The following is my analysis of President Obamas speech at the Democratic National Convention.
In it I see nothing but daydreams.
I see no actual numbers, facts, or plans.
I see only blame, daydreams, promises, and guilt.
I see his fairness doctrine over and over.
I see false claims of success.
I see the rich being demonized repeatedly.
I SEE A JEALOUS MAN - ASKING YOU TO HELP HIM FEED HIS ENVY.
And while his party is removing god, and booing god, and engaging in homosexual rights, abortions, and other things of Babylonian proportions...
He has the balls to reference scripture!
And not just any scripture... The story of the beginning of the exile of the Jews, and the idolatry that eventually led to the destruction of Babylon.
And he uses it not as a warning to those who would engage in elicit behavior to stop...
but as a warning to the elite that the people will not tolerate them
and that the poor should rise up and overthrow them.
Lets look at his speech paragraph by paragraph - my remarks are in red:
Madam Chairwoman, delegates, I accept your nomination for President of the United States. (Applause.)
Now, the first time I addressed this convention in 2004, I was a
younger man, a Senate candidate from Illinois, who spoke about hope --
not blind optimism, not wishful thinking, but hope in the face of
difficulty; hope in the face of uncertainty; that dogged faith in the
future which has pushed this nation forward, even when the odds are
great, even when the road is long.
IN THIS PARAGRAPH, OBAMA SAYS HE WAS INEXPERIENCED WHEN HE STARTED - WHICH WE ALL KNEW. A JUNIOR SENATOR AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH NO BUSINESS EXPERIENCE.
Eight years later, that hope has been tested by the cost of war, by one
of the worst economic crises in history, and by political gridlock
that’s left us wondering whether it’s still even possible to tackle the
challenges of our time.
HERE HE BLAMES HIS FAILURE ON SEVERAL THINGS
I know campaigns can seem small, even silly sometimes. Trivial things
become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. The truth
gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you’re sick
of hearing me approve this message, believe me, so am I. (Laughter and
applause.)
MAKES A JOKE ABOUT POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
But when all is said and done -- when you pick up that ballot to vote
-- you will face the clearest choice of any time in a generation. Over
the next few years, big decisions will be made in Washington on jobs,
the economy, taxes and deficits, energy, education, war and peace --
decisions that will have a huge impact on our lives and on our
children’s lives for decades to come.
SAYS HE HAS BIG DECISIONS TO MAKE
And on every issue, the choice you face won’t just be between two
candidates or two parties. It will be a choice between two different
paths for America, a choice between two fundamentally different visions
for the future.
SAYS THERE ARE TWO CHOICES
Ours is a fight to restore the values that built the largest middle
class and the strongest economy the world has ever known -- (applause)
-- the values my grandfather defended as a soldier in Patton’s Army, the
values that drove my grandmother to work on a bomber assembly line
while he was gone.
They knew they were part of something larger -- a nation that triumphed
over fascism and depression; a nation where the most innovative
businesses turned out the world’s best products. And everyone shared in
that pride and success, from the corner office to the factory floor.
NEEDS TO REBUILD THE MIDDLE CLASS WHILE IMPOSING THE LARGEST TAX ON THEM IN HISTORY
My grandparents were given the chance to go to college, buy their own
home, and fulfill the basic bargain at the heart of America’s story --
the promise that hard work will pay off, that responsibility will be
rewarded, that everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair
share and everyone plays by the same rules from Main Street to Wall
Street to Washington, D.C. (Applause.)
SAYS THINGS NEED TO BE FAIR
And I ran for President because I saw that basic bargain slipping
away. I began my career helping people in the shadow of a shuttered
steel mill at a time when too many good jobs were starting to move
overseas. And by 2008, we had seen nearly a decade in which families
struggled with costs that kept rising but paychecks that didn’the; folks
racking up more and more debt just to make the mortgage or pay tuition,
put gas in the car or food on the table. And when the house of cards
collapsed in the Great Recession, millions of innocent Americans lost
their jobs, their homes, their life savings -- a tragedy from which
we’re still fighting to recover.
