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AMERICAN AN STORY AMERICAN AN STORY THE SPEECHES OF BARACK OBAMA A Primer by DAVID OLIVE ECW Press Copyright©DavidOlive,2008 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproduced,storedina retrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformbyanyprocess—electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recording,orotherwise—withoutthepriorwrittenpermission ofthecopyrightownerandECWPress. Pleasenote:CopyrightisnotclaimedforanypartoftheoriginalworkpreparedbyaU.S. GovernmentorU.S.Stateofficeroremployeeaspartofthatperson’sofficialduties. However,suchworks,togetherwithallmaterialscontainedherein,aresubjecttothe preceedingcopyrightnoticeastotheirorganizationandcompilationinthisbook. PublishedbyECWPress 2120QueenStreetEast,Suite200 Toronto,Ontario,Canadam4e1e2 416.694.3348/[email protected] libraryandarchivescanadacataloguinginpublication Olive,David,1957– AnAmericanstory:thespeechesofBarackObama:aprimer/DavidOlive. Includestextof21speechesbyBarackObama. isbn978-1-55022-864-9 1.Obama,Barack. 2.Speeches,addresses,etc.,American. 3.Obama, Barack—Oratory. 4.UnitedStates—Politicsandgovernment—2001-. i.Obama,Barack ii.Title. e901.1.o23o452008 328.73092 c2008-904943-8 CoverandTextDesign:TaniaCraan Coverphoto:©MichaelMaloney/SanFranciscoChronicle/Corbis Typesetting:GailNina Secondprinting:Webcom ThepublicationofAnAmericanStoryhasbeengenerouslysupportedbythe OMDCBookFund,aninitiativeoftheOntarioMediaDevelopmentCorporation, andbytheGovernmentofCanadathroughtheBookPublishingIndustry DevelopmentProgram(bpidp). printedandboundincanada For Allison Nowlan “Through the night with a light from above.” –IrvingBerlin,“GodBlessAmerica” “We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression — everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way — everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want — which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants — everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear — which, translated into world terms, means a worldwide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor — anywhere in the world.” –FranklinDelanoRoosevelt, “TheFourFreedoms,”addresstotheU.S.Congress,January6,1941 Table of Contents Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv The Politics of Hope and Reality 1 Barack Obama on the Major Issues 41 Michelle Obama: The Achiever 65 A note on Barack Obama’s Oratorical Style and its Impact 87 SPEECHES iraq war Obama’s prescient warning about an Iraq invasion 91 national unity Obama denounces false divisions among Americans 97 prosperity and fairness Obama calls for a middle-class revival 107 education reform America can’t afford to fall behind in the 21st-century economy 117
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