| 00:00:15 | THANK YOU. |
| 00:00:17 | ARE YOU READY? |
| 00:00:25 | [APPLAUSE] HELLO, VIRGINIA. |
| 00:00:37 | MY FELLOW DEMOCRATS. |
| 00:00:48 | I FELLOW AMERICANS. |
| 00:00:52 | -- MY FELLOW AMERICANS. |
| 00:00:54 | THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTEST OF OUR GENERATION HAS BEGUN. |
| 00:00:58 | NOW THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE PRESIDENCY. |
| 00:01:02 | NOT THE CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS. |
| 00:01:04 | BUT THE RACE FOR THE FUTURE. |
| 00:01:08 | AND I BELIEVE FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART WITH THE RIGHT VISION, AND THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP, AND THE ENERGY AND CREATIVITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THERE IS NO NATION THAT WE CANNOT OUTHUST LE AND OUTCOMPETE AND NO AMERICAN NEED BE LEFT BEHIND. |
| 00:01:32 | [APPLAUSE] YES. |
| 00:01:34 | THE RACE FOR THE FUTURE IS ON. |
| 00:01:37 | IT WILL NOT BE WON IF ONLY SOME AMERICANS ARE IN THE RUNNING. |
| 00:01:41 | IT WILL NOT BE WON WITH YESTERDAY'S IDEAS. |
| 00:01:49 | AND YESTERDAY'S EDITIONS -- DIVISIONS AND IT WILL NOT BE WON WITH A PRESIDENT WHO WAS STUCK IN THE PAST. |
| 00:01:55 | WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS THE WORLD TODAY. |
| 00:01:59 | THE FUTURE WE SEEK, AND THE CHANGE WE NEED. |
| 00:02:04 | WE NEED BARACK OBAMA AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 00:02:12 | [APPLAUSE] NOW I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE. |
| 00:02:20 | LIKE MANY OF YOU, I AM THE FIRST IN MY FAMILY TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE. |
| 00:02:26 | IT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY SUPPORTIVE PARENTS, GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND SINCE MY FOLKS DID NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES, THANK GOODNESS FOR THE STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. |
| 00:02:42 | [APPLAUSE] AFTER A GRADUATED LAW SCHOOL, -- AFTER I GRADUATED LAW SCHOOL, IT DID NOT TAKE ME LONG TO REALIZE THAT AMERICA WOULD NOT MISS ME AS A LAWYER. |
| 00:02:53 | I STARTED A BUSINESS. |
| 00:02:56 | MY FIRST COMPANY FAILED IN SIX WEEKS. |
| 00:02:59 | MY NEXT ONE WAS MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL. |
| 00:03:02 | IT FAILED IN SIX MONTHS. |
| 00:03:05 | AND THEN A BUDDY OF MINE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS BRAND NEW IDEA. |
| 00:03:09 | THIS THING CALLED CAR TELEPHONES. |
| 00:03:15 | CELL PHONES. |
| 00:03:17 | FRIENDS OF MINE TOLD ME YOU ARE CRAZY. |
| 00:03:20 | GO GET A REAL JOB. |
| 00:03:21 | NOBODY IS EVER GOING TO WANT A PHONE IN THEIR CAR. |
| 00:03:25 | BUT I SAW A DIFFERENT FUTURE. |
| 00:03:28 | AND WITH LUCK AND A LOT OF HARD WORK, I GOT IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE CELL PHONE INDUSTRY. |
| 00:03:35 | THERE'S ONLY ONE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WHERE I COULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EDUCATION, WHERE I HAVE BEEN GIVEN NOT JUST ONE CHANCE OR TWO BUT THREE AND REX COULD HAVE SUCCEEDED AND THAT IS THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:03:46 | THE UNITED STATES AMERICA. |
| 00:03:53 | -- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. |
| 00:03:55 | AT OUR BEST, IT IS NOT YOUR LINEAGE OR LAST NAME THAT MATTERS. |
