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On November 4, 2008, President-Elect Barack Obama made his acceptance speech at Grant Park in Chicago after being declared the winner of the 2008 United States presidential race. The historic speech was delivered in front of an audience of 65,000 people, with journalists from all over the world in attendance.
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Fast Facts
- Delivered at: Grant Park, Chicago
- When: November 4, 2008
- Time: 11 p.m., Central Time
- Ticketed event, standing room for 65,000NPR: Chicago Hosts Obama's Election Night Party (November 4, 2008)
- Oprah Winfrey was in attendance at the speech
- Nearly 1,000,000 celebrated in the streets of ChicagoNPR: Chicago Hosts Obama's Election Night Party (November 4, 2008)
- Obama referenced 106-year-old Ann Nixon Cooper
- John McCain called Senator Obama to concede shortly after 11 p.m., EST
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"Change Has Come to America"
In his acceptance speech, Barack Obama thanked his running mate, Joe Biden, and his wife, Michelle Obama. He used his victory as reason to believe that anything is possible in America.He told his supporters that the victory belonged to them, and that the movement and campaign were not born in the halls of Washington, but in the backyards, front porches and living rooms of America.
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Primary Acceptance Speech
On August 28, 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama delivered his nomination acceptance speech at the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver, Colorado. The speech called for a shift away from the policies of the Bush administration.Official Site: Democratic Convention 2008 Schedule Held at Invesco Field at Mile High, it marked the largest convention rally since John F. Kennedy accepted the Democratic nomination at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1960.National Post: Need to keep U.S. promise alive: Obama (August 28, 2008) -
Excerpts from Primary Acceptance Speech
The following excerpts are from the prepared transcript of Obama's speech:"America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this."Boston.com: Obama: 'We are a better country than this' (August 28, 2008)
"This moment, this election, is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive. Because next week, in Minnesota, the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Cheney will ask this country for a third."Boston.com: Obama: 'We are a better country than this' (August 28, 2008)
"We are the party of Roosevelt. We are the party of Kennedy. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country... The Bush-McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans—Democrats and Republicans—have built, and we are to restore that legacy."Boston.com: Obama: 'We are a better country than this' (August 28, 2008)
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RT @AngryBlackLady: Sarah Palin: stealing black men's thunder since RNC. 1st Obama's acceptance speech @ DNC; now, MJ's funeral shenanigans.
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Sarah Palin: stealing black men's thunder since the RNC. First Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC; now, MJ's funeral shenanigans.
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@ssudge are you in Chicago or listening to Obama's acceptance speech?
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During his acceptance speech Pres Obama called us to listen to the better angels of our nature. Does our leader beleive in angels too?
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