Barack Obama

it ha now been a littl over four month sinc we began thi campaign __PUNCT__

and everywher we been __PUNCT__ whether it oakland or cleveland __PUNCT__ atlanta or austin __PUNCT__ we been get these inspir __PUNCT__ humbl crowd of thousand __PUNCT__

for a lot of peopl __PUNCT__ it the first polit event of their lifetim __PUNCT__

i like to take all the credit myself __PUNCT__ but i know that not the onli reason thei come __PUNCT__

there is a hunger in thi countri right now __PUNCT__ a long for someth new that we haven't seen in year __PUNCT__

and whenev i stop and think about it __PUNCT__ i remind of what got me into public_servic in the first place __PUNCT__

the year after colleg __PUNCT__ i decid to move to chicago __PUNCT__

it wa a time where factori close were sweep the midwest __PUNCT__ and thousand were be laid off __PUNCT__ and thei were board up home and busi __PUNCT__

on the south_side of chicago __PUNCT__ where neighborhood were struggl to rebuild after the close of nearbi steel plant __PUNCT__ a group of church came togeth and decid that thei could make a differ __PUNCT__

and thei hire me to help __PUNCT__

the salari wa __MONEY__ a year plu enough monei to bui an old __PUNCT__ beat __PUNCT__ up car __PUNCT__ so i took the job and becam a commun_organ __PUNCT__

we went to work set up job_train train_program for the unemploi and after school program for kid __PUNCT__

and block by block __PUNCT__ we turn those neighborhood around __PUNCT__

it wa the best educ i ever had __PUNCT__ becaus i learn in those neighborhood that when ordinari_peopl come togeth __PUNCT__ thei can achiev extraordinari thing __PUNCT__

and so later __PUNCT__ when i finish law_school __PUNCT__ i turn down the corpor job offer and i came back to chicago to continu the work i start __PUNCT__

i organ a voter_registr drive that sign up __NUM__ new voter to help elect bill_clinton in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

i join a civil right law practic __PUNCT__ and i start teach constitut_law __PUNCT__ becaus unlik some occup of the white_hous __PUNCT__ i actual believ in the constitut __PUNCT__

and after a few year __PUNCT__ peopl_start come up to me and tell me i should run for state_senat __PUNCT__

so i jump in the race __PUNCT__

and i shook everi hand i could and pass out flyer to whoever would take them __PUNCT__

but the on question i get from peopl more than ani other wa __PUNCT__ you seem like a nice young_man __PUNCT__

you done all thi great_work __PUNCT__

you been a commun_organ __PUNCT__ and you teach law_school __PUNCT__ you a civil right attornei __PUNCT__ you a famili_man __PUNCT__ why would you wanna go into someth dirti and nasti like polit __PUNCT__

and i understand the question __PUNCT__ and the cynic __PUNCT__

we all understand it __PUNCT__

we understand it becaus we all seen that polit in thi town is no longer a mission __PUNCT__ it a busi __PUNCT__

our polit ha never been pure __PUNCT__ but there a sens that in the last sever year __PUNCT__ the race for monei __PUNCT__ and influenc __PUNCT__ and power ha left the hope and concern of most american in the dust __PUNCT__

you worri about how you pai for colleg __PUNCT__ or health_care __PUNCT__ or save for retir __PUNCT__ but when you turn on the tv or open the newspap __PUNCT__ all you see from washington is anoth scandal __PUNCT__ or a petti argument __PUNCT__ or the persist stubborn of a presid who refus to end thi war in iraq __PUNCT__

as the rest of us have turn awai from thi kind of polit in cynic and frustrat __PUNCT__ we know what fill the void __PUNCT__

the lobbyist and influenc __PUNCT__ peddler with the cash and the connect __PUNCT__ the on who turn govern into a game onli thei can afford to plai __PUNCT__

it the pharmaceut_compani that get to write our drug bill while the price of prescript skyrocket for the rest of us __PUNCT__

it the oil lobbyist that get to meet with the same white_hous that silenc the scientist who warn us about the destruct of our planet __PUNCT__

you know who i talk about here __PUNCT__

thei write the check and you get stuck with the bill __PUNCT__ thei get the access while you get to write a letter __PUNCT__ thei think thei own thi govern __PUNCT__ but we here to tell them it not for sale __PUNCT__

peopl tell me i haven't spent a lot of time learn the wai of washington __PUNCT__

but i promis you thi __PUNCT__ i been here long enough to know that the wai of washington must chang __PUNCT__

