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Clip: Sen. Barack Obama 2008 Acceptance Speech

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Aug 28, 2008

Clip from Sen. Barack Obama 2008 Acceptance Speech

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00:00:00 OF THIS GREAT NATION, WITH PROFOUND GRATITUDE, AND GREAT HUMILITY, I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:00:35 [CHEERS] LET ME EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE HISTORIC SLATE OF CANDIDATES WHO ACCOMPANIED ME ON THIS JOURNEY.
00:00:48 ESPECIALLY THE ONE WHO TROUBLE BEFORE THIS, A CHAMPION FOR WORKING AMERICANS AND AN INSPIRATION TO MY DAUGHTERS AND YOURS, HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON.
00:01:13 [CHEERS] TO PRESIDENT CLINTON, WHO MADE LAST NIGHT THE CASE FOR CHANGE AS ONLY HE CAN MAKE THATIT, TO TED KENNEDY, WHO EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE, AND TO THE NEXT VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN, I THANK YOU.
00:01:52 I AM GRATEFUL TO FINISH THIS TURNING WITH ONE OF THE FINEST STATESMEN OF OUR TIME, A MAN AT EASE WITH EVERYONE FROM WORLD LEADERS TO THE CONDUCTORS ON THE AMTRAK TRAIN HE STILL TAKES HOME EVERY NIGHT.
00:02:10 TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, OUR NEXT FIRST LADY, MICHELLE OBAMA.
00:02:33 AND TO MELIA AND SASHA, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU.
00:02:48 FOUR YEARS AGO, I STOOD BEFORE YOU AND TOLD YOU MY STORY ABOUT THE BRIEF UNION OF THE YOUNG MAN FROM KENYA AND A YOUNG WOMAN FROM KANSAS WHO SHARED A BELIEF THAT IN AMERICA THEIR SON COULD ACHIEVE WHATEVER HE PUT HIS MIND TO.
00:03:11 IT IS THAT PROMISED
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