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If John McCain wants to follow George Bush with more tough talk and bad strategy, that is his choice - but it is not the change we need. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed. Some suggest that it isn't worth the effort - that we are fated to disagree, and civilizations are doomed to clash.
And yet words on a parchment would not be enough to deliver slaves from bondage, or provide men and women of every color and creed their full rights and obligations as citizens of the United States. But what my former pastor too often failed to understand is that embarking on a program of self-help also requires a belief that society can change. She had been working to organize a mostly African-American community since the beginning of this campaign, and one day she was at a roundtable discussion where everyone went around telling their story and why they were there. The dream of opportunity for all people has not come true for everyone in America, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores - that includes nearly seven million American Muslims in our country today who enjoy incomes and education that are higher than average. These needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead; and if we understand that the challenges we face are shared, and our failure to meet them will hurt us all. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail.
She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. For part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits. And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear. Much has been made of the fact that an African-American with the name Barack Hussein Obama could be elected President. The situation in Afghanistan demonstrates America's goals, and our need to work together.
That anger may not get expressed in public, in front of white co-workers or white friends. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. I know that for many, the face of globalization is contradictory.
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? No health care? The market will fix it.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.