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  • Then-Illinois State Senator Barack Obama (D) delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Комментарии • 8 тыс.

  • @thomasvoit7334
    @thomasvoit7334 3 года назад +4672

    Who is here while reading "A promised land" to watch the speech Obama is talking about in the third chapter?

    • @gatherusin
      @gatherusin 3 года назад +40

      Me

    • @neccowaif9
      @neccowaif9 3 года назад +42

      Precisely! Listening to him read it on the audiobook is such a treat. Next, I listened to Leslie Odom singing Seriously.
      ruclips.net/video/hI8TCA3fJcs/видео.html

    • @husseinhajir
      @husseinhajir 3 года назад +43

      I could not help it, found myself here

    • @ClassyCharity
      @ClassyCharity 3 года назад +44

      Omg me! Lol I 'm glad I'm not the only one.

    • @ashleygrasty5998
      @ashleygrasty5998 3 года назад +20

      Me I love it!

  • @barakamaliyamungu8689
    @barakamaliyamungu8689 2 месяца назад +84

    Who else listening to this magical speech in 2024?

    • @benjy_3264
      @benjy_3264 2 месяца назад

      bro makes trump and biden look like todlers 😂 its infuriating and im not even american

    • @brixiex2580
      @brixiex2580 Месяц назад +1

      me

    • @watsonboa2505
      @watsonboa2505 Месяц назад

      Me, Sir! I'm Ivorian. Even if we speak French here, God blessed me with real American accent. When I'm speaking English people thinks that I'm a native because I spend all my time watching Obama's speeches and that made me a native American, native by hard work. Help me pray God to give me the chance to visit this beautiful country one day please.😊😊🙏🏽

    • @evolvedape3341
      @evolvedape3341 14 дней назад

      Right here

    • @yoransom
      @yoransom День назад

      ​@watsonboa2505 this country sucks dude lol

  • @Sanman95
    @Sanman95 Год назад +228

    This speech is the definition of "rising star". Obama went from relatively unknown outside of Illinois to a national figure in one night and it paved the way to us having our first black president!!! History was made here and these people didn't even realize it

  • @CassandraChery1804
    @CassandraChery1804 Год назад +81

    If there is a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read that matters to me even if it's not my child.
    Such a powerful speech 🙌🏿

  • @asadlionish
    @asadlionish 4 года назад +1877

    The day Obama became president although Kerry was the nominee 😂

    • @binyamin0176
      @binyamin0176 4 года назад +13

      Really classoc

    • @aniksamiurrahman6365
      @aniksamiurrahman6365 3 года назад +13

      I'm just wondering, Obama might bottle feed Biden too. Lessons from his failure with Kerry will be used here.

    • @johnnylaroux9517
      @johnnylaroux9517 3 года назад

      they both served, along with hrc, bernard-henri levy's satanic whims......

    • @stevenjacob1983
      @stevenjacob1983 3 года назад +41

      This speech was magnificent until he mentioned Kerry lol

    • @ksat8602
      @ksat8602 3 года назад

      Very true

  • @user-jg3yj7ym2f
    @user-jg3yj7ym2f 5 лет назад +411

    "Whether you like his politics or not, he's one of the most gifted public speakers in history."

  • @tompribyl2884
    @tompribyl2884 Год назад +54

    Every few months, when I am so sad about the state of our government, I listen to a speech from President Obama, and my hope is refreshed. I started to tear up when I watched this one.

  • @joedalmeida5204
    @joedalmeida5204 2 года назад +312

    June, 2022 and still feeling goosebumps hearing this magical speech 👌

    • @Ch8_order
      @Ch8_order Год назад +4

      November 7 . 2022
      i feel the same way!

    • @homegrownharvest211
      @homegrownharvest211 Год назад +3

      Yes Nov 22 and I feel heartbroken at how the world since this period of immense hope…I’m in the UK and I dream of these aspirations and conviction once again for my son to grow up in

    • @jackholman5008
      @jackholman5008 Год назад +1

      You must be dumb af

    • @davidmckibben1931
      @davidmckibben1931 Год назад +3

      How about your wallet

    • @Jake-jh7kc
      @Jake-jh7kc 7 месяцев назад

      Meat riding is crazy

  • @silverbackmusic4082
    @silverbackmusic4082 3 года назад +3102

    Makes me feel proud to be American.
    And I'm Australian

    • @pkrskinkaphant4612
      @pkrskinkaphant4612 3 года назад +38

      lmaoo😂

    • @yaredc5222
      @yaredc5222 3 года назад +17

      🤣🤣😂

    • @ellaknight5597
      @ellaknight5597 3 года назад +45

      mr. grubbyskinkaphant 60 now people think of America as a joke. They used to think highly of us. Now we have a leader that doesn’t even give a fuck about us, What a shame.😕

    • @pkrskinkaphant4612
      @pkrskinkaphant4612 3 года назад +15

      @@ellaknight5597 it really is bro. at this point, nobody is safe in the US

    • @oatnoid
      @oatnoid 3 года назад +4

      Every country has their fools.

  • @benmasclans4
    @benmasclans4 3 года назад +2527

    I'll never forget watching this speech when I was in high school. My Republican dad smiled and said "I really like this guy, I hope we see more of him"

    • @t.b.109
      @t.b.109 3 года назад +70

      How did your dad feel about him during his presidency? I’m genuinely curious.

