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Obama flashback: McCain's distracting you

Clipped from:Obama Rally in Richmond, Virginia
Oct 22, 2008

McCain's distracting you

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00:00:00 ARE LOWER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN A DECADE.
00:00:03 AT THE SAME TIME, THE COST OF EVERYTHING FROM HEALTH CARE TO COLLEGE HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER.
00:00:09 IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO SAVE, IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO RETIRE AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE A MORTGAGE OR FILL UP YOUR GAS TANK OR EVEN KEEP A LAYETTE-- OR EVEN CHEAP ELECTRICITY GOING.
00:00:28 -- OR EVEN KEEP ELECTRICITY GOING.
00:00:34 I KNOW THESE ARE DIFFICULT TIMES.
00:00:37 I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED.
00:00:39 WHAT I BELIEVE IS THAT WE CAN STEER OURSELVES OUT OF THIS CRISIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOU.
00:00:47 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:00:50 WE ARE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WE ARE A NATION THAT HAS FACED DOWN WAR, DEPRESSION, FOUGHT CHALLENGES AND GREAT THREATS AND THAT EACH AND EVERY MOMENT WE HAVE RISEN TO MEET THESE CHALLENGES.
00:01:03 WE HAVE DONE THIS NOT AS DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS, AS AMERICANS.
00:01:08 WITH RESULTS AND WITH CONFIDENCE.
00:01:14 [APPLAUSE] WITH THAT FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF THAT HERE IN AMERICA THAT OUR DESTINY IS NOT WRITTEN FOR US BUT WRITTEN BY US.
00:01:22 WE DECIDED, THAT IS WHO WE ARE.
00:01:24 THAT IS THE COUNTRY WE NEED TO BE RIGHT NOW.
00:01:29 VIRGINIA WILL TAKE A NEW DIRECTION.
00:01:30 IT WILL TAKE NEW LEADERSHIP.
00:01:32 IT WILL TAKE A REAL CHANGE IN THE POLICIES AND POLITICS OF WASHINGTON.
00:01:37 THAT IS WHAT THIS ELECTION IS ALL ABOUT.
00:01:41 JOHN MCCAIN IS DOING HIS BEST TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT.
00:01:51 HE WANTS TO DISTRACT ATTENTION FROM THE ECONOMY.
00:01:55 HIS CAMPAIGN ACTUALLY SAID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THEY WERE GOING TO LAUNCH A SERIES OF ATTACKS BECAUSE "IF WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE.
00:02:11 " THAT IS THE PROMISE THAT MY OPPONENT HAS KEPT.
00:02:15 HE HAS BEEN ON THE ATTACK.
00:02:17 THAT IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE OUT OF IDEAS AND YOU ARE OUT OF TOUCH AND YOU ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
00:02:30 [APPLAUSE] HERE IS