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Four Years

Clipped from:Democratic National Convention, Day Three
Sep 6, 2012

President Obama's First Four Years

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00:00:12 I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ANNOUNCE MY CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:00:25 AND STANDING UP WITH COURAGE, THEY SOMEHOW MANAGED TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
00:00:37 >> BARACK OBAMA HAS WON THE IOWA CAUCUSES.
00:00:43 >> WE WILL START WHAT THEY SAID WE COULDN'T DO.
00:00:48 >> THE FIRST CANDIDATE THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER THE INTERNET AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING.
00:00:54 >> HE MAKES ME WANT TO GET OUT AND GO AND DO THINGS WITH MY LIFE.
00:01:03 >> THE NEXT VICE-PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
00:01:07 >> I KNOW THAT BARACK OBAMA IS THE NOMINEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:01:19 >> I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:01:29 >> A SMALL-TOWN MAYOR IS SORT OF LIKE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER EXCEPT THAT YOU HAVE BACKSHORE RESPONSIBILITIES.
00:01:47 >> A FIST BUN, A TERRORIST IS THE JAB.
00:01:56 >> FIRST SHOT, STRAIGHT THROUGH.
00:02:01 >> IS IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO TODAY.
00:02:09 >> 3, 2, 1.
00:02:13 >> WE HAVE NEWS.
00:02:15 THERE WILL BE YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE COMMITTEE -- THE KENNEDY CHILDREN.
00:02:23 AND SO IT BEGINS.
00:02:25 HE FACES A SEVERE ECONOMIC CRISIS AT HOME AND AN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS WORLD ABROAD.
00:02:32 >> I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST THE HEALTH CARE WILL PLAY POLITICALLY BUT WE WILL GET THIS DONE AND WE WILL MAKE HISTORY.
00:03:00 >> OF THE MOST PERSISTENT I HAVE EVER SEEN.
00:03:10 I SIGN THIS BILL FOR MY DAUGHTERS AND ALL WHO COME AFTER.
00:03:23 [SINGING] SO IN LOVE WITH YOU.
00:03:40 [NORMAL VOICE]
00:03:41 WE ARE NATION THE SAYS OUT OF MANY, WE ARE 1.
00:03:45 THE UNITED STATES HAS CONDUCTED AN OPERATION THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN, THE LEADER OF AL QAEDA.
00:03:53 >> THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DECISION I MADE AS PRESIDENT, TO SAVE THE U.
00:04:00 S. AUTO INDUSTRY FROM COLLAPSE.
00:04:02 I AM SENDING TO CONGRESS A PLAN CALLED THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT.
00:04:08 YOU SHOULD PASS THIS PLAN RIGHT AWAY.
00:04:10 THIS IS A MAKE OR BREAK MOMENT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS AND ALL OF THOSE FIGHTING TO GET INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS.
00:04:18 WELCOME HOME.
00:04:21 WELCOME HOME.
00:04:27 WE ARE GOING TO FINISH WHAT WE STARTED.
00:04:30 AMERICA, WE HAVE COME SO FAR.
00:04:33 WE HAVE SEEN SO MUCH, THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO DO.
00:04:45 >> PLEASE
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