    • @benmasclans4
      @benmasclans4 3 года назад +335

      @@t.b.109 He really liked him and was a strong supporter of him and voted for him twice. But he began to become disenfranchised towards the end and didn't vote in 2016 he hates Donald Trump and voted for Biden this year. I think he saw him as a unique candidate who genuinely did good things for the country.

    • @noradosmith
      @noradosmith 3 года назад +77

      @@benmasclans4 I'd buy a beer for your dad he sounds like a cool guy

    • @haydencourtney7419
      @haydencourtney7419 3 года назад +71

      Also buying a beer for your dad

    • @connorboyce9736
      @connorboyce9736 3 года назад +137

      @@benmasclans4 We need more open minded people in America like your dad. He sounds like a good guy.

  • @ezell704
    @ezell704 Год назад +140

    As a modern day Republican (2022) this evokes feelings of pride patriotism. Wish we could go back to these days.

    • @Thatmanwebby
      @Thatmanwebby Год назад

      This guy committed treason and election interference in 2016 per the Durham Report. Does that make you feel patriotic? Pathetic. Wake up

    • @daxelder5872
      @daxelder5872 11 месяцев назад +2

      Same bro

    • @Bell_plejdo568p
      @Bell_plejdo568p 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@daxelder5872 He was a horrible president tho

    • @Jake-jh7kc
      @Jake-jh7kc 7 месяцев назад

      @@Bell_plejdo568p on jah

    • @matthewhouse2528
      @matthewhouse2528 7 месяцев назад +12

      @@Bell_plejdo568pHe was the best president since FDR

  • @stopuselesscongress7774
    @stopuselesscongress7774 Год назад +84

    This speech made me cry in 2004, it made me cry in 2022!

  • @19NF98
    @19NF98 3 года назад +1169

    Who’s watching this after reading the passage in his book “A Promised Land” 🙋🏼‍♂️

  • @mathildem6714
    @mathildem6714 3 года назад +348

    Who’s here watching this whilst/after reading _A Promised Land?_

    • @gimbiyamiango
      @gimbiyamiango 3 года назад +1

      Me, me, me

    • @Frederick0220
      @Frederick0220 3 года назад

      Obama talks about personal responsibility and the immense opportunities offered in America. The sad reality is this speech would be considered “far right” by woke liberals in 2020. They accept nothing less than a narrative of collective victimhood and that America and white people are evil. Scary to see how far left the left has gone.

    • @paul20169
      @paul20169 3 года назад +1

      Me,,,,me me

    • @onetruefaith6220
      @onetruefaith6220 3 года назад +1

      Me. A Brit, who really envied The USA for having such a leader. I miss this bloke so much.

    • @beatriceobonyo6238
      @beatriceobonyo6238 2 года назад +1

      Me

  • @axeljacob
    @axeljacob Год назад +29

    I saved this and watched it at least once a day. I’m not even American, I’m from Singapore but it hyped me so much.

    • @frndofbear
      @frndofbear 6 дней назад

      Have you watched Bill Clinton's from 2012? Its fantastic too.

  • @Bumperump
    @Bumperump Год назад +58

    ...and who would have thought that 4 yrs later, he'd become President of the United States of America? This speech still gives this Canadian chills!!

  • @nxtwomenfan497
    @nxtwomenfan497 3 года назад +2203

    The only occasion I can think of where someone won the presidency 4 years in advance. Incredible speech.

    • @suleshmwakz8329
      @suleshmwakz8329 3 года назад +21

      Very true....

    • @tamlynn786
      @tamlynn786 3 года назад +64

      Right? After this speech .. 2008 was a wrap.

    • @watsforth6158
      @watsforth6158 3 года назад

      I know of a very professional *_HACKER_* and a *_PROGRAMMER_* too...DM@
      *cecil_hacks* on *_INSTAGRAM_* he's exceptional the best i proudly recommend if needs arises here is his *Whatsapp number +16784657512...*

    • @romash8606
      @romash8606 3 года назад +7

      So true...

    • @ianloree2784
      @ianloree2784 3 года назад +16

      Besides Reagan in 1976.

  • @LoveMusic05450
    @LoveMusic05450 4 года назад +1302

    “The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him too’”. ❤️

    • @johnnylaroux9517
      @johnnylaroux9517 4 года назад

      wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/11649

    • @arthurdewith7608
      @arthurdewith7608 4 года назад

      Obama s given name was. Barry he changed it

    • @riotgrrrlsrunthewrld
      @riotgrrrlsrunthewrld 3 года назад +32

      @@arthurdewith7608 no people just called him barry

    • @arthurdewith7608
      @arthurdewith7608 3 года назад

      @@riotgrrrlsrunthewrld I heard this on u tube in an interview with Obama

    • @haiden5485
      @haiden5485 3 года назад +40

      @@arthurdewith7608 He went by barry because he was ashamed his name was so different, but later in life realized it was okay to stand out. In conclusion his real name's obama, but his nickname was barry

  • @keos108
    @keos108 2 года назад +40

    I’ve seen this speech at least five times, and I tear up each time. This is the America, the world, I hope I’m fortunate to live in… and all the generations after me.

  • @tecsavvy
    @tecsavvy 5 месяцев назад +7

    I fondly remember watching this speech with my father that night. At the end of the speech, he turned to me and said, Obama will be our next president. What a prediction!

