He was introduced by his wife Michelle, who got fired up in her introduction. She talked about being reluctant when she and Barack made the decision for him to run for president. But in the end, she said, she was tired of living in a world where our politics were led by fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of that which is different. It was time for something new.
And she knew that it was time for someone like Barack to lead this country back to a hopeful place.
Before Michelle took the stage, she was introduced by Chris Tinley, a Council Bluffs resident who lost his brother on 9/11.
Chris decided that Barack was the right person to be the next president when he learned that Barack opposed the Iraq war from the very beginning. It was the wrong war at the wrong time in the wrong place.
Now Barack is detailing his comprehensive vision for American foreign policy. It is a new vision that allows us to restore our standing in the world and take a leadership role once again. But it's going to take a significant change in the conventional foreign-policy thinking. And that's what Barack offers.
"The conventional thinking says we can't do these things and we shouldn't even talk about it. It says I don't have enough experience because I don't recite the typical foreign policy talking points...No one had as much as experience as Dick Cheney and Donal Rumsfeld. And look what conventional thinking got us."
Barack is in to questions now. Check back for more, including video, soon!
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