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BIDEN: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you, John Kerry.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. Thank you, thank you. Thanks. Thank you.

I appreciate it. Thank you very much.

You know, folks, my dad used to have an expression. He'd say, "A father
knows he's a success when he turns and looks at his son or daughter and know
that they turned out better than he did." I'm a success; I'm a hell of a
success.

Beau, I love you. I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of the son you've
become; I'm so proud of the father you are.

And I'm also so proud of my son, Hunter, and my daughter, Ashley.

And my wife, Jill, the only one who leaves me both breathless and
speechless at the same time.

It's an honor to share the stage tonight with President Clinton, a man who
I think brought this country so far along that I only pray we do it again.

And last night - and last night, it was moving to watch Hillary, one of
our great leaders, a great leader of this party, a woman who has made
history and will continue to make history.

. a colleague, my friend, Senator Hillary Clinton.

And I am truly honored - I am truly honored to live in a country with the
bravest warriors in the world.

And I'm honored to represent the first state, my state, the state of
Delaware.

Since I've never been called a man of few words, let me say this simply as
I can: Yes. Yes, I accept your nomination to run and serve with Barack
Obama, the next president of the United States of America.

Let me make this pledge to you right here and now. For every American who
is trying to do the right thing, for all those people in government who are
honoring the pledge to uphold the law and honor the Constitution, no longer
will you hear the eight most-dreaded words in the English language, "The
vice president's office is on the phone."

Barack and I took very different journeys to this destination, but we
share a common story. Mine began in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and then
Wilmington, Delaware.

My dad - my dad, who fell on hard times, always told me, though, "Champ,
when you get knocked down, get up. Get up." I was taught - I was taught that
by my dad. And, God, I wish my dad was here tonight.
But I thank God and I'm grateful that my mom, Catherine Eugenia Finnegan
Biden is here tonight.
Mom, I love you.

You know, my mom taught her children - all the children who flocked to our
house - that you're defined by your sense of honor and you're redeemed by
your loyalty. She believes that bravery lives in every heart, and her
expectation is that it will be summoned. Failure - failure at some point in
your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

As a child - as a child, I stuttered, and she lovingly would look at me
and tell me, "Joey, it's because you're so bright you can't get the thoughts
out quickly enough."

When I was not as well-dressed as the other kids, she'd look at me and
say, "Joey, oh, you're so handsome, honey, you're so handsome."

And when I got - when I got knocked down by guys bigger than me - and this
is the God's truth - she sent me back out and said, "Bloody their nose so
you can walk down the street the next day." And that's what I did.

You know - and after the accident, she told me, she said, "Joey, God sends
no cross that you cannot bear." And when I triumphed, my mother was quick to
remind me it was because of others.
My mother's creed is the American creed: No one is better than you.
Everyone is your equal, and everyone is equal to you.

My parents taught us.

My parents taught us to live our faith and to treasure our families. We
learned the dignity of work, and we were told that anyone can make it if
they just try hard enough. That was America's promise.

And for those of us who grew up in middle-class neighborhoods like
Scranton and Wilmington, that was the American dream.

Ladies and gentlemen, but today, today that American dream feels like it's
slowly slipping away. I don't have to tell you that. You feel it every
single day in your own lives. I've never seen a time when Washington has
watched so many people get knocked down without doing anything to help them
get back up.

Almost every single night - almost every single night, I take the train
home to Wilmington, Delaware, sometimes very late. As I sit there in my seat
and I look out that window, I see those flickering lights of the homes that
pass by, I can almost hear the conversation they're having at their kitchen
tables after they put their kids to bed.

Like millions of Americans, they're asking questions as - as ordinary as
they are profound, questions they never, ever thought they'd have to ask
themselves.

Should Mom move in with us now that - now that Dad's gone? Fifty, sixty,
seventy dollars just to fill up the gas tank, how in God's name, with winter
coming, how are we going to heat the home? Another year, no raise. Did you
hear - did you hear they may be cutting our health care at the company?

