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发信人: donggnoh (我觉得我是喝太多水了), 信区: Literature
标 题: Re: Yes, we can：奥巴马当选演讲全文
发信站: 荔园晨风BBS站 (Mon Nov 10 18:48:43 2008), 站内
（Thank you, South Carolina.
Thank you to the rock of my life, Michelle Obama.
Thank you to Malia and Sasha Obama, who haven't seen their daddy in a week.
Thank you to Pete Skidmore for his outstanding service to our country and being
such a great supporter of this campaign. ）
Over two weeks ago, we saw the people of Iowa proclaim that our time for change
has come. But there were those who doubted this country's desire for something
new, who said Iowa was a fluke, not to be repeated again.
Well, tonight, the cynics who believed that what began in the snows of Iowa was
just an ** were told a different story by the good people of South Carolina.
After four -- after four great contests, in every corner of this country, we
have the most votes, the most delegates, and the most diverse coalition of
Americans that we've seen in a long, long time.
You can see it in the faces here tonight. There are young and old, rich and
poor. They are black and white, Latino and Asian and Native American.
They are Democrats from Des Moines and independents from Concord and, yes, some
Republicans from rural Nevada. And we've got young people all across this
country who have never had a reason to participate until now.
And in nine days, in nine short days, nearly half the nation will have the
chance to join us in saying that we are tired of business as usual in
Washington. We are hungry for change and we are ready to believe again.
But if there's anything, though, that we have been reminded of since Iowa, it's
that the kind of change we seek will not come easy, partly because we have fine
candidates in this race, fierce competitors who are worthy of our respect and
our admiration.
And as contentious as this campaign may get, we have to remember that this is a
contest for the Democratic nomination. And that all of us share an abiding
desire to end the disastrous policies of the current administration.
But there are real differences between the candidates. We are looking for more
than just a change of party in the White House. We're looking to fundamentally
change the status quo in Washington.
It's a status quo that extends beyond any particular party and right now that
status quo is fighting back with everything it's got, with the same old tactics
that divide and distract us from solving the problems people face, whether
those problems are health care that folks can't afford or a mortgage they
cannot pay.
So this will not be easy. Make no mistake about what we're up against. We're up
against the belief that it's all right for lobbyists to dominate our government,
that they are just part of the system in Washington.
But we know that the undue influence of lobbyists is part of the problem and
this election is our chance to say that we are not going to let them stand in
our way anymore.
We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as
president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to the White House.
But we know that real leadership is about candor and judgment and the ability
to rally Americans from all walks of life around a common purpose, a higher
purpose.
We're up against decades of bitter partisanship that cause politicians to
demonize their opponents instead of coming together to make college affordable
or energy cleaner. It's the kind of partisanship where you're not even allowed
to say that a Republican had an idea, even if it's one you never agreed with.
That's the kind of politics that is bad for our party, it is bad for our
country, and this is our chance to end it once and for all.
We're up against the idea that it's acceptable to say anything and do anything
to win an election. But we know that this is exactly what's wrong with our
politics. This is why people don't believe what their leaders say anymore. This
is why they tune out. And this election is our chance to give the American
people a reason to believe again.
But let me say this, South Carolina. What we've seen in these last weeks is
that we're also up against forces that are not the fault of any one campaign,
but feed the habits that prevent us from being who we want to be as a nation.
It's the politics that uses religion as a wedge and patriotism as a bludgeon, a
politics that tells us that we have to think, act and even vote within the
confines of the categories that supposedly define us, the assumption that young
people are apathetic, the assumption that Republicans won't cross over, the
assumption that the wealthy care nothing for the poor and that the poor don't
vote, the assumption that African-Americans can't support the white candidate,
whites can't support the African-American candidate, blacks and Latinos cannot
come together.
We are here tonight to say that that is not the America we believe in.
I did not travel around this state over the last year and see a white South
Carolina or a black South Carolina. I saw South Carolina.
I saw crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and
white children alike. I saw shuttered mills and homes for sale that once
belonged to Americans from all walks of life and men and women of every color
and creed who serve together and fight together and bleed together under the
same proud flag.
I saw what America is and I believe in what this country can be. That is the
country I see. That is the country you see. But now it is up to us to help the
entire nation embrace this vision.
Because in the end, we're not just against the ingrained and destructive habits
of Washington, we're also struggling with our own doubts, our own fears, our
own cynicism.
The change we seek has always required great struggle and great sacrifice. And
so this is a battle in our own hearts and minds about what kind of country we
want and how hard we're willing to work for it.
So let me remind you tonight that change will not be easy. Change will take
time. There will be setbacks and false starts and sometimes we'll make mistakes.
But as hard as it may seem, we cannot lose hope, because there are people all
across this great nation who are counting on us, who can't afford another four
years without health care, that can't afford another four years without good
schools, that can't afford another four years without decent wages because our
leaders couldn't come together and get it done.
Theirs are the stories and voices we carry on from South Carolina. The mother
who can't get Medicaid to cover all the needs of her sick child. She needs us
to pass a health care plan that cuts costs and makes health care available and
affordable for every single American. That's what she's looking for.
