Barack Obama

thank you carolin __PUNCT__ for your introduct __PUNCT__ your support __PUNCT__ and your lifetim of servic to a grate nation __PUNCT__

you continu to inspir american of all ag and walk of life __PUNCT__

let me also sai a few word about anoth american who ha call us to a common_purpos __PUNCT__

john_edward ha spent a lifetim fight to give voic to the voiceless and hope to the struggl __PUNCT__

at a time when our polit is too focus on who up and who down __PUNCT__ he made us focu on who matter __PUNCT__ the new orlean child without a home __PUNCT__ the west_virginia miner without a job __PUNCT__ the famili who live in that other america that is not seen or heard or talk about in washington __PUNCT__

john and elizabeth edward believ deepli that two american can becom on __PUNCT__

their campaign mai have end __PUNCT__ but thi caus live on for all of us who believ that we can achiev on america __PUNCT__

seven month from now __PUNCT__ the democrat_parti will gather here in denver to nomin our candid for presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

we will come togeth after a long and hard fought primari_campaign __PUNCT__ and that a good_thing __PUNCT__

becaus it is through campaign that we hear directli from the american_peopl __PUNCT__ set our common_goal __PUNCT__ and debat our differ __PUNCT__

it is through campaign that we bring new peopl into the process __PUNCT__ build new coalit __PUNCT__ and renew who we ar and what we stand for as a parti __PUNCT__

it is fit that the journei lead to denver __PUNCT__ a citi that is younger than the democrat_parti itself __PUNCT__ but fill with the promis that our parti ha alwai fought for __PUNCT__

thi citi __PUNCT__ built at the base of the rocki mountain __PUNCT__ stand as a monument to a uniqu american belief in thing unseen __PUNCT__

here __PUNCT__ in denver __PUNCT__ fur trapper and trader __PUNCT__ gold rusher and rancher __PUNCT__ came in search of opportun __PUNCT__ and made the futur their own __PUNCT__

the stori of america lead west __PUNCT__

it is a stori of ideal that know no boundari __PUNCT__

it is a stori of immigr who set out from distant shore __PUNCT__ pioneer who persev __PUNCT__ and peopl of all race __PUNCT__ religion __PUNCT__ and ethnic_group who put asid their doubt to seek a new frontier __PUNCT__

my own famili journei move west __PUNCT__ from kansa __PUNCT__ where my grandpar met and marri __PUNCT__ and my mother wa born __PUNCT__ to the pacif coast after world_war_ii __PUNCT__ and then across an ocean to hawaii __PUNCT__

their journei __PUNCT__ like so mani other __PUNCT__ speak to a simpl_truth written into the stori of america __PUNCT__

it a truth at the foundat of the democrat_parti purpos __PUNCT__ denver progress __PUNCT__ and our nation promis __PUNCT__ in america __PUNCT__ the futur is what we decid it go to be __PUNCT__

as candid __PUNCT__ we must give new mean to that promis __PUNCT__

and seven month from now __PUNCT__ on of us will stand befor that convent hall __PUNCT__ and give voic to the hope __PUNCT__ and dream __PUNCT__ and determin of american all across our countri __PUNCT__

in six dai __PUNCT__ you get to choos who will be that voic __PUNCT__

you get to choos who will be abl to build a new major of not just democrat __PUNCT__ but independ and republican __PUNCT__ to win in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ and transform our countri __PUNCT__

and if you put your trust in me __PUNCT__ i will stand up at that convent and sai that our divis ar past __PUNCT__ our hope is the futur __PUNCT__ and our time for chang ha come __PUNCT__

now there is on thing we know for certain about the elect in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ the name georg_bush will not be on the ballot __PUNCT__

the name of my cousin __PUNCT__ dick_chenei __PUNCT__ will not be on the ballot __PUNCT__

but the choic befor you is about what come next __PUNCT__

becaus we need to do more than turn the page on the fail bush __PUNCT__ chenei polici __PUNCT__ we have to turn the page on the polit that help make those polici possibl __PUNCT__