Now - now we owe more money on our home than our home is worth. How in God
's name are we going to send the kids to college? How are we going to
retire, Joe?

You know, folks, that's the America that George Bush has left us. And that
's the America we'll continue to get if George - excuse me, if John McCain
is elected president of the United States of America. Freudian slip.
Freudian slip.

And, folks, these are not isolated discussions among families down on
their luck. These are common stories among middle-class people who worked
hard their whole life, played by the rules, on the promise that their
tomorrows would be better than their yesterdays.

That promise is the promise of America. It defines who we are as a people.
And now - and now it's in jeopardy. I know it. You know it.

But John McCain doesn't get it. Barack Obama gets it. Like many of us,
Barack worked his way up. His is a great American story.

You know, I believe the measure of a man isn't just the road he's
traveled; it's the choices he's made along the way. Barack Obama could have
done anything after he graduated from college. With all his talent and
promise, he could have written his ticket to Wall Street. But that's not
what he chose to do. He chose to go to Chicago. The South Side. There he met
men and women who had lost their jobs. Their neighborhood was devastated
when the local steel plant closed. Their dreams deferred. Their dignity
shattered. Their self-esteem gone.

And he made their lives the work of his life. That's what you do when you'
ve been raised by a single mom, who worked, went to school and raised two
kids on her own. That's how you come to believe, to the very core of your
being, that work is more than a paycheck. It's dignity. It's respect. It's
about whether you can look your children in the eye and say: we're going to
be OK.

Because Barack made that choice, 150,000 more children and parents have
health care in Illinois. He fought to make that happen. And because Barack
made that choice, working families in Illinois pay less taxes and more
people have moved from welfare to the dignity of work. He got it done.

And when he came to Washington, I watched him hit the ground running,
leading the fight to pass the most sweeping ethics reform in a generation.
He reached across party lines to pass a law that helps keep nuclear weapons
out of the hands of terrorists. And he moved Congress and the president to
give our wounded veterans the care and dignity they deserve.

You can learn an awful lot about a man campaigning with him, debating him
and seeing how he reacts under pressure. You learn about the strength of his
mind, but even more importantly, you learn about the quality of his heart.

I watched how he touched people, how he inspired them, and I realized he h
as tapped into the oldest American belief of all: We don't have to accept a
situation we cannot bear.

We have the power to change it. That's Barack Obama, and that's what he
will do for this country. He'll change it.

John McCain is my friend. We've known each other for three decades. We've
traveled the world together. It's a friendship that goes beyond politics.
And the personal courage and heroism John demonstrated still amaze me.

But I profoundly disagree with the direction that John wants to take the
country. For example, John thinks that during the Bush years "we've made
great progress economically." I think it's been abysmal.

And in the Senate, John sided with President Bush 95 percent of the time.
Give me a break. When John McCain proposes $200 billion in new tax breaks
for corporate America, $1 billion alone for just eight of the largest
companies, but no relief for 100 million American families, that's not
change; that's more of the same.

Even today, as oil companies post the biggest profits in history - a half
trillion dollars in the last five years - he wants to give them another $4
billion in tax breaks. But he voted time and again against incentives for
renewable energy: solar, wind, biofuels. That's not change; that's more of
the same.

Millions of jobs have left our shores, yet John continues to support tax
breaks for corporations that send them there. That's not change; that's more
of the same.

He voted 19 times against raising the minimum wage. For people who are
struggling just to get to the next day, that's not change; that's more of
the same.

And when he says he will continue to spend $10 billion a month in Iraq
when Iraq is sitting on a surplus of nearly $80 billion, that's not change;
that's more of the same.

The choice in this election is clear. These times require more than a good
soldier; they require a wise leader, a leader who can deliver change the
change everybody knows we need.

Barack Obama will deliver that change. Barack Obama will reform our tax
code. He'll cut taxes for 95 percent of the American people who draw a
paycheck. That's the change we need.

