Obama's New Hampshire Primary concession speech thread

[Tactical Progressive]

OBAMA - OBAMA - OBAMA - OBAMA - OBAMA ...
Thank you - thank you - thank you ....
I love you back.

I am still fired up and ready to go.

First of all I want to congratulate Senator Clinton on a hard fought victory here in New Hampshire.
Give her a big round of applause.

(cheers)

A few weeks ago no one could have imagined what we did here in New Hampshire.
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You spoke up for change.
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Terrorism and nuclear weapons.
Climate change and poverty.
Genocide and disease.

All of the candidates in this race share these goals.
All of the candidates in this race have good ideas.
And all are patriots who serve this country honorably.

But the reason our campaign has always been different.
The reason we began this improbable journey, almost a year ago.
Is because it's not just what I will do as President.
It is also about what you, the people who love this country,
the citizens of the United States of America can do to change it
That's what this election s all about.

CHEERS.

That's why tonight belongs to you.
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Generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed
that sums up the spirit of a people:

Yes we can.
Yes we can.
Yes we can.

YES WE CAN - YES WE CAN - YES WE CAN - YES WE CAN ....

It was a creed written into the founding documents
that declared the destiny of a nation.

Yes we can.

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists
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Yes we can to justice and equality.

YES WE CAN - YES WE CAN - YES WE CAN - YES WE CAN - YES WE CAN - YES WE CAN ...

Yes we can, to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world
Yes we can

And so tommorrow, as we take the campaign south and west.
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That we are not as divided as our politics suggests.
That we are one people.
We are one nation.

And together we will begin the next great chapter in the American story
with three words that will ring from coast to coast, from sea to shining sea:

Yes. We. Can.

Thank you New Hampshire. Thank you.
Thank you.


(Sorry, no more. This is tiring.)

[MadMaddie]

1. Hopefully it will continue to be positive..

[truebrit71]

2. Very nice so far.....and way better than JE's speech...

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[K Gardner]

5. Well, I think JE needs to get Obama to help him write some new material, for god's

sakes. I love John,, but sheesh.

[truebrit71]

8. No kidding!!

:rofl:

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. yup - liking it so far. hitting good notes.....

[MadMaddie]

4. 80958 for Hillary and 74384 for Obama with 74% counted

How does this compare to 2004?

[ClericJohnPreston]

12. What are you listening to?

Empty rhetoric, all the time. How dare he say no lobbyists when he is deep in their obligation. They own him.

What new majority?

He lost.

But, "he's all fird up and ready to go and ride the wave."

[Cha]

30. Go

shit somewhere else.

[flpoljunkie]

6. A very gracious concession speech and congratulations for Clinton's hard work and win

[Cha]

14. "hard work"..

This is good for people to be gracious in their losing.. to learn and go on to win again.

[K Gardner]

7. I bet Obama had to retool kinda quickly to make this a concession speech..

thank god he's doing an inspirational one and taking advantage of air time.

[Cha]

10. Really! He did so fantastic

with his victory speech in Iowa and it's time to be fantastic with his concession speech in NH so we can moveon.

[Maven]

9. Notice how he's talking about more concrete issues than in past speeches

Talking about health care, education, war in Iraq, etc.

I think it's a smart move, and it's what he'll have to do to win over older voters.

[bullwinkle428]

11. More fire and passion, now that he realizes he's in a fight!!

I want to see more of this from him in the future...

[Cha]

18. bullwinkle..he's always been

in a "fight". hillary was the inevitable one..Obama has come from behind and won Iowa and now he's behind hillary in NH. 2 down and 48 to go.

[Tactical Progressive]

13. He's reading a teleprompter speech

Like he did in his Iowa caucus victory speech.

[FrenchieCat]

32. not true......

there was no teleprompter that I could see either time. You'll have to show me that photo.

Thanks.

[EffieBlack]

35. He used a telepromter

Not mad at him. It means he did his homework, was prepared, and didn't want to screw it up.

Nice job.

[Tactical Progressive]

36. I can tell when somebody is reading a teleprompter

Especially if they are uncomfortably obvious doing it, and Obama is.
I noticed it during his victory speech after the Iowa caucuses.
ABC pointed it out the next day on the evening news, it was so conspicuous.

I think it's a little strange for victory and concession speeches.

[SHRED]

15. "While they get a seat at the table..."

Obama just now in reference to health insurance corporations.

FUCK THAT!!!

GRRRRR.... :mad: :mad: :mad:

[tishaLA]

16. It's a hell of a speech. Again.

Gawd, I want him to be president.

[thoughtcrime1984]

19. You and me both!

It is still very possible.

[Maven]

17. He just took a dig at Hillary - "false hope"

That was unnecessary in an otherwise gracious speech.

[Cha]

23. Oh yeah, with all of hillary's and bill's

smearing of him..Obama's not allowed to bring that up? Glad he did.

[Maven]

26. I'm just saying it was unnecessary

in a concession speech.

[Cha]

29. There is no false hope.

Happy he's mentioned ..and hillary can take her gloom and doom and ..

[SeanQuinn]

24. He made a dig at Giuliani too -- welcome to the fight now.

YES WE CAN.

[FrenchieCat]

33. How is that a dig? Hillary is the one that tried to call our hope false....

Obama is just saying that hope can't ever be discounted, and called false.

[Tess99]

34. The Clinton's used racism to try to bring him down

There's nothing he could say or do to her that would ever compare to the sheer nastiness of the Clintons. Don't even go there.

[K Gardner]

20. Oh, he's talkin to S Carolina now.. GOBAMA...

[demo dutch]

21. All words!

[Cha]

28. Yeah, and his supporters

are loving it. INstead of trying to shit on this thread why don't you go find a hillary thread to celebrate?

[demo dutch]

37. Not celebrating but instead I agree with this thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3983624&mesg_id=3983624

[SteppingRazor]

38. Yes, generally, that's what speeches are made of.

:eyes:

[Tess99]

22. He's feeling it now! GOBAMA!!!

[JI7]

25. incredible speech

[David Zephyr]

27. OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA!

God, I love this guy!

[Steely_Dan]

31. Did Anyone Notice That...

He borrowed from JFK at least twice, if not three times.

Asking people to do for their country...

Putting a man on the moon...

Just thought it was interesting.

-P