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More to do for the young woman in East St. Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. It's a story that hasn't made me the most conventional candidate. This country is more decent than one where a woman in Ohio, on the brink of retirement, finds herself one illness away from disaster after a lifetime of hard work. Our problems must be dealt with through partnership; progress must be shared. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security.
Most working- and middle-class white Americans don't feel that they have been particularly privileged by their race. In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second President John Adams wrote, "The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims." And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. Unlike Afghanistan, Iraq was a war of choice that provoked strong differences in my country and around the world. The fourth issue that I will address is democracy. This last point is important because there are some who advocate for democracy only when they are out of power; once in power, they are ruthless in suppressing the rights of others. It is easier to start wars than to end them.
They stood on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, as the blows of billy clubs rained down. He contains within him the contradictions - the good and the bad - of the community that he has served diligently for so many years. They are anxious about their futures, and feel their dreams slipping away; in an era of stagnant wages and global competition, opportunity comes to be seen as a zero sum game, in which your dreams come at my expense. We can tackle race only as spectacle - as we did in the OJ trial - or in the wake of tragedy, as we did in the aftermath of Katrina - or as fodder for the nightly news.
My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. 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. They must be pursued - and they must be defeated. I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. Much has been made of the fact that an African-American with the name Barack Hussein Obama could be elected President.
King delivered his prayer for our country. This time we want to talk about the fact that the real problem is not that someone who doesn't look like you might take your job; it's that the corporation you work for will ship it overseas for nothing more than a profit. It is where our union grows stronger. What has also been lost is our sense of common purpose - our sense of higher purpose. This has bred more fear and mistrust. I am a Christian, but my father came from a Kenyan family that includes generations of Muslims.
Thank you, and God bless America.