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The press has scoured every exit poll for the latest evidence of racial polarization, not just in terms of white and black, but black and brown as well. I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. And they are a part of America, this country that I love. 9/11 was an enormous trauma to our country.
And I've found that no matter where I am, or who I'm talking to, there's a common theme that emerges. Now, I don't believe that Senator McCain doesn't care what's going on in the lives of Americans. Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together.
Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression. I understand you switched venues at considerable expense and inconvenience because of unfair labor practices at the place you were going to be having this synod. We can play Reverend Wright's sermons on every channel, every day and talk about them from now until the election, and make the only question in this campaign whether or not the American people think that I somehow believe or sympathize with his most offensive words. Why else would he define middle-class as someone making under five million dollars a year? How else could he propose hundreds of billions in tax breaks for big corporations and oil companies but not one penny of tax relief to more than one hundred million Americans? How else could he offer a health care plan that would actually tax people's benefits, or an education plan that would do nothing to help families pay for college, or a plan that would privatize Social Security and gamble your retirement? There will be many issues to discuss between our two countries, and we are willing to move forward without preconditions on the basis of mutual respect. On education, we will expand exchange programs, and increase scholarships, like the one that brought my father to America, while encouraging more Americans to study in Muslim communities.
I stand here today, grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents' dreams live on in my two precious daughters. That we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted at least, most of the time. Now let me be clear. 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. They could've heard words of anger and discord. We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity.
Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country - a view that sees white racism as endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with America above all that we know is right with America; a view that sees the conflicts in the Middle East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allies like Israel, instead of emanating from the perverse and hateful ideologies of radical Islam. It's been about you.
God bless you.