  • @LAVirgo67
    @LAVirgo67 7 лет назад +837

    The day after Obama gave this speech I remember going to work in hopes that someone else had seen it. A few did see & we were in awe of this young senator from Illinois. I remember telling a coworker that was listening in on our conversation about Obama. I told her 'He is going to be our first Black president!'. She looked at me like I had sprouted a second head. She, a black woman, could not even wrap her head around this. We looked him up online. All she could say is "He is handsome!". Four years later she had a 10 x 12 photo of Obama on her office wall of the day he was swore into office.

    • @FricKing1
      @FricKing1 7 лет назад +42

      I watched with my mom. She turned to me at the end and said, "he's going to be our first black President"

    • @allenfranklin7775
      @allenfranklin7775 7 лет назад +29

      Cynthia my father passed in 2014 but he said same to me. I to remember this speech and knew he was special.

    • @chukwudiilozue9171
      @chukwudiilozue9171 7 лет назад +8

      Great foresight.

    • @ClockmanMRF
      @ClockmanMRF 5 лет назад +11

      Best speaker president in my lifetime (78y.o.).

    • @j2simpso
      @j2simpso 3 года назад +5

      Minor correction: second Black President, the first being Bill Clinton.

  • @antonmarc3073
    @antonmarc3073 3 года назад +231

    That speech made me proud to be American.
    Then I realized that I’m Canadian.

  • @japu2350
    @japu2350 Год назад +76

    I am not even American but I teared up. His speech is brilliant it wakes something in us.. hope!

    • @jared1750
      @jared1750 Год назад +1

      It's an amazing speech. He doesn't actually say anything but the smoke and mirrors are what make it work. Brilliant political mind.

    • @littleme3597
      @littleme3597 Год назад

      @@jared1750 Everything was about destroying America. Movie '2012". ALL BACKWARDS. 2023

    • @jared1750
      @jared1750 Год назад

      @@littleme3597 I don't know what you're talking about but sure.

    • @nuknukisdead
      @nuknukisdead Год назад +3

      @@jared1750 What smoke and mirrors? He literally described what the American Dream means to him and what he believes it means to most Americans.

    • @Jake-jh7kc
      @Jake-jh7kc 7 месяцев назад

      Stop glazing

  • @amadukanu5323
    @amadukanu5323 Год назад +55

    It was one of the most powerful speeches in the history of America.

  • @boostermind7
    @boostermind7 3 года назад +644

    I don't know if you all realize that, Obama is one of the greatest public speakers of all times.

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    • @michaelonwuka8447
      @michaelonwuka8447 3 года назад +5

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    • @nunogomes5705
      @nunogomes5705 2 года назад

      💯💯💯💯💯

    • @blaineboyle5997
      @blaineboyle5997 2 года назад +8

      Classy and humble - opposite of Trump

    • @davidestillore8564
      @davidestillore8564 2 года назад +1

      Not if he's speaking extemporaneously.

  • @randypalmer2331
    @randypalmer2331 8 лет назад +519

    Honest to God, this was the moment that lead to him becoming President. What, 15 minutes? 15 minutes? Yep, exactly. That is what led the Democratic party to say 'yeah, he's the one'. And holy hannah were they right.

    • @georgenabulele
      @georgenabulele 8 лет назад +11

      +Ray Panner A young man took the time to lay out his STORY and VISION for his country......and that disturbs you?.

    • @top_gallant
      @top_gallant 8 лет назад +3

      +Ray Panner Lets not forget he went up against hilldawg in the Primaries and won. You probably don't understand how our American political system works with its primaries. You're a foreigner, so its coolm no one expects you to understand.

    • @randypalmer2331
      @randypalmer2331 8 лет назад +9

      +Top Gallant I know exactly how the system works. Cripes, I follow U.S. politics closer than I do Canadian. What I mean is this was the moment everyone knew he was going to win the Presidency. It was just a matter of when, not if.

    • @top_gallant
      @top_gallant 8 лет назад +1

      Ray Panner So you admit you were lying. Thank you. good for you, new new start!!! go forward young one with HEAD HELD HIGH!

    • @danielromberg685
      @danielromberg685 8 лет назад +4

      We know. I knew, as soon as I saw and heard him he would be (not an ounce of doubt) the next President. I told everyone I knew to check it out. And wow the responses. I live in Bama. And the vast majority of them loved it. Yes it is the best recorded speech in American history.

  • @meldine29
    @meldine29 4 месяца назад +6

    Who else is here while or after reading Becoming Michelle Obama. Its January 2024 & i am So glad i am watching this for the first time, makes me see & understand how can come from nothing to becoming everything God prepared you for. What an inspirational man. Tearing up

  • @CHill-nt6ss
    @CHill-nt6ss Год назад +14

    I remember walking into the breakroom at work and hearing this inspirational voice. I asked my co-worker who was this charismatic, smooth dude and I will NEVER forget his response. He said "I'm watching the FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!" I sat down & we watched it in silence together. When it ended, we looked at each other with the same expression 😯

  • @sparkeey123
    @sparkeey123 3 года назад +810

    I was a Republican at the time when I watched him in 2004 and remember saying "why isn't he running?" I switched to Democrat because of him, I felt as though my eyes were finally opened. I became a state delegate for him in 2008.

    • @khaliddr6626
      @khaliddr6626 2 года назад +32

      I believe you made a bad decision

    • @Deathfecater
      @Deathfecater 2 года назад +113

      @@khaliddr6626 He made a good decision

    • @SO-ud6ro
      @SO-ud6ro 2 года назад +8

      @@Deathfecater first term, yes. Only cuz of eloquence. Second term, no. Only cuz of what he did during the first term.

