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The
Policies of Senator Barack Obama
A Message from Senator Barack Obama.
A Message from Barack:
I believe it’s critically important
that those of us who want to lead this nation be open, candid, and clear
with the American people about how we will move forward. So I hope this
booklet gives you a good sense about where I stand on the fundamental
issues facing our country.
But I also hope that this sparks a
dialogue and that after you’ve finished reading it, you get in touch with
our campaign and give us your thoughts on the policies you find here. It’s
time to put government back in your hands, where it belongs. If we want to
have policies that are good for the American people, then we need the
American people to help shape those policies.
We all know what’s at stake. This is
a defining moment in our history. Our nation is at war. The planet is in
peril. The dream that so many generations fought for feels as if it’s
slowly slipping away. We’ve never paid more for health care or for
college. It’s harder to save and retire. And most of all, we’ve lost faith
that our leaders can or will do anything about it. But it is because of
their failures that this moment of challenge is also a moment of
opportunity. We have a chance to bring the country together in a new
majority - to finally tackle problems that Washington has ignored for too
long. And that is why the same old Washington textbook campaigns just
won’t do in this election.
The Democratic Party has always made
the biggest difference in the lives of the American people when we’ve led
not by polls, but by principle; not by calculation, but by conviction;
when we summoned the entire nation to a common purpose - a higher purpose.
And I run for the presidency because that’s the party America needs us to
be right now. I run to offer this country change that we can believe in.
I am in this race to tell the
corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington
are over.
I’m in this race because I want to
stop talking about the outrage of 47 million Americans without health care
and start actually doing something about it.
I’m in this race to end our
dependence on Middle East oil and save our planet from the crisis of
climate change so we can give our children a planet that’s cleaner and
safer than we found it.
As president, I will end the war in
Iraq, a war that I opposed from the beginning and that should never have
been authorized. I will finish the fight against Al Qaeda. And I will lead
the world to combat the common threats of the 21st century - nuclear
weapons and terrorism; climate change and poverty; genocide and disease.
America, our moment is now. I don’t
want to spend the next year or the next four years re-fighting the same
fights that we had in the 1990s. I don’t want to pit Red America against
Blue America, I want to be the President of the United States of America.
That’s why I’m asking you to stand
with me, that’s why I’m asking you to caucus for me, that’s why I’m asking
you to stop settling for what the cynics say we have to accept. In this
election - in this moment - let us reach for what we know is possible. A
nation healed. A world repaired. An America that believes again.
So thank you for taking the
time to read this booklet, which lays out very clearly how I will achieve
these goals for the people of the United States. And if you have any
questions or want to get involved or want to offer your ideas about how we
can make our policies stronger, I hope you’ll visit
Barack
Obama.com
Sincerely,
Barack Obama
 
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