tired"I won't pretend the path I'm offering is quick or easy. I never have. You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth. And the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades. It will require common effort, shared responsibility, and the kind of bold, persistent experimentation that Franklin Roosevelt pursued during the only crisis worse than this one. And by the way - those of us who carry on his party's legacy should remember that not every problem can be remedied with another government program or dictate from Washington.
"But know this, America, our problems can be solved. Our challenges can be met. The path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place. And I'm asking you to choose that future. I'm asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country - goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security, and the deficit; a real, achievable plan that will lead to new jobs, more opportunity, and rebuild this economy on a stronger foundation. That's what we can do in the next four years, and that's why I'm running for a second term as President of the United States."
The full text of the speech can be found here, but here's a video clip of some of it:
And now the obligatory poll:
What did you think of President Obama's acceptance speech last night?
It was exceptional
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It was very good
1(33.3%)
It was okay
1(33.3%)
It was neither good nor bad
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It wasn't that good
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It was terrible
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Sorry, I didn't watch it
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What was the best line from the speech?
I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising.
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If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.
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Ours is a fight to restore the values that built the largest middle class and the strongest economy the world has ever known.
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our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn't have much to say about how they'd make it right.
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Have a surplus? Try a tax cut. Deficit too high? Try another."
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Feel a cold coming on? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning!
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You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
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You have a choice: we can give more tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding companies that open new plants and train new workers and create new jobs here.
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Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.
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No child should have her dreams deferred because of a crowded classroom or a crumbling school. No family should have to set aside a college acceptance letter because they don't have the money.
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Help me recruit 100,000 math and science teachers in the next ten years, and improve early childhood education.
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A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.
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When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you've served us - because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.
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If you reject the notion that our government is forever beholden to the highest bidder, you need to stand up in this election.
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Another: tell us which in a comment.
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Do ypu think this convention will help or hurt Barack Obama's chances of winning the election in Novemer?
Help a lot
1(33.3%)
Help a little
1(33.3%)
Neither help nor hurt
1(33.3%)
Hurt a little
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Hurt a lot
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