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Kuniholm, John - Veteran
PRESIDENT BUSH MADE A DISASTROUS GAMBLE IN IRAQ IN 2003. NOW SENATOR MCCAIN PROPOSES TO DOUBLE DOWN HERE WITH MONEY AND TROOPS WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE....
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WE NEED A PRESIDENT WITH THE JUDGMENT TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE AND WHEN TO RISK AMERICAN LIVES. BARACK OBAMA SHOWED THAT JUDGMENT IN 2002....
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BIBLE TO DEFEND, SUPPORT, AND PROTECT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TODAY I CANNOT FATHOM A MORE PERFECT EXPRESSION
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Moore, Westley "Wes" - Captain
OF MY ALLEGIANCE AS A SOLDIER AND AS A CITIZEN AND BY GIVING MY FULL SUPPORT FOR BARACK OBAMA TO BE MY NEXT COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. [APPLAUSE] BEFORE I DEPLORED...
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AFTER A VICIOUS GUN BATTLE. -- I WILL NEVER FORGET ONE DAWN,
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Fick, Nathaniel - Captain
I TURNED IT TO SEE A SMALL AMERICAN FLAG HANGING FROM AN ANTENNA. FOR A SECOND HIT REMINDED ME OF THE LINE WE ALL KNOW SO WELL. AND OUR FLAG WAS STILL...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF BARACK OBAMA'S VISION FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.
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Estrada, John - Command Sergeant Major
BARACK OBAMA HAD THE JUDGMENT TO KNOW THAT OUR ARMED FORCES SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON AFGHANISTAN WHERE IT COULD HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TERRORISM AT ITS CORE...
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| 00:09:22 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO THE CLOSEST GATE. ONCE OUTSIDE THE STADIUM, CONTINUE AWAY FROM THE BUILDING. IF YOU ARE LOCATED ON THE 200 LEVEL, AFTER EXITING YOUR SWEET , TURN...
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| 00:11:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AMERICA, GREAT LEADERS HAVE ALWAYS SEIZED THE CHANCE FOR CHANGE. WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING'S OF PEOPLE FACING INJUSTICE AND DISCRIMINATION AND BIGOTRY,...
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Gutierrez, Luis - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois
BEING EXPLOITED AND IN PESTICIDE-RIDDEN FIELDS OF AMERICA, HE DID NOT HOPING THINGS WOULD GET BETTER. HE DEMANDED THAT CHANGE AND CHANGE CAME JUST LIKE...
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| 00:15:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CONVENTION -- SOME OF OUR FRIENDS IN THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN SEEMED PUZZLED WHY WE MOVED THE LAST NIGHT OF OUR CONVENTION OUTSIDE. AS A FORMER COMMUNITY ORGANIZER,...
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Plouffe, David - Manager
CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY ONLY COMES FROM THE BOTTOM UP. BAN THE OBAMA DEMANDED THAT WE BUILT A CAMPAIGN THAT REFLECTED THAT. THEY BELIEVE THAT ORDINARY...
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| 00:20:40 |
Rivera, Ray - Director
THIS CAMPAIGN, I WAS A UNION ORGANIZER BACK HOME IN NEW MEXICO. HERE IN COLORADO I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE POWER OF THE GRASS ROOTS ON THIS CAMPAIGN....
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Schakowsky, Janice "Jan" - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois
RISEING COST OF EVERYTHING FOR THEM AND MILLIONS OF MORE MIDDLE MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS WHO ARE BARELY HOLDING ON, THIS MOMENT CAN'T COME TOO SOON. THE...
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| 00:26:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GOOD EVENING. OK. GOOD EVENING, DEMOCRATS. THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE 45th NATIONAL QUADRENNIAL NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL NOW COME TO
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Pelosi, Nancy - U.S. Representative, [D] California
ORDER. WELCOME OBAMA SUPPORTERS TO THIS VERY SPECIAL CONVENTION SESSION. WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE THIS MAGNIFICENT CROWD WITH US TONIGHT. AMERICANS UNITE...
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| 00:29:16 |
Saperstein, David - Director
LIGHT UNTO THE NATIONS, A BEACON OF FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, THE PROTECTOR OF THIS PRECIOUS EARTH WHICH YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED...
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| 00:31:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
VETERANS. DELEGATES AND GUESTS, PLEASE WELCOME 2008 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, GYMNAST SEAN JOHNSON, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE...
