Michelle Obama plagiarized Elizabeth Dole's speech.....

[2aguy]

Yes...Rush today played Elizabeth Dole's speech..........she used those phrases before Michelle stole them....

Quote Elizabeth's speech.

Here you go, troll dumbass:

Thank you very much.

You have heard Condoleeza Rice speak eloquently of America’s place in the world.

I, too, wish to address our nation’s security tonight.

I speak not of military weapons, but of moral ones, of the defense of values as well as territory.

Long before there was an American dream, there was a dream of America as liberty’s home and refuge.

It was for this, that a million heroes fought and bled and died.

Not alone to protect land on a map, much as they might cherish their home and hearth; nor to encroach on other lands or menace other peoples, or impose our way of life on anyone — but merely, heroically, to ensure freedom’s survival in a hostile world.

Let us be clear: the success of freedom can never be measured in material terms alone.

For one day, each of us will be held to account not for the money we made, but for the difference we made.

Not for the worldly status we may have enjoyed, but for the stewardship we provided.

Freedom empowers the heart.

It levels walls and shatters ceilings — including glass ceilings.

Ladies and gentlemen, in my eight years as President of the American Red Cross, I saw things that will haunt me the rest of my life — the evil that humans can inflict on one another — saw it in the dim eyes of starving children in Somalia and in the paralyzing grief of parents in Oklahoma City.

But I have also been uplifted by the extraordinary power of the American heart — by those armies of compassion, who are willing to cross town or cross the globe to minister to those they’ve never met and will never see again.

People who go where government cannot, and others will not, who carry our values of peace and democracy around the world, putting service before self. Such kindness and generosity are not legislated by any Congress.

They arise from faith, neighborliness, and yes, occasional saintliness.

Indeed, I learned long ago that you don’t have to be a missionary to be filled with a sense of mission.

The 20th century was America’s century—not because of our power, but because of our purpose.

Today, millions of Americans — of both parties and of no party — are seeking a politics of purpose.

The next President of the United States must defend both America’s interests and America’s ideals.

No one, no one understands this better than Governor George W. Bush!

In an era of rampant cynicism and indifference toward government, he is determined to bring civility to the public square and restore our pride in our leaders.

Throughout his career, he has appealed to the best in people, bridging our differences rather than exploiting them.

As president, he will put an end to the smash-mouth politics of recent years and to the name-calling that tarnishes our trust and alienates so many real people whose real problems can never be solved in a focus group or soothed by a spin-doctor.

George W. Bush will be a different kind of leader!

He will use words to inspire, not inflame.

He will move beyond the stale labels and sterile confrontations that all too often divide the American family.

And, make no mistake, there are divisions in liberty’s home.

Tonight too many of our neighbors are hurting.

At a time of economic prosperity, there are too many American homes without hope — too many street corners where despair reigns — too many classrooms where children are being left behind.

Like any good conservative, Governor Bush deplores waste — above all else, wasted lives.

He will repair the frayed strands of community.

And he knows that sometimes the best way to do this is through non-profits, businesses, civic and religious groups, schools and charities.

George W. Bush understands there is power — and there is a higher power.

He knows there is no strength without integrity; no security apart from strong character.

For these timeless values form our first line of defense.

Let this be our mission and our mandate — to defend frontiers of the heart, armed with faith and steeled by conviction.

Today, America resembles nothing so much as Joseph’s many-colored coat, and in our diversity lies our strength.

With that strength comes a matching responsibility — to make wrong into right … hope into reality … in the old, biblical words, to “let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Here, my friends, is the standard we raise.

This is the faith of our fathers and mothers, the American cause we hold sacred, our politics of purpose.

In the words of that great hymn:

America! America!

May God thy gold refine

Till all success be nobleness

And every gain divine!

May God bless us in this great endeavor.

And may God bless America. "

Transcript of Elizabeth Dole's Convention Speech

I think it was,when her husband ran..........

Thats most of your information. You thought you heard it somewhere so you ran with it

No asswipe.....he played the clip of her speech.....the actual clip......moron.

