this is the change we will have.
Awesome! Thanks for standing up to the pressure. I will be working for you here in my home state of Pennslyvania, and I am a republican!
Yes. We. Will.
I am 62 years old and follow politics very closely. I do not recall a better, more moving, more relvant, more intelligent speech in my life than Obama’s victory speech in SC tonight. Wow! I am off the fence and into the Obama camp with my tent, sleeping bag and money. For the first time since John Kennedy, I am ready to get truly excited about the potential to change our misguided, poorly led country. Go Barry, go!
There is no longer any question who will be the leader who can actually change America. Washington is broken. No one else , either republican , democrat , or independant can bring us together to solve the problems that face us as a Nation.
The speech Obama delivered just recently in SC was one of the best I’ve ever heard ! Come on America ! We can do better ! Vote for Obama.
Yes we can! We can overcome the tragedy of the Bush administration by electing a visionary and inspirational man - Barack Obama!
Yes we can! We can finally put to rest the negative, depressing and divisive Bush-Clinton wars by electing Barack Obama!
Fabulous speech! I missed it on CNN (no cable), but WOW! What powerful words. He does give us HOPE. GO Obama!
Simply amazing, energetic politician that can cross party lines. Anyone but Hillery.
Barak Obama, we need you as a breath of fresh air. This is more than a run for President. It is a run for our future.
Barack Obama has a vision that America can heal and we can move forward in a positive way. He’s open to work across party lines to bring American back to its former glory. America needs a man of his dedication and vision to help bring about a new beginning for this great land.
I cry when I hear or read his speeches. I hope he wins.
For anyone who was around back then, this speech has more power than Kennedy’s inaugural speech and is as healing as MLKs “I have a dream” speech. I hope we all come together and move forward again as a country, no matter who wins. Peace.
One of the most engaging political speeches we have heard in a long, long time. What becomes quite obvious is that the under 35 crowd does not generally perceive the world in the same the boomer crowd does. We are seeing the successful results of 4 decades of re-programming our perception of race differences.
awesome,
Barack Obama better wake up to the fact that if the war in Iraq was not fought and ‘now’ won he would not even have the chance to be running for President. He better realize this county is what it is because we as Americans were and are willing to give our lives for what he is taking for granited. This statement he made ” the soldier who doesn’t know his child because he’s on his third or fourth tour of duty - they need us to come together and put an end to a war that should’ve never been authorized and never been waged.” shows his total mis-undestanding as to how and what made this nation what it is today, and he does not have the courage to stand up for what our fore-fathers founded this country on and it’s freedoms, that he is willing to throw away. THis statement alone will lose MR. Obama the election.
I saw the speech live. He was great and spoke with passion. His tone rose and fell at the right places.
He made the hair on my my neck rise and my eyes went wet. No other politician has such an effect on me.
I wish him the best
Homeboy is awesome. “Enough said”
The writting is on the wall. Go head on Mitchell. You have married a BOAZ. (Read the story of Ruth in the Bible)
Let’s come together behind this man and get to work on perfecting the union! Say no to Bush>Clinton>Bush>Clinton.
Barack is in his fourteenth and a half minute…of his 15 minutes of fame
Wow!
TOO BAD OBAMA IS A DEMOCRATE! NICE SPEECH, HOWEVER, JFK OR MLK HE IS NOT.
THAT’S NOT THE ISSUE THOUGH. THE ISSUE IS WHAT THE VOTER WANTS. AND THAT ISN’T A RETURN TO HILLARY’S DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN. NOR DO WE NEED ANOTHER NEW RAW DEAL! FORM THE DEMOCRATS. BUT INDEED AN NEW DEAL OF THE CARDS, AND NOT THE STACKED DECK THEY HAVE SHOWN US THUS FAR!
RESHUFFLE THE CARDS, AND MAYBEE I’LL PLAY THIS HAND OUT! AND NOT FOR A “HAND OUT” THAT MY GRANDCHILDREN WILL HAVE TO REPAY TO CHINA!
ENOUGH IS, ENOUGH!
END TRANS: MARV.
I am southern born and bred. I fly an Confederate Battle Flag in my yard and am damn proud to do it.
I am up in years so I have enough life experience to know of what I speak.
For the record, I am a white male.
In my opinion our country has been going down the tubes for a good while. For most of the past 10 years, this country has been without a leader. We have not been without a President, only without a leader.