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| 00:32:21 |
Johnson, Shawn - Olympic Athlete
DELEGATES AND GUESTS, PLEASE WELCOME ACADEMY AWARD WINNER JENNIFER HUDSON TO SING THE NATIONAL
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| 00:32:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ANTHEM. >> (music) O SAY CAN YOU SEE (music) (music) BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT (music) (music) WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED (music) (music) AT THE TWILIGHT'S
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| 00:33:18 |
Hudson, Jennifer - Singer
LAST GLEAMING (music) (music) WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS (music) (music) THROUGH THE PERILOUS NIGHT (music) (music) O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED...
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| 00:35:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DONE WHAT AMERICA CAN DO IN THIS NEW YEAR, 2008. IN LIEIVES LIVES THAT ARE STRUCTUREED AROUND SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES, IN BIG CITIES AND TOWNS, YOU CAME...
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| 00:37:07 |
Wedgeworth, Elbra - President
GIRL WHO GREW UP IN ONE OF DENVER'S POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WHO HAD THE SUPPORT OF A LOVING FAMILY TO MAKE HER DREAMS COME TRUE. THIS GIRL GREW...
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| 00:41:44 |
Chavez-Thompson, Linda - Vice Chair
FOR IN THIS 2008 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HAVE PROVIDED THE CRITICAL SECURITY TO ENSURE...
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| 00:43:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE. I
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Chavez-Thompson, Linda - Vice Chair
GREW UP IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. AND I LIVE IN
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| 00:43:43 |
Turnbull, Susan - Vice Chair
THIS IN THE GREAT STATE OF MARYLAND. I AM HERE TODAY TO HONOR THE GREAT STATE OF COLORADO! I AM PRESENTING A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OUR HOST, WHEREAS...
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| 00:46:08 |
Shackelford, Lottie H. - President
AND, AND WHEREAS THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION RECOGNIZES THE COLORADO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR GOVERNOR, BILL RITTER JR., FOR HIS LEADERSHIP...
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Honda, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [D] California
RALPH COOR STOOD UP FOR DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. WHEREAS THE 2008 CONVENTION RECOGNIZES THE CITIZENS OF COLORADO, THE RESIDENTS OF THE GREATER DENVER...
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| 00:49:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF COLORADO. [APPLAUSE] I AM SO PROUD OF COLORADO. WE'VE HOSTED A GREAT CONVENTION, DON'T YOU THINK? [APPLAUSE]
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Ritter, William - Governor, [D] Colorado
IT IS AN HONOR TO HOST THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. THIS EVENING, AS WE MARK THE END OF THE CONVENTION, WE REAFFIRM THE WESTERN SPIRIT AS...
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| 00:56:11 |
Perlmutter, Edwin "Ed" G. - U.S. Representative, [D] Colorado
GAS PUMPS, HEATING OIL COSTS GOING THROUGH THE ROOF, OIL COMPANIES REAPING RECORD PROFITS WHILE AMERICAN FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO PUT GAS IN THE TANK. CAN...
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| 00:59:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SMALL COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN HARD WORK, LOVE OF FAMILY, AND SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. UNFORTUNATELY, OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, THE BUSH
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| 00:59:18 |
Salazar, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Colorado
ADMINISTRATION HAS NEGLECTED RURAL AMERICA. AND ALL THAT JOHN McCAIN IS OFFERING IS MORE OF THE SAME. JOHN McCAIN HAS REPEATEDLY OPPOSED POLICYIES THAT...
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| 01:01:18 |
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OF DENVER, WE ARE HONORED THAT IT WAS OUR HOMETOWN WHERE WE NOMINATED THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BARACK
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| 01:01:30 |
DeGette, Diana L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Colorado
OBAMA. WHEN DR. KING SPOKE 45 YEARS AGO TODAY, HE SAID, "WE WILL NOT BE SATISFIED UNTIL JUSTICE FLOWS DOWN LIKE WATER AND RIGHTEOUS RIGHTEOUSNESS...
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| 01:05:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND OPENNESS BACK IN OUR GOVERNMENT. WE WANT A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE, BUT ONE THAT GETS THE TRUTH TO OUR SOLDIERS BEFORE WE SEND THEM SOMEWHERE. ...
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| 01:06:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
A LOT FOR COMING. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GLAD TO BE
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| 01:06:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HERE. THIS IS GREAT. THANK
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| 01:06:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU. THERE'S TWO ASPECTS OF THE VOTEER REGISTRATION DRIVE THAT ARE IMPORTANT. THE FIRST IS OF COURSE, GETTING PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE. IF WE CAN
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| 01:06:59 |
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REGISTER 100,000
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| 01:07:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PEOPLE OR SO IN SOME OF THESE STATES OR MORE, WE CAN WIN. THIS IS ABOUT MAKING OUR COUNTRY BE WHAT WE KNOW IT CAN BE, ABOUT REGAINING OUR MORAL LEADERSHIP...