SAYS WHY HE RAN IN 2008
Now, our friends down in Tampa at the Republican Convention were more
than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America.
But they didn’t have much to say about how they’d make it right.
(Applause.) They want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their
plan. And that’s because all they have to offer is the same
prescriptions they’ve had for the last 30 years -- Have a surplus? Try a
tax cut. Deficit too high? Try another. Feel a cold coming on? Take
two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning.
(Applause.)
BELITTLES THE REPUBLICANS
Now, I’ve cut taxes for those who need it -- middle-class families,
small businesses. But I don’t believe that another round of tax breaks
for millionaires will bring good jobs to our shores or pay down our
deficit. I don’t believe that firing teachers or kicking students off
financial aid will grow the economy, or help us compete with the
scientists and engineers coming out of China. (Applause.)
After all we’ve been through, I don’t believe that rolling back
regulations on Wall Street will help the small businesswoman expand or
the laid-off construction worker keep his home.
We have been there. We’ve tried that and we’re not going back. We are moving forward, America. (Applause.)
CLAIMS HE GAVE MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUTS, BUT WANTS UPPER CLASS TAX HIKES
BUT NOW OBAMA CARE HAS BEEN RULED A TAX AND IS THE LARGEST MIDDLE CLASS TAX HIKE IN HISTORY!
Now, I won’t pretend the path I’m offering is quick or easy. I never
have. You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You
elected me to tell you the truth. (Applause.)
And the truth is it will take more than a few years for us to solve
challenges that have built up over decades. It will require common
effort and shared responsibility, and the kind of bold, persistent
experimentation that Franklin Roosevelt pursued during the only crisis
worse than this one.
while everyone was picking apart these and other flaws in Obama's
speech, they overlooked the most frightening line of all. That was when
Obama promised that he'd pursue "the kind of bold, persistent
experimentation that Franklin Roosevelt pursued during the only crisis
worse than this one."
That promise might have made liberal hearts swoon. It was precisely FDR's "bold, persistent experimentation" that
was largely to blame for the length, depth and severity of the Great
Depression.
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(Applause.) And, by the way, those of us who
carry on his party’s legacy should remember that not every problem can
be remedied with another government program or dictate from Washington.
SAYS HE NEEDS MORE TIME
But know this, America -- our problems can be solved. (Applause.) Our
challenges can be met. The path we offer may be harder, but it leads
to a better place. And I’m asking you to choose that future.
(Applause.)
ASKS YOU TO CHOOSE HIS FUTURE
I’m asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country -- goals
in manufacturing, energy, education, national security, and the deficit
-- real, achievable plans that will lead to new jobs, more opportunity
and rebuild this economy on a stronger foundation. That’s what we can
do in the next four years -- and that is why I’m running for a second
term as President of the United States. (Applause.)
RALLY AROUND GOALS
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: We can choose a future where we export more products
and outsource fewer jobs. After a decade that was defined by what we
bought and borrowed, we’re getting back to basics, and doing what
America has always done best: We are making things again. (Applause.)
DAYDREAMS ABOUT JOBS
I’ve met workers in Detroit and Toledo -- (applause) -- who feared
they’d never build another American car. And today, they can’t build
them fast enough, because we reinvented a dying auto industry that’s
back on the top of the world. (Applause.)
CLAIMS AUTO INDUSTRY IS BACK ON TOP - EVEN THOUGH GM IS GOING BANKRUPT AGAIN
I’ve worked with business leaders who are bringing jobs back to America
-- not because our workers make less pay, but because we make better
products. Because we work harder and smarter than anyone else.
(Applause.)
CLAIMS MANUFACTURING IS BETTER
I’ve signed trade agreements that are helping our companies sell more
goods to millions of new customers -- goods that are stamped with three
proud words: Made in America. (Applause.)