The teacher who works another shift at Dunkin' Donuts after school just to make
ends meet, she needs us to reform our education system so that she gets better
pay and more support and her students get the resources that they need to
achieve their dreams.
The Maytag worker who's now competing with his own teenager for a $7 an hour
job at the local Wal-Mart, because the factory he gave his life to shut its
doors, he needs us to stop giving tax breaks to companies that ship our jobs
overseas and start putting them in the pockets of working Americans who deserve
it and put them in the pockets of struggling homeowners who are having a tough
time and looking after seniors who should retire with dignity and respect.
That woman who told me that she hasn't been able to breathe since the day her
nephew left for Iraq or the soldier who doesn't know his child because he's on
his third or fourth or even fifth tour of duty, they need us to come together
and put an end to a war that should have never been authorized and should have
never been waged.
So understand this, South Carolina. The choice in this election is not between
regions or religions or genders. It's not about rich vs. poor, young vs. old.
And it is not about black vs. white.
This election is about the past vs. the future. It's about whether we settle
for the same divisions and distractions and drama that passes for politics
today or whether we reach for a politics of common sense and innovation, a
politics of shared sacrifice and shared prosperity.
There are those who will continue to tell us that we can't do this, that we can'
t have what we're looking for, that we can't have what we want, that we're
peddling false hopes. But here is what I know. I know that when people say we
can't overcome all the big money and influence in Washington, I think of that
elderly woman who sent me a contribution the other day, an envelope that had a
money order for $3.01 along with a verse of scripture tucked inside the
envelope. So don't tell us change isn't possible. That woman knows change is
possible.
When I hear the cynical talk that blacks and whites and Latinos can't join
together and work together, I'm reminded of the Latino brothers and sisters I
organized with and stood with and fought with side by side for jobs and justice
on the streets of Chicago. So don't tell us change can't happen.
When I hear that we'll never overcome the racial divide in our politics, I
think about that Republican woman who used to work for Strom Thurmond, who is
now devoted to educating inner city-children and who went out into the streets
of South Carolina and knocked on doors for this campaign. Don't tell me we can'
t change.
Yes, we can. Yes, we can change. Yes, we can.
Yes, we can heal this nation. Yes, we can seize our future. And as we leave
this great state with a new wind at our backs and we take this journey across
this great country, a country we love, with the message we carry from the
plains of Iowa to the hills of New Hampshire, from the Nevada desert to the
South Carolina coast, the same message we had when we were up and when we were
down, that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we will hope
And where we are met with cynicism and doubt and fear and those who tell us
that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit
of the American people in three simple words -- yes, we can.
Thank you, South Carolina. I love you.
【 在 jjwr (每夜的昙花) 的大作中提到: 】
: 如果奥巴马能够实现他所宣扬的，他将成为美国历史上第二伟大的总统。
: 【 在 jjwr (每夜的昙花) 的大作中提到: 】
: : 如果还有人对美国是否凡事都有可能存疑，还有人怀疑美国奠基者的梦想在我们所
处的时代是否依然鲜活，还有人质疑我们的民主制度的力量，那么今晚，这些问题都有了答
案。
: : 这是设在学校和教堂的投票站前排起的前所未见的长队给出的答案；是等了三四个
小时的选民所给出的答案，其中许多人都是有生以来第一次投票，因为他们认定这一次肯定
会不一样，认为自己的声音会是这次大选有别于以往之所在。
: : 这是所有美国人民共同给出的答案－－无论老少贫富，无论是民主党还是共和党，
无论是黑人、白人、拉美裔、亚裔、原住民，是同性恋者还是异性恋者、残疾人还是健全人
－－我们从来不是“红州”和“蓝州”的对立阵营，我们是美利坚合众国这个整体，永远都
是。
: : 长久以来，很多人一再受到告诫，要对我们所能取得的成绩极尽讽刺、担忧和怀疑
之能事，但这个答案让这些人伸出手来把握历史，再次让它朝向美好明天的希望延伸。
: : 已经过去了这么长时间，但今晚，由于我们在今天、在这场大选中、在这个具有决
定性的时刻所做的，美国已经迎来了变革。
: : 我刚刚接到了麦凯恩参议员极具风度的致电。他在这场大选中经过了长时间的努力
奋斗，而他为自己所深爱的这个国家奋斗的时间更长、过程更艰辛。他为美国做出了我们大
多数人难以想像的牺牲，我们的生活也因这位勇敢无私的领袖所做出的贡献而变得更美好。
我向他和佩林
: : 我要感谢我在这次旅程中的伙伴－－已当选美国副总统的拜登。他全心参与竞选活
动，为普通民众代言，他们是他在斯克兰顿从小到大的伙伴，也是在他回特拉华的火车上遇
到的男男女女。
: : 如果没有一个人的坚决支持，我今晚就不会站在这里，她是我过去16年来最好的朋
友、是我们一家人的中坚和我一生的挚爱，更是我们国家的下一位第一夫人：米歇尔?奥巴
马(Michelle Obama)。萨莎(Sasha)和玛丽亚(Malia)，我太爱你们两个了，你们已经得到了
一条新的小狗?
: ...................
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