 

[ClosedCaption]

Yes...Rush today played Elizabeth Dole's speech..........she used those phrases before Michelle stole them....

Quote Elizabeth's speech.

Here you go, troll dumbass:

Thank you very much.

You have heard Condoleeza Rice speak eloquently of America’s place in the world.

I, too, wish to address our nation’s security tonight.

I speak not of military weapons, but of moral ones, of the defense of values as well as territory.

Long before there was an American dream, there was a dream of America as liberty’s home and refuge.

It was for this, that a million heroes fought and bled and died.

Not alone to protect land on a map, much as they might cherish their home and hearth; nor to encroach on other lands or menace other peoples, or impose our way of life on anyone — but merely, heroically, to ensure freedom’s survival in a hostile world.

Let us be clear: the success of freedom can never be measured in material terms alone.

For one day, each of us will be held to account not for the money we made, but for the difference we made.

Not for the worldly status we may have enjoyed, but for the stewardship we provided.

Freedom empowers the heart.

It levels walls and shatters ceilings — including glass ceilings.

Ladies and gentlemen, in my eight years as President of the American Red Cross, I saw things that will haunt me the rest of my life — the evil that humans can inflict on one another — saw it in the dim eyes of starving children in Somalia and in the paralyzing grief of parents in Oklahoma City.

But I have also been uplifted by the extraordinary power of the American heart — by those armies of compassion, who are willing to cross town or cross the globe to minister to those they’ve never met and will never see again.

People who go where government cannot, and others will not, who carry our values of peace and democracy around the world, putting service before self. Such kindness and generosity are not legislated by any Congress.

They arise from faith, neighborliness, and yes, occasional saintliness.

Indeed, I learned long ago that you don’t have to be a missionary to be filled with a sense of mission.

The 20th century was America’s century—not because of our power, but because of our purpose.

Today, millions of Americans — of both parties and of no party — are seeking a politics of purpose.

The next President of the United States must defend both America’s interests and America’s ideals.

No one, no one understands this better than Governor George W. Bush!

In an era of rampant cynicism and indifference toward government, he is determined to bring civility to the public square and restore our pride in our leaders.

Throughout his career, he has appealed to the best in people, bridging our differences rather than exploiting them.

As president, he will put an end to the smash-mouth politics of recent years and to the name-calling that tarnishes our trust and alienates so many real people whose real problems can never be solved in a focus group or soothed by a spin-doctor.

George W. Bush will be a different kind of leader!

He will use words to inspire, not inflame.

He will move beyond the stale labels and sterile confrontations that all too often divide the American family.

And, make no mistake, there are divisions in liberty’s home.

Tonight too many of our neighbors are hurting.

At a time of economic prosperity, there are too many American homes without hope — too many street corners where despair reigns — too many classrooms where children are being left behind.

Like any good conservative, Governor Bush deplores waste — above all else, wasted lives.

He will repair the frayed strands of community.

And he knows that sometimes the best way to do this is through non-profits, businesses, civic and religious groups, schools and charities.

George W. Bush understands there is power — and there is a higher power.

He knows there is no strength without integrity; no security apart from strong character.

For these timeless values form our first line of defense.

Let this be our mission and our mandate — to defend frontiers of the heart, armed with faith and steeled by conviction.

Today, America resembles nothing so much as Joseph’s many-colored coat, and in our diversity lies our strength.

With that strength comes a matching responsibility — to make wrong into right … hope into reality … in the old, biblical words, to “let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Here, my friends, is the standard we raise.

This is the faith of our fathers and mothers, the American cause we hold sacred, our politics of purpose.

In the words of that great hymn:

America! America!

May God thy gold refine

Till all success be nobleness

And every gain divine!

May God bless us in this great endeavor.

And may God bless America. "

Transcript of Elizabeth Dole's Convention Speech

I think it was,when her husband ran..........

Thats most of your information. You thought you heard it somewhere so you ran with it

No asswipe.....he played the clip of her speech.....the actual clip......moron.

Suuuuure he did. I have a dragon

 

[ogibillm]

The writer has admitted to plagiarism and offered to resign.

