The Speech that Made Obama President

Barack Obama in 2004 was totally unknown people were saying I don't know who this guy is wonder why they picked him he had interpretation as a bit of an upstart as sort of a young rising figure in the party but no one knew who this guy was this was his chance to introduce himself to people tonight is a particular honor for me because let's face it my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely my father was a foreign student born and raised in a small village in Kenya what makes a great political speech is if you can somehow fold your story into this larger American story the next thing he says is better as mothers family his grandfather fought in World War two use the GI Bill a settlement in Kansas so white people could say huh oh he's just like us my parents shared not only an improbable love they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me and that in no other country on earth is my story even possible going into this speech we've had four years of George Bush and we felt as a country like we've grown further apart Oh war was very much a divisive partisan race Obama's speeches and in some ways an antidote to that alongside our famous individualism there's another ingredient in the American saga a belief that we're all connected as one people if there is a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read that matters to me even if it's not my child if there's a senior citizen somewhere we can't pay for their prescription drugs and having to choose between medicine and the rent that makes my life poor even if it's not my grandparent it is that fundamental belief I am my brother's keeper I am My Sister's Keeper that makes this country work e pluribus unum out of many one he gives a speech that priests ages his entire political message of 2008 which is the serve post-partisan argument now even as we speak there are those who are preparing to divide us the spin masters the negative ad peddlers who embraced the politics of anything-goes well I say to them tonight there is not a liberal America and a conservative America there is the United States of America Obama was born with two great gifts that one is his mind and the other is his ability to speak to large groups of people there are three things that Obama does that really makes that speech effective he wants concrete the tale he likes story and he loves antithesis the use of repetition in structure to show contrast there is not a liberal America or a conservative America there is one in there the pundits like to slice and dice our country in the red states and blue states but I've got news for them too we worship an awesome God in the blue states and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the red states we coach little lead in the blue states and yes we've got some gay friends in the red states we are one people all of us pledging allegiance to the Stars and Stripes all of us defending the United States of America the way he used his hands he actually points a lot does a lot of this a lot of this a lot of that in doing so he gives off this sense of energy I am new I'm someone who is dynamic and he doesn't get so much anymore he's a little more solemn and reserved when his speeches today I think it's more reflective of his office in the end 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 mill workers 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 to go hope in the face of difficulty hope in the face of uncertainty the audacity of hope' his appearance at that convention which was the best speech of the convention better than John Kerry's was electrifying and without it he wouldn't be President I think sincerity means a lot there are people who when they speak that they speak the truth as they see it and they're they're very effective doing that I believe this country will reclaim its promise and out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come thank you very much everybody

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Length: 6min 13sec (373 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 30 2012

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I will never forget that Wednesday night. I’d never known about him, and then he came in and showed up John Edwards on his night. It was fucking electric.

[u/pangea89]

Obama was pure rhetoric, he was an idea whereas Yang is pure reason, he has ideas. So don't really think that type of speech would suit Yang but prove me wrong :)

[u/The_Fair_Sex]

I’ll take data over hope.