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Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention

Clipped from:2004 Democratic National Convention, Day 2 Evening
Jul 27, 2004

Clip: 2004 Democratic National Convention, Day 2 Evening

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00:00:00 POLITICS OF CYNICISM OR IN A POLITICS OF HOPE?
00:00:05 JOHN KERRY CALLS ON US TO HOPE.
00:00:08 JOHN EDWARDS CALLS ON US TO HOPE.
00:00:11 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BLIND OPTIMISM HERE, THE WILLFUL IGNORANCE THAT THINKS UNEMPLOYMENT WILL GO AWAY IF WE JUST DON'T THINK ABOUT IT OR HEALTH CARE CRISIS WILL SOLVE ITSELF IF WE JUST IGNORE IT.
00:00:23 THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
00:00:24 I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL.
00:00:26 IT'S THE HOPE OF SLAVES SITTING AROUND A FIRE SINGING FREEDOM SONGS.
00:00:30 THE HOPE OF IMMIGRANTS SETTING OUT FOR DISTANT SHORES.
00:00:35 THE HOPE OF A YOUNG NAVAL LIEUTENANT BRAVELY PATROLLING THE MACON DELTA, THE HOPE OF A MILL WORKER'S SON WHO DARES TO DEFY THE ODDS, THE HOPE OF A SKINNY KID WITH A FUNNY NAME WHO BELIEVES THAT AMERICA HAS A PLACE FOR HIM, TOO.
00:01:00 HOPE -- HOPE IN THE FACE OF DIFFICULTY.
00:01:04 HOPE IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY.
00:01:07 THE AUDACITY OF HOPE.
00:01:09 IN THE END THAT IS GOD'S GREATEST GIFT TO US, THE BEDROCK OF THIS NATION, A BELIEF IN THINGS NOT SEEN.
00:01:17 A BELIEF THAT THERE ARE BETTER DAYS AHEAD.
00:01:19 I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GIVE OUR MIDDLE CLASS RELIEF
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