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| 01:08:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, AND I KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY HOUSES I OWN. [APPLAUSE] NOT LONG AGO, MANY OF US WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR PARTY....
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| 01:08:19 |
Dean, Howard - Chair, Vermont
WE WERE IN THE MINORITY IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, BUT WE HAD HOPE. WE HAD A PLAN. SHOW UP. WE KNEW THAT IF WE KNOCKED ON DOORS AND TOLD PEOPLE...
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| 01:21:06 |
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DAY 45 YEARS AGO, A SON OF AMERICA, A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD, A PEACEFUL WARRIOR, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. STOOD ON THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL AND...
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| 01:21:27 |
Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
ROUTEED IN AMERICAN DREAM. HE WROTE THE MAGNIFICENT WORDS FOR THE CONSTITUTION AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THEY ISSUEED A CALL TO JUSTICE AND...
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| 01:26:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
A NATION WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE JUDGED BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, BUT BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER. I HAVE A DREAM. >> I HAVE A DREAM BECAME A...
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| 01:27:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE. >> ROSA PARKS SIMPLE ACT OF DEFIANCE ANDREW MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. INTO HIS LIFE'S WORK. >> --
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| 01:27:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DREW MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. INTO HIS LIFE'S WORK. >> IT IS ULTIMATELY THE STRONG MAN WHO CAN BE [UNINTELLIGIBLE] IT IS IT A CORDESMAN THAT CAN BE NON-VIOLENT....
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| 01:27:39 |
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WE SHALL OVERCOME
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| 01:27:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CARRIE. SOME
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| 01:27:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF US WILL HAVE TO BE SCARRED UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE SHALL OVERCOME. >> WITH THREATS TO HIS FAMILY AND LIVE OFTENTIMES MADE HIM QUESTION TO -- OFTENTIMES...
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| 01:28:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
JESUS LEAD ME IN. I SHALL GET HOME SOMEDAY. >> HE WAS A UNIFYING FORCE, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM ALL WALKS OF
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| 01:28:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LIFE FOR A COMMON CAUSE. EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL. >> HOW LONG? NOT LONG.
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| 01:28:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HOW LONG? NOT LONG.
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| 01:28:34 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WE, AS A PEOPLE, WILL GET TO THE PROMISED LAND. SO I AM HAPPY TONIGHT. I
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| 01:28:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANYTHING. I AM NOT FEELING ANY MAN. MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY. HALLELUJAH. GLORY HALLELUJAH. GLORY HALLELUJAH. HE WILL BE ABLE...
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| 01:29:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE SNOWCAPPED ROCKIES OF COLORADO. FREEDOM RINGS. [APPLAUSE] 45 YEARS AGO TODAY, MY FATHER DELIVERED IN HIS "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH. TONIGHT,
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| 01:30:08 |
King, Bernice - Daughter
WE WITNESS, IN PART, WHAT HAS BECOME OF HIS DREAMS. IT IS THE ACCEPTANCE BY SENATOR BARACK OBAMA OF THE PRESIDENTIAL DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. [APPLAUSE]...
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| 01:32:22 |
King, Martin Luther III - Son
ON THIS DAY, EXACTLY 45 YEARS AGO, MY FATHER STOOD ON THE NATIONAL IN OF THIS SHADOW OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND PROCLAIMED, "I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY THIS...
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| 01:37:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU CANNOT WALK AWAY AND NOT FEEL HOPE, NOT FEEL THAT GLIMMER OF LIGHT AGAIN. >> I DON'T THINK I WAS EVER
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| 01:37:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THIS INTERESTED IN THE VOTING PROCESS. >> IT IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER FELT COMPELLED TO BE PART OF A MOVEMENT SUCH AS THIS. >> I AM GOING TO GET THEM...
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| 01:37:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AT THE GRASS-ROOTS LEVEL FIRST AND THEN LET IT GO. THAT IS GOING TO MAKE ME HAPPY. (music) (music) >>
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| 01:37:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 01:37:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WE ARE ORGANIZING A OURSELVES. THE CAMPAIGN HELPS US. THEY'RE THERE TO HELP US, BUT WE
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| 01:38:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ARE ORGANIZING OURSELVES. (music) (music) >> THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH ONE ANOTHER, THAT IS OUR STRENGTH. >> I THINK
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| 01:38:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT FOR A LONG TIME, I HAD GIVEN UP THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY. >> I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICS. I HAVE SEEN POLITICIANS....
