Obama Ipsum

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Louis, and thousands more like her, who has the grades, has the drive, has the will, but doesn't have the money to go to college. And any nation - including Iran - should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

In this election, we offer that choice. I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to serve in Patton's Army during World War II and a white grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort Leavenworth while he was overseas. At various stages in the campaign, some commentators have deemed me either "too black" or "not black enough." We saw racial tensions bubble to the surface during the week before the South Carolina primary. For some, nagging questions remain. Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and especially the one who traveled the farthest - a champion for working Americans and an inspiration to my daughters and to yours - Hillary Rodham Clinton. What has also been lost is our sense of common purpose - our sense of higher purpose.

As William Faulkner once wrote, "The past isn't dead and buried. 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. Of course, recognizing our common humanity is only the beginning of our task. Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away.

Hall in East Moline, Ill.. She sought out allies in her fight against injustice. Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers. These things we share.

I learned that my sins could be redeemed. And as someone who watched my mother argue with insurance companies while she lay in bed dying of cancer, I will make certain those companies stop discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most. Now is the time to change our bankruptcy laws, so that your pensions are protected ahead of CEO bonuses; and the time to protect Social Security for future generations. Because one of the things that we have to change in our politics is the idea that people cannot disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism. I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her hair is somehow less equal, but I do believe that a woman who is denied an education is denied equality. This is important because no development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

Thank you, and God bless America.