lobbyist set an agenda in washington that feed the inequ __PUNCT__ insecur __PUNCT__ and instabl in our economi __PUNCT__

divis and distract that keep us from come togeth to deal with challeng like health_care __PUNCT__ and clean_energi __PUNCT__ and crumbl school_year after year after year __PUNCT__

cronyism that gave us katrina instead of compet govern __PUNCT__

and secreci that made tortur permiss and illeg wiretap possibl __PUNCT__

it a polit that us 9/11 to scare up vote __PUNCT__ and fear and falsehood to lead us into a war in iraq that should never been author and should never been wage __PUNCT__

each candid_run for the democrat_nomin share an abid desir to end the disastr polici of the current administr __PUNCT__

but we must decid __PUNCT__ in the debat that lead to denver __PUNCT__ just what kind of parti we want to be __PUNCT__ and what lesson we learn from the bitter partisanship of the last two decad __PUNCT__

we can be a parti that tri to beat the other side by practic the same do __PUNCT__ anyth __PUNCT__ sai __PUNCT__ anyth __PUNCT__ divis polit that ha stood in the wai of progress __PUNCT__ or we can be a parti that put an end to it __PUNCT__

i am run for presid becaus i believ that we need fundament chang in america __PUNCT__

not just a chang of parti in the white_hous __PUNCT__ but chang in washington that the american_peopl can believ in __PUNCT__ uniti instead of divis __PUNCT__ hope instead of fear __PUNCT__ a polit that leav behind the fight of the past so that we can final take hold of our futur __PUNCT__

we began thi campaign on year_ago on the step of the old statehous in springfield __PUNCT__

at the time __PUNCT__ we made a bet on the american_peopl __PUNCT__

that bet wa simpl __PUNCT__ we weren't go to chang anyth by reli on the same washington game __PUNCT__ instead __PUNCT__ we were bet on the american peopl hunger for chang __PUNCT__ and your abil to make chang happen from the bottom __PUNCT__ up __PUNCT__

and we ar show america what chang look like __PUNCT__

from the snow of iowa to the sunshin of south_carolina __PUNCT__ we have built a movement of young and old __PUNCT__ rich and poor __PUNCT__ black and white __PUNCT__ latino __PUNCT__ asian and nativ_american __PUNCT__

we reach american of all polit stripe who ar more interest in turn the page than turn up the heat on our oppon __PUNCT__

that how democrat will win in __DATE__ and build a major in congress __PUNCT__

not by nomin a candid who will unit the other parti against us __PUNCT__ but by choos on who can unit thi countri around a movement for chang __PUNCT__

if you choos chang __PUNCT__ you will have a nomine who doesn't take a dime from washington_lobbyist and pac __PUNCT__

we don't need a candid who agre with republican that lobbyist ar part of the system in washington __PUNCT__

thei part of the problem __PUNCT__

and when i presid __PUNCT__ their dai of set the agenda in washington will be over __PUNCT__

if you choos chang __PUNCT__ you will have a nomine who doesn't just tell peopl what thei want to hear __PUNCT__

poll __PUNCT__ test posit and calcul answer might be how washington confront challeng __PUNCT__ but it not how you overcom them __PUNCT__ it not how you inspir our nation to come togeth behind a common_purpos __PUNCT__ and it not what america need right now __PUNCT__

if you choos chang __PUNCT__ you will have a nomine who isn't just plai on the same elector map where half the countri start out against us __PUNCT__ becaus you will have a nomine who ha alreadi brought in more independ and republican __PUNCT__ young_peopl and new voter __PUNCT__ than we have seen in a gener __PUNCT__

i know it is tempt __PUNCT__ after anoth presid by a man name georg_bush __PUNCT__ to simpli turn_back the clock __PUNCT__ and to build a bridg back to the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

there ar those will tell us that our parti should nomin someon who is more practic in the art of pursu power __PUNCT__ that it not yet our turn or our time __PUNCT__

there wa also a time when carolin kennedi father wa counsel by a former presid to __PUNCT__ be patient __PUNCT__ and to step asid for __PUNCT__ someon with greater experi __PUNCT__ but john f __PUNCT__ kennedi respond by sai __PUNCT__ the world is chang __PUNCT__