Melania is resigning?

most trump wives eventually do

 

[2aguy]

Quote Elizabeth's speech.

Here you go, troll dumbass:

Thank you very much.

You have heard Condoleeza Rice speak eloquently of America’s place in the world.

I, too, wish to address our nation’s security tonight.

I speak not of military weapons, but of moral ones, of the defense of values as well as territory.

Long before there was an American dream, there was a dream of America as liberty’s home and refuge.

It was for this, that a million heroes fought and bled and died.

Not alone to protect land on a map, much as they might cherish their home and hearth; nor to encroach on other lands or menace other peoples, or impose our way of life on anyone — but merely, heroically, to ensure freedom’s survival in a hostile world.

Let us be clear: the success of freedom can never be measured in material terms alone.

For one day, each of us will be held to account not for the money we made, but for the difference we made.

Not for the worldly status we may have enjoyed, but for the stewardship we provided.

Freedom empowers the heart.

It levels walls and shatters ceilings — including glass ceilings.

Ladies and gentlemen, in my eight years as President of the American Red Cross, I saw things that will haunt me the rest of my life — the evil that humans can inflict on one another — saw it in the dim eyes of starving children in Somalia and in the paralyzing grief of parents in Oklahoma City.

But I have also been uplifted by the extraordinary power of the American heart — by those armies of compassion, who are willing to cross town or cross the globe to minister to those they’ve never met and will never see again.

People who go where government cannot, and others will not, who carry our values of peace and democracy around the world, putting service before self. Such kindness and generosity are not legislated by any Congress.

They arise from faith, neighborliness, and yes, occasional saintliness.

Indeed, I learned long ago that you don’t have to be a missionary to be filled with a sense of mission.

The 20th century was America’s century—not because of our power, but because of our purpose.

Today, millions of Americans — of both parties and of no party — are seeking a politics of purpose.

The next President of the United States must defend both America’s interests and America’s ideals.

No one, no one understands this better than Governor George W. Bush!

In an era of rampant cynicism and indifference toward government, he is determined to bring civility to the public square and restore our pride in our leaders.

Throughout his career, he has appealed to the best in people, bridging our differences rather than exploiting them.

As president, he will put an end to the smash-mouth politics of recent years and to the name-calling that tarnishes our trust and alienates so many real people whose real problems can never be solved in a focus group or soothed by a spin-doctor.

George W. Bush will be a different kind of leader!

He will use words to inspire, not inflame.

He will move beyond the stale labels and sterile confrontations that all too often divide the American family.

And, make no mistake, there are divisions in liberty’s home.

Tonight too many of our neighbors are hurting.

At a time of economic prosperity, there are too many American homes without hope — too many street corners where despair reigns — too many classrooms where children are being left behind.

Like any good conservative, Governor Bush deplores waste — above all else, wasted lives.

He will repair the frayed strands of community.

And he knows that sometimes the best way to do this is through non-profits, businesses, civic and religious groups, schools and charities.

George W. Bush understands there is power — and there is a higher power.

He knows there is no strength without integrity; no security apart from strong character.

For these timeless values form our first line of defense.

Let this be our mission and our mandate — to defend frontiers of the heart, armed with faith and steeled by conviction.

Today, America resembles nothing so much as Joseph’s many-colored coat, and in our diversity lies our strength.

With that strength comes a matching responsibility — to make wrong into right … hope into reality … in the old, biblical words, to “let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Here, my friends, is the standard we raise.

This is the faith of our fathers and mothers, the American cause we hold sacred, our politics of purpose.

In the words of that great hymn:

America! America!

May God thy gold refine

Till all success be nobleness

And every gain divine!

May God bless us in this great endeavor.

And may God bless America. "

Transcript of Elizabeth Dole's Convention Speech

I think it was,when her husband ran..........

Thats most of your information. You thought you heard it somewhere so you ran with it

No asswipe.....he played the clip of her speech.....the actual clip......moron.

Suuuuure he did. I have a dragon

Hey dumb fuck...here is her speech about her husband Bob dole......