    • @amina9935
      @amina9935 2 года назад

      2021 here…. How are you going

    • @broadstreet21
      @broadstreet21 2 года назад +12

      I'm sorry but after listening to this speech, and looking at what he did in office, all I can say is Obama in 2004 will not approve of Obama of 2016.
      Besides, after listening to Reagan's 1968 Time of Choosing speech, Obama sounds like he is talking without speaking.

  • @Patildeepti
    @Patildeepti 3 года назад +410

    I am coming here after the reference in the book ” A promised land.”

    • @kiarapatino828
      @kiarapatino828 3 года назад +4

      Me too!!!

    • @bfosterETV
      @bfosterETV 3 года назад +2

      Same, it’s crazy to see this with almost 20 years of perspective

    • @dorothynelson8620
      @dorothynelson8620 3 года назад +1

      @@bfosterETV Me too 12/24/2020

    • @watsforth6158
      @watsforth6158 3 года назад

      I know of a very professional *_HACKER_* and a *_PROGRAMMER_* too...DM@
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    • @charlies_jnr823
      @charlies_jnr823 3 года назад

      Just right now 😊

  • @its_vict0r
    @its_vict0r 2 месяца назад +6

    A skinny kid in Nigeria, up at midnight and getting goosebumps again for perhaps the 20th time from watching this.
    My goodness! Hits the same as it did when I first watched this 12 years ago.
    I would've been proud to be American in that moment. What a speech!

  • @williambrown7495
    @williambrown7495 Год назад +40

    The only speech that's every brought me to tears. God Bless you BHO.✌️

    • @willieellis1014
      @willieellis1014 Год назад

      I terminated dish on the 8th of december

    • @twmax6525
      @twmax6525 Год назад

      He’s a war criminal and a traitor to the working class…

  • @Ireniicus
    @Ireniicus 9 лет назад +1897

    One of the greatest speeches in history.

    • @1Serpico
      @1Serpico 5 лет назад +16

      what flavor koolaid are u drinking bruh?

    • @DWQJVB
      @DWQJVB 5 лет назад +43

      Alan Barbs obviously not the poison flavor

    • @dixiedeed4918
      @dixiedeed4918 5 лет назад +1

      Such poli9

    • @dixiedeed4918
      @dixiedeed4918 5 лет назад +40

      Best speaker of century

    • @jizunsangpembelajar1246
      @jizunsangpembelajar1246 4 года назад +3

      Hi Robert! Could you please look at my Impersonation Video on Obama DNC Speech 2004? it is here... ruclips.net/video/PS5oCHRTNDI/видео.html I am not an American but I love America and I fan Obama, if that is good, please don’t mind to pass the link to the others, thank you so much
      Jizun

  • @3goodtimes
    @3goodtimes 8 лет назад +537

    I remember watching this with my eyes glued to the screen, feeling so full of hope and pride for my country. When he finished, I ran around my house in excitement. I was seventeen. Still gives me chills.

    • @naney1111
      @naney1111 8 лет назад +15

      Got me teary.. Your comment! I can relate.

    • @UllahMohd
      @UllahMohd 6 лет назад +1

      Melissa@ how do you feel now?

    • @alyjulmiste1880
      @alyjulmiste1880 5 лет назад

      Mohammad Faiz how

    • @tulonga.takali3193
      @tulonga.takali3193 4 года назад +3

      I watch this every month "from Namibia"

    • @invaderz1919
      @invaderz1919 4 года назад +1

      You're a strange one aren't you

  • @simples7758
    @simples7758 Год назад +12

    When I first heard this speech in 2004, I thought it was one of the three or four greatest examples of political oratory in American history. Eighteen years later, my opinion has not changed.

  • @dineshnagarajan6839
    @dineshnagarajan6839 2 года назад +4

    No matter how many times I watch this, it electrifies me..

  • @TimmyTheTinman
    @TimmyTheTinman 4 года назад +314

    I bet everyone in the crowd was like. Why can't this be our nominee!?

    • @samsonopondo3619
      @samsonopondo3619 3 года назад +18

      For sure. He overran the nominee by far. Later employed the nominee to work alongside him, this EARTH!

    • @lydiaanderson3312
      @lydiaanderson3312 3 года назад +2

      @Hello Bill Clinton, How are you doing?

    • @TimmyTheTinman
      @TimmyTheTinman 3 года назад +1

      @@lydiaanderson3312 I'm good.

    • @lydiaanderson3312
      @lydiaanderson3312 3 года назад

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    • @lydiaanderson3312
      @lydiaanderson3312 3 года назад

      @@TimmyTheTinman Good dear, Can we share our email together and continue our conversation right there?

  • @Neeparr
    @Neeparr 8 лет назад +1731

    "....The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him too..."
    America sure did have a place for him....in the White House!

    • @inferno0020
      @inferno0020 7 лет назад +30

      Trump is great, because his supporters can kiss Putin ass, sucker-punch opponents, and blame every single problem on Dem, liberals, and cultural marxist
      darkduck2000:"fuck you libtard! Trump 2016"

    • @inferno0020
      @inferno0020 7 лет назад +23

      and you Trumpsters are a bunch of cowards. You guys bitch about 2nd amendment for "overthrowing the tyrants" for 8 years, and still didn't dare to fire a bullet to your "tyrant".

    • @shirlenewhetstone6615
      @shirlenewhetstone6615 5 лет назад +15

      @@darkduck-qg2so OBAMA was BLESSED with ALL of the intelligence AND sense between the two!!!!