| 00:04:01 | IT IS NOT WHERE YOU COME FROM. |
| 00:04:04 | IT IS WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. |
| 00:04:07 | IN AMERICA, EVERYONE SHOULD GET A FAIR SHOT. |
| 00:04:11 | BARACK OBAMA UNDERSTANDS THIS. |
| 00:04:12 | HE HAS LIVED IT. |
| 00:04:13 | AND BARACK OBAMA IS RUNNING TO RESTORE THAT FAIR SHOT FOR EVERY AMERICAN. |
| 00:04:23 | [APPLAUSE] BUT WHEN WE LOOK AROUND WE SEE THAT FOR FAR TOO MANY AMERICANS, THAT FAIR SHOT IS BECOMING MORE OF A LONG SHOT. |
| 00:04:34 | HOW MANY KIDS HAVE THE GRADES TO GO TO COLLEGE BUT NOT THE MONEY? |
| 00:04:38 | HOW MANY FAMILIES ALWAYS THOUGHT THEIR HOME WOULD BE THEIR SAFEST INVESTMENT? |
| 00:04:44 | HOW MANY OF OUR SOLDIERS COMING BACK AFTER THEIR SECOND OR THIRD TOUR OF DUTY WONDERING IF THE EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE BENEFITS THAT WERE PROMISED WOULD ACTUALLY BE THERE? |
| 00:04:55 | TWO WARS, A WARMING PLANET, AND AN ENERGY POLICY THAT SAYS LET'S GO BORROW MONEY FROM CHINA SO WE CAN BUY OIL FROM COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT LIKE THIS. |
| 00:05:08 | HOW MANY PEOPLE DO NOT -- LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND WONDER WHAT IS THE FUTURE HOLDING FOR THEM? |
| 00:05:15 | AND THEIR CHILDREN? |
| 00:05:16 | AND THEIR FAMILY? |
| 00:05:18 | THEIR COUNTRY? |
| 00:05:19 | HOW MANY IN GEORGE BUSH AND JOHN MCCAIN'S AMERICA? |
| 00:05:24 | FAR TOO MANY. |
| 00:05:29 | [APPLAUSE] LET'S BE FAIR. |
| 00:05:31 | SOME OF THESE CHANGES WERE INEVITABLE. |
| 00:05:34 | BUT ALL OF THEM ARE MORE SEVERE, MORE IMMEDIATE, AND MORE THREATENING BECAUSE OF THE MISGUIDED POLICIES AND OUTDATED THINKING OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. |
| 00:05:49 | [APPLAUSE] BOOKS ALWAYS ASK ME, WHAT IS MY BIGGEST CRITICISM OF PRESIDENT BUSH? |
| 00:05:54 | I AM SURE YOU HAVE GOT YOUR OWN. |
| 00:05:58 | BUT HERE IS MINE. |
| 00:05:59 | IT IS NOT JUST THE POLICY DIFFERENCES. |
| 00:06:03 | IT IS THE FACT THAT THIS PRESIDENT NEVER TAPPED INTO OUR GREATEST RESOURCE. |
| 00:06:09 | THE CHARACTER AND RESOLVE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 00:06:16 | [APPLAUSE] HE NEVER REALLY ASKED US TO STEP UP. |
| 00:06:21 | THINK ABOUT IT. |
| 00:06:23 | IF AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, THERE HAD BEEN A CALL FROM THE PRESIDENT TO GET OURSELVES OF FOREIGN OIL SO WE WOULD NO LONGER BE FUNDING THE TERRORISTS WHO JUST ATTACKED US, EVERY AMERICAN WOULD HAVE SAID, HOW CAN I DO MY PART? |
| 00:06:40 | THIS ADMINISTRATION FAILED TO LEAD IN WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE AS A NATION WHEN ALL THIS WORK TOGETHER. |
| 00:06:51 | JOHN MCCAIN PROMISES MORE OF THE SAME PERIOD A PLAN THAT WOULD EXPLODE THE DEFICIT AND LEAVE IT TO OUR KIDS. |
| 00:07:03 | NO PLAN TO INVEST IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONTINUE SPENDING $10 BILLION A MONTH IN IRAQ. |
| 00:07:09 | I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU. |
| 00:07:11 | THAT IS JUST NOT RIGHT. |
| 00:07:14 | THAT IS FOUR MORE YEARS THAT WE CANNOT AFFORD. |
| 00:07:28 | [APPLAUSE] BARACK OBAMA HAS A DIFFERENT VISION AND A DIFFERENT PLAN. |
| 00:07:38 | RIGHT NOW AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY WE HAVE ONE SHOT TO GET IT RIGHT. |
| 00:07:43 | AND THE STATUS QUO WILL NOT CUT IT. |