the old wai will not do __PUNCT__ it is time for a new gener of leadership __PUNCT__

it is time for a new gener of leadership __PUNCT__ becaus the old polit just won't do __PUNCT__

i am run for presid __PUNCT__ right now __PUNCT__ becaus i have met american all across thi countri who cannot afford to wait anoth dai for chang __PUNCT__

that is why the real choic in thi campaign is not between region or religion or gender __PUNCT__

it not about rich versu poor __PUNCT__ young versu old __PUNCT__ and it is not about black versu white __PUNCT__

it is about the past versu the futur __PUNCT__

and when i am the nomine __PUNCT__ the republican won't be abl to make thi elect about the past becaus you will have alreadi chosen the futur __PUNCT__

it time for new leadership for an economi where famili ar be forc to foreclos on their dream __PUNCT__ and worker have seen their pension disappear __PUNCT__

in the short __PUNCT__ term __PUNCT__ we need what i have consist call for __PUNCT__ a stimulu_plan that give the american_peopl a tax rebat __PUNCT__ and that also extend relief to senior and expand unemploy_insur __PUNCT__

and in the long __PUNCT__ term __PUNCT__ we need to put the american_dream on a firmer foundat __PUNCT__

we not go to offer the american_peopl the choic thei need by nomin a candid who vote to put the bank and big_busi ahead of hard __PUNCT__ work_american __PUNCT__

i been fight for work_peopl my entir public_life __PUNCT__

and when i am presid __PUNCT__ i make sure that ceo can't dump your pension with on hand while thei collect a bonu with the other __PUNCT__

i pass bankruptci_law that protect worker instead of bank __PUNCT__

and i crack down on fraudul mortgag lender __PUNCT__ and credit_card_compani that chang your rate to push you further into debt __PUNCT__

it time for new leadership for the maytag worker who is now compet with hi own teenag son for a __MONEY__ an __PUNCT__ hour job at walmart becaus the factori he gave hi life to shut it door __PUNCT__

we not go to offer the american_peopl the choic thei need by nomin a candid who argu year after year for trade that isn't fair __PUNCT__ but call for a time __PUNCT__ out on trade when thei run for presid __PUNCT__

i will stop give tax_break to compani that ship our job_oversea and start put them in the pocket of work_american __PUNCT__

i will stop give the wealthiest american tax_cut that thei don't need and didn't ask for __PUNCT__ and restor fair to our economi __PUNCT__

i give a tax cut to work_peopl __PUNCT__ provid relief to homeown __PUNCT__ and elimin the incom_tax for senior make under __MONEY__ so thei can retir with the digniti and secur thei have earn __PUNCT__

it time for new leadership for the woman i met who can't get medicaid to cover the need of her sick child __PUNCT__

she can't afford to wait anoth four year or anoth fifteen_year to get health_care becaus we put_forward a nomine who can't bring democrat and republican togeth to get thing done __PUNCT__

i know that the reason american don't have health_care isn't becaus no on is forc them to bui it __PUNCT__ it becaus thei can't afford it __PUNCT__

that why my plan cut_cost by up to __MONEY__ for a typic famili __PUNCT__ and make health_care avail and afford for everi singl american __PUNCT__

that the plan that i pass in my first term as presid __PUNCT__

it is time for new leadership for children go to overcrowd school in east l.a __PUNCT__ for the teacher i met who is work at dunkin donut to make end meet __PUNCT__ for the young_peopl who ar readi to go to colleg but can't afford it __PUNCT__

when i presid __PUNCT__ we ralli thi countri to the caus of world __PUNCT__ class educ __PUNCT__

that mean put our kid on a pathwai to success with univers __PUNCT__ qualiti __PUNCT__ afford earli_childhood childhood_educ __PUNCT__

that mean pai our teacher more __PUNCT__ and make sure thei not just teach to the test __PUNCT__ but teach art and music and literatur __PUNCT__

