Wah tadi saya mah dah donlot di YouTobe.... Thx Tien AL
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:34 PM, titien mohammad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wih.. napa so ada transcript victory speech of OBAMA... > > he.he.. Boleh juga dipake oleh paket pemenang pilkada di GORUT.. tinggal > ganti nama jo..he.he.. > > *Titien FM* > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > *From:* Mohamad Fahmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 5, 2008 11:31:06 PM > *Subject:* [indomelb] Fw: [ppiaflinders] PRESIDENT ELECT BARRACK OBAMMA'S > VICTORY SPEECH TRANSCRIPT > > Berikut transcript dari victory speech Obama. > > fahmi. > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > *Subject:* [ppiaflinders] PRESIDENT ELECT BARRACK OBAMMA'S VICTORY SPEECH > TRANSCRIPT > > PRESIDENT ELECT BARRACK OBAMMA'S VICTORY SPEECH TRANSCRIPT > > Hello, Chicago. > > If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place > where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our > founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our > democracy, tonight is your answer. > > It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and > churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited > three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, > because they believed that this time must be different, that their > voices could be that difference. > > It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and > Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, > straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to > the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or > a collection of red states and blue states. > > We are, and always will be, the United States of America. > > It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many > to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to > put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the > hope of a better day. > > It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on > this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to > America. > > A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily > gracious call from Senator McCain. > > Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought > even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured > sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are > better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. > > I congratulate him; I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they've > achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this > nation's promise in the months ahead. > > I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from > his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the > streets of Scranton... and rode with on the train home to Delaware, > the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. > > And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding > support of my best friend for the last 16 years ... the rock of our > family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady ... Michelle > Obama. Sasha and Malia ... I love you both more than you can imagine. > And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us ... to the new > White House. > > And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother' s watching, > along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I > know that my debt to them is beyond measure. > > To my sister Maya (Maya Soetoro -Ng - kakak tirinya), my sister Alma, > all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the > support that you've given me. I am grateful to them. > > And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe ... the unsung hero of this > campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, > in the history of the United States of America. > > To my chief strategist David Axelrod (salah satu protege dari Dee Dee > Myers, bekas jubir gedung putih dibawah Clinton) ... who's been a > partner with me every step of the way. > > To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics > ... you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've > sacrificed to get it done. > > But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. > It belongs to you. It belongs to you. > > I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start > with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in > the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and > the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It > was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings > they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause. > > It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their > generation's apathy ... who left their homes and their families for > jobs that offered little pay and less sleep. > > It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter > cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and > from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and > proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, > by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth. > > This is your victory. > > And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you > didn't do it for me. > > You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies > ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that > tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -- two wars, a > planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. > > Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans > waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to > risk their lives for us. > > There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children > fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their > doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education. > > There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to > build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair. > > The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get > there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been > more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. > > I promise you, we as a people will get there. > > AUDIENCE: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! > > There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't > agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know > the government can't solve every problem. > > But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I > will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I > will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way > it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by > brick, calloused hand by calloused hand. > > What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this > autumn night. > > This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance > for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to > the way things were. > > It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new > spirit of sacrifice. > > So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where > each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not > only ourselves but each other. > > Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, > it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers. > > In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's > resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and > pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. > > Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the > banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on > the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity. > > Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has > won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and > determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. > > As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not > enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not > break our bonds of affection. > > And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not > have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. > And I will be your president, too. > > And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from > parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the > forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our > destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. > > To those -- to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat > you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all > those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: > Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes > not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from > the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and > unyielding hope. > > That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union > can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what > we can and must achieve tomorrow. > > This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for > generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who > cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others > who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except > for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old. > > She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no > cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't > vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the > color of her skin. And tonight, I think about all that she's seen > throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the > struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and > the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can. At a > time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she > lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes > we can. When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across > the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new > jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can. > > AUDIENCE: Yes we can. > > When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, > she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a > democracy was saved. Yes we can. > > AUDIENCE: Yes we can. > > She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a > bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that > "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can. > > AUDIENCE: Yes we can. > > A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world > was connected by our own science and imagination. > > And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, > and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the > best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. > > Yes we can. > > AUDIENCE: Yes we can. > > America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so > much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children > should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so > lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? > What progress will we have made? > > This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. > > This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of > opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause > of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental > truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. > And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us > that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up > the spirit of a people: Yes, we can. > > Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America. > > (c) 2008 United Press International, Inc. 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