Others may choose to honor thier past differently
Journalists, the NAACP and the media like to pick on us southern boys who choose to honor our confederate soldiers by flying the confederate flag. Because we honor them, they choose to dishonor us.
Native born Southerns don’t have time for crap. We size up people from the gut.
We are not interested in who your father was or how much money you might have.
WE want to hear what you have to say. WE want to hear from you why we should entrust our futures to you.
All Americans honor their past in their own way. I choose to do that by flying the Confederate and US Flag. Others may honor thier past as they see fit.
Mr. Obama is unique. He gives us something to believe in. He is the “new kid on the block”
He doesn’t owe anybody anything. He is running because he feels he can make a difference.
Look at ALL the other candidates (both sides). They are either rich, powerful or have been members of the senate for years and nothing has really changed in Washington under their watch.
I am neither for or against Mr. Obama at this point, but I must admit that he, among them all, is a fresh breath of air in a country whose lack of leadership is suffocating it’s citizens
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Beautiful and Inspiring. I will always remember this speech.
This is a excellent and very profound specch. Profound because I believe his words are so true. We the people can make this happen, we can change our course, and create a new beginning. We only need to get out of our own way and believe, pray and vote.
May God Bless America, for we are a great nation. A nation with extraordinary citizens whose hopes and greams have been deamed for to long.
Good job fox news you said the word Democrat. I thought all you could say was Republican.
Wow, I’m too young to have met JFK, but it appears that America has found one similar to JFK….I think record turn out is great for the democratic race. That’s how democrats will win in November, by bringing Democrats, Republican, independent, white, black, Latino, Asian, Native American and all other diverse minorities to support this vision.
Kelly from New York
I think AL Sharpton should keep speaking on Obama’s behalf. He is the biggest racist I have ever seen. He will only help the Clinton campaign if he keeps flapping his racists lips!!
Yes We Can and Yes We Will!
The Time is Now!
Beautiful! I’m a republican but I would vote for Senator Obama over Senator McCain!
This is our chance fellow Americans. Yes Clintons are OK but they belong to the past, just too bitter, yes Macain is a fantastic politician, an American Hero, but he should have become our President 8 years ago. Not it Obama’s time, our time, America’s future. Let’s dare the change!
Theodor
Now it is Obama’s time, America’s further. Let’dare the change. Yes we can.
Theodor
Thank you for your strong words—-supporting our diversity, the deep need for fundamental change in health care, education and affordable housing.
Fired up and ready to go—–for all people in our nation and for all people on our planet.
Obama is refreshing, renewing and promising. America, here is your leader. Give him a chance. He has the youthfulness, intelligence, vision and a promising future for the whole country.
What a wonderful speech. Why is it that Obama gets very little air time, either in actual speech footage or pundit talk? I often watch Fox News becaue of its immediacy and amount of coverage, but when it comes to election coverage…Tonight I fell asleep in front of the television. When I woke up at 3:30 they showed about 10 minutes of Hillary’s CONCESSION speech in South Carolinaa and about 1 or 2 minutes of Obama’s victory speech. And usually when they talk about Obama, even when he is doing well, it usually sounds like, “Yes, but…” And yet Obama continues to do well…
Obama is the most inspiring candidate I’ve ever heard. He has caused me to switch from the Repulican to the Democratic Party and I will be volunteering in has campaign. Enough of the cynicism and doubt. Go Obama!
I’m a republican thats going to vote for Obama. Rather be for a party that is for the people and not just the wealthy corporate elite.
This election revealed the racist nature of the Clinton’s. I am a Muslim, I am not sure how my life would be better in the US if Clinton is a winner while she is “accusing” Obama to be a “Muslim”. I want a person who accepts all the people irrespective of their skin color, gender, age.
For those who think Hillary will bring back the good time of Economy in the US, I say you are totally putting the wrong bet. Since when the second part of a successful movie is a good one! It never happened! And so Hillary would never be Bill? Please AWAKE before it is too late!
I am a Democrat, however if Obama did not win the nominee I hope Hillary won’t too. It will be a disaster to see someone who is totally self centered and ready to do anything to win, even by lying and hurting all the Muslim feelings to win? I wonder what else is she saying or doing JUST TO WIN?
Go..Go Obama..you represent all of our dreams, hopes that one day a person will be based on the kind of work he/she does not by how he/she looks. Whatever happens in this election..you are winner! You did not start the race thing and was very far from using it..you are really a winner!