Elizabeth Dole "Honors her husband at 1996 RNC" Transcript

And that's why, ladies and gentlemen, that's why Bob Dole's fellow senators elected him six times to be their leader, because they know he is honest, trustworthy, a man of his word, his word is bond, and they know he has exceptional leadership skills. And isn't that exactly what we want in the President of the United States?

 

[ClosedCaption]

The writer has admitted to plagiarism and offered to resign.

How can this be? The Trump campaign has already denied the allegations, and Melania herself said she wrote the speech. They can't all be full of shit.

Its all the excuses...Every one of them

 

[koshergrl]

Yes...Rush today played Elizabeth Dole's speech..........she used those phrases before Michelle stole them....

Quote Elizabeth's speech.

Here you go, troll dumbass:

Thank you very much.

You have heard Condoleeza Rice speak eloquently of America’s place in the world.

I, too, wish to address our nation’s security tonight.

I speak not of military weapons, but of moral ones, of the defense of values as well as territory.

Long before there was an American dream, there was a dream of America as liberty’s home and refuge.

It was for this, that a million heroes fought and bled and died.

Not alone to protect land on a map, much as they might cherish their home and hearth; nor to encroach on other lands or menace other peoples, or impose our way of life on anyone — but merely, heroically, to ensure freedom’s survival in a hostile world.

Let us be clear: the success of freedom can never be measured in material terms alone.

For one day, each of us will be held to account not for the money we made, but for the difference we made.

Not for the worldly status we may have enjoyed, but for the stewardship we provided.

Freedom empowers the heart.

It levels walls and shatters ceilings — including glass ceilings.

Ladies and gentlemen, in my eight years as President of the American Red Cross, I saw things that will haunt me the rest of my life — the evil that humans can inflict on one another — saw it in the dim eyes of starving children in Somalia and in the paralyzing grief of parents in Oklahoma City.

But I have also been uplifted by the extraordinary power of the American heart — by those armies of compassion, who are willing to cross town or cross the globe to minister to those they’ve never met and will never see again.

People who go where government cannot, and others will not, who carry our values of peace and democracy around the world, putting service before self. Such kindness and generosity are not legislated by any Congress.

They arise from faith, neighborliness, and yes, occasional saintliness.

Indeed, I learned long ago that you don’t have to be a missionary to be filled with a sense of mission.

The 20th century was America’s century—not because of our power, but because of our purpose.

Today, millions of Americans — of both parties and of no party — are seeking a politics of purpose.

The next President of the United States must defend both America’s interests and America’s ideals.

No one, no one understands this better than Governor George W. Bush!

In an era of rampant cynicism and indifference toward government, he is determined to bring civility to the public square and restore our pride in our leaders.

Throughout his career, he has appealed to the best in people, bridging our differences rather than exploiting them.

As president, he will put an end to the smash-mouth politics of recent years and to the name-calling that tarnishes our trust and alienates so many real people whose real problems can never be solved in a focus group or soothed by a spin-doctor.

George W. Bush will be a different kind of leader!

He will use words to inspire, not inflame.

He will move beyond the stale labels and sterile confrontations that all too often divide the American family.

And, make no mistake, there are divisions in liberty’s home.

Tonight too many of our neighbors are hurting.

At a time of economic prosperity, there are too many American homes without hope — too many street corners where despair reigns — too many classrooms where children are being left behind.

Like any good conservative, Governor Bush deplores waste — above all else, wasted lives.

He will repair the frayed strands of community.

And he knows that sometimes the best way to do this is through non-profits, businesses, civic and religious groups, schools and charities.

George W. Bush understands there is power — and there is a higher power.

He knows there is no strength without integrity; no security apart from strong character.

For these timeless values form our first line of defense.

Let this be our mission and our mandate — to defend frontiers of the heart, armed with faith and steeled by conviction.

Today, America resembles nothing so much as Joseph’s many-colored coat, and in our diversity lies our strength.

With that strength comes a matching responsibility — to make wrong into right … hope into reality … in the old, biblical words, to “let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Here, my friends, is the standard we raise.