CLAIMS TRADE AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED BUT THEY HAVENT
AUDIENCE: U.S.A! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
THE PRESIDENT: And after a decade of decline, this country created
over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half
years.
CLAIMS MANUFACTURING JOBS
And now you have a choice: We can give more tax breaks to corporations
that ship jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding companies that open
new plants and train new workers and create new jobs here, in the United
States of America. (Applause.) We can help big factories and small
businesses double their exports, and if we choose this path, we can
create a million new manufacturing jobs in the next four years. You can
make that happen. You can choose that future.
DAYDREAMS ABOUT REWARDING BUSINESS THAT KEEP JOBS DOMESTIC
You can choose the path where we control more of our own energy. After
30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of
the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of
gas. (Applause.) We have doubled our use of renewable energy, and
thousands of Americans have jobs today building wind turbines and
long-lasting batteries. In the last year alone, we cut oil imports by 1
million barrels a day -- more than any administration in recent
history. And today, the United States of America is less dependent on
foreign oil than at any time in the last two decades. (Applause.)
DAYDREAMS ABOUT ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
So now you have a choice -- between a strategy that reverses this
progress, or one that builds on it. We’ve opened millions of new acres
for oil and gas exploration in the last three years, and we’ll open
more. But unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this
country’s energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4
billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers. We’re offering a
better path. (Applause.)
ASKS YOU TO CHOOSE A PATH AGAIN
We’re offering a better path, where we -- a future where we keep
investing in wind and solar and clean coal; where farmers and scientists
harness new biofuels to power our cars and trucks; where construction
workers build homes and factories that waste less energy; where we
develop a hundred-year supply of natural gas that’s right beneath our
feet. If you choose this path, we can cut our oil imports in half by
2020 and support more than 600,000 new jobs in natural gas alone.
(Applause.)
DAYDREAMS ABOUT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
And, yes, my plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is
heating our planet -- because climate change is not a hoax. More
droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke. They are a threat to
our children’s future. And in this election, you can do something about
it. (Applause.)
DAYDREAMS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AND NOT A HOAX
You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain
the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much
money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It
was the gateway for Michelle. It was the gateway for most of you. And
now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.
For the first time in a generation, nearly every state has answered our
call to raise their standards for teaching and learning. Some of the
worst schools in the country have made real gains in math and reading.
Millions of students are paying less for college today because we
finally took on a system that wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on
banks and lenders. (Applause.)
CLAIMS EDUCATION IS BETTER - BECAUSE STATES HAVE RAISED STANDARDS AND COLLEGE IS CHEAPER NOW THAT GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN OVER STUDENT LOANS
And now you have a choice -- we can gut education, or we can decide
that in the United States of America, no child should have her dreams
deferred because of a crowded classroom or a crumbling school.
(Applause.) No family should have to set aside a college acceptance
letter because they don’t have the money. No company should have to
look for workers overseas because they couldn’t find any with the right
skills here at home. That’s not our future. That is not our future.
(Applause.)
DAYDREAMS ABOUT BETTER EDUCATION
And government has a role in this. But teachers must inspire;
principals must lead; parents must instill a thirst for learning. And,
students, you’ve got to do the work. (Applause.) And together, I
promise you, we can out-educate and out-compete any nation on Earth.
(Applause.)
SAYS TEACHERS MUST EDUCATE BETTER
So help me. Help me recruit 100,000 math and science teachers within
10 years and improve early-childhood education. Help give 2 million
workers the chance to learn skills at their community college that will
lead directly to a job. (Applause.) Help us work with colleges and
universities to cut in half the growth of tuition costs over the next 10
years. We can meet that goal together. You can choose that future for
America. (Applause.) That’s our future.
DAYDREAMS ABOUT GETTING MORE TEACHERS
In a world of new threats and new challenges, you can choose leadership
that has been tested and proven. Four years ago, I promised to end the
war in Iraq. We did. (Applause.) I promised to refocus on the
terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. And we have. (Applause.)