| 00:07:45 | LET ME TELL YOU, IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE SEEN DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE WORLD IN TECHNOLOGY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET. |
| 00:07:58 | THE RACES ON. |
| 00:07:59 | IF YOU WATCH THE LIVE PICTURE NOW CHINA IS GOING FOR THE GOAL. |
| 00:08:06 | -- AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN AFRAID OF THE FUTURE AND WE SHOULD NOT START NOW. |
| 00:08:13 | IF WE CHOOSE THE RIGHT PATH, IF WE CHOOSE THE RIGHT PATH, EVERY ONE OF THESE CHALLENGES IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY. |
| 00:08:23 | LOOK AT ENERGY. |
| 00:08:25 | IF WE GOT OURSELVES OF FOREIGN OIL WHICH COULD MAKE OUR COUNTRY SAFER. |
| 00:08:29 | WE COULD SOLVE GLOBAL WARMING AND WITH THE RIGHT POLICIES, WITHIN 24 MONTHS, WE WILL BE BUILDING A 100 MILE PER GALLON PLUG IN VEHICLES RIGHT HERE WITH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY AND AMERICAN WORKERS. |
| 00:08:50 | [APPLAUSE] LOOK AT HEALTH CARE. |
| 00:08:53 | IF WE BRING DOWN COSTS AND COVER EVERYONE, NOT ONLY WILL AMERICA BE HEALTHIER, WE WILL BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. |
| 00:09:03 | JUST THINK ABOUT THIS. |
| 00:09:06 | IN FOUR MONTHS, WE WILL HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT BELIEVES IN SCIENCE. |
| 00:09:23 | [APPLAUSE] WE CAN AGAIN LEAD THE WORLD IN LIFE-SAVING AND LIFE CHANGING CURES. |
| 00:09:29 | THINK ABOUT EDUCATION. |
| 00:09:30 | IF WE RECRUIT A NEW ARMY OF TEACHERS AND GIVE OUR SCHOOLS THE RESOURCES TO MEET OUR HIGHEST STANDARDS, NOT ONLY WILL EVERY CHILD IN AMERICA BE GIVEN A FAIR SHOT, BUT THE AMERICAN ECONOMY WILL BE GIVEN A SHOT IN THE ARM. |
| 00:09:47 | WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE AN ENGINEER OR AN ELECTRICIAN, EVERY KID WILL BE TRAINED FOR THE JOBS OF THE 21ST CENTURY. |
| 00:09:59 | [APPLAUSE] OR LOOK AT AMERICA'S STANDING IN THE WORLD. |
| 00:10:04 | IF WE REBUILD OUR MILITARY AND REBUILD OUR ALLIANCES, WE CAN RALLY THE WORLD TO DEFEAT TERRORISM AND RESTORE AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP. |
| 00:10:17 | [APPLAUSE] WHICH CANDIDATE UNDERSTANDS THESE OPPORTUNITIES? |
| 00:10:23 | WHICH CANDIDATE KNOWS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS TO WASTE? |
| 00:10:29 | BARACK OBAMA. |
| 00:10:34 | [APPLAUSE] BARACK OBAMA ALSO KNOWS THIS AS WELL. |
| 00:10:37 | WE NEED LEADERS. |
| 00:10:41 | WHO SEE OUR COMMON GROUND AS SACRED GROUND. |
| 00:10:45 | WE NEED LEADERS WHO WILL APPEAL TO US NOT AS REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS. |
| 00:10:51 | BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST AS AMERICANS. |
| 00:10:59 | I SPENT 20 YEARS IN BUSINESS AND IF YOU RAN A COMPANY WHOSE ONLY STRATEGY WAS TO TEAR DOWN THE COMPETITION, IT WOULD NOT LAST VERY LONG. |
| 00:11:11 | SO WHY IS THIS WISDOM SO HARD TO FIND IN WASHINGTON? |
| 00:11:15 | I KNOW WE ARE AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. |
| 00:11:19 | IF AN IDEA WORKS, IT REALLY DOES NOT MATTER. |
| 00:11:24 | WHETHER IT HAS A D OR AN R NEXT TO IT. |
| 00:11:29 | THIS ELECTION IS NOT ABOUT LIBERAL AGAINST CONSERVATIVE OR LEFT AGAINST RIGHT. |
| 00:11:36 | IT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE VS. |
| 00:11:38 | THE PAST. |
| 00:11:41 | [APPLAUSE] IN THIS ELECTION AT THIS MOMENT, AT THIS MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY, WE KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE. |
