Policymakers, citizens ready for 'change', Senator Obama
Bankole Thompson/Special to the NNPA from the Michigan/Chronicle & FrontPage
Issue date: 6/29/08 Section: Politics
He said Republicans criticized President Kennedy for being too young to become president, but noted that Thomas Jefferson and George Washington created watershed moments in the nation's history in their mid 40s.
From the bitter 2000 presidential election, Gore said he knows there is a strong will in the country among voters to change leadership in Washington.
"I feel your determination after two terms of the Bush-Cheney administration to change the direction of our country," he said. "This election matters more than ever because America needs change more than ever."
Taking the stage amidst cheering and dangling of "Yes We Can" banners, Obama said he decided to run for president because of what King identified as "the fierce urgency of now."
"We are at a defining moment in our history," Obama said. "We are involved in two wars war that cost us billions of dollars."
Faulting the Bush administration in a state hardest hit by a depressed economy, Obama said, "Michigan knows something about the Bush economic policies."
His rival in the election, Republican nominee John McCain, according to Obama, wants to give oil giant Exxon Mobil a $1.2 billion tax break at a time when gas prices have skyrocketed to $4 or more per gallon across the country.
"We can't afford John McCain because he's running Bush's third term," Obama stated, a claim that McCain has denied on the campaign trail, insisting on knowing why his opponent keeps hammering that message at rallies.
Obama made it clear that it is because McCain has supported policies of the Bush administration, including the Iraq war, which has cost so many lives, devastated families and cost billions of dollars.
Reiterating his change message and being independent of lobbyist money, the Democratic nominee promised to revamp the energy policy of the country and said that Bush's vice president, Dick Cheney, "met with oil and gas companies 40 times," but only once with energy watchdog groups that monitor the environment.
From the bitter 2000 presidential election, Gore said he knows there is a strong will in the country among voters to change leadership in Washington.
"I feel your determination after two terms of the Bush-Cheney administration to change the direction of our country," he said. "This election matters more than ever because America needs change more than ever."
Taking the stage amidst cheering and dangling of "Yes We Can" banners, Obama said he decided to run for president because of what King identified as "the fierce urgency of now."
"We are at a defining moment in our history," Obama said. "We are involved in two wars war that cost us billions of dollars."
Faulting the Bush administration in a state hardest hit by a depressed economy, Obama said, "Michigan knows something about the Bush economic policies."
His rival in the election, Republican nominee John McCain, according to Obama, wants to give oil giant Exxon Mobil a $1.2 billion tax break at a time when gas prices have skyrocketed to $4 or more per gallon across the country.
"We can't afford John McCain because he's running Bush's third term," Obama stated, a claim that McCain has denied on the campaign trail, insisting on knowing why his opponent keeps hammering that message at rallies.
Obama made it clear that it is because McCain has supported policies of the Bush administration, including the Iraq war, which has cost so many lives, devastated families and cost billions of dollars.
Reiterating his change message and being independent of lobbyist money, the Democratic nominee promised to revamp the energy policy of the country and said that Bush's vice president, Dick Cheney, "met with oil and gas companies 40 times," but only once with energy watchdog groups that monitor the environment.
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