From: Lucia Brawley <luciabrawley@hotmail.com>
Date: Jan 8, 2008 10:43 PM
Subject: [harvardla] There are times in our history when we have to
surpass ourselves. Now is that time.
Although Barack Obama lost by 2 points in New Hampshire, his
"concession" speech was a speech for the ages, the speech of a world
class leader. It inspired me to give the full amount possible to his
campaign. An amount that is an enormous financial sacrifice to me, but
that is ultimately an investment in America's future and the future of
the world. Here's what he said:
"there is something happening in America."
"You, all of you who are here tonight, all of you who put so much
heart and soul and work into this campaign, you can be the new
majority who can lead this nation out of a long political darkness,"
he said. "Democrats, independents and Republicans who are tired of the
division and distraction that has clouded Washington."
"For most of this campaign, we were far behind," he said. "We always
knew our climb would be steep. But in record numbers, you came out and
you spoke up for change."
Obama pledged to end tax breaks for the rich, to "end the outrage of
unaffordable and unavailable healthcare" and "end this war in Iraq and
bring our troops home."
"We will finish the job against al Qaeda in Afghanistan. We will care
for our veterans. We will restore our moral standing in the world, and
we will never use 9/11 to scare up votes. 9/11 is not a tactic to win
votes, but a challenge to unite America."
Obama also responded to critics who he said cautioned his campaign
against offer "false hope."
"In the unlikely story that is America," he said, "there has never
been anything false about hope."
And, he said, his response to those naysayers is "one simple creed --
yes, we can."
"Yes, we can heal this nation. Yes, we can repair this world. Yes, we
can, and so tomorrow as we take the campaign south and west ... we
will remember that there is something happening in America, that we
are not as divided as our politics suggest, that we are one people and
one nation and together we will begin the next great chapter in the
story with three words that ring from sea to shining sea -- yes, we
can."
Please join me. Barack Obama is the real deal:
https://donate.barackobama.com/momentum
For the sake of our nation,
Lucia Brawley
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"In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything
false about hope." - Barack Obama. Undecided? Ask me why i'm voting
for him. Or learn more at www.barackobama.com
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