| 00:11:49 | WE KNOW WHAT THIS CRITICAL -- AT THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE WE HAVE ONE SHOT TO GET IT RIGHT AND WE KNOW THESE NEW TIMES DEMAND NEW THINKING. |
| 00:11:58 | WE BELIEVE IN SUCCESS. |
| 00:12:00 | WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET AHEAD. |
| 00:12:04 | AND WITH THAT SUCCESS COMES A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHERS CAN FOLLOW. |
| 00:12:11 | I THINK WE'RE BLESSED TO BE AMERICANS. |
| 00:12:14 | WITH THAT BLESSING COMES AN OBLIGATION TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND TO OUR COMMON GOOD. |
| 00:12:22 | YOU GIVE EVERY CHILD TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. |
| 00:12:26 | THAT MEANS QUALITY SCHOOLS, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT TO IT -- NOT JUST BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. |
| 00:12:34 | OF COURSE IT IS. |
| 00:12:35 | IF THOSE KIDS DO BETTER, WE ALL DO BETTER. |
| 00:12:38 | IT DOES NOT REALLY MATTER. |
| 00:12:40 | YOU CAN BE SOFTHEARTED OR HARDHEADED. |
| 00:12:44 | BOTH ARE GOING TO LEAD YOU TO THE SAME PLACE. |
| 00:12:47 | WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. |
| 00:12:48 | THAT IS WHAT THIS PARTY BELIEVES. |
| 00:12:51 | THAT IS WHAT THIS NATION BELIEVES. |
| 00:12:53 | THAT IS WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN BELIEVE. |
| 00:13:07 | [APPLAUSE] WE CAN DO IT. |
| 00:13:09 | IF WE CAN DO IT. |
| 00:13:10 | SURE WE CAN. |
| 00:13:11 | WHEN I BECAME GOVERNOR, THIS IS WHAT VIRGINIA FACE. |
| 00:13:17 | A MASSIVE BUDGET SHORTFALL. |
| 00:13:19 | AN ECONOMY THAT WAS NOT MOVING. |
| 00:13:22 | THE GRIDLOCK IN THE CAPITAL. |
| 00:13:24 | DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? |
| 00:13:26 | WHAT DO WE DO? |
| 00:13:28 | WORKING TOGETHER, THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR WITH THE TWO TO ONE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE AND A LOT OF GOOD FOLKS WHO DID NOT SEE THEMSELVES AS REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS BUT VIRGINIANS. |
| 00:13:41 | WE CLOSE THE BUDGET GAP AND VIRGINIA WAS NAMED THE BEST MANAGED IN THE NATION. |
| 00:13:47 | WE MADE RECORD INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING. |
| 00:13:50 | WE GOT 98% OF ALL ELIGIBLE KIDS ENROLLED IN OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE PROGRAM. |
| 00:13:57 | WE DELIVERED BROADBAND TO THE MOST REMOTE AREAS OF OUR STATE. |
| 00:14:05 | BECAUSE IN THIS GLOBAL ECONOMY, IF YOU CAN SEND A JOB TO BANGALORE, INDIA, YOU SURE CAN SEND ONE TO DANVILLE, VIRGINIA AND FLINT, MICHIGAN. |
| 00:14:17 | AND SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. |
| 00:14:18 | AND PEORIA, ILLINOIS. |
| 00:14:24 | IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR HOME TOWN TO FIND A WORLD CLASS JOB. |
| 00:14:31 | LET ME TELL YOU. |
| 00:14:33 | ABOUT A PLACE CALLED LEBANON. |
| 00:14:37 | LEBANON, VIRGINIA. |
| 00:14:39 | IT IS IN THE COAL FIELDS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. |
| 00:14:44 | THAT WHOLE TOWN, THE POPULATION OF THE WHOLE TOWN COULD FIT RIGHT HERE ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR. |
| 00:14:53 | LEBANON IS LIKE A LOT OF SMALL TOWNS IN AMERICA. |
| 00:14:57 | IT HAS SEEN THE INDUSTRIES THAT SUSTAIN IT DOWNSIZED, OUTSOURCED, OR SHUT DOWN. |