Mr President in waiting, pls live your dream, give it all you, we are solidly supporting you but more importantly God is on your side.
I know where all the candidates stand on the issues, as I’ve been following closely. If the evil liars Hillbillary and McCain become the nominees, l won’t vote in Nov. Obama is now my 2nd choice after Romney. It’s about integrity.
Amazing. Yes we can! Get out of Iraq and there is 300 billion dollars for health care and defending our borders. simple.
Obama speech make me cry. what a man with such an intelligence , Let just face the fact, do clintons have this kind of knowledge ? NO. i dont thinks will need old experince in white house. pls just check this god send Obama. if will lose him will can’t have someone like him again for years……………………….
Awesome speech! He is the only candidate I have seen who can and will inspire this country to just be better. The Economy and the war will go the way it will go. Everyone on here knows that one person, even the president of the United States cannot make these major decisions alone. I takes cooperation. People who are not together must come together. Barack Obama inspires people to come together. Hillary speaks of all her experience as a Dem and wife of a former president. She has all these year of service and all this experience, yet we all know she is divisive and polarizing. She does not, will not, cannot bring people together for her cause. This is why should could not accomplish all the ideas she has as president. Barack is the only one who can. He makes me believe that we can.
The speech given by the Senator after his very significant victory in South Carolina was a proclamation of the freshest, intelligent, and all inclusive I have heard since the inaugral speech given by President John F. Kennedy. I felt good about the vision proclaimed by Senator Obama. I love the way this man put forth his convictions. Senator Obama stands up for what he believes in. I have not heard anyone say anything about their own convictions regarding the state of our nation, or what they may see as the ways and means of getting there.
I am a 50= year old southern white man, and I would like to be able to say I am a citizen of The United States of America without feeling the need to qualify myself with a lot of labels! I may not agree with all of your goals, but,Sir, at least you are able to stand for your convictions. May God bless you and yours. Ricky McDermon Macon, Ga.
He may be able to talk the talk but I doubt he can walk the walk
If Obama ran as a Republican he would make a fine President. The problem is. The people who run his party. If he wins he will be up to his eye balls in loons, kooks ,freeze dryed hippies and the hard left crowed. These are the people who gave us, the politicaly correct state of mind.
This one thing above all is the worst thing that has ever happened to the country as a Union.
Mr. Obama talks about comming together. It will never happen as long as this P.C. crap lives.
None of us are Americans. We are …Blank / Americans first. Or we are some kind of victim of
some kind of hate or discrimition or bias or what every the P.C. crowed can think of to keep us from comming together. You can thank the Clintons for this cancer. They spread it around like the Tabacco Co. and cigaretts. It will make you look cool and sophisticated. Only years later did we find out that we were pretty much just mudered. Now if you need to be told how to think or speak join a cult. So until the Democratic party sees AMERICANS AS AMERICANS ONLY,
I can’t even think of voting for them. I’ll vote for Mitt Romney. Yea , yea hes a mormon.So what. So is Harry Reid. Vote for your country not for yourself. No country, no rights, no you.
Sorry for the spelling. Stay well……Rob
Obama should win the election simply by virtue of his skills as an orator. Regardless of Pres. Bush’s politics and whether or not you agree with them, when he addresses the American people or other nations for that matter, he is often an embarrassment. He trips over simple words and phrases and mispronounces every other line. I really believe that Americans need to rally behind a man who can articulate his ideas, rouse his people, and just, plain deliver a speech. Find one speech any President in the past 30 years has given with at much grace and power as this one.
Yes we can!
I’am Indian and proud to be one, but after hearing Obama’s speech, makes me wish I was American, wish I was a democrat and wish I was voting for Barak. What a masterclass. With his school of thought the world’s got a chance. Go America do the right thing. You can do it.
Moving speech. I am stunned.
As a political scientist, I believe this man has got something about him that enriches peoples and makes life worth living for. My heart goes for him. But will the evil forces let him be?
Considering all the happenstances in the world today, it will be unwise to think that America and the world as a whole can afford to miss the opportunity of coming together that the Obama regime can offer.
This profound speech resurrects the spirits of JFK and MLK. These great statemen, I’m believe would have endorsed Obama because he won’t he won’t let their dreams die.
I’m urging everyone to do the world a favor by voting Obama.
Yes we can!!
May God bless America.