    • @americanbeauty171
      @americanbeauty171 4 года назад +1

      @@shirlenewhetstone6615 well said!! Thank you!!

    • @dixiedeed4918
      @dixiedeed4918 4 года назад

      Beautiful

  • @corywantstoknow
    @corywantstoknow 5 месяцев назад +4

    Oh he ate that speech up, magnificent!

  • @Hailesmr
    @Hailesmr Год назад +14

    I was 8 in a small village of Africa. I could not see this but today I am 27 and I am an engineer, after reading « dreams from my father », I am watching this with tears. What a man ! What a destiny ! We love you, brother.

    • @martinitamaloii96
      @martinitamaloii96 Год назад +1

      I was 8 too and I am to graduate from school of science.

    • @Hailesmr
      @Hailesmr Год назад +1

      @@martinitamaloii96 Congrats to you, the best is yet to come.

    • @Bell_plejdo568p
      @Bell_plejdo568p 11 месяцев назад

      He's a horrible person and a president

    • @maingasimoonga
      @maingasimoonga 3 месяца назад

      Africa is not a country.

    • @Hailesmr
      @Hailesmr 3 месяца назад

      @@maingasimoongaWho told you Africa was a country ?

  • @user-pl5zx9km4f
    @user-pl5zx9km4f 7 лет назад +196

    This is why he became President... Incredible man

  • @1955stefanie
    @1955stefanie 7 лет назад +226

    This man speaks, and I can practically feel patriotism running through my blood.

  • @lorageiger2275
    @lorageiger2275 Год назад +6

    Im 26. Iv watched every Presidential and Vice Presidential debates and so many speeches and moments resonate. Even as a moderate republican, this speech is so beautifully crafted and delivered. Wow..

  • @yowusu11
    @yowusu11 3 года назад +2234

    It is 2020 but this speech still brings tears and evokes a sense of patriotism and service to mankind...it is speech that makes you want to be an American.

    • @st0rwing
      @st0rwing 3 года назад +66

      One of the best speech in the world - made by a "skinny kid with the funny name" - truly inspiring

    • @Gaming_Network
      @Gaming_Network 3 года назад +16

      Obama was such a great orator and patriot, just awful his VP is neither

    • @kentou4739
      @kentou4739 3 года назад +7

      sorry for you , the USA today is no longer good, not even close to good

    • @chrisse1711
      @chrisse1711 3 года назад +19

      @@kentou4739 i agree. And this is sad. But we shall never give up hope to make this place better and making America really great again. This jerk in the White House now not intersted in America, he he is only interested in his own advantege. In fact, he is not American. Trump is an Idiot.

    • @togonumber
      @togonumber 3 года назад +1

      Ghanaian ?

  • @wecomettv2562
    @wecomettv2562 3 года назад +258

    Who could have thought that John Kerry would be serving as Secretary of State in Obama's presidency!!

    • @hickyxnicky411
      @hickyxnicky411 3 года назад +8

      Wild

    • @iamsuccess6634
      @iamsuccess6634 3 года назад +6

      Destiny

    • @petma5551
      @petma5551 3 года назад +1

      Just imagine, this life !

    • @gideonnzioka5413
      @gideonnzioka5413 3 года назад +1

      None for sure

    • @watsforth6158
      @watsforth6158 3 года назад

      I know of a very professional *_HACKER_* and a *_PROGRAMMER_* too...DM@
      *cecil_hacks* on *_INSTAGRAM_* he's exceptional the best i proudly recommend if needs arises here is his *Whatsapp number +16784657512...*

  • @rodgersmbogo1575
    @rodgersmbogo1575 Год назад +5

    I first heard speech on radio and tears were flowing from my eyes involuntarily, I could not say why but the answer came in 2008 when i watched the victory speech.

    • @harlanfuller
      @harlanfuller 2 месяца назад

      Now we have the possibility of a tyrant getting back into office. Sad

  • @Bluedot_10
    @Bluedot_10 Год назад +3

    Always comes back to this to regain some hope

  • @iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii1957
    @iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii1957 7 лет назад +421

    I love this man. Not everything he envisioned came to fruition, but I can be 100% sure that he always did everything he could to benefit the people of this country. America is going to miss him.

    • @bingofoothill
      @bingofoothill 5 лет назад +8

      If he'd had remaining eligibility, despite the persistence of the Party of No in Congress, Obama would've been re-elected for a 3rd term--regardless of who the GOP ran as his opposition. Many of Trump's votes were more against That Woman than for him.

    • @hankh.6058
      @hankh.6058 3 года назад

      But his political agenda is already clear and he stood by his words for the next 12 years!!

    • @Nico-rn1gv
      @Nico-rn1gv 3 года назад

      You were so right.

    • @osaremeedeoghon3550
      @osaremeedeoghon3550 2 года назад

      He was overly sabotaged.

  • @jlambert12013
    @jlambert12013 3 года назад +428

    John Kerry’s backstage scratching head “fuack. how my gonna follow that.”

    • @estebanelguapo
      @estebanelguapo 3 года назад +7

      I have just decided to replace my Vice presidential pick from John Edwards (sorry John) to Barack.

    • @iananderson3799
      @iananderson3799 3 года назад +1

      @I G2020 Poached one line.

    • @gracemontes5725
      @gracemontes5725 3 года назад

      hahahaha

    • @mmusya793
      @mmusya793 2 года назад

      Lol

  • @shali1413
    @shali1413 Год назад +17

    WOW! How nice to hear President again! Very encouraging!!!