Barack Obama will transform our economy by making alternative energy a
genuine national priority, creating 5 million new jobs and finally freeing
us from the grip of foreign oil. That's the change we need.

Barack Obama knows that any country that out teaches us today will
out-compete us tomorrow. He'll invest in the next generation of teachers. He
'll make college more affordable. That's the change we need.

Barack Obama will bring down health care costs by $2,500 for the typical
family, and, at long last, deliver affordable, accessible health care for
all Americans. That's the change we need.

Barack Obama will put more cops on the streets, put the "security" back in
Social Security and never give up until we achieve equal pay for women. That
's the change we need.

As we gather here tonight, our country is less secure and more isolated
than at any time in recent history. The Bush-McCain foreign policy has dug
us into a very deep hole with very few friends to help us climb out. For the
last seven years, this administration has failed to face the biggest forces
shaping this century: the emergence of Russia, China and India as great
powers; the spread of lethal weapons; the shortage of secure supplies of
energy, food and water; the challenge of climate change; and the resurgence
of fundamentalism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the real central front
against terrorism.

In recent days, we've once again seen the consequences of this neglect
with Russia's challenge to the free and democratic country of Georgia.
Barack Obama and I will end this neglect. We will hold Russia accountable
for its actions, and we'll help the people of Georgia rebuild.

I've been on the ground in Georgia, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and I
can tell you in no uncertain terms: this administration's policy has been an
abject failure. America cannot afford four more years of this.

Now, despite being complicit in this catastrophic foreign policy, John
McCain says Barack Obama isn't ready to protect our national security. Now,
let me ask you: whose judgment should we trust? Should we trust John McCain'
s judgment when he said only three years ago, "Afghanistan we don't read
about it anymore because it's succeeded? Or should we trust Barack Obama,
who more than a year ago called for sending two additional combat brigades
to Afghanistan?

The fact is, al-Qaida and the Taliban - the people who actually attacked
us on 9/11 - have regrouped in those mountains between Afghanistan and
Pakistan and are plotting new attacks. And the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff echoed Barack's call for more troops.

John McCain was wrong. Barack Obama was right.

Should we trust John McCain's judgment when he rejected talking with Iran
and then asked: What is there to talk about? Or Barack Obama, who said we
must talk and make it clear to Iran that its conduct must change.

Now, after seven years of denial, even the Bush administration recognizes
that we should talk to Iran, because that's the best way to advance our
security.

Again, John McCain was wrong. Barack Obama was right.

Should we trust John McCain's judgment when he says there can be no
timelines to draw down our troops from Iraq that we must stay indefinitely?
Or should we listen to Barack Obama, who says shift responsibility to the
Iraqis and set a time to bring our combat troops home?

Now, after six long years, the Bush administration and the Iraqi
government are on the verge of setting a date to bring our troops home.

John McCain was wrong. Barack Obama was right.

Again and again, on the most important national security issues of our
time, John McCain was wrong, and Barack Obama was proven right.

Folks, remember when the world used to trust us? When they looked to us
for leadership? With Barack Obama as our president, they'll look to us
again, they'll trust us again, and we'll be able to lead again.

Jill and I are truly honored to join Barack and Michelle on this journey.
When I look at their young children - and when I look at my grandchildren -
I realize why I'm here. I'm here for their future.

And I am here for everyone I grew up with in Scranton and Wilmington. I am
here for the cops and firefighters, the teachers and assembly line workers -
the folks whose lives are the very measure of whether the American dream
endures.

Our greatest presidents - from Abraham Lincoln to Franklin Roosevelt to
John Kennedy - they all challenged us to embrace change. Now, it's our
responsibility to meet that challenge.

Millions of Americans have been knocked down. And this is the time as
Americans, together, we get back up. Our people are too good, our debt to
our parents and grandparents too great, our obligation to our children is
too sacred.

These are extraordinary times. This is an extraordinary election. The
American people are ready. I'm ready. Barack Obama is ready. This is his
time. This is our time. This is America's time.

May God bless America and protect our troops.



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