Complete videos.

One of my favorite quotes:

President Barack Obama’s Remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention – Full Speech:

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A few pull-out quotes from last night’s speech (click here for video):

“Have a surplus? Try a tax cut. Deficit too high? Try another. Feel a cold coming on? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations & call us in the morning.” ~ President Obama

Climate change is not a hoax. ~ President Barack Obama

“And while I’m very proud of what we’ve achieved together, I’m far more mindful of my own failings, knowing exactly what Lincoln meant when he said, ”I have been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go.”

I am the President. ~ President Barack Obama

You did it. ~ President Barack Obama

Osama bin Laden is dead. ~ President Barack Obama

“America, I never said this journey would be easy, and I won’t promise that now. Yes, our path is harder, but it leads to a better place. Yes our road is longer, but we travel it together. We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up. We draw strength from our victories, and we learn from our mistakes, but we keep our eyes fixed on that distant horizon, knowing that Providence is with us, and that we are surely blessed to be citizens of the greatest nation on Earth.

Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless these United States.”

 

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Why the last 10 minutes of President Obama’s speech had me in tears.

I don’t know.

I do know it was something about the vision of America—one of love, enthusiasm, community—a feeling I had when I was a child, in public school, learning about our noble experiment in self-government, about Lincoln, about Washington, about MLK Jr.

I don’t love America in the way I root for a football or baseball or basketball team. I love America in a more profound way. I love our differences, our challenges, even our rancor. We’re a loud, brash country, full of excess and deprivation, full of selfishness and everyday kindnesses.

We can choose which direction, which path to walk. We can choose a path based on responsibility, common sense and warmth—or we can choose one based on prejudice, fear, and divisiveness.

Yours,

Waylon

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Bonus:

A few good reasons to vote Obama.

Five Reasons to vote Obama.