the cynic we feel about what polit can achiev todai is no accid __PUNCT__

it ha to do with a failur of leadership __PUNCT__

it ha to do with the philosophi thei peddl in thi town for the last six year __PUNCT__ a philosophi of trickl __PUNCT__ down and on __PUNCT__ your __PUNCT__ own that sai govern ha no role in solv the challeng we face and so it shouldn't even try __PUNCT__

it a theori that easi to talk about when you plai polit in washington __PUNCT__ but harder to defend when you actual see what it doe to averag_american __PUNCT__

i met a famili in iowa citi with a small_busi of fifteen_year who is now face bankruptci becaus of their medic_bill __PUNCT__

try tell them thei on their own __PUNCT__

i spoke with worker in newton who were watch their maytag plant_close down and their shop get ship oversea __PUNCT__

try tell them to pull themselv up by their bootstrap __PUNCT__

try sai __PUNCT__ tough luck __PUNCT__ to the famili who still don't have home in new orlean __PUNCT__ or the __NUM___million_american without health_care __PUNCT__ or the __NUM___million million_children children_born into poverti in the richest nation on earth __PUNCT__

thi is not who we ar __PUNCT__

thi is not how america ha persev through war and depress __PUNCT__ through struggl for civil right and women right and worker right __PUNCT__

we have come thi far as a nation becaus we believ in a differ kind of polit __PUNCT__ becaus we believ in a differ vision for america __PUNCT__

we believ that we rise or fall as on peopl __PUNCT__

we believ that we each have a stake in on anoth __PUNCT__ that i am my brother keeper __PUNCT__ that i am my sister keeper __PUNCT__

we believ that what happen to that famili in iowa __PUNCT__ or to those maytag worker __PUNCT__ that matter to us __PUNCT__ even if it not our famili __PUNCT__ or our job __PUNCT__

and what more __PUNCT__ in the face of our cynic __PUNCT__ and our doubt __PUNCT__ and the power and influenc we see in washington __PUNCT__ we believ that thi kind of america is possibl __PUNCT__

the time for the can't __PUNCT__ do __PUNCT__ won't __PUNCT__ do __PUNCT__ won't __PUNCT__ even __PUNCT__ try style of polit is over __PUNCT__

it time to turn the page __PUNCT__

some of our more cynic friend in the media teas me from time to time for alwai talk about hope __PUNCT__

but the reason i do is becaus i seen it power __PUNCT__

no on thought those south_side neighborhood had a chanc when i got there __PUNCT__

but we band togeth __PUNCT__ and we kept work __PUNCT__ and we taught peopl to stand up to their govern when it wasn't stand up for them __PUNCT__

when i got to the illinoi state_senat __PUNCT__ peopl said it wa too hard to take on the issu of monei in polit __PUNCT__ that our state had too long a histori __PUNCT__ and too mani entrench interest __PUNCT__

but i knew we had the peopl of illinoi on our side __PUNCT__ and i even found a few folk on the other side of the aisl who were will to listen __PUNCT__ and we pass the first major ethic reform in twenti __PUNCT__ five year __PUNCT__

peopl told me i couldn't reform a death_penalti system that had sent __NUM__ innoc_peopl to death_row __PUNCT__

but we did that __PUNCT__

thei doubt whether we could put govern_back on the side of averag peopl __PUNCT__ but we put tax_cut in the pocket of the work_famili who need them instead of the folk who didn't __PUNCT__

and i pass health_care_reform that insur anoth __NUM___children and parent __PUNCT__

so i know that chang is possibl __PUNCT__

i know that turn the page is possibl __PUNCT__

thi isn't just the rhetor of a campaign __PUNCT__ it been the caus of my life __PUNCT__ a caus i will work for and fight for everi dai as your presid __PUNCT__

it not enough just to chang parti in thi elect __PUNCT__

if we hope to truli transform thi countri __PUNCT__ we have to chang our polit too __PUNCT__

it time to turn the page __PUNCT__

it time to turn the page on health_care __PUNCT__ to bring togeth union and busi __PUNCT__ democrat and republican __PUNCT__ and to let the insur and drug_compani know that while thei get a seat at the tabl __PUNCT__ thei don't get to bui everi chair __PUNCT__

i have a univers_health_care health_care_plan that will cover everi american and cut the cost of a typic famili premium by up to __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__

it a plan that let the uninsur bui_insur that similar to the kind member of congress give themselv __PUNCT__