    • @jsim5572
      @jsim5572 Год назад +2

      He was lying

    • @twmax6525
      @twmax6525 Год назад

      He’s a war criminal and a traitor to the working class….

    • @05grandmarquis
      @05grandmarquis Год назад

      @@jsim5572 yep

  • @keriddunk1520
    @keriddunk1520 Год назад +5

    He has an impressive voice that commands respect yet not coming off as fearful.

  • @milanetc4865
    @milanetc4865 8 лет назад +653

    I remember vividly one winter's day back in 2004 when I went to visit my grandparents. They had the TV tuned to some news channel and while we ate lunch we had the television running in the background.
    When Obama walked on stage and started delivering this speech, it was absolutely magnetic. We stopped eating, turned the volume of the television up, and watched in awe. This was an electrifying speech that grew more inspiring as the minutes passed. I'm grateful that I was witness to this special moment in history.

    • @MagnesiumEnterprise
      @MagnesiumEnterprise 8 лет назад +4

      +JohnnyJohnDeepak
      You were watching this in New Zealand?

    • @kgdhh
      @kgdhh 8 лет назад

      That's impossible. Commercial networks didn't cover the speech.

    • @wildfyr89
      @wildfyr89 8 лет назад +13

      It was the keynote address. I'm rather sure they did

    • @alexmadrid6043
      @alexmadrid6043 7 лет назад +10

      Oh my god! your English sounds so pretty ! ( I am from Mexico,) ... The way you described your memories, I felt I was there for a moment. I hope one day my English be like yours, .

    • @matthewcollins2213
      @matthewcollins2213 7 лет назад +3

      Coastal Patios 1 he's a great actor for the sheep like you

  • @rushabhbhakta7181
    @rushabhbhakta7181 8 лет назад +994

    One of the greatest speeches in American history and certainly his best one.

    • @mitchola6341
      @mitchola6341 8 лет назад +8

      +Rushabh Bhakta talk is cheap?

    • @pacifront83
      @pacifront83 8 лет назад +3

      +Mitch Ola Very true, although in Obama's case he tried for a little, but with his election out came the loonies.

    • @breadbutter12
      @breadbutter12 8 лет назад +1

      +MrBepruitt America has history?

    • @mightywind5888
      @mightywind5888 8 лет назад +6

      +Rushabh Bhakta He got a lot better later by waiting for the applause and ovations to stop before continuing. Interesting to see his progress as a speaker.

    • @gerardodominguez5755
      @gerardodominguez5755 8 лет назад +2

      How about Back 2 back World War Champions? We saved the whole worlds asses from the Nazis

  • @mageeda.3322
    @mageeda.3322 Год назад +7

    From time to time I listen to these speeches to remind my self how a real president talks and how a statesman delivers a speech to a nation..... agree or disagree with him this man is unique in his ability to speak and to inspire the nation. I missed him even though I am a Canadian. lol

  • @abrahambarach7954
    @abrahambarach7954 Год назад +1

    It is 2022 and this speech is not getting boring at all
    What a speech

  • @signofthetimes6613
    @signofthetimes6613 8 лет назад +487

    8:06 obama probly never thought than kerry would be HIS secretary of state

    • @trellhuts1331
      @trellhuts1331 7 лет назад +12

      lol right

    • @chukwudiilozue9171
      @chukwudiilozue9171 7 лет назад +3

      Definetly

    • @brigs247__8
      @brigs247__8 7 лет назад

      Wael Ghafarji pls go away

    • @markpitre7332
      @markpitre7332 4 года назад +6

      Diego Chirico right but the people would have chose him that year to replace Kerry. He was a transformer. Only few people have ever communicated any where like that. Kennedy Reagan and Obama May be the three greatest communicators in our history. Obama said and did things that excited all of my Republican friends. As president he had class. Did not bring scandal to the White House. Just honor. He is a dying breed. The president now is not presidential at all. The Democrat nominees can’t carry Obama’s water but some how think they know better than him.

    • @jamesbajie25
      @jamesbajie25 4 года назад

      Diego Chirico Inside life

  • @gmnastics4ever
    @gmnastics4ever 9 лет назад +381

    By far the most powerful speech I've heard a politician deliver.

  • @calmourghenry2049
    @calmourghenry2049 Год назад +11

    This is the greatest speech I have ever heard it brought tears to my eyes very powerful

    • @Jake-jh7kc
      @Jake-jh7kc 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah but he was a shit pres

  • @andresmanuellopezobrador5073
    @andresmanuellopezobrador5073 2 года назад +2

    I remember watching this while I was eating at burger King, and I was so happy and excited to hear this I was fulled of hope ,

  • @chorlesbarkley7826
    @chorlesbarkley7826 5 лет назад +61

    I think Obama's brilliance comes from not only his ability to be a spectacular orator, but to be able to weave gratitude and acknowledgement into every sentence. He takes the stage and immediately thanks others, and then spends the majority of the speech praising others. If you ever listen to his talks, many times he'll praise others without praising himself. That's the sign of a leader.

  • @crookedlines8599
    @crookedlines8599 3 года назад +236

    "That man is John Kerry", no Mr. President, that man is you

  • @michaeljosephalaje
    @michaeljosephalaje Год назад +5

    A POWERFUL SPEECH!

  • @juleslaabs9808
    @juleslaabs9808 Год назад +4

    I just turned off the news and needed to watch this speech to remind myself to never give up working towards a better future. Sometimes we move 3 steps forward and 2 steps back. (Lately it seems like 10 steps) But we must keep our ideals and continue striving for their manifestations.

