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Barack Obama: To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation.
With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.
Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and especially [...]

Okay that was . . . amazing.
This was the Obama we have been waiting for - the visionary, the leader, the American son calling us to our highest selves but not pulling any punches, not shying away from the fight.
I’m not thinking JFK tonight. I’m thinking FDR - FDR called [...]

Foreign policy part of the speech.
” . . . John McCain likes to say he’ll follow Bin Laden to the gates of hell but he won’t even follow him to the cave where he lives.”
He’s calling out John McCain.
“We are the party of Roosevelt. We are the party of kennedy. Don’t tell me [...]

We’re in the wonky part of the speech - it’s all taxes and tax cuts and tax changes and policy proposals.
10 year goal to end dependence on oil from the Middle East. Interesting, this is lifted almost entirely from the stump speech.
“Now is not the time for small plans. [...]

Okay, yeah, totally schmaltzy video but it’s part of the politics.
U2 - of course. From How to Dismantle - the City of Shining Lights, IIRC.
Can you just imagine what it is like in that stadium right now?
Americablog has the text of the speech but I’m going to control myself and not read it.
Good line: [...]

Some say that Barack Obama is too smart to win the presidency. Well, we’ve tried stupid for eight years. Maybe it’s time to try intelligence.
ed firmage

CSpan 2 just quoted from Aaron on the Utah Amicus! You go!

Obama as the new Lincoln - it’s a powerful metaphor. Gore laid it out - wrong-headed war that was initially popular, naked aggression against another nation, then fading popularity and one man knowing it was wrong from the start. The shared Illinois experience - the strength of character, the unique perspective.
It’s a suggestive [...]

Watching Al Gore speak tonight from Invesco Field is a strange, bittersweet experience. He’s giving a great speech. And it’s impossible not to think: What could have been if only . . .?
How much better off would we be today if only . . . If only . . .

Biden’s speech last night was not perfect - it was however, moving, honest, heartfelt and hit all the right notes. His son’s introduction brought tears to a lot of eyes, including Michelle Obama’s.
Then Biden arrived, did the thank yous, launched the attacks and laid out the economic argument.
Almost every night, I take the train [...]

Tuesday night convention speech.

Michelle is great scripted…
But she’s even better in freestyle mode. This speech was the clincher for me. As I watched it, I decided I want THIS woman in the White House!

I hadn’t heard about this. I’ll bet most Americans haven’t either.

The obvious question is, how many times each day does this happen in American and an innocent man goes to jail?
PLEASE pass this around. It needs to be part of our national psyche.
http://oneutah.org/2008/08/28/police_brutality_in_denverpolice_brutality_in_denver/