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hello virginia democrat __PUNCT__ that sound so good __PUNCT__
let me ask you someth __PUNCT__
ar you readi to take back the white_hous and take back our countri __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ so am i and i am so readi to see virginia in the win democrat column in __DATE__ __PUNCT__
i am delight and honor to be here with you thi even __PUNCT__
i want to thank deleg jennif mcclellan for not onli that introduct __PUNCT__ but her commit to public_servic and leadership __PUNCT__
and it is a special treat to be here with governor tim kain and former governor mark warner __PUNCT__ current richmond mayor and former governor doug wilder __PUNCT__
i want to thank you so much for send jim_webb to the senat __PUNCT__
and i hope he will soon be join by the next senat warner from the state of virginia __PUNCT__
i want to acknowledg your congression deleg __PUNCT__ congressman moran __PUNCT__ and scott __PUNCT__ and voucher __PUNCT__ and the execut_director of the parti ami reger who ha done a wonder job with thi huge jefferson __PUNCT__ jackson dai dinner __PUNCT__
now let me ask you for a moment to imagin that it is final __DATE__ __PUNCT__ somebodi stand on the step of the capitol will place hi or her hand on the bibl and be sworn in as the __NUM___presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__
our task tonight is to make sure that presid is a democrat becaus after __NUM__ long year of georg w __PUNCT__ bush __PUNCT__ __NUM___year of incompet __PUNCT__ corrupt and cronyism __PUNCT__ __NUM__ year of govern of the few __PUNCT__ by the few __PUNCT__ and for the few __PUNCT__ the next presid will face tremend challeng __PUNCT__
as the presid walk into the oval_offic __PUNCT__ wait there will be __NUM___war __PUNCT__ an economi in troubl __PUNCT__ the health_care crisi __PUNCT__ the energi_crisi __PUNCT__ all of the problem that i hear about everi dai from peopl across america __PUNCT__
peopl who whisper to me about the mortgag thei can't afford __PUNCT__ the medic_bill that wipe out their life_save __PUNCT__ the tuition bill that cut_short their children dream __PUNCT__
peopl who work the dai shift and the night shift becaus thei want the world for their children __PUNCT__ peopl whose name don't make the headlin but who have all re __PUNCT__ written america stori __PUNCT__
it about the woman who grab my hand and told me her insur_compani wouldn't pai for the treatment her child need __PUNCT__
it about the man who ask me what to do after hi job wa ship oversea and he wa told to train hi replac __PUNCT__
it about the coupl so determin to send their daughter to colleg that thei mortgag their home with a subprim_mortgag and now mai lose that as well __PUNCT__
it about the dedic govern_employe who stop me and tell me that thei ar work_hard despit the all out assault on govern_worker by thi administr __PUNCT__
for me __PUNCT__ polit isn't __PUNCT__ a game __PUNCT__
it not about who is up __PUNCT__ or who is down __PUNCT__
it about your liver __PUNCT__ your famili __PUNCT__ and your futur __PUNCT__
and isn't it about time you had a presid who brought your voic and your valu to your white_hous __PUNCT__
thi elect is also about all those american who want to seiz thi moment __PUNCT__
to build the kind of futur that we know await __PUNCT__
it about teacher determin to see their student succe in thi new centuri and young_peopl __PUNCT__ hungri for opportun their parent never dream of __PUNCT__
it about the busi and union train peopl for green collar_job __PUNCT__ the high wage __PUNCT__ high __PUNCT__ skill __PUNCT__ high __PUNCT__ energi job of the futur __PUNCT__
it about the scientist and research who want to do stem_cell cell_research and find treatment and cure for devast diseas __PUNCT__
it about our contractor and construct_worker who want to rebuild america from the bridg in minnesota to the leve in new orlean __PUNCT__
it about the men and women who wear the uniform of our countri who deserv a command in chief who know thei ar magnific but that forc should be us as a last resort and not a first resort __PUNCT__
for __NUM__ long year we have neither address our problem __PUNCT__ nor seiz our opportun __PUNCT__
we have tri it presid_bush wai __PUNCT__ concentr wealth __PUNCT__ hoard power __PUNCT__ disregard scienc __PUNCT__ shred the constitut __PUNCT__ smear dissent __PUNCT__ impugn patriot __PUNCT__ go it alon in the world wherev you can and cooper onli when you have to __PUNCT__