that mean give our young_peopl an annual __MONEY__ tax_credit for colleg_tuition if thei serv their commun __PUNCT__ and that mean expand americorp to __NUM__ slot __PUNCT__ and issu a call to servic for a new gener __PUNCT__

but that also mean call on parent to do their part __PUNCT__ to get off the couch __PUNCT__ turn off the televis __PUNCT__ and read to our children __PUNCT__

becaus respons for educ start at home __PUNCT__

it time for new leadership so that my daughter and your children don't grow up in a centuri where our economi is weigh down by our addict to oil __PUNCT__ our foreign_polici is held hostag to the whim of dictat __PUNCT__ and our planet pass a moment of no return __PUNCT__

when i presid __PUNCT__ we won't wait ani longer to reduc_emiss __PUNCT__

when i call for higher fuel_effici standard __PUNCT__ i didn't do it in front of an environment_group in california or in boulder __PUNCT__ that would have been the easi thing to do __PUNCT__

i did it in front of the automak in detroit __PUNCT__

now it wa pretti quiet __PUNCT__ i didn't get a lot of applaus __PUNCT__

but we need leadership that tell the american_peopl not just what thei want to hear __PUNCT__ but what we need to know __PUNCT__

that what i do __PUNCT__

we cannot wait to invest in the next gener of biofuel __PUNCT__ and wind and solar __PUNCT__

if presid_kennedi could send us to the moon in less than a decad __PUNCT__ then we can meet thi great_challeng our gener __PUNCT__

we can set the goal of an __NUM__ __PUNCT__ reduct in global emiss by __NUM__ and we can lead the world to confront the climat_crisi __PUNCT__

and it time for new leadership for the woman who told me that she hasn't been abl to breath sinc the dai her nephew left for iraq __PUNCT__ and the soldier who doesn't know hi own child becaus he on hi third or fourth tour of duti __PUNCT__

i will end the mental that sai the onli wai for democrat to look tough on nation_secur is by talk __PUNCT__ act and vote like georg_bush republican __PUNCT__

it time to reject the counsel that sai the american_peopl would rather have someon who is strong and wrong than someon who is weak and right __PUNCT__ it time to sai that we ar the parti that is go to be strong and right __PUNCT__

it time for new leadership that understand that the wai to win a debat with john_mccain is not by nomin someon who agre with him on vote for the war in iraq __PUNCT__ who agre with him by vote to give georg_bush the benefit of the doubt on iran __PUNCT__ who agre with him in embrac the bush __PUNCT__ chenei polici of not talk to leader we don't like __PUNCT__ and who actual differ with him by argu for except for tortur befor chang posit when the polit of the moment chang __PUNCT__

we need to offer the american_peopl a clear contrast on nation_secur __PUNCT__ and when i am the nomine of the democrat_parti __PUNCT__ that exactli what i will do __PUNCT__

talk tough and talli up your year in washington is no substitut for judgment __PUNCT__ and courag __PUNCT__ and clear plan __PUNCT__

it not enough to sai you be readi from dai on __PUNCT__ you have to be right from dai on __PUNCT__

i oppos thi war in iraq from the start __PUNCT__ and i have never __PUNCT__ ever waver in that opposit __PUNCT__

i warn about take our ey off of osama_bin_laden __PUNCT__ and overstretch our troop and their famili as we have seen in commun across thi countri like fort carson __PUNCT__

and when i am presid __PUNCT__ i will immedi begin to remov our troop __PUNCT__ i will final put meaning pressur on iraq leader to reconcil __PUNCT__ and i will end thi war __PUNCT__

and i will do what we should have done back in __NUM__ __PUNCT__ increas our commit to afghanistan __PUNCT__ press pakistan to take action against terror __PUNCT__ and finish the fight with al_qaeda __PUNCT__

i will challeng the convent think that sai we can't conduct diplomaci with leader we don't like __PUNCT__

strong countri and strong presid talk to their adversari as well as their friend __PUNCT__ and that what i do __PUNCT__

and when i am presid __PUNCT__ we will keep nuclear_weapon from terrorist by secur all loos nuclear materi around the world dure my first term in offic __PUNCT__

we will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapon __PUNCT__ and we will pursu it __PUNCT__

