DmMic

 

I  found a new enthusiasm for this presidential race while watching Obama's speech at the DNC convention.  A stadium filled to its 80,000 spectator capacity welcomed the DNC nominee for president.  The event was not only historic on many  levels but just plain awe inspiring. Obama not only looked presidential but showed leadership, courage, and poise.  ( You try speaking to an 80,000 person audience.)  I am fully supporting Obama for president and I am a former Hillary supporter.  The idea of Obama leading this nation for the next eight years is wonderful.  Obama is  a savior  from these awful Bush years. 

 

You can read the transcript to Obama speech at this site:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/us/politics/28te
xt-obama.html?pagewanted=1

Here are a few of my favorite excerpts from Obama's speech:

-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 a belief that in America their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to.

-It is that promise that's always 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. 

-Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit cards, bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach.-

-We're a better country than one where a man in Indiana has to pack up the equipment that he's worked on for 20 years and watch as it's shipped off to China

-We are more compassionate than a government that lets veterans sleep on our streets and families slide into poverty...-... that sits on its hands while a major American city drowns before our eyes.

-Tonight, tonight, I say to the people of America, to Democrats and Republicans and independents across this great land: Enough. This moment...

-Because next week, in Minnesota, the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick 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.On November 4th, on November 4th, we must stand up and say: Eight is enough.

-But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time.

-I don't know about you, but I am not ready to take a 10 percent chance on change.

-And when one of his chief advisers, the man who wrote his economic plan, was talking about the anxieties that Americans are feeling, he said that we were just suffering from a mental recession and that we've become, and I quote, "a nation of whiners."

-Tell that to the military families who shoulder their burdens silently as they watch their loved ones leave for their third, or fourth, or fifth tour of duty.

-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.

-We measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when Bill Clinton was president...

-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.

-Change means a tax code that doesn't reward the lobbyists who wrote it, but the American workers and small businesses who deserve it.

_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.

-As president, 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 re-tool, so that the fuel-efficient cars of the future are built right here in America.

-OBAMA: And I'll invest $150 billion over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy -- wind power, and solar power (OTCBB:SOPW) , and the next generation of biofuels -- an investment that will lead to new industries and 5 million new jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced.

-If you have health care -- if you have health care, my plan will lower your premiums. If you don't, you'll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves.

-For -- for while -- while Senator McCain was turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11, I stood up and opposed this war, knowing that it would distract us from the real threats that 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 that we must take out Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our sights.

You know, John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the gates of Hell, but he won't even follow him to the cave where he lives."

-I will end this war in Iraq responsibly and finish the fight against Al Qaida 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.