President Barack Obama - The Audacity of Hope
The Speech that Launched a Presidency
The speech that launched a Presidency. President Barack Obama gave the keynote DNC speech in 2004, unifying a divided nation with his audacity of hope. The speech spoke truth to power in the strings that tied America into red states and blue states by highlighting we are the United States.
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Poet by birth. Writer by craft. Artist by nature. I write poems, prose, short stories, fiction, and realism works of art dissecting the human condition and the resilience of the human mind. Many of my pieces are metaphoric stanzas.
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Comments (5)
Still my favorite president❤️ I got to hear him speak in person during his campaign in 2012. He was as fabulous then as he is in this speech. An orator that left us with such hope❤️. Exceptional critique. I hope this one places❤️
This was SUCH good one to do! So well done, I need to read his book the audacity of hope as well 😁
Great job!
This seems very powerful! Excellent review!
It was a great speech!