Thursday, 26 November 2020

Speech by Barack Obama - Summary


A speech delivered by him in St Paul Minnesota on June 3rd 2008. 

Great Orator and a great president

Great voice and great human being

A nationalistic speech 

Make America great again 

Two-party system – Democrats and Republicans

The Primary is within a political party to select the presidential entail candidate of the party. 

Presidential debates are quite famous during the election campaign. 

Summary of the Speech: 

He announces that he is elected as the Democratic party nominee for President of the United States 

He thanks all the Americans for standing with him and the party. 

He directly addresses the three main ethnic groups in the US – Blacks, whites and the Latinos

He acknowledges the presence of Hillary Clinton who lost the primary.

He talks about the great historical step that she took in terms of being a woman.

He talks about the health care system which later on became Obama Care

(Page 53 is dedicated to her 9 offline tasks will be based on that) 

He attacks the George Bush presidency 

His political campaign caption was ‘Change you can believe In’

He talks about bringing the US troops back from Iraq

He says – they should start leaving Iraq

He talks about the common threats of the 21st Century – terrorism, nuclear weapons, climate change, poverty, genocide and disease. 

He tries to define change by talking about how to provide better care for the American people.

He criticises his fellow Republican candidate – John McCain – who claimed that he has travelled to Iraq many times. Obama asks him to visit the poor states of the USA first to know the situation of poverty. 

He talks about a health policy and a new energy policy 

He talks about early childhood education 

He says that’s the reason why he is running for the President. 

He says that Americans may call themselves as Democrats or Republicans – He strongly tells them that they are all Americans. ‘We are always Americans first’ 

People who belong to different groups or opinions have come together for a common cause. 

He ends the speech by calling everyone to create a
better health care system, provide jobs, climate protection, and end all wars.  

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