Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much.
Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to
determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward.It
moves forward because of you. It moves forward because you reaffirmed the
spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted
this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope, the
belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams, we are an
American family, and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people. Tonight,
in this election, you, the American people, reminded us that while our road has
been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we
have fought our way back, and we know in our hearts that for the United states of
America, the best is yet to come.
I want to thank every American who participated in this election. Whether
you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time by the
way, we have to fix that, whether you pounded the pavement or picked up the
phone, whether you held an Obama sign or a Romney sign, you made your voice
heard and you made a difference. I just spoke with Governor Romney and I
congratulated him and Paul Ryan on a hard-fought campaign. We may have battled
fiercely, but it's only because we love this country deeply and we care so
strongly about its future. From George to Lenore to their son Mitt, the Romney
family has chosen to give back to America through public service. And that is a
legacy that we honor and applaud tonight. In the weeks ahead, I also look
forward to sitting down with Governor Romney to talk about where we can work
together to move this country forward. I want to thank my friend and partner of
the last four years, America's happy warrior, the best vice-president anybody
could ever hope for, Joe Biden.
And I wouldn't be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry
me 20 years ago. Let me say this publicly. Michelle, I have never loved you
more. I have never been prouder to watch the rest of America fall in love with
you too as our nation's first lady. Sasha and Malia, before our very eyes,
you're growing up to become two strong, smart, beautiful young women, just like
your mom. And I am so proud of you guys. But I will say that, for now, one dog's
probably enough. To the best campaign team and volunteers in the history of politics
the best the best ever – some of you were new this time around, and some of you
have been at my side since the very beginning. But all of you are family. No
matter what you do or where you go from here, you will carry the memory of the
history we made together. And you will have the lifelong appreciation of a
grateful president. Thank you for believing all the way. To every hill, to every valley, You lifted me
up the whole day, and I will always be grateful for everything that you've done
and all the incredible work that you've put in.
I know that political campaigns can sometimes seem small, even silly. And
that provides plenty of fodder for the cynics who tell us that politics is
nothing more than a contest of egos or the domain of special interests. But if
you ever get the chance to talk to folks who turned out at our rallies and
crowded along a rope line in a high school gym or saw folks working late at a
campaign office in some tiny county far away from home, you'll discover
something else. You'll hear the determination in the voice of a young field organizer
who's working his way through college and wants to make sure every child has
that same opportunity. You'll hear the pride in the voice of a volunteer who's
going door to door because her brother was finally hired when the local auto
plant added another shift. You'll hear the deep patriotism in the voice of a
military spouse who's working the phones late at night to make sure that no one
who fights for this country ever has to fight for a job or a roof over their
head when they come home. That's why we do this. That's what politics can be.
That's why elections matter. It's not small, it's big. It's important.
Democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated. We
have our own opinions. Each of us has deeply held beliefs. And when we go
through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country, it necessarily
stirs passions, stirs up controversy. That won't change after tonight. And it
shouldn't. These arguments we have are a mark of our liberty, and we can never
forget that as we speak, people in distant nations are risking their lives
right now just for a chance to argue about the issues that matter the chance to
cast their ballots like we did today.
But despite all our differences, most of us share certain hopes for
America's future. We want our kids to grow up in a country where they have
access to the best schools and the best teachers a country that lives up to its
legacy as the global leader in technology and discovery and innovation with all
of the good jobs and new businesses that follow. We want our children to live
in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened up by
inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.
We want to pass on a country that's safe and respected and admired around the
world, a nation that is defended by the strongest military on Earth and the
best troops this world has ever known – but also a country that moves with
confidence beyond this time of war to shape a peace that is built on the
promise of freedom and dignity for every human being.
We believe in a generous America, in a compassionate America, in a tolerant
America open to the dreams of an immigrant's daughter who studies in our
schools and pledges to our flag to the young boy on the south side of Chicago who
sees a life beyond the nearest street corner – to the furniture worker's child
in North Carolina who wants to become a doctor or a scientist, an engineer or
an entrepreneur, a diplomat or even a president. That's the that's the future
we hope for. That's the vision we share.