if you can't afford that __PUNCT__ you get a subsidi to pai for it __PUNCT__

and it goe further than ani other propos plan in cut the cost of health_care by invest in technolog and prevent_care __PUNCT__ break the stranglehold the drug and insur_industri have on the health_care market __PUNCT__ and help busi and famili shoulder the cost of the most expens condit so that an ill doesn't lead to a bankruptci __PUNCT__

and i promis you thi __PUNCT__ i will sign a univers_health_care health_care_plan that cover everi american by the end of my first term in offic as your presid __PUNCT__

count on it __PUNCT__

it time to turn the page on educ __PUNCT__ to move past the slow decai of indiffer that sai some school can't be fix and some kid just can't learn __PUNCT__

as presid __PUNCT__ i will launch a campaign to recruit and support hundr of thousand of new teacher across the countri __PUNCT__ becaus the most import_part of ani educ is the person stand in the front of the classroom __PUNCT__

it time to treat teach like the profess it is __PUNCT__

it time to pai our teacher what thei deserv __PUNCT__

and when it come to develop the high_standard we need __PUNCT__ it time to stop_work against our teacher and start_work with them __PUNCT__

we can do thi __PUNCT__

it time to turn the page on energi __PUNCT__ to break the polit stalem that kept our fuel_effici standard in the same place for twenti_year __PUNCT__ to tell the oil and auto_industri that thei must act __PUNCT__ not onli becaus their futur at stake __PUNCT__ but becaus the futur of our countri and our planet is at stake as well __PUNCT__

as presid __PUNCT__ i will place a cap on carbon_emiss __PUNCT__ and requir compani who can't meet the cap to bui credit from those who can __PUNCT__

thi will gener million of dollar to invest in renew_sourc of energi and creat new job and even a new industri in the process __PUNCT__

i put in place a low __PUNCT__ carbon fuel standard that will take __NUM___million car __PUNCT__ worth of pollut off the road __PUNCT__

and i rais the fuel_effici standard for our car and truck becaus we know we have the technolog to do it and it time we did __PUNCT__

we can do thi __PUNCT__

it time to turn the page for all those american who want noth more than to have a job that can pai the bill and rais a famili __PUNCT__

let final_make the minimum_wage a live_wage and tie it to the cost of live so we don't have to wait anoth ten_year to see it rise __PUNCT__

let put the jobless back to work in transit job that can give them a paycheck and a sens of pride __PUNCT__ let help our worker advanc with job_train and life __PUNCT__ long educ __PUNCT__ and let final allow our union to do what thei do best and lift up the middl __PUNCT__ class in thi countri onc more __PUNCT__

and when you head to capitol_hill in a littl bit to ralli for the employe free choic act __PUNCT__ sai it loud enough so that the folk on the other end of pennsylvania_avenu can hear you __PUNCT__ in thi countri __PUNCT__ we believ that if the major of worker in a compani want a union __PUNCT__ thei should get a union __PUNCT__

we can do thi __PUNCT__

we can do all of thi __PUNCT__

but befor we do __PUNCT__ we have to begin by turn the page and end thi war __PUNCT__

i am proud that i stood up in __NUM__ and urg our leader not to take us down thi danger path __PUNCT__

i said it befor and i sai it again __PUNCT__ thi is a war that should never been author and never been wage __PUNCT__

so mani of us knew thi back then __PUNCT__ even when it wasn't popular to sai so __PUNCT__

we knew back then thi war wa a mistak __PUNCT__

we knew back then that it wa danger divers from the struggl against the terrorist who attack us on __DATE__ __PUNCT__

we knew back then that we could find ourselv in an occup of undetermin length __PUNCT__ at undetermin cost __PUNCT__ with undetermin consequ __PUNCT__

but the war went forward __PUNCT__

and now __PUNCT__ we seen those consequ and we mourn for the dead and wound __PUNCT__

i wa in new hampshir the other month when a woman told me that her nephew wa leav for iraq __PUNCT__

and as she start tell me how much she miss him and how worri she wa about him __PUNCT__ she began to cry __PUNCT__

and she said to me __PUNCT__ i can't breath __PUNCT__

i want to know __PUNCT__ when am i go to be abl to breath again __PUNCT__

it is time to let thi woman know she can breath again __PUNCT__

it time to start bring our troop_home __PUNCT__ not a year from now or a month from now __PUNCT__ but now __PUNCT__

i introduc a plan in __DATE__ that would alreadi start bring our troop home by now __PUNCT__ with the goal of bring all combat brigad home by __DATE__ __PUNCT__ __NUM__ __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we know the presid veto a bipartisan plan just like thi on a few week_ago __PUNCT__

and i proud i vote against give a blank check to the man who said he see us keep our troop in iraq for as long as we have in korea __PUNCT__