  • @Iguana-Power
    @Iguana-Power 7 лет назад +455

    I know it's just a speech at a convention, but these 15 minutes really changed the course of a country, if you think about it.

    • @None888.
      @None888. 3 года назад

      Yeah ..turned it into dogshit...loser

    • @blaineboyle5997
      @blaineboyle5997 2 года назад +1

      @@None888. waaah - Obama would demolish any Republican in a debate on any topic - is he too smart for you or just too black???

    • @None888.
      @None888. 2 года назад

      @@blaineboyle5997 ... Yeah real smart especially that time he had the NSA spying on every American in this country oops and that time you lied and stole our healthcare oops oh and that wonderful tour where he went around and apologized to all the assholes in the world what a douchebag... Being the president is more about how well you can debate something it's what you can actually do for this country and that douchebag didn't do shit

    • @blaineboyle5997
      @blaineboyle5997 2 года назад

      @@None888. more Republican crying - try somebody that gives a shit about your feelings

    • @None888.
      @None888. 2 года назад

      @@blaineboyle5997 ... Sorry if facts bother you... Go ahead and worship your false idol...lol

  • @JoycilineMburuguDavid
    @JoycilineMburuguDavid 4 года назад +94

    I am Kenyan but daaaamn I always felt like am American when he was in office. He has taught me alot! Yes we can

  • @PHUCKcali
    @PHUCKcali Год назад +4

    And on THIS night, A STAR and PRESIDENT was BORN

  • @DHU11
    @DHU11 Год назад +6

    One of the greatest public speakers of all time. Jeez, this guy had the charisma and the gift of the gab.

  • @jameskobe2705
    @jameskobe2705 3 года назад +585

    Who is watching after Biden wins

    • @johnshanesyandtheaccommoda1189
      @johnshanesyandtheaccommoda1189 3 года назад +9

      Who cut the onions in here bro 😎

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 3 года назад +1

      I'd be honored if some fellow concerned citizens would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performance of DANCING IN THE DARK by Bruce Springsteen in tribute to the United States of America and its next President, Joe Biden. Peace and everybody stay safe.

    • @psqadirabad8256
      @psqadirabad8256 3 года назад +1

      OBAMA'S BIOGRAPHY READ IT amzn.to/38wB4uP

    • @josephsapuke7914
      @josephsapuke7914 3 года назад

      Me

    • @estebanelguapo
      @estebanelguapo 3 года назад +4

      "where our votes will be counted; at least most of the time" :P

  • @jesseemugambi
    @jesseemugambi 3 года назад +176

    Am proud to be a Kenyan🇰🇪🇰🇪

  • @yowie1175
    @yowie1175 3 дня назад

    Every few years I watch this speech. Gives me chills every time.

  • @kitersrefuge7353
    @kitersrefuge7353 8 лет назад +114

    I saw this live. It was electrifying.

  • @victorJ2050
    @victorJ2050 3 года назад +1689

    How could Americans go from this to Trump?

  • @tmoz5783
    @tmoz5783 Год назад +2

    2023 and this still inspires as it did on day one

  • @shawnmckinney5404
    @shawnmckinney5404 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow
    Inspirational even 20 years later

  • @yakojjy
    @yakojjy 8 лет назад +536

    Funny how there are more Obama signs in the crowd than Kerry lmao.

    • @dakruise1
      @dakruise1 7 лет назад +3

      because everybody knew that Kerry had no shor

    • @yacobzuriaw9829
      @yacobzuriaw9829 7 лет назад +3

      Yeah, what's the deal with that?

    • @shampoofully7923
      @shampoofully7923 7 лет назад +36

      Nah, they hand them out before every speech. Im pretty sure this wasnt even on the same day as Kerrys speech. I think it was the day before.

    • @jennylee9278
      @jennylee9278 7 лет назад +23

      I am a political junkie so I saw this speech as it happened. So sad such a great speech was wasted on a dude like Kerry.

    • @AndrewThoesen
      @AndrewThoesen 7 лет назад +8

      Uhhhhh I wouldn't say it got wasted...

  • @rosyskysky345
    @rosyskysky345 4 года назад +941

    I was reading Michelle Obama’s book, “Becoming” and I read the part about his keynote speech and realized I missed out on a milestone that created who the Obamas are today!

  • @tanakaelewis8990
    @tanakaelewis8990 8 месяцев назад +1

    15 years later. Speech still powerful

  • @gauravkombe3355
    @gauravkombe3355 6 месяцев назад +2

    Same emotion same goosebumps. Listening this historical speech in Dec 2023 ❤

  • @adub4ever
    @adub4ever 9 лет назад +506

    This speech still gives me chills to this day. Incredible speech. I still think President Obama is the greatest President in my lifetime.

    • @janiceclaypole1196
      @janiceclaypole1196 9 лет назад +6

      adub4ever My believe completely!

    • @onomatopoeia162003
      @onomatopoeia162003 9 лет назад +11

      he will be in the top 10.

    • @brig7797
      @brig7797 9 лет назад

      Does the adub in your username by any chance stand for allstar weekend?

    • @Alexius1Komnenos
      @Alexius1Komnenos 9 лет назад +1

      Were you born on or after 12:00pm January 20, 2009?

    • @Alexius1Komnenos
      @Alexius1Komnenos 9 лет назад +1

      Phalinex Isn't it clear I'm insinuating that Obama has done far worse than Bush? It is true.

