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Hope became another repeated topic and theme in the campaign, being the fourth most stated concept behind the economy, change, and security. [2] Below is an example of hope as a motif from Obama's 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address: "Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!" [4]
Obama also made reference to his popular campaign chant, "Yes We Can": And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America — the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't; and the people who pressed on with that American creed: 'Yes, we can.' [ 17 ]
Michelle Obama shared a poignant message during the build-up to President Donald Trump’s inauguration as the former first lady decided to stay away from the festivities.. Obama, whose husband ...
Today marks the 15th anniversary of Obama’s first inauguration. In the sweep of history 15 years is not that long, yet that event feels like it took place in another time, in another America.
Hope. Obama began drafting his speech while staying in a hotel in Springfield, Illinois, several days after learning he would deliver the address. [9] According to his account of that day in The Audacity of Hope, Obama states that he began by considering his own campaign themes and those specific issues he wished to address, and while pondering the various people he had met and stories he had ...
During the 2016 DNC, Obama famously coined the phrase, "When they go low, we go high," as she spoke about the criticism Hillary Clinton faced from Republicans on the campaign trail.
As reported in The New York Times, [10] Wright was scheduled to give the public invocation before Obama's presidential announcement, but Obama withdrew the invitation the night before the event. Wright criticized the Times for their characterization of the incident as a distortion of the interview he had granted, where he had spoken of Obama in ...
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