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Obama: "We Can't Turn Back" Speech (video)
Watch the full Barack Obama speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2008.
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Stayed Up Late ...
BlondeSense — ... To watch Obama's Speech. I said it once before, after he clinched the nomination: "I thank God that I have lived long enough to see this day."

Speechifyin'
The Sideshow — Video of Barack Obama's speech (MSNBC). Prepared text. That was pretty much the speech I've been saying he should give, and I believe he made some sales with it. I'm willing to bet that a lot of people saw that speech who hadn't heard him sound like that before. Some of them will be people who just watch network TV and so far all they've heard have been pretty abstract-sounding things that seemed to create more distance rather than reach out to them. This was a different speech - good enough that while I was listening to it I (mostly) forgot all the things about him that piss me off. Obama needed to speak to ...

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Text of Obama's Acceptance SpeechDaily Kos
America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone. At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into ...