Obama accepts nomination, lays out plan
Obama challenges McCain to debate him on readiness for the job
11:15 a.m. Friday, August 29, 2008
84,000 people packed Invesco Field Thursday not for the music nor the Democratic heavy hitters. It was to witness Barack Obama make history.
"With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States," he said.
Obama spoke about his childhood, his candidacy and the people he'd met along the way. Then, he turned his attention to his opponent.
"We are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look just like the last eight. On November 4th, we must stand up and say, 'eight is enough,'" he said.
Some saw a new Obama: Stern, steelyand ready to get in the ring.
"If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament and the judgment to serve as commander in chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have," he said. "I've got news for you John McCain. We all put our country first."
Obama also laid out an ambitious plan for change.
"Listen now, I will cut taxes -- cut taxes for 95 percent of working families," he said. "We will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East."
Finally seizing the historic significance of the moment -- 45 years after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. told millions of his dream -- Obama asked America to believe again.
"America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone," he said.
Obama's speech was followed by fireworks, firing cannons and confetti.
Now that the party's over, Obama and Biden will begin a bus stop tour.
The Republicans begin their convention Monday in the Twin Cities.
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