What is Your Favorite Part of Obama's Acceptance Speech

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I have read Obama's Acceptance several times now and I know which is my favorite part of this incredible speech.

I have read Obama's Acceptance several times now and I know which is my favorite part of this incredible speech. Without a doubt it's:

"For over two decades -- for over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy: Give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. In Washington, they call this the "Ownership Society," but what it really means is that you're on your own. Out of work? Tough luck, you're on your own. No health care? The market will fix it. You're on your own. Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps, even if you don't have boots. You are on your own."

Talking like a true progressive!!


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Reference: transcript of the speech (none / 0)
Here is the transcript of the speech for quick quotes references:

http://www.demconvention.co m/barack-obama/

I had a load of favorites, here are my top 3 all from the second half:

3. We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country.  The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang-violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals.  I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination.  Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers.  This too is part of America's promise - the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort.


2. And that's to be expected. Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters.  If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from.

You make a big election about small things.

1. The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. So let us agree that patriotism has no party.  I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain.  The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag.  They have not served a Red America or a Blue America - they have served the United States of America.

by chrisandyasemin on 08/30/2008 12:50:27 PM EST

My favorite part (none / 0)
"ENOUGH!"

by screenshotted on 08/30/2008 02:38:16 PM EST

That was mine as well. (none / 0)
There are other moments tied with it, but that was the one where I became convinced that he is a TYT member.  Now who is it?  Out with it!

by Spencer on 08/30/2008 06:18:05 PM EST

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I like this jab at McSame (none / 0)
"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.  Why else would he define middle-class as someone making under five million dollars a year?  How else could he propose hundreds of billions in tax breaks for big corporations and oil companies but not one penny of tax relief to more than one hundred million Americans?  How else could he offer a health care plan that would actually tax people’s benefits, or an education plan that would do nothing to help families pay for college, or a plan that would privatize Social Security and gamble your retirement?"

by desertpear on 08/30/2008 04:17:57 PM EST

Every time (none / 0)
He went after McCain. Showed me how much he wants to win and inspired me to volunteer (which I did today).

by Andrew Koenig on 08/30/2008 07:26:22 PM EST

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Connecting McCain and the word temperament (none / 0)

It was a devastating body blow and I have already heard a handful of Republicans get asked about this.

They have no fucking idea what to say since Grampa Death has actually tried to punch most of them.

by ProfRich on 08/31/2008 02:34:54 AM EST

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