This is the faith of our fathers and mothers, the American cause we hold sacred, our politics of purpose.

In the words of that great hymn:

America! America!

May God thy gold refine

Till all success be nobleness

And every gain divine!

May God bless us in this great endeavor.

And may God bless America. "

Transcript of Elizabeth Dole's Convention Speech

I think it was,when her husband ran..........

It doesn't matter. He's just demanding stuff that he's never going to read anyway. He just does that to obfuscate.

 

[ClosedCaption]

Here you go, troll dumbass:

Thank you very much.

You have heard Condoleeza Rice speak eloquently of America’s place in the world.

I, too, wish to address our nation’s security tonight.

I speak not of military weapons, but of moral ones, of the defense of values as well as territory.

Long before there was an American dream, there was a dream of America as liberty’s home and refuge.

It was for this, that a million heroes fought and bled and died.

Not alone to protect land on a map, much as they might cherish their home and hearth; nor to encroach on other lands or menace other peoples, or impose our way of life on anyone — but merely, heroically, to ensure freedom’s survival in a hostile world.

Let us be clear: the success of freedom can never be measured in material terms alone.

For one day, each of us will be held to account not for the money we made, but for the difference we made.

Not for the worldly status we may have enjoyed, but for the stewardship we provided.

Freedom empowers the heart.

It levels walls and shatters ceilings — including glass ceilings.

Ladies and gentlemen, in my eight years as President of the American Red Cross, I saw things that will haunt me the rest of my life — the evil that humans can inflict on one another — saw it in the dim eyes of starving children in Somalia and in the paralyzing grief of parents in Oklahoma City.

But I have also been uplifted by the extraordinary power of the American heart — by those armies of compassion, who are willing to cross town or cross the globe to minister to those they’ve never met and will never see again.

People who go where government cannot, and others will not, who carry our values of peace and democracy around the world, putting service before self. Such kindness and generosity are not legislated by any Congress.

They arise from faith, neighborliness, and yes, occasional saintliness.

Indeed, I learned long ago that you don’t have to be a missionary to be filled with a sense of mission.

The 20th century was America’s century—not because of our power, but because of our purpose.

Today, millions of Americans — of both parties and of no party — are seeking a politics of purpose.

The next President of the United States must defend both America’s interests and America’s ideals.

No one, no one understands this better than Governor George W. Bush!

In an era of rampant cynicism and indifference toward government, he is determined to bring civility to the public square and restore our pride in our leaders.

Throughout his career, he has appealed to the best in people, bridging our differences rather than exploiting them.

As president, he will put an end to the smash-mouth politics of recent years and to the name-calling that tarnishes our trust and alienates so many real people whose real problems can never be solved in a focus group or soothed by a spin-doctor.

George W. Bush will be a different kind of leader!

He will use words to inspire, not inflame.

He will move beyond the stale labels and sterile confrontations that all too often divide the American family.

And, make no mistake, there are divisions in liberty’s home.

Tonight too many of our neighbors are hurting.

At a time of economic prosperity, there are too many American homes without hope — too many street corners where despair reigns — too many classrooms where children are being left behind.

Like any good conservative, Governor Bush deplores waste — above all else, wasted lives.

He will repair the frayed strands of community.

And he knows that sometimes the best way to do this is through non-profits, businesses, civic and religious groups, schools and charities.

George W. Bush understands there is power — and there is a higher power.

He knows there is no strength without integrity; no security apart from strong character.

For these timeless values form our first line of defense.

Let this be our mission and our mandate — to defend frontiers of the heart, armed with faith and steeled by conviction.

Today, America resembles nothing so much as Joseph’s many-colored coat, and in our diversity lies our strength.

With that strength comes a matching responsibility — to make wrong into right … hope into reality … in the old, biblical words, to “let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Here, my friends, is the standard we raise.

This is the faith of our fathers and mothers, the American cause we hold sacred, our politics of purpose.

In the words of that great hymn:

America! America!

May God thy gold refine

Till all success be nobleness

And every gain divine!

May God bless us in this great endeavor.

And may God bless America. "

Transcript of Elizabeth Dole's Convention Speech

I think it was,when her husband ran..........