We’ve blunted the Taliban’s momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our
longest war will be over. (Applause.)
A new tower rises above the New York skyline; al Qaeda is on the path to defeat; and Osama bin Laden is dead. (Applause.)
SAYS HE FULFILLED PROMISES ABOUT IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, THE TALIBAN AND TERRORISTS WHO ACTUALLY ATTACKED US.... LIKE LIBYA??? SUDAN??? GUATAMALA??
AUDIENCE: U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
THE PRESIDENT: Tonight, we pay tribute to the Americans who still
serve in harm’s way. We are forever in debt to a generation whose
sacrifice has made this country safer and more respected. We will never
forget you. And so long as I’m Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the
strongest military the world has ever known. (Applause.) When you
take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you’ve served us --
because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a
job, or a roof over their heads, or the care that they need when they
come home. (Applause.)
SALUTES MILITARY AND PROMISES JOBS WHEN THEY RETURN
Around the world, we’ve strengthened old alliances and forged new
coalitions to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. We’ve reasserted our
power across the Pacific and stood up to China on behalf of our
workers. From Burma to Libya to South Sudan, we have advanced the
rights and dignity of all human beings -- men and women; Christians and
Muslims and Jews. (Applause.)
CLAIMS TO HAVE STRENGTHENED ALLIANCES AND STOOD UP TO CHINA
But for all the progress that we’ve made, challenges remain. Terrorist
plots must be disrupted. Europe’s crisis must be contained. Our
commitment to Israel’s security must not waver, and neither must our
pursuit of peace. (Applause.) The Iranian government must face a world
that stays united against its nuclear ambitions. The historic change
sweeping across the Arab world must be defined not by the iron fist of a
dictator or the hate of extremists, but by the hopes and aspirations of
ordinary people who are reaching for the same rights that we celebrate
here today. (Applause.)
DISCUSSES THREATS FROM TERRORIST, EUROPE'S CRISIS? (DEBT CRISIS?) MENTIONS ISREAL, IRAN, THE MIDDLE EAST
So now we have a choice. My opponent and his running mate are new to
foreign policy -- (laughter and applause) -- but from all that we’ve
seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering and
blundering that cost America so dearly.
BELITTLES ROMNEY AND BUSH
After all, you don’t call Russia our number-one enemy -- not al Qaeda
-- Russia -- unless you’re still stuck in a Cold War mind warp.
(Applause.) You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you
can’t visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.
(Applause.)
SAYS RUSSIA IS NOT OUR ENEMY AND MAKES A JAB AT ROMNEY
My opponent said that it was "tragic" to end the war in Iraq. And he
won’t tell us how he’ll end the war in Afghanistan. Well, I have -- and I
will. (Applause.)
CLAIMS HE WILL END AFGHANISTAN WAR - BUT NOT HOW - SAME THING HE SAID LAST TIME - SAYS ROMNEY HAS NO PLAN - WITHOUT GIVING ONE OF HIS OWN?
And while my opponent would spend more money on military hardware that
our Joint Chiefs don’t even want, I will use the money we’re no longer
spending on war to pay down our debt and put more people back to work
rebuilding roads and bridges and schools and runways. Because after two
wars that have cost us thousands of live and over a trillion dollars,
it’s time to do some nation-building right here at home. (Applause.)
DAYDREAMS HE WILL USE MILITARY FUNDS TO PAY DOWN DEBT AND PUT PEOPLE TO WORK INSTEAD OF BUYING WEAPONS MILITARY DOESNT EVEN WANT - LIKE WHAT?
You can choose a future where we reduce our deficit without sticking it
to the middle class. Independent experts say that my plan would cut
our deficit by $4 trillion. And last summer I worked with Republicans
in Congress to cut a billion [trillion] dollars in spending -- because
those of us who believe government can be a force for good should work
harder than anyone to reform it so that it’s leaner and more efficient
and more responsive to the American people. (Applause.)
