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They all have different stories and reasons. And today, we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office. It's a story with a simple truth: that violence is a dead end.
I'd been inspired by the civil rights movement - by all the clear-eyed, straight-backed, courageous young people who'd boarded buses and traveled down South to march and sit at lunch counters, and lay down their lives in some cases for freedom. 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. 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.
It's that folks are hungry for change - they're hungry for something new. And it's around this time that some pastors I was working with came up to me and asked if I was a member of a church. Like other black churches, Trinity's services are full of raucous laughter and sometimes bawdy humor. In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically-elected Iranian government.
Kennedy called our "intellectual and moral strength." Yes, government must lead on energy independence, but each of us must do our part to make our homes and businesses more efficient. If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have.
From his heroic service to Vietnam, to his years as a prosecutor and lieutenant governor, through two decades in the United States Senate, he has devoted himself to this country. You know, a while back, I met a young man named Shamus [Seamus?] in a V.F.W. I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority of Americans want for this country. When John McCain said we could just "muddle through" in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and made clear that we must take out Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our sights.
Thank you, and God bless America.