{"id":25391,"date":"2012-09-07T14:22:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T11:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=25391"},"modified":"2012-09-07T14:22:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T11:22:43","slug":"president-barack-obama-ready-for-re-election-u-s-elections-25391","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/president-barack-obama-ready-for-re-election-u-s-elections-25391\/","title":{"rendered":"President Barack Obama ready for re-election \/ U.S Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Obama Accepts Nomination On Final Day Of Democratic National Convention<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

President Barack Obama has formally accepted the Democratic Party’s Presidential nomination in a speech to thousands of charged up party loyalists.<\/h1>\n

President Obama looked to recapture the energy that powered him to the White House in 2008 as he struggles with the worst poll ratings for an incumbent for 28 years.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama was introduced by his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, who energised the convention with her own speech two nights earlier.<\/p>\n

He formally accepted the nomination to loud chants of “four more years” before presenting the forthcoming election as a clear choice between two competing ideologies.<\/p>\n

He said: “On every issue, the choice you face won’t be just between two candidates or two parties – it will be a choice between two different paths for America, a choice between two fundamentally different visions for the future.”<\/p>\n

In an echo of President John F Kennedy’s “Ask Not” speech, Mr Obama appealed to Americans to help him to restore the country to greatness after the economic turmoil of his first term.<\/p>\n

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He said: “I won’t pretend the path I’m offering is quick or easy. I never have.<\/p>\n

“You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.<\/p>\n

“And the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades.<\/p>\n

“It will require common effort, shared responsibility, and the kind of bold, persistent experimentation that Franklin Roosevelt pursued during the only crisis worse than this one.”<\/p>\n

He laid out a set of goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security and the deficit that he said would lead to jobs, opportunity and the rebuilding of the economy on a stronger foundation.<\/p>\n

He said: “Our problems can be solved. Our challenges can be met. The path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place. And I’m asking you to choose that future. I’m asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country.”<\/p>\n

There was also a jibe at Mitt Romney’s lack of foreign policy experience, highlighting the recent gaffe when he questioned London’s preparedness for the Olympics.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama said: “You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can’t visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.”<\/p>\n

The president trumpeted his own foreign policy and national security successes as he launched a blistering attack on his opponent, trying to persuade American voters he was the only candidate suitable of being commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n

“In a world of new threats and new challenges, you can choose leadership that has been tested and proven,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9\/11.\u00a0 We have. We’ve blunted the Taliban’s momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over.<\/p>\n

“A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.”<\/p>\n

Mr Obama warned Romney would fire teachers, impoverish students, all to give more tax breaks to millionaires.<\/p>\n

“We’ve been there, we’ve tried that, and we’re not going back. We’re moving forward,” he said, drawing raucous cheers from 15,000 people packed into a sports arena at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

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He referred to the promises of hope and change he made four years ago, which have been tested by the global financial crisis.<\/p>\n

He said: “If you turn away now – if you buy into the cynicism that the change we fought for isn’t possible – well, change will not happen.”<\/p>\n

He was joined on stage after the speech during a long ovation by his wife and daughters Sasha and Malia.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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