DAYDREAMS ABOUT CUTTING THE DEFICIT, AND CLAIMS TO HAVE CUT TRILLIONS
I want to reform the tax code so that it’s simple, fair, and asks the
wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 --
the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was President; the same rate when
our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in
history and a whole lot of millionaires to boot. (Applause.)
DAYDREAMS ABOUT CUTTING THE TAX CODE, BUT HOW?
Now, I’m still eager to reach an agreement based on the principles of
my bipartisan debt commission. No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No
democracy works without compromise. I want to get this done, and we can
get it done. But when Governor Romney and his friends in Congress tell
us we can somehow lower our deficits by spending trillions more on new
tax breaks for the wealthy, well, what did Bill Clinton call it -- you
do the arithmetic. (Applause.) You do the math. (Applause.)
CALLS GIVING WEALTHY TAX BREAKS - SPENDING MONEY? REDUCING TAXES, IS SPENDING MONEY? NO MATTER WHAT, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS IT'S MONEY, AND GIVING THEM LESS MONEY IS CONSIDERED A DEFICIT!
I refuse to go along with that and as long as I’m President, I never
will. (Applause.) I refuse to ask middle-class families to give up
their deductions for owning a home or raising their kids just to pay for
another millionaire’s tax cut. (Applause.)
I refuse to ask students to pay more for college, or kick children out
of Head Start programs, or eliminate health insurance for millions of
Americans who are poor and elderly or disabled -- all so those with the
most can pay less. I’m not going along with that. (Applause.)
CLAIMS MIDDLE CLASS MUST GIVE UP DEDUCTIONS TO PAY FOR TAX BREAKS FOR WEALTHY - AGAIN SEES TAX CUTS FROM ONE, MUST BE PAID FOR BY THE OTHER - NO MATTER WHAT, THE GOVERNMENT WILL GET ITS MONEY!
And I will never -- I will never -- turn Medicare into a voucher.
(Applause.) No American should ever have to spend their golden years at
the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and
the dignity that they have earned. Yes, we will reform and strengthen
Medicare for the long haul, but we’ll do it by reducing the cost of
health care -- not by asking seniors to pay thousands of dollars more.
(Applause.)
MEDICARE VOUCHERS? 2/3 OF OUR NATIONAL DEBT IS OWED TO THE PENSION SYSTEM AND RETIREMENTS OF AMERICANS THAT HAS BEEN BORROWED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
And we will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the
responsible steps to strengthen it, not by turning it over to Wall
Street. (Applause.)
This is the choice we now face. This is what the election comes down
to. Over and over, we’ve been told by our opponents that bigger tax
cuts and fewer regulations are the only way -- that since government
can’t do everything, it should do almost nothing. If you can’t afford
health insurance, hope that you don’t get sick. If a company releases
toxic pollution into the air your children breathe, well, that’s the
price of progress. If you can’t afford to start a business or go to
college, take my opponent’s advice and borrow money from your parents.
(Laughter and applause.)
DEMIGOGING ISSUES LIKE HEALTHCARE, TAX CUTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
You know what, that’s not who we are. That’s not what this country’s
about. As Americans, we believe we are endowed by our Creator with
certain, inalienable rights -- rights that no man or government can take
away. We insist on personal responsibility and we celebrate individual
initiative. We’re not entitled to success -- we have to earn it. We
honor the strivers, the dreamers, the risk-takers, the entrepreneurs who
have always been the driving force behind our free enterprise system,
the greatest engine of growth and prosperity that the world’s ever
known.
But we also believe in something called citizenship. (Applause.)
Citizenship: a word at the very heart of our founding; a word at the
very essence of our democracy; the idea that this country only works
when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future
generations.
CITIZENSHIP - WHAT OBLIGATIONS TO EACH OTHER? OR DOES HE MEAN TO GOVERNMENT?