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| 01:38:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THIS IS NO ORDINARY TIME. THIS IS NO ORDINARY ELECTION. AND THIS MAY BE OUR
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| 01:38:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LAST CHANCE TO RECLAIM THE AMERICA THAT WE LOVE. >> WE ARE
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| 01:38:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ONE PEOPLE. WE ARE ONE NATION. AND TOGETHER, WE WILL BEGIN THE NEXT GREAT
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| 01:38:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CHAPTER IN THE AMERICAN STORY WITH THE WORDS THAT WILL WRING FROM COAST TO COAST, FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA. YES, WE CAN. [CHANTING]
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| 01:39:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES, WE CAN CARRY THIS WEEKEND. YES, WE CAN. (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music)...
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| 01:47:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WE FACE. I WILL LISTEN TO YOU WHEN WE DISAGREE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WILL OPEN THE DOORS OF GOVERNMENT AND ASK YOU TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUR OWN DEMOCRACY...
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| 01:55:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHAT'S UP AMERICA? >> IT WAS A CREED WRITTEN INTO THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS THAT DETERMINE THE DESTINY OF A NATION. >> YES WE CAN. >> IT WAS
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| 01:55:47 |
Legend, John - Musician
WHISPERED BY SLAVES AND ABOLITIONISTS AS THEY BELIEVE THE
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| 01:55:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TRAIL. >> YES, WE CAN. >> IT WAS
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| 01:55:58 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SUNG BY IMMIGRANTS AS THEY STRUCK OUT AND PUSHED WESTWARD. >>
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| 01:56:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 01:56:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES, WE CAN. >>
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| 01:56:13 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 01:56:18 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND THE KING STOOD UPON THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND PROMPT -- AND POINTED THE WAY TO THE PROMISED LAND. >> YES, WE CARE. (music) (music) (music) (music)
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| 01:56:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES, WE CAN (music) (music)
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| 01:56:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES, WE CAN (music) (music)
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| 01:56:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES, WE CAN TO OPPORTUNITY AND PROSPERITY (music) YES WE CAN TO OPPORTUNITY AND PROSPERITY (music) YES, WE CAN HEAL THIS NATION (music) AMERICA, YES,...
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| 01:57:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT NO MATTER WHAT OBSTACLES IN AIR WAY -- AND OUR WAY, NOTHING CAN STAND IN THE WAY OF OUR VOICES CALLING FOR CHANGE -- CALLING FOR...
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| 01:57:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WE WANT CHANGE >> WE ARE TOLD WE CANNOT DO THIS BY FORCE. IT WILL ONLY GROW LOUDER. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PAUSE FROM THE REALITY THAT WE LIVE IN. (music)...
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| 01:58:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING FALLS ABOUT HOPE OR CHANGE (music) (music) I WANT CHANGE. >> AMERICA IS GOING TO CHANGE, Y'ALL. (music) (music) >> WE WILL...
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| 01:58:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WE ARE ONE PEOPLE AND ONE NATION AND THAT TOGETHER WE WILL BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER IN THE AMERICAN STORY AND THE THREE WORDS THAT
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| 01:59:02 |
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WILL WRING FROM COAST TO COAST, FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA. (music) YES, WE CAN (music) (music) YES, WE CAN (music) YES, WE CAN (music) (music) YES, WE...
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| 01:59:58 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LADIES AND A JUMP IN, PLEASE WELCOME RAY ROMERO, THE COLORADO STATE DIRECTOR OF THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN. >> HERE I AM AGAIN, I AM ARRAIGNRAY RIVERA.
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| 02:00:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HERE IS A NEW WAY TO STAY CONNECTED WITH THE CAMPAIGN, THROUGH TEXT MESSAGING. LAST WEEK, WE ANNOUNCED JOE BIDEN FOR VICE PRESIDENT BY TEXT MESSAGE.
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| 02:00:55 |
Rivera, Ray - Director
TONIGHT, WE ARE TAKING IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL. RIGHT NOW MY TAKE YOUR CELL PHONES OUT. EVERYONE HERE, GET OUT YOUR PHONE. LET ME SEE SOME PHONES OUT THERE....
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| 02:03:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LEAVES TO PUT ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES AND PUSH THEIR SHOULDER AGAINST THE WHEEL OF HISTORY IN SEARCH OF A BETTER DAY. [APPLAUSE] IT IS THIS SENSE OF...
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| 02:09:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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Crow, Sheryl - Musician
SUCH CHANGE WOULD DO US GOOD (music) (music) A CHANGE WOULD DO AS GOOD (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music)...