Thats most of your information. You thought you heard it somewhere so you ran with it

No asswipe.....he played the clip of her speech.....the actual clip......moron.

Suuuuure he did. I have a dragon

Hey dumb fuck...here is her speech about her husband Bob dole......

Elizabeth Dole "Honors her husband at 1996 RNC" Transcript

And that's why, ladies and gentlemen, that's why Bob Dole's fellow senators elected him six times to be their leader, because they know he is honest, trustworthy, a man of his word, his word is bond, and they know he has exceptional leadership skills. And isn't that exactly what we want in the President of the United States?

ROFL...Pathetic

Dole stole it from Big Daddy Kane who said “And I’m lovin’ em right, word is bond”

 

[rightwinger]

To me the whole thing is a non-issue. When Michelle Obama said it, it was nothing but platitudes and lies. I believe Melania when she says it.

Did Michelle's parents teach Melania those values?

 

[ClosedCaption]

To me the whole thing is a non-issue. When Michelle Obama said it, it was nothing but platitudes and lies. I believe Melania when she says it.

Did Michelle's parents teach Melania those values?

Melania's dad was a break dancer back in the day. Word is Bond

 

[jillian]

Yes...Rush today played Elizabeth Dole's speech..........she used those phrases before Michelle stole them....

damn, you're one of the most stupid and desperate people...

 

[ClosedCaption]

Throw out your talking points 2A. Trumps camp just admitted to plagiarism! See if you can scrub the last 24 hours of stupidity claiming it wasnt and jump in line with the new lie

 

[koshergrl]

Throw out your talking points 2A. Trumps camp just admitted to plagiarism! See if you can scrub the last 24 hours of stupidity claiming it wasnt and jump in line with the new lie

Naw, they didn't admit to plagiarism. The speech writer says she accidentally quoted Michelle.

And then resigned. Big whoop.

 

[rightwinger]

Throw out your talking points 2A. Trumps camp just admitted to plagiarism! See if you can scrub the last 24 hours of stupidity claiming it wasnt and jump in line with the new lie

Naw, they didn't admit to plagiarism. The speech writer says she accidentally quoted Michelle.

And then resigned. Big whoop.

It's not plagarism if you didn't mean it?

 

[edthecynic]

Yes...Rush today played Elizabeth Dole's speech..........she used those phrases before Michelle stole them....

No surprise that pathological liar and renowned plagiarizer Limpboy would defend a fellow plagiarizer Melania with a lie.
Dole was bragging about her husband Boob, and said nothing about their upbringing, only that HIS word was His bond.

DOLE: "Because they know he is honest and trustworthy, a man of his word, and his word is his bond, and they know he has exceptional leadership skills. Isn't that exactly what we want in the President of the United States?"

OBAMA: “Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you’re going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them, and even if you don’t agree with them. And Barack and I set out to build lives guided by these values, and pass them on to the next generation. Because we want our children — and all children in this nation — to know that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.”

TRUMP: From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise, that you treat people with respect. They taught and showed me values and morals in their daily lives. That is a lesson that I continue to pass along to our son. And we need to pass those lessons on to the many generations to follow. Because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.

 

[edthecynic]

The speech writer says she accidentally quoted Michelle.

And then resigned.

After being paid big bucks to fall on her sword for plagiarist Trump.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Yes...Rush today played Elizabeth Dole's speech..........she used those phrases before Michelle stole them....

Is her using them just now being acknowledged or was it pointed out right after her using them?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[skookerasbil]

Here's Obama's:

As you might imagine, for Barack, running for president is nothing compared to that first game of basketball with my brother, Craig.

I can't tell you how much it means to have Craig and my mom here tonight. Like Craig, I can feel my dad looking down on us, just as I've felt his presence in every grace-filled moment of my life.

At 6-foot-6, I've often felt like Craig was looking down on me too ... literally. But the truth is, both when we were kids and today, he wasn't looking down on me. He was watching over me.

