July 27th, 2004.
The world would never be the same.....
Who IS that Senator Durbin?????!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fMNIofUw2IAnd fellow Americans, Democrats, Republicans, independents, I say to you, tonight, we have more work to do...... more to do for the father I met who was losing his job and choking back the tears wondering how he would pay $4,500 a month for the drugs his son needs without the health benefits that he counted on ...
In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism, or do we participate in a politics of hope? ... It's the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs; the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores; the hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta; the hope of a millworker's son who dares to defy the odds; the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. ...
It is that fundamental belief -- it is that fundamental belief -- I am my brother's keeper, I am my sisters' keeper -- that makes this country work....
I believe that we have a righteous wind at our backs, and that as we stand on the crossroads of history, we can make the right choices and meet the challenges that face us.
http://www.2004dnc.com/barackobamaspeech/