Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Obama Concession

Obama is working is way through the crowd, and approaching the podium. He looks in a good mood still. U2's City of Blinding Lights is playing in the background.

Crowd still chanting O-Ba-Ma.

I love you back! I am still fired up and ready to go!

Barack congratulates Senator Clinton on her win. Speaks of views of a few weeks ago, where coming second would not have been possible, voters came out in record numbers for change.

In this election, there is something happening in America. There is something happening when men and women come in the snows of January for blocks because they believe in what this country can be. People young in mind and spirit, they know in their hearts that this time must be different.When they vote, they vote not just for a party but for their hopes, they are ready to take this country in a fundamentally different direction: Change is happening in America!

Crowd chants "We want change"

All of you who put some much heart and soul into this campaign, you can be the new majority, leading this country. We can disagree without being disagreeable. If we mobilise our voices, we can reach for something better, there is no destiny we cannot fulfil.Drug and insurance companies will get a seat at the table, but will not be able to buy every chair. Our new majority can end tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. Pathways for success of kids, more pay and support for teachers. We can harness the ingenuity of farmers and scientists from the tyranny of oil and save the planet from the point of no return.

When I am President of the United States, we will end this war in Iraq and bring the troops home, we will finish the job against Al-Qaeda, care for veterans, we will never use 9/11 to stir up votes.

Praises other candidates, and patriots who serve the country honourably.

Our campaign has always been different because it's not just what I will do as President, it's what you, the citizens of the United States, the people who can do something to change it.Tonight belongs to staffers, volunteers, and organisers. No matter what obstacles stand in our, nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change. They will grow louder and more dissident in the months to come. There has never been anything false about hope.

A simple creed: Yes, we can.(Crowd...repeats and chants Yes we can)

It was a creed written into the founding documents, whispered by slaves in the night, sung by immigrants who pushed westward against the elements, women who reached for the ballot, and a king who took us to the mountain top, and said yes we can do justice and equality.Yes we can to opportunity, prosperity, to heal this nation, to repair this world.

Tomorrow we go south and west, struggle of textile workers not so different to the dishwasher in Las Vegas. We are one people, we are one nation and we will begin the next great chapter in American history, from coast to coast, from sea to shining sea with three words...Yes we can

Barack leaves to Stevie Wonders' Signed Sealed Delivered.