Democratic Voices in Denver
Hillary Clinton
No way. No how. No McCain. ….Barack Obama … knows government must be about “We the people” not “We the favored few.”
… he’ll revitalize our economy, defend the working people of America, and meet the global challenges of our time.
Democrats know how to do this. As I recall, President Clinton and the Democrats did it before.
Claire McCaskill
John McCain is running for four more years of the same old politics and exact same failed policies that we had under George Bush. They did tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, they’re doing everything Big Oil asks for, and look where we are.
Jean Shaheen
No more country-club economics at the expense of working families and no more tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.
Lydia Sanchez
There are people listening to me right now who think that the outcome of this election won’t affect them. It will. It will determine whether you have a champion on your side, … or whether you get more of the same failed leadership that has given hard-working families the shaft.
Katherine Marcano
I am tired and overwhelmed, stuck in a system that tells me there is not enough funding for disabled kids like my sister. I am told we have to wait, we have to be patient. But I am running out of patience. And I am done waiting.
Al Gore
Eight years ago, some said there was not much difference between the nominees of the two major parties and it didn’t really matter who became president. … here we all are in 2008, and I doubt anyone would argue now that election didn’t matter.
…John McCain … is now openly endorsing the policies of the Bush-Cheney White House and promising to actually continue them. The same policies all over again? Hey, I believe in recycling, but that’s ridiculous.
Bill Clinton
They actually want us to reward them for the last eight years by giving them four more. Let’s send them a message that will echo from the Rockies all across America: Thanks, but no thanks. In this case, the third time is not the charm.
Barbara Boxer
Instead of a president with an Exxon policy, we’ll have a president with an energy policy. … Let’s elect Barack Obama so that the world’s economic and environmental leader will clearly be our nation—the United States of America.
Bob Casey Jr
… he’ll pursue the common good by seeking common ground, rather than trying to divide us. … John McCain calls himself a maverick, but he votes with George Bush 90 percent of the time. That’s not a maverick. That’s a sidekick.
Barbara Mikulski
You know how we women are. We make our to-do lists. We check off our accomplishments. We get things done! And that’s exactly what we Democrats are going to do when we take back the White House!
Ted Kennedy
Yes, we are Americans. … We reach the moon. We scale the heights. I know it. I’ve seen it. I’ve lived it. And we can do it again. … if we set our compass true, we will reach our destination-not merely victory for our party, but renewal for our nation.
The Reverend Leah Daughtry
It is our sacred responsibility to advocate for all the people, most especially the least, the last, and the lost, the discouraged and the despondent, the disenfranchised and the dispossessed. For them and for ourselves, for the work that must be done, for the bridges that must be built, for the children who must be saved, for the sick who must be healed, for the last who must be first.
Joe Biden
Millions of Americans have been knocked down. And this is the time as Americans, together, we get back up. Our people are too good, our debt to our parents and grandparents too great, our obligation to our children is too sacred.
Barack Obama
Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who’s willing to work.
That’s the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother’s keeper; I am my sister’s keeper.