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| 02:14:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WELL-- OUT OF OUR HEADS." (music) (music) GUEST:(music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music)...
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| 02:18:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 02:18:57 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES, WE CAN. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OBAMA. [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 02:24:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I LIVE IN COLORADO. I AM A FIRST-TIME DELEGATE. BEING A SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER, YOU SEE EVERYTHING HAPPEN. RATHER THAN WATCHING IT ON TELEVISION OR READING...
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| 02:24:49 |
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MY SUBSTITUTE TEACHER WHO IS FILLING IN FOR ME WILL REMIND THEM TO WATCH TELEVISION AND SEE IF THEY CAN CATCH ME. I HAVE A THREE-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND...
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| 02:26:49 |
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FATHER, A TRUE SON OF THE WEST, SPOKE TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AND SAID EVERY GENERATION HAS HAD TO CHANGE THIS COUNTRY TO MAKE IT WORK....
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| 02:27:03 |
Udall, Mark - U.S. Representative, [D] Colorado
THESE WORDS ARE JUST AS TRUE TODAY IN. MY DAD WOULD BE SO PROUD TO SEE A NEW GENERATION GATHERED HERE AT COLORADO, THE HEART OF THE WEST, READY TO LEAD,...
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| 02:30:50 |
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HERE TONIGHT NOT JUST AS THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA WHO KNOWS THAT THE PEOPLE OF MY STATE NEED A BETTER PARTNER IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT I AM HERE AS AN...
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| 02:31:04 |
Kaine, Timothy M. - Governor, [D] Virginia
OUR NATION AGAIN. -- GUIDING OUR NATION AGAIN. WE HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE PRESIDENT LETS WASHINGTON VALUES BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN AMERICAN...
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| 02:33:39 |
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OF SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO. HELPING PEOPLE RECLAIM THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND LIVES AFTER STEEL PLANTS CLOSE DOWN. AND JOE BIDEN, YOU KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN HAS...
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| 02:37:07 |
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WELCOME TO THE GREAT AMERICAN WEST. [APPLAUSE] WHEN WE DO THINGS IN OUR PART OF THE COUNTRY, WE DO THEN BIG. JOHN MCCAIN
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| 02:37:37 |
Richardson, William "Bill" Blaine - Governor, [D] New Mexico
SAYS YOU ARE ALL HERE TO FOLLOW A CELEBRITY. IT IS TIME SOMEONE TOLD HIM YOU ARE HERE TO ELECT A PRESIDENT. [APPLAUSE] JOHN MCCAIN IS THE FIRST CANDIDATE...
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| 02:46:23 |
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OF ANY COMPANY IN HISTORY. IT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE OIL COMPANIES RIDING THE LAWS. WE ARE GOING TO TAX THOSE WINDFALL PROFITS. WE'RE GOING TO INVEST THAT...
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| 02:53:20 |
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I LOVE YOU. [APPLAUSE] EVERY SONG THAT I HAVE SANG, KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU. (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) (music)...
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| 02:53:39 |
Wonder, Stevie - Musician
YES, WE CAN. YES, WE CAN. YES, WE CAN. YES. [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 02:59:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I HAVE TO DO THIS. I GOT TO DO THIS ONE. I GOT TO DO THIS ONE. I'M GOING TO DO THIS SONG FOR THE FUTURE PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE...
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| 03:00:18 |
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I LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 03:03:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT IS A LITTLE HARD TALKING ABOUT IT. IT HAPPENED IN JULY. MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY IN JULY. IT WAS BREAST CANCER. IT SPREAD OF AROUND HER BODY. IT WAS...
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| 03:03:34 |
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I SAW THE MEDICAL SYSTEM FIRSTHAND. AND IT WAS JUST HORRIBLE. TOWARDS THE END SHE HAD GOTTEN STABLE AND WAS STABLE ENOUGH FOR TRANSFER AND WAS STABLE...
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| 03:04:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BECAUSE OF A BROKEN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. >> I THINK THAT -- I KNOW THAT WITHOUT HOPE FOR CHANGE, I WOULD JUST FALL APART. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE. YOU DO...
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| 03:05:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 03:05:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENT, VICE- PRESIDENT AL GORE. [APPLAUSE] (music) (music) [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]...
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| 03:07:27 |
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
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| 03:08:16 |
Gore, Albert "Al" Jr. - Founder and Chairman
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE AN AMAZING CROWD. THANK YOU FOR THIS WARM WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS OF OUR DEMOCRACY IS THE OPPORTUNITY...
