#He will not divide us season 5 skin#

the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon! BushвЂ™s presidency, the nation was reeling. I can hear you, the rest of the world hears you-ДЄt the end of George W. ObamaвЂ™s political rise came at a time when America was increasingly divided. He was also just an incredibly talented and charismatic and inspirational politician. We will win this election, we will change the course of history, and the real journey to heal the nation and repair the world will have truly begun. He obviously represented racial change in a way that was very motivating to African Americans. Here's a younger person, unburdened by some of the old fights of the past. I think what Obama represented was generational change. Presidential contenders began their final push in Iowa today-ДЄnd because somebody stood up, a few more stood up, and then a few thousand stood up, and a then few million stood up. a turning point in 'AmericaвЂ™s Great Divide.' What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now! He was going to be the one who was going to try to heal that wound.Д«arack Obama arrived with a promise of unity.Д«ut his presidency would usher in an age of unprecedented anger. Thank you very much, everybody, God bless you. HeвЂ™s going to tell it like it is, and you can believe in what he says, and he doesnвЂ™t seem to be so wrapped up in this partisan divide. He was a star-that we hadnвЂ™t seen a politician like that before, not in recent history. There is not a liberal America and a conservative America, there is the United States of America! There is not a black America and a white America, a Latino America, an Asian America, there's the United States of America!

#He will not divide us season 5 skin#

The idea of Barack Obama being unique in so many ways-unique with his funny name unique with his skin color unique with his message. My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let's face it-my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely. I want to tell my story as part of the larger American story.' And as soon as he hung up the phone, he turned to me and he said, 'I know what I want to say. I remember when Barack Obama got the call that he was going to make the keynote speech at the Democratic convention in 2004. DAVID AXELROD, Former Obama chief strategist: