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Barack Obama: A Defining Moment
Barack Obama
Issue date: 4/29/08 Section: Forum
I'm running to save our generation from global catastrophe by putting a cap on carbon emissions and creating a low-carbon fuel standard that will take 50 million cars' worth of pollution off the road. And I'll raise the fuel efficiency standards for our cars and trucks because we know we have the technology to do it and it's time we did.
I'm running because I'm tired of being told that the only way for Democrats to look tough on national security is to talk and act and vote like George Bush republicans.
When I'm your nominee, my opponent won't be able to say that I supported this war in Iraq or that I support that Bush-Cheney policy of not talking to leaders we don't like. I'll end this war in Iraq, bring our troops home within 16 months, give our troops and military families the support they have earned and open a new era of diplomacy for America.
I'm running because I don't want to see us spend the next years re-fighting the Washington battles of the 1990s. I don't want to pit Blue America against Red America - I want to lead the United States of America.
I run for the same reason I fought for the jobless on the streets of Chicago and stood up for equality as a civil rights lawyer and fought for Illinois families for over a decade - to give my children and yours the same chances that someone gave me.
It's time to stop settling for what the cynics say is possible. In this election - at this moment - let's finally reach for what we know in our hearts is possible. A nation healed. A world repaired. An America that believes again.
To participate in Oregon Democratic Primary you must register to vote as a Democrat by April 29. You will be mailed a ballot to the address at which you register. For your vote to be counted, you must return it in the mail by May 15 or drop it off at a designated local ballot drop location by May 20.
Senator Barack Obama
I'm running because I'm tired of being told that the only way for Democrats to look tough on national security is to talk and act and vote like George Bush republicans.
When I'm your nominee, my opponent won't be able to say that I supported this war in Iraq or that I support that Bush-Cheney policy of not talking to leaders we don't like. I'll end this war in Iraq, bring our troops home within 16 months, give our troops and military families the support they have earned and open a new era of diplomacy for America.
I'm running because I don't want to see us spend the next years re-fighting the Washington battles of the 1990s. I don't want to pit Blue America against Red America - I want to lead the United States of America.
I run for the same reason I fought for the jobless on the streets of Chicago and stood up for equality as a civil rights lawyer and fought for Illinois families for over a decade - to give my children and yours the same chances that someone gave me.
It's time to stop settling for what the cynics say is possible. In this election - at this moment - let's finally reach for what we know in our hearts is possible. A nation healed. A world repaired. An America that believes again.
To participate in Oregon Democratic Primary you must register to vote as a Democrat by April 29. You will be mailed a ballot to the address at which you register. For your vote to be counted, you must return it in the mail by May 15 or drop it off at a designated local ballot drop location by May 20.
Senator Barack Obama
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