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| 03:28:31 |
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ENTITLED "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" (music) (music)
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| 03:28:42 |
McDonald, Michael - Musician
OH BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES (music) (music) FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN (music) (music) FOR PURPLE MOUNTAINS MAJESTIES ABOVE THE FRUITED PLAIN (music)...
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| 03:33:18 |
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THAT ARE HERE IN THE U.S. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. >> [INAUDIBLE
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| 03:33:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CONVERSATIONS] (music) >> PLEASE WELCOME AUTHOR AND GRANDDAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. SUSAN EISENHOWER. (music) >> I STAND BEFORE YOU...
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| 03:34:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE EISENHOWERS CAME TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY SELLING AMID THE HILLS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND LATER ON THE PLAINS OF KANSAS. LIKE MANY OF YOUR ANCESTORS, THE
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| 03:34:56 |
Eisenhower, Susan - Grandchild
BILL OUR NATION AND CIRCUIT IN TIMES OF NATIONAL CRISIS AND WAR. I GREW UP IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE MY PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS DIED AND MAYBE EISENHOWER...
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| 03:39:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GILLESPIE, ADMIRAL KEVIN GREEN, ADMIRAL LEE GUN, ADMIRAL DON GUDER, ADMIRAL JOHN HUDSON, GENERAL CLAUDIA KENNEDY, GENERAL DAV MCINNIS, GENERAL TONY MCPEAK,...
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Gration, J. Scott - Major General
APPRECIATE YOUR SACRIFICE. AND/OR SERVICE. LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY JOURNEY THAT HAS LED ME TO MILE HIGH. I MOVED TO THE CONDO WHEN I WAS...
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| 03:46:43 |
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HELLO, DEMOCRATS. [APPLAUSE] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK
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| 03:47:11 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
YOU. HELLO, HARRY REID. I ALWAYS DREAMED THAT WOULD STAND IN THIS PLACE. I WAS HOPING I WOULD
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| 03:47:24 |
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BE STANDING NEXT TO MY FRIEND FLOYD LITTLE. HE PLAYED FOR THE DENVER BRONCOS. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT AN OPEN CONVENTION, THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRATS MEANT....
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| 03:51:27 |
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I WENT TO DETROIT AND I LANDED A JOB AS AN AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORT. I DELIVERED NEW
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| 03:51:33 |
Gross, Roy - Resident
CARS FROM ASSEMBLY PLANTS TO DEALERSHIPS AROUND THIS COUNTRY. IT WAS A GREAT JOB. IT WAS A TEAMSTERS UNION JOB. YOU WORKED HARD AND IT PAID GOOD WAGES....
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| 03:53:36 |
Early, Monica - Resident
PAINTED A SCARY PICTURE. I DECIDED TO DO SOME BACK CHECKING ON MY OWN. AND LEARN THE TRUTH. WHAT I DISCOVERED IS THAT BARACK OBAMA IS A MAN OF FAITH,...
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| 03:56:07 |
Monaco, Janet Lynn - Resident
HOUSE AND OPENED TO PET STORES. I WAS LIVING WELL. THEN DISASTER STRUCK. BACK-TO-BACK HURRICANES, RISING COSTS OF FOOD AND GAS. TODAY I MAY STRUGGLING...
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| 03:58:02 |
Asenap, Teresa - Voter
AND LEARN. THEY ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THIRD GRADE THAT I REALIZED MI ABUELITA, MY GRANDMOTHER, COULD NEITHER...
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| 04:00:57 |
Cash-Roper, Pamela - Resident
MY HUSBAND KEITH AND I USED TO HAVE A MODEST HOME WE COULD AFFORD, CARS, MONEY IN A 41 K PLAN. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OUR HEALTH. WE EDUCATED OURSELVES,...
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| 04:03:48 |
Smith, Barney - Resident
AND BUY A HOUSE WITH ONE SALARY. MY FATHER STARTED AT THE PARSI PLAN IN 1949. HE WAS MANUFACTURING PICTURE TUBES FOR TV SETS. I STARTED IN 1973. MY...
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| 04:10:13 |
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UP. I'M GOING TO ASK
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| 04:10:18 |
Rivera, Ray - Director
ONE MORE TIME TO MAKE SURE WE DID NOT MISS ANYONE OR ANYONE OUT THERE. TEXT RIGHT NOW DNC TO 22262. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND MAKING HISTORY. THE...
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| 04:13:02 |
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CHANG E IS REALIZING THE POWER OF OUR DIPLOMACY. [APPLAUSE] TOUGH, DIRECTOR POLICY WERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS NOT AFRAID TO LET ANY PETTY...