And he's been there for me every step of the way since that clear February day 19 months ago, when — with little more than our faith in each other and a hunger for change — we joined my husband, Barack Obama, on the improbable journey that's brought us to this moment.

But each of us also comes here tonight by way of our own improbable journey.

I come here tonight as a sister, blessed with a brother who is my mentor, my protector and my lifelong friend.

I come here as a wife who loves my husband and believes he will be an extraordinary president.

I come here as a mom whose girls are the heart of my heart and the center of my world — they're the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning, and the last thing I think about when I go to bed at night. Their future — and all our children's future — is my stake in this election.

And I come here as a daughter — raised on the South Side of Chicago by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me. My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion and her intelligence reflected in my own daughters.

My dad was our rock. Although he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in his early 30s, he was our provider, our champion, our hero. As he got sicker, it got harder for him to walk, it took him longer to get dressed in the morning. But if he was in pain, he never let on. He never stopped smiling and laughing — even while struggling to button his shirt, even while using two canes to get himself across the room to give my mom a kiss. He just woke up a little earlier and worked a little harder.

He and my mom poured everything they had into me and Craig. It was the greatest gift a child can receive: never doubting for a single minute that you're loved, and cherished, and have a place in this world. And thanks to their faith and hard work, we both were able to go on to college. So I know firsthand from their lives — and mine — that the American dream endures.

And you know, what struck me when I first met Barack was that even though he had this funny name, even though he'd grown up all the way across the continent in Hawaii, his family was so much like mine. He was raised by grandparents who were working-class folks just like my parents, and by a single mother who struggled to pay the bills just like we did. Like my family, they scrimped and saved so that he could have opportunities they never had themselves. And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you're going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them, and even if you don't agree with them.

And Barack and I set out to build lives guided by these values, and pass them on to the next generation. Because we want our children — and all children in this nation — to know that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.

And as our friendship grew, and I learned more about Barack, he introduced me to the work he'd done when he first moved to Chicago after college. Instead of heading to Wall Street, Barack had gone to work in neighborhoods devastated when steel plants shut down and jobs dried up. And he'd been invited back to speak to people from those neighborhoods about how to rebuild their community.

The people gathered together that day were ordinary folks doing the best they could to build a good life. They were parents living paycheck to paycheck; grandparents trying to get by on a fixed income; men frustrated that they couldn't support their families after their jobs disappeared. Those folks weren't asking for a handout or a shortcut. They were ready to work — they wanted to contribute. They believed — like you and I believe — that America should be a place where you can make it if you try.

Barack stood up that day, and spoke words that have stayed with me ever since. He talked about "The world as it is" and "The world as it should be." And he said that all too often, we accept the distance between the two, and settle for the world as it is — even when it doesn't reflect our values and aspirations. But he reminded us that we know what our world should look like. We know what fairness and justice and opportunity look like. And he urged us to believe in ourselves — to find the strength within ourselves to strive for the world as it should be. And isn't that the great American story?

It's the story of men and women gathered in churches and union halls, in town squares and high school gyms — people who stood up and marched and risked everything they had — refusing to settle, determined to mold our future into the shape of our ideals.

It is because of their will and determination that this week, we celebrate two anniversaries: the 88th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, and the 45th anniversary of that hot summer day when [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.] lifted our sights and our hearts with his dream for our nation.

I stand here today at the crosscurrents of that history — knowing that my piece of the American dream is a blessing hard won by those who came before me. All of them driven by the same conviction that drove my dad to get up an hour early each day to painstakingly dress himself for work. The same conviction that drives the men and women I've met all across this country:

People who work the day shift, kiss their kids goodnight, and head out for the night shift — without disappointment, without regret — that goodnight kiss a reminder of everything they're working for.

The military families who say grace each night with an empty seat at the table. The servicemen and women who love this country so much, they leave those they love most to defend it.

The young people across America serving our communities — teaching children, cleaning up neighborhoods, caring for the least among us each and every day.

People like Hillary Clinton, who put those 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, so that our daughters — and sons — can dream a little bigger and aim a little higher.

People like Joe Biden, who's never forgotten where he came from and never stopped fighting for folks who work long hours and face long odds and need someone on their side again.