1. a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection
We believe that when a CEO pays his autoworkers enough to buy the cars
that they build, the whole company does better. (Applause.) We believe
that when a family can no longer be tricked into signing a mortgage
they can’t afford, that family is protected, but so is the value of
other people’s homes and so is the entire economy. (Applause.) We
believe the little girl who’s offered an escape from poverty by a great
teacher or a grant for college could become the next Steve Jobs or the
scientist who cures cancer or the President of the United States, and it
is in our power to give her that chance. (Applause.)
PREACHING FAIRNESS
We know that churches and charities can often make more of a difference
than a poverty program alone. We don’t want handouts for people who
refuse to help themselves and we certainly don’t want bailouts for banks
that break the rules. (Applause.) We don’t think that government can
solve all of our problems, but we don’t think that government is the
source of all of our problems -- any more than are welfare recipients,
or corporations, or unions, or immigrants, or gays, or any other group
we’re told to blame for our troubles. (Applause.)
PROMOTES CHURCHES AND CHARITY AND DEMONIZES BANKS
Because, America, we understand that this democracy is ours. We, the
people, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that
our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which asks only "what’s
in it for me," a freedom without commitment to others, a freedom
without love or charity or duty or patriotism is unworthy of our
founding ideals and those who died in their defense. (Applause.)
As citizens, we understand that America is not about what can be done
for us; it’s about what can be done by us, together, through the hard
and frustrating, but necessary work of self-government. That’s what we
believe. (Applause.)
APPEALING TO YOUR PATRIOTISM
So, you see, the election four years ago wasn’t about me. It was about
you. (Applause.) My fellow citizens, you were the change.
(Applause.) You’re the reason there’s a little girl with a heart
disorder in Phoenix who will get the surgery she needs because an
insurance company can’t limit her coverage. You did that. (Applause.)
You’re the reason a young man in Colorado who never thought he’d be
able to afford his dream of earning a medical degree is about to get
that chance. You made that possible. (Applause.)
You’re the reason a young immigrant who grew up here and went to school
here and pledged allegiance to our flag will no longer be deported from
the only country she’s ever called home
-- (applause) -- why selfless soldiers won’t be kicked out of the
military because of who they are or who they love; why thousands of
families have finally been able to say to the loved ones who served us
so bravely: “Welcome home." "Welcome home.” You did that. You did
that. You did that. (Applause.)
TUGGING AT YOUR HEART STRINGS AND TRYING TO REPAIR HIS YOU DIDN'T DO THAT GAFFE
If you turn away now -- if you buy into the cynicism that the change we
fought for isn’t possible, well, change will not happen. If you give
up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices
will fill the void -- the lobbyists and special interests; the people
with the $10 million checks who are trying to buy this election and
those who are making it harder for you to vote; Washington politicians
who want to decide who you can marry, or control health care choices
that women should be making for themselves. (Applause.)
REMEMBER? OBAMA PROMISED TO GET RID OF LOBBYIST AND SPECIAL INTEREST!
Only you can make sure that doesn’t happen. Only you have the power to move us forward. (Applause.)
I recognize that times have changed since I first spoke to this
convention. The times have changed, and so have I. I’m no longer just a
candidate. I’m the President. (Applause.)
And that means I know what it means to send young Americans into
battle, for I have held in my arms the mothers and fathers of those who
didn’t return. I’ve shared the pain of families who’ve lost their
homes, and the frustration of workers who’ve lost their jobs.
If the critics are right that I’ve made all my decisions based on
polls, then I must not be very good at reading them. (Laughter.) And
while I’m very proud of what we’ve achieved together, I’m far more
mindful of my own failings, knowing exactly what Lincoln meant when he
said, "I have been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming
conviction that I had no place else to go." (Applause.)
