Name: 感人肺腑的美國夢！歐巴馬總統的2012連任感言 President Barack Obama's Remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention - Full Speech
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AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!

AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! Four more

AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you very much everybody

A few nights ago everybody was reminded just what a lucky man I am.

The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and Sasha,

And yes, you do have to go to school in the morning.

And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could have ever hoped for,

Madam Chairwoman, delegates, I accept your nomination for President of the United States.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: The first time I addressed this convention in 2004, I was a younger man.

A Senate candidate from Illinois who spoke about hope – not blind optimism or wishful

thinking, but hope in the face of difficulty; hope in the face of uncertainty; that dogged

faith in the future which has pushed this nation forward, even when the odds are great;

Eight years later, that hope has been tested – by the cost of war; by one of the worst

economic crises in history; and by political gridlock that’s left us wondering whether

it’s still even possible to tackle the challenges of our time.   

  I know that campaigns can seem small, and

even silly sometimes.  Trivial things become big distractions.  Serious issues become

sound bites.  And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising.  If

you’re sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me – so am I. 

But when all is said and done – when you pick up that ballot to vote – you will face

the clearest choice of any time in a generation.  Over the next few years, big decisions will

be made in Washington, on jobs and the economy; taxes and deficits; energy and education;

war and peace – decisions that will have a huge impact on our lives and on our children’s

On every issue, the choice you face won’t just be between two candidates or two parties. 

  It will be a choice between two different

A choice between two fundamentally different visions for the future.

  Ours is a fight to restore the values that

built the largest middle class and the strongest economy the world has ever known.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]  The values my grandfather defended as a soldier

in Patton’s Army; the values that drove my grandmother to work on a bomber assembly

They knew they were part of something larger – a nation that triumphed over fascism and

depression; a nation where the most innovative businesses turned out the world’s best products,

and everyone shared in the pride and success – from the corner office to the factory

floor.  My grandparents were given the chance to go to college, buy their own, their own

home, and fulfill the basic bargain at the heart of America’s story:  the promise

that hard work will pay off; that responsibility will be rewarded; that everyone gets a fair

shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules – from

Main Street to Wall Street to Washington, DC. 

I ran for President because I saw that basic bargain slipping away.  I began my career

helping people in the shadow of a shuttered steel mill, at a time when too many good jobs

were starting to move overseas.  And by 2008, we had seen nearly a decade in which families

struggled with costs that kept rising but paychecks that didn’t; folks racking up

more and more debt just to make the mortgage or pay tuition; to put gas in the car or food

on the table.  And when the house of cards collapsed in the Great Recession, millions

of innocent Americans lost their jobs, their homes, and their life savings – a tragedy

from which we’re still fighting to recover.     

Now, our friends down in Tampa 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 want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their plan.  And that’s because

all they have to offer is the same prescriptions they’ve had for the last thirty years:

  “Have a surplus? Try a tax cut.” 

“Feel a cold coming on? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in

Now, I’ve cut taxes for those who need it --

– middle-class families and small businesses.  But I don’t believe that another round of

tax breaks for millionaires will bring good jobs to our shores, or pay down our deficit. 

I don’t believe that firing teachers or kicking students off financial aid will grow

the economy, or help us compete with the scientists and engineers coming out of China. 

After all that we’ve been through, I don’t believe that rolling back regulations on Wall

Street will help the small businesswoman expand, or the laid-off construction worker keep his

home.  We have been there, we’ve tried that, and we’re not going back.   We’re

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