C-SPAN: Barack Obama Speech at 2004 DNC Convention
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Published 2008-08-18
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All Comments (21)
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Who is here while reading "A promised land" to watch the speech Obama is talking about in the third chapter?
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Makes me feel proud to be American. And I'm Australian
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Who else listening to this magical speech in 2024?
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This speech is the definition of "rising star". Obama went from relatively unknown outside of Illinois to a national figure in one night and it paved the way to us having our first black president!!! History was made here and these people didn't even realize it
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I'll never forget watching this speech when I was in high school. My Republican dad smiled and said "I really like this guy, I hope we see more of him"
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The only occasion I can think of where someone won the presidency 4 years in advance. Incredible speech.
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If there is a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read that matters to me even if it's not my child. Such a powerful speech 🙌🏿
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As a modern day Republican (2022) this evokes feelings of pride patriotism. Wish we could go back to these days.
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“The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him too’”. ❤️
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Who’s watching this after reading the passage in his book “A Promised Land” 🙋🏼♂️
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I fondly remember watching this speech with my father that night. At the end of the speech, he turned to me and said, Obama will be our next president. What a prediction!
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Every few months, when I am so sad about the state of our government, I listen to a speech from President Obama, and my hope is refreshed. I started to tear up when I watched this one.
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The day Obama became president although Kerry was the nominee 😂
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One of the greatest speeches in history.
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This speech made me cry in 2004, it made me cry in 2022!
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I saved this and watched it at least once a day. I’m not even American, I’m from Singapore but it hyped me so much.
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"....The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him too..." America sure did have a place for him....in the White House!
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I was a Republican at the time when I watched him in 2004 and remember saying "why isn't he running?" I switched to Democrat because of him, I felt as though my eyes were finally opened. I became a state delegate for him in 2008.
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I remember walking into the breakroom at work and hearing this inspirational voice. I asked my co-worker who was this charismatic, smooth dude and I will NEVER forget his response. He said "I'm watching the FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!" I sat down & we watched it in silence together. When it ended, we looked at each other with the same expression 😯
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...and who would have thought that 4 yrs later, he'd become President of the United States of America? This speech still gives this Canadian chills!!