Im a strong Republican!!!!!! and after that speech, he moved mi in a way a politician never has ! and Im a Republican voting for Obama !!!
Barak Obama gave me hope for our future with his first national speech at the democratic convention. He continues to do so. I believe the focus on race is a ruse to distract us from the truth of his appeal and real success.
Whether the United States is ready for an African American president is quickly becoming an outmoded question. It is obvious that not only are we ready for one - we are sorely in need of this one in particular!
We can reclaim the heart of the nation and the red, white and blue for ALL of US at last!
YES we can! Another amazing speech from an awesome man. I once agin beleive that America can be all that it is supposed to be. God bless Barack Obama and God bless America.
Southern girl,
Vote for who you want and what you believe in. For the rest of us, both Republican and Democrat; if Obama gets the nomination, we’ll vote for him and God willing he’ll win the presidency. Then for the first time in a LONG time, we can get this country back on track and no longer we’ll be the DIVIDED States of America, but the UNITED States of America.
Peace.
Barrack, you were born for a time such as this. This is your season young man. There is a time and purpose for all things. I am confident…it is your turn. This time period has been ordained for you.
I believe while you were yet in your mothers womb….GOD had a plan for you. You have stepped up to your calling. Your position has not been selected by man, but by GOD.
You have been chosen to make a change. GOD wants a unified nation. He want equality for all men. He wants all Americans to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Yesterday is over and our country is ready for a “new thing”. You have been selected to fulfill what the world has been lacking for many decades. It is time to take our young generation back….give them a future….fullfill their dreams.
The “old school folk” keep making the same mistakes over and over. In turn, the young people are lost and forgotten. Let take America back. Every single human being deserve a better life.
All the fake promises and lies from previous politicians must stop. It’s a new season. We want out of the wilderness of false hope.
Give it to us Barrack (and Michelle), you are equipped to take us into the promise land. (smile)
Ms Marvelous
San Antonio, Texas
I left workduring my lunch break to get to a TV to hear this victory speech. Hairs stood on my arms and my head. What a powerful speech! I wonder how I can volunteer to be of some help in our effort to effect this kind of change so widespreadly needed at all walks of life.
yes american need a change and when americans allow obama to be their presedents i`m sure that a change will occur.blacks and white will come together will be one.
hmmmm - never ever thought I would say this…but I might switch and vote for him.
Why? At my age I can see that the only time America wins is when we are rallied together. My gut tells me he is a safe pair of hands.
obama is one of the great politicians i have never seen in this world.if iwas america and athoriesd to vote my choose is now for obama
This is a great speech, an intelligent speech. To get an better in-depth look at how Obama thinks, how he handles questions, how he can articulate his position, go listen to his interview by the Editorial Board of the SF Chronicle. Listening to THAT video is what had me change my mind to become his supporter. I will vote for him. I decided even BEFORE I read this speech.
I have never voted for a democrat. I just donated to Obama. What is happening right now is more important that party affiliation.
It is time for all men and women, White Men, Black Men, Asians, Latino’s, people of all creed and races, all faiths, and all parties to stand together and show the world that we are a United States of America. Imagine what we could do! The time for divisiveness is finished. It’s time to take our country back from the Political Machines who do NOT represent the melting pot that is AMERICA. Go Obama we are with you.
God bless Barack Obama and God bless the United States of America
This man is specially endowed for such a time as this. His words are pierching and his speech is filled with hope, optimism and vision. Moreover, he possesses an uncanny and innate ability to reach the masses with great oratorical prowess.
Excellent Speech. Obama For President!!!
I am duly impressed! What a man! You go!
This is one of the greatest political speeches I have ever heard. Sitting there, watching this speech on Saturday night, I felt goosebumps and a heartfelt candidate for the most important position in the world, the U.S. Presidency. As a Marine, father, laborer, and political researcher, I was genuinely moved by the man I am proud to say is my candidate for President of the United States of America…a country I have fought for to protect and keep free.
This is the best speech I have heard in the past forty years.
This is the best speech I have heard in the past forty years.
The most inspiring speech since JFK urged Americans not to ask what our country can do for us, but what we can do for our country. This is what we need. Someone who can unite us, someone who can inspire us, and lead us to regain our position of a prosperous country where dreams become reality and where all are equal in justice and opportunity.
May God Bless America and the World with Barack Obama as our leader who understands that we are a Human Race worthy of change & respect for all. Yes we can make a difference in the direction of our goverment.