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| 04:20:09 |
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INTRODUCED A FRIEND, AN ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR MOST PEOPLE HAD NEVER HEARD OF. WITH THE NAME MOST PEOPLE COULD NOT PRONOUNCED. 30 MINUTES LATER, BARACK...
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| 04:20:28 |
Durbin, Richard "Dick" J. - U.S. Senator, [D] Illinois
TOUCHING THE HEARTS AND INSPIRING THE DREAMS OF A NATION. TONIGHT, BARACK OBAMA WILL ACCEPT OUR NOMINATION TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA....
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| 04:25:19 |
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BEFORE ME AND THAT IN NO OTHER COUNTRY ON EARTH IS MY STORY EVEN POSSIBLE. >> AND IT HAS DEFINED HIM AS WELL. >>
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| 04:25:33 |
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MY MOTHER, SHE SAID TO HERSELF, YOU KNOW, MY SON, HE'S AN AMERICAN, AND HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT
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| 04:25:48 |
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MEANS. >> HIS CHILDHOOD WAS LIKE ANY OTHER, BUT IT WAS HIS SEARCH FOR SELF-THAT DEFINED HIM. >>
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| 04:25:57 |
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MY FATHER -- I ONLY MET HIM ONCE FOR A MONTH WHEN I WAS 10. I PROBABLY WAS SHAPED MORE BY HIS ABSENCE THAN HIS
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| 04:26:10 |
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PRESENCE. >> AND WHAT HE LEARNED WAS THAT BY DISCOVERING HIS OWN STORY HE WOULD COME TO KNOW WHAT IS REMARKABLE
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| 04:26:19 |
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ABOUT HIS COUNTRY. >> MY GRANDPAS, THEY GREW UP IN KANSAS, RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE HEART LAND. THEY WERE GROWING UP DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION. THEY
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| 04:26:33 |
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WEREN'T COMPLAINERS. THEY TOOK LIFE AS IT CAME. THEY KNEW THEY HAD TO WORK HARD, EVEN WHEN DIFFICULT THINGS
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| 04:26:43 |
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HAPPENED. >> HIS GRANDFATHER FOUGHT IN PATTON'S ARMY. HIS GRANDMOTHER WORKED ON A BOMBER ASSEMBLY LINE. BUT IT WAS HIS MOTHER WHO WOULD SEE HIM A PROMISE...
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| 04:27:07 |
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WOULD GO THROUGH MY LESSONS. I USED TO COMPLAIN AND GRUMBLE. YOU CAN IMAGINE A SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT-YEAR-OLD KID, WAKE UP AT 4:30. IF I COMPLAINED SHE...
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| 04:27:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SAW MY MOTHER REALLY ANGER WAS WHEN SHE SAW CRUELTY, WHEN SHE SAW SOMEBODY BEING BULLIED OR BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF WHO THEY WERE, AND...
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| 04:28:19 |
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RAVING ABOUT THIS GUY. >>
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| 04:28:22 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SHE CAME OFF AS VERY PROFESSIONAL. SO I WASN'T SURE SHE WOULD HAVE MUCH OF A SENSE OF HUMOR. >> I
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| 04:28:29 |
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THOUGHT, BARACK OBAMA, WHO NAMES THEIR KID BARACK OBAMA? >> IT'S ONE THING IF YOUR NAME WAS BARACK SMITH OR BARRY OBAMA,
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| 04:28:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BUT BARACK OBAMA THAT'S A KILLER. THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. >>
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| 04:28:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SORT OF A MONTH INTO HE WAS LIKE, WE SHOULD GO ON A DATE. I THOUGHT, NO. SO HE TOOK
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| 04:28:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ME TO THIS TRAINING THAT WAS GOING ON IN A CHURCH BASEMENT ON THE FAR SOUTH
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| 04:28:55 |
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SIDE OF THE CITY. MOST OF THE FOLKS IN THE BASEMENT WERE THERE BECAUSE THEY HAD FACED SOME POINT OF HOPELESSNESS. WE WALK IN, AND HE
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| 04:29:05 |
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TAKES OFF HIS SUIT JACKET AND LAUNCHES INTO WHAT I THINK IS THE MOST ELOQUENT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WORLD AS IT IS AND THE WORLD AS IT SHOULD BE, AND...
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| 04:29:48 |
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DO THIS FOR? >> YOU READ ABOUT SOME INJUSTICE AND SAY THAT'S NOT RIGHT. SOMEBODY SHOULD FIX THIS. YOU REALIZE NOBODY IS GOING TO FIX IT UNLESS YOU...
