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Nov 05 2008

Democracy

Published by buell under History

For those of you who went to bed at a decent hour here are the speeches from Election Night.  I can not help but think of all the people around the world who have suffered violence in order to force change in their governments, both past and present.  Last night we were witnesses to democracy in action.

McCain’s concession speech—pay attention to 9:45-10:45 which is the closing lines of his address.  We will be learning what McCain means by those lines in the months ahead.

Here is Obama’s victory speech—pay attention to 11:50 as Obama addresses the world.

Embedded video from CNN Video

This is an excerpt from Obama’s speech where he addresses American history:

Finally…did you notice all the college students taking to the streets of America’s cities? This is some raw video from Boston:

Here are two college roommates discussing the election results:
Embedded video from CNN Video

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