All of us driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won't do — that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.

That is the thread that connects our hearts. That is the thread that runs through my journey and Barack's journey and so many other improbable journeys that have brought us here tonight, where the current of history meets this new tide of hope.

That is why I love this country.

And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us — no matter what our age or background or walk of life — each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.

It's a belief Barack shares — a belief at the heart of his life's work.

It's what he did all those years ago, on the streets of Chicago, setting up job training to get people back to work and after-school programs to keep kids safe — working block by block to help people lift up their families.

It's what he did in the Illinois Senate, moving people from welfare to jobs, passing tax cuts for hard-working families, and making sure women get equal pay for equal work.

It's what he's done in the United States Senate, fighting to ensure the men and women who serve this country are welcomed home not just with medals and parades but with good jobs and benefits and health care — including mental health care.

That's why he's running — to end the war in Iraq responsibly, to build an economy that lifts every family, to make health care available for every American, and to make sure every child in this nation gets a world class education all the way from preschool to college. That's what Barack Obama will do as president of the United States of America.

He'll achieve these goals the same way he always has — by bringing us together and reminding us how much we share and how alike we really are. You see, Barack doesn't care where you're from, or what your background is, or what party — if any — you belong to. That's not how he sees the world. He knows that thread that connects us — our belief in America's promise, our commitment to our children's future — is strong enough to hold us together as one nation even when we disagree.

It was strong enough to bring hope to those neighborhoods in Chicago.

It was strong enough to bring hope to the mother he met worried about her child in Iraq; hope to the man who's unemployed, but can't afford gas to find a job; hope to the student working nights to pay for her sister's health care, sleeping just a few hours a day.

And it was strong enough to bring hope to people who came out on a cold Iowa night and became the first voices in this chorus for change that's been echoed by millions of Americans from every corner of this nation.

Millions of Americans who know that Barack understands their dreams; that Barack will fight for people like them; and that Barack will finally bring the change we need.

And in the end, after all that's happened these past 19 months, the Barack Obama I know today is the same man I fell in love with 19 years ago. He's the same man who drove me and our new baby daughter home from the hospital 10 years ago this summer, inching along at a snail's pace, peering anxiously at us in the rearview mirror, feeling the whole weight of her future in his hands, determined to give her everything he'd struggled so hard for himself, determined to give her what he never had: the affirming embrace of a father's love.

And as I tuck that little girl and her little sister into bed at night, I think about how one day, they'll have families of their own. And one day, they — and your sons and daughters — will tell their own children about what we did together in this election. They'll tell them how this time, we listened to our hopes, instead of our fears. How this time, we decided to stop doubting and to start dreaming. How this time, in this great country — where a girl from the South Side of Chicago can go to college and law school, and the son of a single mother from Hawaii can go all the way to the White House – we committed ourselves to building the world as it should be.

So tonight, in honor of my father's memory and my daughters' future — out of gratitude to those whose triumphs we mark this week, and those whose everyday sacrifices have brought us to this moment — let us devote ourselves to finishing their work; let us work together to fulfill their hopes; and let us stand together to elect Barack Obama president of the United States of America.

Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.

Source: The Democratic National Convention

Transcript: Michelle Obama's Convention Speech

Not that I watched it but dang, the woman didn't shut up did she?

She'll always be miserable and have a complex.............

 

[theHawk]

You're confusing. Do you support plagiarism or it wasnt plagiarism?

btw, "Yes" is not a valid answer

Neither case was plagarism my negro

Closed Caption is the house negro.

I always thought he was the village idiot.

 

[Conservative65]

You're confusing. Do you support plagiarism or it wasnt plagiarism?

btw, "Yes" is not a valid answer

Neither case was plagarism my negro

Closed Caption is the house negro.

I always thought he was the village idiot.

No difference.

 

[PredFan]

To me the whole thing is a non-issue. When Michelle Obama said it, it was nothing but platitudes and lies. I believe Melania when she says it.

Did Michelle's parents teach Melania those values?

No, did Melania state that she was proud of her country for the first time ever?