"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America -- I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you -- we as a people will get there," a celebratory but sober Obama told the crowd.
Obama highlighted the historic nature of his win by telling the story of a 106-year-old African-American voter from Atlanta, Ann Nixon Cooper, who voted in the election after having lived through a time when she did not have the right to vote.
The president-elect appeared onstage with his wife Michelle and daughters Malia, 10 and Sasha, 7. He was also joined onstage by vice president –elect Joe Biden and his family.
In his speech, Obama thanked his wife, saying, "I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation’s next First Lady, Michelle Obama.”
He also thanked his daughters and his late grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, saying he could not have achieved such success without her. The president-elect also thanked former opponent John McCain for his unwavering service to the nation.
“He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he’s fought even longer and harder for the country he loves,” Obama said of McCain. “He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.”
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GO McCAIN!
God Bless, Dear!"
God bless. =)
and prayed for his success.His victory madeus as happy as you
American.We love Barack Obama because he is ideological and man of committment towards peace and prosperity for America and...