After all of the speculation and spin, Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech at Invesco Field in Denver, CO to a crowd of over 80,000 people. His candor and eloquence were matched by a harsh rebuke of George W. Bush and John McCain as well as a detailed look into the policies he will enact. "We love this country too much to let the next four years look just like the last eight" said Obama. The speech came on the 45th anniversary of the march on Washington, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech. Perhaps the greatest strength of the speech was Obama's ability to answer the accusations and criticism that has been hurled his way in the last few weeks. Teleport for the FULL SPEECHThe oration and rhetoric of the speech moved many in the crowd to tears as they waved their American flags and Obama was able to capitalize on the themes of "Change we can believe in" and "Restoring America's promise." His specific focus on the economy included a tax cut for 95% of working families, a tax code that "doesn't reward the lobbyists who wrote it, but the American workers and small businesses who deserve it," stopping tax breaks to corporations sending jobs overseas, and giving them to companies that create them in the U.S., the elimination of capital gains taxes for small businesses and start-ups creating high-wage, high-tech jobs, and the end of America's addiction to oil from the Middle East within 10 years. After a convention with so many incredible speeches, Obama truly lived up to the hype and exceeded expectations-bring on the debates….
-Sam Madison
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Obamamania!
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