DRIVEN TO HIS KNEES WHILE GOD WAS REMOVED AND BOOED BY HIS PARTY
But as I stand here tonight, I have never been more hopeful about
America. Not because I think I have all the answers. Not because I’m
naïve about the magnitude of our challenges. I’m hopeful because of
you.
The young woman I met at a science fair who won national recognition
for her biology research while living with her family at a homeless
shelter -- she gives me hope. (Applause.)
The autoworker who won the lottery after his plant almost closed, but
kept coming to work every day, and bought flags for his whole town, and
one of the cars that he built to surprise his wife -- he gives me hope.
(Applause.)
The family business in Warroad, Minnesota, that didn’t lay off a single
one of their 4,000 employees when the recession hit, even when their
competitors shut down dozens of plants, even when it meant the owner
gave up some perks and some pay because they understood that their
biggest asset was the community and the workers who had helped build
that business -- they give me hope. (Applause.)
I think about the young sailor I met at Walter Reed hospital, still
recovering from a grenade attack that would cause him to have his leg
amputated above the knee. Six months ago, we would watch him walk into a
White House dinner honoring those who served in Iraq, tall and 20
pounds heavier, dashing in his uniform, with a big grin on his face,
sturdy on his new leg. And I remember how a few months after that I
would watch him on a bicycle, racing with his fellow wounded warriors on
a sparkling spring day, inspiring other heroes who had just begun the
hard path he had traveled -- he gives me hope. He gives me hope.
(Applause.)
I don’t know what party these men and women belong to. I don’t know if
they’ll vote for me. But I know that their spirit defines us. They
remind me, in the words of Scripture, that ours is a "future filled with
hope."
And if you share that faith with me -- if you share that hope with me
-- I ask you tonight for your vote. (Applause.) If you reject the
notion that this nation’s promise is reserved for the few, your voice
must be heard in this election. If you reject the notion that our
government is forever beholden to the highest bidder, you need to stand
up in this election. (Applause.)
“I will bless you with a future filled with hope—a future of success, not of suffering.” – Jeremiah 29:11
THIS REFERS TO THE STORY OF BABYLON AND BABYLONIAN EXILE OF THE JEWS, THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON AND THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM. IT IS A MESSAGE TO THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT WHICH PARALLELS TODAYS WORLD WHERE A RICH UPPER CLASS IS CAST OUT BY A LOWER CLASS IN A REBELLION.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+29&version=NIV
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Babylonian_Exile
If you believe that new plants and factories can dot our landscape,
that new energy can power our future, that new schools can provide
ladders of opportunity to this nation of dreamers; if you believe in a
country where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair
share, and everyone plays by the same rules -- then I need you to vote
this November. (Applause.)
America, I never said this journey would be easy, and I won’t promise
that now. Yes, our path is harder, but it leads to a better place.
Yes, our road is longer, but we travel it together. We don’t turn
back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up. We draw strength
from our victories, and we learn from our mistakes, but we keep our
eyes fixed on that distant horizon, knowing that Providence is with us,
and that we are surely blessed to be citizens of the greatest nation on
Earth.
KOR - All I see here is a RANT about CLASS ENVY. A 20 minute diatribe promoting JEALOUSY.
Thou shalt not COVET.
"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy
neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox,
nor his donkey, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's."
To covet is
to have the strong desire for the possession of others' specific
personal properties or relationships, going beyond simply admiring
someone Else's possessions or thinking "I'd like to have one of those."
Coveting includes envy - resenting the fact that others have what you
don't.
I see people being asked to be INSPIRED by a future where others will be made equal to you. The rich brought down to your level. The businesses and banks punished and fairness enacted.
Are you INSPIRED by FAIRNESS? Fairness at the EXPENSE of your rich neighbor who has more than you?
Does the implied GUILT of your neighbors wealth and success, and the prospect of his demise make you feel better?
Does it give you hope?
Is this the kind of change you want?
THIS IS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE 10TH COMMANDMENT!
AND OBAMA IS ASKING YOU TO BREAK IT.