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| 04:30:00 |
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MAKE SURE LOW-WAGE WORKERS ARE ABLE TO BRING HOME A LIVING WAGE. >> TAX CUTS
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| 04:30:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FOR WORKERS, WELFARE TO WORK AND FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT. >>
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| 04:30:10 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED, YOU HAVE NO HEALTH INSURANCE, YOUR KID IS IN A LOUSY SCHOOL. THAT'S DAY-TO-DAY STUFF. WHAT PEOPLE LIVE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS....
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| 04:30:27 |
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TOOK TO HIL I'LL. WHEN I GOT DOWN THERE PEOPLE WERE COMPLETELY FAMILIAR TO
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| 04:30:32 |
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ME. THEY WERE LIKE MY GRANDPAS. >> AND IN WASHINGTON HE WOULD REMEMBER WHY HE WAS RUNNING AND WHO HE WAS FIGHTING
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| 04:30:40 |
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FOR. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, FIGHTING NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, ETHICS REFORM. >> I WATCHED HIM STAND IN THE MIDDLE WHERE A LOT OF THE SENIOR MEMBERS...
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| 04:30:55 |
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WOULDN'T. >> WRITE THIS DOWN. >> WHAT I WANT IS A FAMILY THAT IS TRANSMITTING THE VALUES I
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| 04:31:08 |
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INHERITED, THE VALUES MICHELLE INHERITED, TO THE NEXT GENERATION. HARD WORK, HONESTY, SELF-RELIANCE, RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLE, A
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| 04:31:19 |
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SENSE OF EMPATHY,
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| 04:31:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
KINDNESS, FAITH. MY MOM PASSING AWAY WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. WE ALWAYS HAD A SMALL FAMILY, AND SHE WAS SORT OF THE BEATING HEART...
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| 04:32:51 |
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STATES OF AMERICA! >> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE EVER HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT BEING A SENATOR OR BEING PRESIDENT. IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT TRYING TO MOVE...
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| 04:33:05 |
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OBLIGATION TO WORK ON BEHALF OF THE NEXT GENERATION. WE HAVE TO WORK TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER. >> I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE NOW TO HAVE A FATHER
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| 04:33:14 |
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IN THE HOUSE. TO HAVE A MOTHER WHO'S TRYING TO RAISE KIDS, WORK, AND GET HER COLLEGE EDUCATION AT THE SAME TIME. IT IS THAT
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| 04:33:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FUNDAMENTAL BELIEVE. I AM MY BROTHER'S KEEPER. I AM MY SISTER'S KEEPER, THAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY WORK. I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
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| 04:33:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WATCH GRANDPAS AGE, WHETHER THEY ARE FIXED INCOME IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY THE BILLS. WE HAVE TO TRANSFORM THE POLITICAL CULTURE SO IT'S RESPONSIVE...
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| 04:34:11 |
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OTHER. TO MAKE SURE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE, NOT JUST SOME PEOPLE, BUT ALL OF US. AND THAT'S THE COUNTRY I BELIEVE IN. THAT'S WHAT WORTH FIGHTING FOR....
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| 04:37:21 |
Obama, Barack - U.S. Senator, [D] Illinois
TO CHAIRMAN DEAN AND MY GREAT
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| 04:37:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FRIEND DICK DURBIN, AND TO ALL MY FELLOW CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT NATION, WITH PROFOUND GRATITUDE AND GREAT HUMILITY, I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENCY...
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| 04:45:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NEXT WEEK WE'LL ALSO HEAR ABOUT THOSE OCCASIONS WHEN HE'S BROKEN WITH HIS PARTY AS EVIDENCE HE CAN DELIVER THE CHANGE WE NEED. BUT THE RECORD'S...
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| 05:29:19 |
Hunter, Joel C. - Senior Pastor
DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THEIR REVERENCE FOR ALL LIFE. GIVE US A COMPASSION FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US, THE BABIES, THE CHILDREN,...
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| 05:32:18 |
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ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO I HEAR A MOTION? DO I HEAR A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >>
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| 05:32:29 |
Pelosi, Nancy - U.S. Representative, [D] California
AYE. >> THE CONVENTION IS ADJOURNED. LET US GO FORWARD AND WORK HARD TO ELECT DEMOCRATS AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT AND TO SEND BARACK OBAMA AND JOE...
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| 05:32:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES, WE CAN. YES, WE
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| 05:32:53 |
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CAN. YES, WE CAN. GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS AMERICA, AMEN. THANK YOU. (music) (music) BORNE DOWN IN A DEAD MAN'S TOWNE. SO YOU SPEND HALF YOUR LIFE...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.