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I'm not talking about blind optimism here - the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if we just don't think about it, or the health care crisis will solve itself if we just ignore it. 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. But they have helped shape the political landscape for at least a generation. They had to file for bankruptcy, and that's when Ashley decided that she had to do something to help her mom. We were born out of revolution against an empire. In Ankara, I made clear that America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam.
America! Tonight, if you feel the same energy that I do, if you feel the same urgency that I do, if you feel the same passion I do, if you feel the same hopefulness that I do - if we do what we must do, then I have no doubts that all across the country, from Florida to Oregon, from Washington to Maine, the people will rise up in November, and John Kerry will be sworn in as president, and John Edwards will be sworn in as vice president, and this country will reclaim its promise, and out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come. Meanwhile, the struggle for women's equality continues in many aspects of American life, and in countries around the world.
I learned that everyone's got a sacred story when you take the time to listen. Yet what we also understand is that our values should express themselves not just through our churches or synagogues, temples or mosques; they should express themselves through our government. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security. But we can only achieve it together.
So let's rededicate ourselves to a new kind of politics - a politics of conscience. And today, we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office. And so in that spirit, let me speak as clearly and plainly as I can about some specific issues that I believe we must finally confront together.
Their experience is the immigrant experience - as far as they're concerned, no one's handed them anything, they've built it from scratch. Now let there be no doubt. The Bush-McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans - Democrats and Republicans - have built, and we are here to restore that legacy. They could've heard words of anger and discord.
God bless you.