Yes we can!
Thank you for the light of new hope, a hope that comes from a clean slate, a slate devoid of mud, sludge and the stench thereof. Thank you for reminding me that it is because you have not been in Washington for a long duration that your slate and the ideas that you embrace are clean. Thank you for reminding me of who and what America has been and can be again.
to My fellow country men & women, this whole Election,,is a faker and a joke as the globalist like mr, Nick Rockefeller and his world domantions group of surper rich have already put their control of the candidates and who is going to become elected,,not Us,,as well as the facts of the WTC bombing, and long before, 09/11/01,,,planned to for some reason lie about who did the real destruction, and our G,W,Bush and admin, and most of the Congress leadership must have known too, and our war on the Muslim world is to pay back buddy’s owed, By Mr, Nick Rockefeller and his world controlling group. So,,the Super rich are the real crooks and murderers, But NOBODY in law enforcement of Governmental Dept’s has the brains, to arrest him and his group on High TReason, as well as G,W, Bush and Admin,,,now,,,not later,
Dakotajoe,,,American,,,Justice needs to come back on-line for hangings,,,of all of them,,,
I am very impressed with Obama and will vote for him. With all the dirty tricks on the Clinton side, I am surprised that no one has brought up the fact that the main Republican opponent has a potentially fatal form of Skin cancer–metastatic melanoma. Once the lesions grow beneath the skin and enter the lymph nodes and blood stream, you are on borrowed time. If one were to look under McCain and Melanoma on the internet, it will describe the many surgeries he has had. One side of his face is deformed and his neck swollen from surgery to remove melanoma and this is not the primary site.
Given his age and other medical problems, there is a strong likelihood that he will not survive to serve two terms–let alone one.
At the very least, McCain should be required to release his medical records and his physician’s prognosis.
It surprises me that the slimy Clintons, who will stop at nothing, have not leaked this out. Obama is our only hope in these troubled times.
I haven’t and don’t ever plan to vote for a Democratic presidential nominee, simply because I’m more aligned with Republican values. That being said, what a rousing speech Mr. Obama gave! His skills as an orator are immense and he obviously has the power to move people’s hearts, although I disagree wholeheartedly with anyone who believes that that alone is reason enough to vote for anyone. I read his speech as an exercise in recognizing propoganda with my middle-school aged son. I was amazed to find my red pen all over the speech, marking logical fallacies, rhetoric, and propogandist agruments. Granted, probably ANY really good political speech, from whichever political party, will contain some of these same argumentative methods. We found the “common man” argument, along with “bandwagon,” many “glittering generalities,” “intentional vagueness,” “appeal to fear,” “euphoria,” “black or white” (not in terms of race), and his most successful of all, “slogans.”
If I’m reading the speech right, “Yes, we can” all band together, get rid of lobbyists, end bipartisanship, get a chance to believe again, embrace a vision, get affordable health care, get decent wages, get a better education, end the war, heal the nation, and seize our future. There is nothing wrong with any of those things, but I don’t see Mr. Obama’s path to getting there anywhere in this speech. All I’ve really learned is that he has charisma, zeal, and quite an ability to speak.
It is indeed a very inspirational speech, yet it is also pragmatic, it doesn’t make you believe that he is capable of doing miracles, what he is telling you is that he is willing to do everything in his power to turn things around and that’s always the beginning of great accomplishments, the desire to do it in the first place. I’m not an American citizen, but as someone here said, this is the most important political position in the world and we are all witnesses of how much the USA can affect lives in other countries around the globe, both positively and negatively, so as a citizen of the world, I believe that he is the one to vote for, not because he says nice inspirational things only, but because when he does say those things, people feel a need to participate and that can never be wrong. I was a bit doubtful because I haven’t heard nor read any of his speeches, although I heard that he was a really good orator, but by reading this speech I was convinced that he is not an African-American candidate, he doesn’t think himself as one, he thinks he is an American citizen who wants to work for everyone and who sees no differences and that’s why if I could vote in the states I would definitely vote for him and I hope he wins and I hope God Blesses him so he can do a great job and he doesn’t end up as JFK, because I’m sure there will be a lot of people who do not want this man to be elected and if he gets elected there will be people who would do everything in their power to make him fall. So God Bless the people of the United States with a good president like Obama and the world for that matter.
it calls to heart and mind the emotional candor of bobby kennedy; let obama be as great a turning point as bobby could have been.