Barack Obama.27s keynote address 2004 Democratic National Convention

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state senator barack obama, illinois democratic candidate united states senate, delivered convention s keynote address on tuesday, july 27, 2004. unexpected landslide victory in march 2004 illinois u.s. senate democratic primary had made him overnight rising star within national democratic party, started speculation presidential future, , led reissue of memoir, dreams father. keynote address, although not carried commercial broadcast television networks, received, further elevated status within democratic party , led reissued memoir becoming bestseller. keynote speaker, obama set tone party platform. speech, proclaiming unnecessary , artificial divides in american culture , politics, reminiscent of john edwards s 2 americas stump speech: there s not liberal america , conservative america—there s united states of america. obama emphasized importance of unity, , made veiled jabs @ bush administration , news media s perceived oversimplification , diversionary use of wedge issues: worship awesome god in blue states, , don t federal agents poking around in our libraries in red states. coach little league in blue states, , yes, ve got gay friends in red states. there patriots opposed war in iraq, , there patriots supported war in iraq. 1 people, of pledging allegiance stars , stripes, of defending united states of america.


obama noted interracial , international heritage: born in honolulu, hawaii kenyan immigrant father , white mother kansas. emphasized power of education, recounting privilege of attending exclusive punahou school , harvard law school despite family s poverty, , criticized perception poor black youths read books acting white. went on describe successful career in law , politics while raising family in chicago. in no other country on earth story possible, obama proclaimed. towards end of speech, emphasized importance of hope in american saga, , illustrated how hope manifested in lives of john kerry, john edwards, , own personal life, skinny kid funny name believes america has place him too. according obama, audacity of hope god s greatest gift americans, allowing him feel optimistic lives of average americans can improved right governmental policies. following speech political commentator chris matthews rightly predicted saw first black president .








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