Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner

Oct 16, 2008

Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation

Senators John McCain and Barack Obama spoke at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The annual charity event was the last scheduled appearance of the presidential candidates on the same stage before the November election and offered an opportunity for each candidate to make humorous remarks about .. Read More
Senators John McCain and Barack Obama spoke at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The annual charity event was the last scheduled appearance of the presidential candidates on the same stage before the November election and offered an opportunity for each candidate to make humorous remarks about themselves, the other candidate, and the election campaign.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:42 Unidentified Speaker LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAY I PLEASE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE PODIUM MR. AL SMITH....
00:00:59 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. A FEW BOOKKEEPING NOTES BEFORE WE START, I SAID EARLIER WE'RE AT 3.9 AND TWO PEOPLE CAME...
00:07:34 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR EXCELLENCECY...
00:21:36 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THEY LIKED YOU. SO WHO NEEDS TINA FEY? OUR NEXT SPEAKER, SENATOR BARACK OBAMA, HAS GARNERED...
00:24:04 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THANK YOU, AL, AND TO YOUR EMINENCE, TO GOVERNOR...
00:38:25 Unidentified Speaker LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DOES IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS? [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, SENATOR OBAMA. I'M GOING...
00:39:32 Unidentified Speaker MY DEAR FRIEND, FIRST OF ALL -- FRIENDS, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU MOST SINCERELY FOR HONORING...
00:44:10 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE BENEDICTION DELIVERED BY ANOTHER GRANDSON, GREAT GRANDSON OF AL SMITH,...
00:44:42 Unidentified Speaker YOUR EMINENCE, AND I MET THE CARDINAL, NOT YOU. [LAUGHTER]
00:44:52 Unidentified Speaker LET'S CALL UPON THE GIVER OF ALL GOOD GIFTS, THE GIVER OF LIFE ITSELF. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE...
00:45:46 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. [APPLAUSE]
00:45:51 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, TIM. I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THIS HAS BEEN AN EVENING TO REMEMBER. I'M GLAD WE WERE ALL...
00:51:06 Unidentified Speaker ON YOUR SCREEN, ALFRED SMITH IV, GREAT GRANDSON OF ALFRED E. SMITH WHO THIS DINNER IS NAMED AFTER....

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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