and now with senat_mccain as the like nomine __PUNCT__ the republican have chosen more of the same __PUNCT__
presid_bush ha alreadi put hi stamp of approv on senat_mccain conserv credenti and i am sure that will help __PUNCT__
now i understand there ar some peopl who sai thei can't tell the differ between me and georg_bush __PUNCT__
i don't think anyon here believ that the republican ar confus me and georg bush __PUNCT__
and certainli __PUNCT__ have fought georg bush everi dai for the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__ i will be among those most happi to see the move van leav the white_hous __PUNCT__
voter certainli won't have ani problem see the differ __PUNCT__
senat_mccain want to keep troop in iraq for __NUM___year __PUNCT__
i will start bring them home within __NUM___dai of becom presid of our countri __PUNCT__
senat_mccain ha admit he doesn't understand the economi __PUNCT__
i have a strategi to end the hous_crisi __PUNCT__ creat___NUM__ __NUM___million new clean_energi job and rebuild a strong and prosper middl_class again __PUNCT__
and on thing we know for sure is that senat_mccain won't deliv univers_health_care __PUNCT__
in fact i am the onli candid left in thi race __PUNCT__ democrat or republican __PUNCT__ with a health_care_plan to cover everi singl man __PUNCT__ woman and child __PUNCT__
becaus you see i believ health care is a fundament human right and a moral_oblig of the unit_state of america final to achiev for our peopl __PUNCT__
if i your nomine __PUNCT__ you never have to be worri that i will be knock out of the ring becaus i do have the strength and experi to lead thi countri and i am readi to go toe to toe with senat_mccain whenev and wherev he desir __PUNCT__
i am readi to make the case for the democrat_parti from univers_health_care to make it clear that onc again america is open for busi to the rest of the world __PUNCT__ and the era of cowboi diplomaci is over __PUNCT__
i am readi to make your case becaus your voic ar the chang we seek and togeth we will take back the white_hous and take back_america becaus i see an america where our economi work for everyon not just those at the top __PUNCT__ where our prosper is share and we creat good_job that stai right here in the unti state __PUNCT__
i see an america where we stand up to the oil_compani and the oil __PUNCT__ produc countri __PUNCT__ where we do launch a clean_energi revolut and final confront our climat_crisi __PUNCT__
i am well awar that we cannot be seriou about our energi_polici and our secur __PUNCT__ our environ __PUNCT__ and our economi until the two oil men leav the white_hous __PUNCT__
but when thei do __PUNCT__ we will be readi __PUNCT__
i see an america where we sai that __NUM___million_peopl uninsur __PUNCT__ more than __NUM__ right here in virginia alon __PUNCT__ is a disgrac __PUNCT__
and we don't just provid health_care for some peopl or most peopl __PUNCT__ but for everyon with no on left out __PUNCT__
i see an america where we have school worthi of our children start with pre __PUNCT__ kindergarten __PUNCT__
i know how passion governor kain ha been advoc for pre __PUNCT__ kindergarten program right here in the commonwealth __PUNCT__
i see an america where colleg is afford again for hard_work work_famili __PUNCT__
i see an america where when young_men and women sign up to serv our countri __PUNCT__ we sign up to serv them too __PUNCT__
an america with a __NUM___centuri gi_bill of right to help our veteran go to colleg __PUNCT__ bui a home __PUNCT__ and start their own busi __PUNCT__
i see an america respect around the world again where we reach out to our alli to confront our share challeng from global terror to global_warm to global epidem __PUNCT__
that is the america we will build togeth __PUNCT__
an america where the next gener is alwai better off than the last __PUNCT__
that ha been the work of my life __PUNCT__
it why i start my career fight for abus and neglect children __PUNCT__
children who had drawn the short straw in life becaus i believ all of our children deserv the chanc to fulfil their own god __PUNCT__ given potenti __PUNCT__
thi nation gave me everi opportun and i believ we can do the same for everi child __PUNCT__
it a matter of live up to the ideal that our founder __PUNCT__ mani of them virginian __PUNCT__ set forth more than __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ that we ar all creat_equal __PUNCT__ all entitl to life __PUNCT__ liberti and the pursuit of happi __PUNCT__
