John Kerry speaking at the Democratic National Convention
Four years suffered, you the honour of fighting our fight gave me. I was proud with you then be myself, and be itself I are proud with you now, Barack help to prefer Obama as a president of the United States. In 2004, we came this way dense to victory. We are still now dense, and leave me you, this time we' to tell; re to will win. Today, the question to change is more powerful than ever, and with more seats in congress, charged with more people with more passion with ours politically, and with president Obama, we on the edge of the largest chance of our generation are ourselves to move this forward country. The props could not higher be, because we know what a policy McCain if would look at: only as the past, only such as George Bush. And this country can' t permits himself a third period of Bush. Think only: John McCain voted percent of the time with George Bush 90. Ninety percent of George Bush are only more than we can take.
Never in modern history a policy American power has this way wasted recklessly. Never strategy has this way replaced ideology. Extremism have this way overflowing never common sense and fundamental American values. Has party political never in the short term exhausted this way the sterkte of America's ambiguous foreign policy. George Bush, with John, promised McCain on its side spread out freedom from but provided the found oneself war in the found oneself place in the found oneself time. They misread the threat and misleaded the country. Instead of freedom, it' s Hamas, Hezbollah, Taliban and the dictators everywhere who are on March. Norths Korea have more boom, and Iran pursues defiantly.
Our task must America's to repair influence and position in the world. We must use all weapons in our arsenal - especially, our values. President Obama and Biden Guantanamo close, the constitution respect, and clearly, the United States of America will torture not, now, ever for once and for all not to make. We must listen by example and lead because even a nation this way powerful such as the United States some friends in this world wish. We wish a LEADER who already our security challenges boom, not only and guns, but overall heating, overall and overall AIDS understand. And Barack Obama do not understand no way to America are there safe be energy clean to we here at home, with a a little more oil in five, 10 or create 20 years, but with an energy revolution which starts on this moment.
I the conscience and friends with John McCain almost have been 22 years. But daily now I learn something new concerning candidate McCain. To they that still in the myth of an anticonformist instead of reality of a politician believe, say I, let' s compares senator McCain at candidate McCain. The candidate McCain supports now the put in war time that senator once to the jaw McCain immorally. The candidate McCain criticises senator McCain' s own climate change billion McCain to candidate now says he against the immigration account would vote that Sen McCain wrote. kid thing you? Discussion concerning is for by you' Re against. Me you let tell, before he ever Barack Obama debates, John McCain would have conclude the debate with itself. And what' s more, senator McCain, which once omheind spot against of Karl Rove then he the aim were, have morphed in candidate McCain who same " uses; Rove" tactic and same " Rove" staff to repeat apprehension and macula same the old policy of. Well, not this year, not this time. The tactic lont-McCain is old and wore out, and America will reject them in 2008. Me this way, when we bevelhebber-in-leider choose this November, we prefer judgement and character, do not remind years in the senate or years on this ground. Each time, Barack Obama have further seen, harder idea, and listened better. And each time, Barack Obama have been exactly proved.
transcript of John Kerry's speech was double-babel'd Dutch style