it time for new leadership that reach out __PUNCT__ as presid_kennedi did to my own father __PUNCT__ to peopl __PUNCT__ in the hut and villag across the globe struggl to break the bond of mass miseri __PUNCT__

it time to restor our moral leadership by reject tortur without equivoc __PUNCT__ by close guantanamo __PUNCT__ by restor habea_corpu __PUNCT__ and by again be that light of justic to dissid in prison_camp around the globe __PUNCT__

it time for america to lead the world against the common threat of the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ terror and nuclear_weapon __PUNCT__ but also climat chang and poverti __PUNCT__ genocid and diseas __PUNCT__

i will send onc more a messag to those yearn face beyond our shore that sai __PUNCT__ you matter to us __PUNCT__

your futur is our futur __PUNCT__

and our moment is now __PUNCT__

thi is what the moment demand of us __PUNCT__ to cast off our doubt __PUNCT__ to reach onc more for what america can be if we have the courag to make the futur our own __PUNCT__

we been warn __PUNCT__ in these last few week __PUNCT__ that thi kind of chang isn't possibl __PUNCT__

that we peddl fals hope __PUNCT__

that we need a realiti_check __PUNCT__

and we face forc that ar not the fault of ani on campaign __PUNCT__ forc that open american wound __PUNCT__

the polit that us religion as a wedg __PUNCT__ and patriot as a bludgeon __PUNCT__

a polit that tell us what we have to think and even vote within the confin of the categori that supposedli defin us __PUNCT__

the assumpt that young_peopl ar apathet __PUNCT__

the assumpt that republican won't cross over __PUNCT__

the assumpt that the wealthi care noth for the poor __PUNCT__ and that the poor don't vote __PUNCT__

the assumpt that african __PUNCT__ american can't support the white candid __PUNCT__ white can't support the african __PUNCT__ american candid __PUNCT__ and black and latino can't come togeth __PUNCT__

but our parti __PUNCT__ the democrat_parti __PUNCT__ ha alwai been at it best when we rose abov these divis __PUNCT__ when we call all american to a common_purpos __PUNCT__ a higher purpos __PUNCT__ when we stood up and said that we will write our own futur __PUNCT__ and the futur will be what we want it to be __PUNCT__

we follow a king to the mountaintop __PUNCT__ and a kennedi who call on us to reject the mindless menac of violenc __PUNCT__

we the parti of a young presid who ask what we could do for our countri __PUNCT__ and who put us on a path to the moon __PUNCT__

we the parti of a man who overcam hi own disabl __PUNCT__ who told us that the onli thing we had to fear wa fear itself __PUNCT__ and who face down fascism and liber a contin from tyranni __PUNCT__

we the parti of jackson __PUNCT__ who took back the white_hous for the peopl of thi countri __PUNCT__

and we the parti of jefferson __PUNCT__ who wrote the word that we ar still try to heed __PUNCT__ that all of us ar creat_equal __PUNCT__ and who sent us west to blaze new trail __PUNCT__ to make new discoveri __PUNCT__ and to realiz the promis of our highest ideal __PUNCT__

that is who we ar __PUNCT__

that is the parti that we need to be __PUNCT__ and can be __PUNCT__ if we cast off our doubt __PUNCT__ and leav behind our fear __PUNCT__ and choos the america that we know is possibl __PUNCT__

becaus there is a moment in the life of everi gener __PUNCT__ if it is to make it mark on histori __PUNCT__ when it spirit ha to come through __PUNCT__ when it must choos the futur over the past __PUNCT__ when it must make it own chang from the bottom up __PUNCT__

thi is our moment __PUNCT__

thi is our messag __PUNCT__ the same messag we had when we were up __PUNCT__ and when we were down __PUNCT__

the same messag that we will carri all the wai to the convent __PUNCT__

and in seven month time __PUNCT__ right here in denver __PUNCT__ we can realiz thi promis __PUNCT__ we can claim thi legaci __PUNCT__ we can choos new leadership for america __PUNCT__

becaus there is noth we cannot do if the american_peopl decid it is time __PUNCT__