now neither senat_obama nor i __PUNCT__ nor mani of you in thi room __PUNCT__ were fulli includ in that origin vision __PUNCT__
but it wa the begin of an extraordinari journei __PUNCT__
a journei root in our ideal when our law were not __PUNCT__
a movement of men and women in each gener __PUNCT__ who led us through unchart territori __PUNCT__ to higher ground __PUNCT__
the abolitionist like harriet tubman __PUNCT__ who told the peopl she led to freedom __PUNCT__ if you ar tire __PUNCT__ keep go __PUNCT__
if you ar scare __PUNCT__ keep go __PUNCT__
if you ar hungri __PUNCT__ keep go __PUNCT__
if you want to tast freedom __PUNCT__ keep go __PUNCT__
the audaci women and a few brave men who gather at seneca fall __PUNCT__ new york __PUNCT__ back in __NUM__ demand their right includ the right to vote __PUNCT__
it took more than __NUM___year of struggl and ridicul __PUNCT__ and grind hard_work __PUNCT__ and onli on of them live long enough to see women pass their first ballot __PUNCT__
the progress who met the inequ of a new ag with a new sprit of reform __PUNCT__ back in the progress_era __PUNCT__ even the republican understood that we were all in thi togeth __PUNCT__
and then we had so much progress dure the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__
and as men and women march and picket __PUNCT__ as thei face dog and tear_ga as thei risk their live __PUNCT__ thei did so becaus thei look into the ey of their children and thei saw the promis of a better futur and thei decid to just keep go __PUNCT__
becaus of them __PUNCT__ my gener grew up take for grant that women could vote __PUNCT__
becaus of them my daughter gener took for grant that children of all color would attend_school togeth __PUNCT__
becaus of them __PUNCT__ virginia made histori becom the first state in america to elect an african_american governor __PUNCT__ governor wilder __PUNCT__
becaus of them __PUNCT__ senat_obama and i share thi stage todai and becaus of them and becaus of you __PUNCT__ less than a year from now __PUNCT__ on of us will take the oath of offic __PUNCT__
and children of todai and of futur_gener will take it for grant that a woman or an african_american can be presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__
that is the geniu of our constitut __PUNCT__
it wa craft to expand as our heart do __PUNCT__ allow each gener to lead us closer to that more perfect_union __PUNCT__
that is america purpos __PUNCT__
that is our purpos as democrat and our mission in thi elect __PUNCT__ to build a nation that is more inclus __PUNCT__ more equal __PUNCT__ more fair __PUNCT__ more free __PUNCT__ and more just __PUNCT__
that work is never finish but we get better as we go __PUNCT__
alwai strive to heed the word inscrib on the base of the statu of liberti __PUNCT__ the word that give voic to america embrac __PUNCT__ give me your tire __PUNCT__ your poor __PUNCT__ your huddl_mass yearn to breath free __PUNCT__
ladi liberti ha overlook the new york harbor through war and depress __PUNCT__ and through the dark_dai of __DATE__ a constant remind that here in america we face our challeng and embrac all of our peopl __PUNCT__
so todai we sai with on voic __PUNCT__ give us the child who want to learn __PUNCT__ give us the peopl in need of work __PUNCT__ give us the veteran who need of care __PUNCT__ give us thi economi to rebuild and thi war to end __PUNCT__ give us thi nation to lift thi world __PUNCT__ to lead thi moment to seiz __PUNCT__
i know we readi and i need your help __PUNCT__
i need your involv and your particip start tonight __PUNCT__
togeth we can make histori __PUNCT__
come join me __PUNCT__ come to my websit___URL__ be part of thi campaign __PUNCT__ work until tuesdai when virginia hold it primari becaus it is not me you work for __PUNCT__ it is you __PUNCT__
it is your futur __PUNCT__ your famili __PUNCT__ and your belov countri __PUNCT__
we have an opportun togeth to make histori __PUNCT__ but not just to chang who live in the white_hous but to chang our heart __PUNCT__
to chang our attitud __PUNCT__
to onc again know that there isn't anyth america can't do if we start act like american __PUNCT__
pleas join thi campaign __PUNCT__ be part of make histori and give us back the countri we love to be proud of again __PUNCT__ and to make_progress toward that more perfect_union __PUNCT__
thank you and god_bless you __PUNCT__