That's where we need to go – forward. That's where we need to go. Now, we will
disagree, sometimes fiercely, about how to get there. As it has for more than
two centuries, progress will come in fits and starts. It's not always a
straight line. It's not always a smooth path. By itself, the recognition that
we have common hopes and dreams won't end all the gridlock, resolve all our
problems or substitute for the painstaking work of building consensus and
making the difficult compromises needed to move this country forward.
But that common bond is where we must begin. Our economy is recovering. A
decade of war is ending. A long campaign is now over. And whether I earned your
vote or not, I have listened to you. I have learned from you. And you've made
me a better president. And with your stories and your struggles, I return to
the White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work
there is to do and the future that lies ahead. Tonight you voted for action,
not politics as usual. You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. And in
the coming weeks and months, I am looking forward to reaching out and working
with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together
– reducing our deficit, reforming our tax code, fixing our immigration system,
freeing ourselves from foreign oil. We've got more work to do.
But that doesn't mean your work is done. The role of citizens in our
democracy does not end with your vote. America's never been about what can be
done for us; it's about what can be done by us together, through the hard and
frustrating but necessary work of self-government. That's the principle we were
founded on. This country has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what
makes us rich. We have the most powerful military in history, but that's not
what makes us strong. Our university, our culture are all the envy of the world,
but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores. What makes America
exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on Earth,
the belief that our destiny is shared, that this country only works when we
accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations, so that
the freedom which so many Americans have fought for and died for come with
responsibilities as well as rights, and among those are love and charity and
duty and patriotism. That's what makes America great.
I am hopeful tonight because I have seen this spirit at work in America.
I've seen it in the family business whose owners would rather cut their own pay
than lay off their neighbours and in the workers who would rather cut back
their hours than see a friend lose a job. I've seen it in the soldiers who
re-enlist after losing a limb and in those Seals who charged up the stairs into
darkness and danger because they knew there was a buddy behind them watching their
back. I've seen it on the shores of New
Jersey and New York, where leaders from every party and level of government
have swept aside their differences to help a community rebuild from the
wreckage of a terrible storm. And I saw it just the other day in Mentor, Ohio,
where a father told the story of his eight-year-old daughter whose long battle
with leukaemia nearly cost their family everything had it not been for
healthcare reform passing just a few months before the insurance company was
about to stop paying for her care. I had an opportunity to not just talk to the
father but meet this incredible daughter of his. And when he spoke to the
crowd, listening to that father's story, every parent in that room had tears in
their eyes because we knew that little girl could be our own. And I know that
every American wants her future to be just as bright. That's who we are. That's
the country I'm so proud to lead as your president.
And tonight, despite all the hardship we've been through, despite all the
frustrations of Washington, I've never been more hopeful about our future. I have never been more hopeful about America.
And I ask you to sustain that hope. I'm not talking about blind optimism, the
kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the road
blocks that stand in our path. I'm not talking about the wishful idealism that allows
us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight. I have always believed
that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the
evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have
the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. America, I
believe we can build on the progress we've made and continue to fight for new
jobs and new opportunities and new security for the middle class. I believe we
can keep the promise of our founding, the idea that if you're willing to work
hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look
like or where you love. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or
Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, abled,
disabled, gay or straight. You can make it here in America if you're willing to
try. I believe we can seize this future together because we are not as divided
as our politics suggests. We're not as cynical as the pundits believe. We are
greater than the sum of our individual ambitions and we remain more than a
collection of red states and blue states. We are, and forever will be, the
United States of America. And together, with your help and God's grace, we will continue our journey
forward and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation
on earth. Thank you, America. God bless you. God bless these United States.
Wow, I can't believe this is all I have to write about today, you see in Uganda gossiping about people is called "lugambo", which literally means rumor mongering and its best known to be the pass time of only women. But hey, I cant resist the story of this woman. Can you imagine what Mr. Petraeus had to risk in order to sleep with her? Leave alone putting the US national security at risk, according to the word moving around on the web this woman's bed made a man lose a $77,000 job! Wow can you imagine how much that is in Uganda shillings leave alone how much one sacrifices to get to a position that high in the CIA all that pissed away in a "chaaw" aka casual sex. 