but we can't give georg_bush the last word here __PUNCT__

we ar sixteen vote awai in the senat from end thi war __PUNCT__

and so we need to keep turn up the pressur on all those republican_congressmen and senat who refus to acknowledg the realiti that the american_peopl know so well __PUNCT__

we will call them __PUNCT__ and knock on their door __PUNCT__ and we will bring our troop_home __PUNCT__

it time to turn the page __PUNCT__

it time to show the world that america is still the last __PUNCT__ best hope of earth __PUNCT__

thi presid mai occupi the white_hous __PUNCT__ but for the last six year the posit of leader of the free_world ha remain open __PUNCT__

it time to fill that role onc more __PUNCT__

whether it terror or climat chang __PUNCT__ global aid or the spread of weapon of mass_destruct __PUNCT__ america cannot meet the threat of thi new centuri alon __PUNCT__ but the world cannot meet them without america __PUNCT__

it time for us to lead __PUNCT__

it time for us to close guantanamo and restor the right of habeu corpu __PUNCT__

it time to show the world that we ar not a countri that ship prison in the dead of night to be tortur in far off countri __PUNCT__

that we ar not a countri that run prison which lock peopl awai without ever tell them why thei ar there or what thei ar charg with __PUNCT__

we ar not a countri which preach compass to other while we allow bodi to float down the street of a major american_citi __PUNCT__

that is not who we ar __PUNCT__

we ar america __PUNCT__

we ar the nation that liber a contin from a madman __PUNCT__ that lift ourselv from the depth of depress __PUNCT__ that won civil right __PUNCT__ and women right __PUNCT__ and vote right for all our peopl __PUNCT__

we ar the beacon that ha led gener of weari travel to find opportun __PUNCT__ and liberti __PUNCT__ and hopeon our doorstep __PUNCT__

that who we ar __PUNCT__

i wa down in selma __PUNCT__ alabama awhil back __PUNCT__ and we were celebr the __NUM___anniversari of the march across the edmund pettu bridg __PUNCT__

it wa a march of ordinari_american __PUNCT__ maid and cook __PUNCT__ preacher and pullman porter who face down fire hose and dog __PUNCT__ tear_ga and billi club when thei tri to get to the other side __PUNCT__

but everi time thei were stop __PUNCT__ everi time thei were knock down __PUNCT__ thei got back up __PUNCT__ thei came back __PUNCT__ and thei kept on march __PUNCT__

and final thei cross over __PUNCT__

it wa call bloodi sundai __PUNCT__ and it wa the culmin of the civil right movement __PUNCT__

when i came back from that celebr __PUNCT__ peopl would sai __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ what a wonder celebr of african __PUNCT__ american_histori that must have been __PUNCT__

and i would sai __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ that wasn't african __PUNCT__ american histori __PUNCT__

that wa a celebr ofamerican histori __PUNCT__ it our stori __PUNCT__

and it remind us of a simpl_truth __PUNCT__ a truth i learn all those year_ago as an organ in chicago __PUNCT__ a truth you carri by be here todai __PUNCT__ that in the face of imposs odd __PUNCT__ peopl who love their countri can chang it __PUNCT__

i am confid about my abil to lead thi countri __PUNCT__

but i also know that i can't do it without you __PUNCT__

thi campaign that we run ha to be about your hope __PUNCT__ and your dream __PUNCT__ and what you will do __PUNCT__

becaus there ar few obstacl that can withstand the power of million of voic call for chang __PUNCT__

that how chang ha alwai happen __PUNCT__ not from the top __PUNCT__ down __PUNCT__ but from the bottom __PUNCT__ up __PUNCT__

and that exactli how you and i will chang thi countri __PUNCT__

if you want a new kind of polit __PUNCT__ it time to turn the page __PUNCT__

if you want an end to the old divis __PUNCT__ and the stale debat __PUNCT__ and the score __PUNCT__ keep and the name __PUNCT__ call __PUNCT__ it time to turn the page __PUNCT__

if you want health_care for everi american and a world __PUNCT__ class educ for all our children __PUNCT__ if you want energi_independ and an end to thi war in iraq __PUNCT__ if you believ america is still that last __PUNCT__ best hope of earth __PUNCT__ then it time to turn the page __PUNCT__

it time to turn the page for hope __PUNCT__

it time to turn the page for justic __PUNCT__

it is time to turn the page and write the next chapter in the great_american stori __PUNCT__

let begin the work __PUNCT__

let do thi togeth __PUNCT__

let turn that page __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__