Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles them the new the No Barack Obama in 2004 was totally unknown people were saying I don't know who this guy is wonder why they picked him he had to be patient as a bit of an upstart as survey young rising figure in the party but knowing who this guy was this is his chance to do some self people tonight is the particular honor for me because let's face my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely my father with a foreign student born and raised in a small village in Kenya what makes a great point its if you can somehow fold your story into larger American story the next thing he says as bad as mother's family his grandfather for in world war two years the GI Bill Kansas Kansas so white people he ;s just like us he's just like this my parents shared not only an improbable low they share an abiding faith in the possibilities at this nation I stand I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me and that in all other country on earth is my story even possible going into this speech we've had up four years the george bush and we felt as a country like we've grown further apart 04 was very much a divisive partisan raised Obama's speeches and in some ways an antidote to that alongside are famous individualism there's another ingredient in the American side believe that we're all connected as 1p if there's a child on the south side of chicago who can read that matters to me even if it's not much a if there's a single pedestal somewhere you can't pay for prescription drugs and have to choose between medicine in the red that makes my life more even if it's not my grandparents that fundamental belief I am My Brother's Keeper I am i pester keeper that makes this country work eat were both owner other many one he gives a speech that presages his entire political master 2008: which is this your post pars argument now even as we speak there are those who are preparing to divide the spin masters mega bad peddlers were braced the politics 'em anything goes well I say to them tonight there is not a liberal America and a conservative America the United States America the Obama was born with to great gift one is his mind and the other is ability to speak to large group of people there are three things that Obama does that really makes that speech affected he wants concrete detail he likes story and he loves antithesis that this is the Newsome repetition in structures show contrast there is now a liberal americorps conservative America there's is not a black america and a white america, and Latino america and asian america but the United States of America from both our countries in the lead in the Red Staes and Blue States but I've got news for them too we were supply of them got in the blue states and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the red state the wake up homie and the buffet and yep we got from paper and then the right States we all want people all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes all about defending the United States America the way muses hansi actually points a lot does love this lot of their love that in doing so he gives up the scent energy I am new I'm someone who is dynamic and he doesn't get much anymore he's a little more Solomon reserving his speeches today i think is more fucked above his office the in him that's what this election is about we participate into politics is cynicism or do we participate into politics civil the hope of slave sitting around a fire singing freedom songs the whole up immigrants setting up for Justin Schultz the whole a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the make on Delta the hope a mill workers son who dares to the five yards the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that america have a place for him till I'll whole face a paper called whole in the but a fun certainty Dr pretty a whole his appearance at that convention because the best speech to the convention better than John Kerry's was electrifying and without it he wouldn't be president I think sincerity July there are people who when they speak that they speak the truth is they see it and their they're very effective doing I believe this country will reclaim its promise and up this fall political dartmouth a brighter day will come thank you very much on the
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