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In South Carolina, where the Confederate Flag still flies, we built a powerful coalition of African Americans and white Americans. For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy - give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. You see, we Democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country.
I stand here today, grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents' dreams live on in my two precious daughters. We would be making the same mistake that Reverend Wright made in his offending sermons about America - to simplify and stereotype and amplify the negative to the point that it distorts reality. As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.
I have a plan that would have already begun redeploying our troops with the goal of bringing all our combat brigades home by March 31st of next year. We can dismiss Reverend Wright as a crank or a demagogue, just as some have dismissed Geraldine Ferraro, in the aftermath of her recent statements, as harboring some deep-seated racial bias. In fact, a similar anger exists within segments of the white community. It's a racial stalemate we've been stuck in for years. They could've been told to succumb to the fear and frustration of so many dreams deferred. Now let me be clear: issues of women's equality are by no means simply an issue for Islam.
But by the time he was a young adult, he was an atheist. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes. Some are eager to stoke the flames of division, and to stand in the way of progress.
That we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm. That is why we plan to invest $1.5 billion each year over the next five years to partner with Pakistanis to build schools and hospitals, roads and businesses, and hundreds of millions to help those who have been displaced. This truth transcends nations and peoples - a belief that isn't new; that isn't black or white or brown; that isn't Christian, or Muslim or Jew.
Thank you very much everybody.