| 00:15:06 | SOME FOLKS LOOK AT TOWNS LIKE LEBANON AND SAY TOT-LOT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY YOU HAVE LOST. |
| 00:15:12 | WE BELIEVE THAT WE COULD NOT AND SHOULD NOT GIVE UP ON OUR SMALL TOWNS AND EXPECTS THE REST OF OUR STATE TO PROSPER AND THAT IS WHAT BROUGHT ME TO THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM IN LEBANON. |
| 00:15:24 | TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING OVER 300 HIGH-TECH JOBS, JOBS THAT PAID TWICE THE COUNTY AVERAGE. |
| 00:15:32 | ONE STUDENT TOLD A REPORTER THAT BEFORE THIS, HE ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE AWAY TO RAISE HIS FAMILY AND FIND A GOOD JOB. |
| 00:15:41 | I JUST HEARD FROM THIS YOUNG MAN. |
| 00:15:44 | HE IS A JUNIOR AT VIRGINIA TECH. |
| 00:15:47 | HIS OLDER BROTHER JUST MOVED BACK HOME TO LEBANON. |
| 00:15:54 | BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JOB OPEN FOR HIM THAT WAS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP. |
| 00:16:00 | THAT IS A STORY WORTH WRITING ALL ACROSS AMERICA. |
| 00:16:08 | WITH THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP, WE CAN ONCE AGAIN ACHIEVED THE STANDARD OF LIVING THAT IS IMPROVED AND NOT DIMINISHED IN EACH GENERATION. |
| 00:16:18 | WE CAN ONCE AGAIN MAKE AMERICA THE BEACON FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND DISCOVERY. |
| 00:16:23 | LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT. |
| 00:16:25 | THE AMERICAN PEOPLE READY AND BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN AND WILL GET IT DONE. |
| 00:16:38 | [APPLAUSE] AS GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, IT WAS HUMBLING TO OCCUPY A POSITION THAT WAS ONCE HELD BY THOMAS JEFFERSON. |
| 00:16:46 | ALMOST AS DAUNTING IS DELIVERING THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOUR YEARS AFTER BARACK OBAMA. |
| 00:16:54 | FOR SPEAKING BEFORE HILLARY CLINTON. |
| 00:16:57 | -- OR SPEAKING BEFORE HILLARY CLINTON. |
| 00:17:03 | THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE ONE OF HIS FREQUENT LETTERS TO HIS OLD RIVAL, JOHN ADAMS. |
| 00:17:08 | HE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE ACHES OF GETTING OLD. |
| 00:17:12 | WHAT WAS ON HIS MIND WAS WHAT WOULD LIFE BE LIKE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICANS. |
| 00:17:18 | AS JEFFERSON WAS READY TO GO TO SLEEP, HE CLOSED HIS LETTER BY WRITING, "I LIKE THE DREAMS OF THE FUTURE BETTER THAN THE HISTORY OF THE PAST. |
| 00:17:32 | " JEFFERSON GOT IT RIGHT AT THE DAWN OF THE CENTURY AND IT IS OUR JOB TO GET RIGHT AT THE DAWN OF THE 21ST. |
| 00:17:40 | THIS RACE IS ALL ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THAT IS WHY WE MUST ELECT BARACK OBAMA AS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. |
| 00:17:47 | BECAUSE THE RACE FOR THE FUTURE WILL BE WON WHEN OLD PARTISANSHIP GIVES WAY TO NEW IDEAS. |
| 00:17:57 | WHEN WE PUT SOLUTIONS OVER STALEMATE. |
| 00:18:00 | AND WHEN HOPE REPLACES FEAR. |
| 00:18:03 | TONIGHT, LOOKING OUT AND ALL OF YOU AND WITH A DEEP FAITH IN THE CHARACTER AND RESOLVE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, I'M MORE CONFIDENT THAN EVER THAT WE WILL WIN THAT RACE AND MAKE THAT FUTURE OURS. |
| 00:18:14 | THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. |
| 00:19:23 | [APPLAUSE] (music) [APPLAUSE] (music) >> LADIES |
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