Five years ago today, on a cold winter day, President Obama came to Springfield, Illinois to announce that he was entering the improbable quest for President of the US—at the symbolic place where President Abraham Lincoln lived. Five years later, no one could have guessed the turn the country would take with President Obama’s election.
Five years ago, most people did not even think President Obama stood a chance of winning the Democratic nomination—let alone the office of President. He’s changed since 5 years ago and we as a country have changed. But, as Clint Eastwood said in the Chrysler Super Bowl ad, America is at half time. Jobs are returning and General Motor is alive. And our hope should not die, in spite of the GOP backlash against President Obama and America. President Obama says today that if you stick with him, he will finish what he started.
This is what he started 5 years ago:
WHAT HE SAID : “Praise and honor to God for bringing us together today. Thank you so much. I am so grateful to see all of you. Let me begin by saying thanks to all of you who’ve traveled, from far and wide, to brave the cold today. I’m fired up. … We all made this journey for a reason. It’s humbling to see a crowd like this, but in my heart I know you didn’t come here just for me. No, you came here because you believe in what this country can be. In the face of war, you believe there can be peace. In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope. In the face of a politics that’s shut you out, that’s told you to settle, that’s divided us for too long, you believe that we can be one people, reaching for what’s possible, building that more perfect union. …
“Now listen, I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness – a certain audacity – to this announcement. I know I haven’t spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But I’ve been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change. …[T]he life of a tall, gangly, self-made Springfield lawyer … tells us that there is power in hope. … That is why I’m in this race. Not just to hold an office, but to gather with you to transform a nation. …
“And if you will join with me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; … then I am ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. Today, together, we can finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth. Thank you very much everybody – let’s get to work.” Link to Full Transcript http://bit.ly/zLqw1R
pedro says
great post
thank so much