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He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack. A belief that we're all connected as one people. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. We meet at one of those defining moments - a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more. The Bush-McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans - Democrats and Republicans - have built, and we are here to restore that legacy. They endure the daily humiliations - large and small - that come with occupation.
Hope in the face of uncertainty. To President Clinton, who last night made the case for change as only he can make it; to Ted Kennedy, who embodies the spirit of service; and to the next Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, I thank you.
On the other end, we've heard my former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, use incendiary language to express views that have the potential not only to widen the racial divide, but views that denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation; that rightly offend white and black alike. Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change. So let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable. Indeed, faith should bring us together.
They would give me an African name, Barack, or "blessed," believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. These people are a part of me. I'll invest in early childhood education. When violent extremists operate in one stretch of mountains, people are endangered across an ocean. America does not presume to know what is best for everyone, just as we would not presume to pick the outcome of a peaceful election.
They're deciding that their work, their possessions, their diversions, their sheer busyness, is not enough. And as a consequence, so did I. Their experience is the immigrant experience - as far as they're concerned, no one's handed them anything, they've built it from scratch. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.