  • @nikhiljampana9411
    @nikhiljampana9411 4 года назад +249

    This speech, no matter how many times I watch it, never fails to give me waves and waves of goosebumps...just imagine being in the audience that day omg

  • @shubhamsoni4827
    @shubhamsoni4827 8 месяцев назад +4

    Every-time I hear this speech, it brings tears to my eyes. Obama is truly a genius.

  • @justmyopinion9883
    @justmyopinion9883 Год назад +2

    Today is November 2, 2022. I believe this is one of Barack Obama's best speeches. Listening to it makes me feel very nostalgic.

    • @gandrea9748
      @gandrea9748 Год назад

      Best speeches of all time tbh 🤍

  • @abigailakpatsu1810
    @abigailakpatsu1810 2 года назад +207

    Currently reading Michelle's book "Becoming" I got to page 215 where she's speaking about this very speech. I pause the reading came over here to listen to the speech. This is so inspiring. One of the greatest speeches so far. 💜

  • @GerardoMartinez-ru7ul
    @GerardoMartinez-ru7ul 3 года назад +263

    Love him or hate him, he delivered a speech like nobody's business!

    • @spiritologysense2239
      @spiritologysense2239 3 года назад +10

      It is not possible nor will it ever be to out talk this man. Don't even try... lolol!

    • @tamlynn786
      @tamlynn786 3 года назад +7

      Yes he’s the best orator of our time!

    • @geelws8880
      @geelws8880 Год назад

      Hakeem Jeffreis 118th congress!

    • @Sanman95
      @Sanman95 Год назад

      I'd love to have seen him debate Bill Clinton. 2 of the smoothest talking presidents in usa history

  • @rushanebrown8026
    @rushanebrown8026 Год назад +1

    This man born with greatness I am living in Jamaica I am move by his speech every time

  • @user-lg9ui4sk9i
    @user-lg9ui4sk9i 10 месяцев назад +2

    One of the greatest speeches in history.. A POWERFUL SPEECH!.

  • @victoro4932
    @victoro4932 4 года назад +278

    " I owe a debt to those who came before me and that in no other country on earth is my story even possible." Wow!

    • @foresterenricoreplan2688
      @foresterenricoreplan2688 3 года назад +2

      Standing ovation with goosebumps

    • @divined243
      @divined243 3 года назад +4

      WOW!! Talkin about powerful, he's got my vote for life. I miss the Obama family being in the White house, things were so peaceful then. Look at USA now...sad.

    • @samperry1443
      @samperry1443 3 года назад +5

      Um, Obama's story is possible in so many developed Western countries lol

    • @hiddensong5180
      @hiddensong5180 3 года назад +6

      @@samperry1443 Like where? Canada would not put a black guy in power and neither would the UK.

    • @Elmirgtr
      @Elmirgtr 3 года назад +3

      Hidden Song What are you talking about? Canada elected Trudeau, a black man 😂

  • @rpgeek22
    @rpgeek22 4 года назад +865

    This guy is really presidential, he should run one day

    • @jkendo9094
      @jkendo9094 4 года назад +8

      RPGeek he ran

    • @jowvidal1
      @jowvidal1 4 года назад +67

      He ran, he won and he led like a true American president.. the good old days when we stood for something and weren't a laughing stock of the world

    • @jizunsangpembelajar1246
      @jizunsangpembelajar1246 4 года назад +2

      Hi! I wanna share my Obama Impersonation for this speech, ruclips.net/video/PS5oCHRTNDI/видео.html
      hope you like it thanks

    • @Bhuveh
      @Bhuveh 4 года назад +23

      @@jkendo9094 Whoooosh

    • @RA-qq8nf
      @RA-qq8nf 4 года назад +17

      Which cave are you living in?🤣🤣

  • @hughmcisaac.unbelievablybe8356
    @hughmcisaac.unbelievablybe8356 6 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant, Compelling!!!

  • @thevictorcarson01
    @thevictorcarson01 9 месяцев назад +1

    i watch this speech 1000 times. every year.

    • @AnovaLisaDragonfly
      @AnovaLisaDragonfly 8 месяцев назад

      Why?? You must really be brainwashed. Good speech, yes. Good person, no.

  • @niparri4187
    @niparri4187 4 года назад +57

    The audacity of HOPE!

  • @Jillybeancupccake2
    @Jillybeancupccake2 7 лет назад +34

    When I stumbled upon this speech as it happened I couldn’t take my eyes off him, I was in complete awe. He had me right there and then and I never looked back. An amazing man and president, I will miss him.

  • @rekhaseshadri5707
    @rekhaseshadri5707 Год назад

    Sir, whenever I hear your speech ì feel pain in my heart and your pronunciation and the matter delivered you reminds me of my elder brother 's son!!!

  • @bimasport5809
    @bimasport5809 8 месяцев назад

    its 2022 but this speech still inspires me...

  • @UllahMohd
    @UllahMohd 7 лет назад +40

    I don't know how many times I've listened to this speech! Must be more than thousand times!

  • @josephmaelo
    @josephmaelo 7 лет назад +101

    You don't have to share the same political views with him to appreciate how GREAT this speech is... If this speech is honestly applied in everyone's life, there is hope for humanity

  • @user-gg8so5by8y
    @user-gg8so5by8y Месяц назад

    Merci pour le partage ❤

  • @leisastalnaker3790
    @leisastalnaker3790 5 месяцев назад +2

    And this, ladies and gentlemen,is how you become President. I knew then, when I saw him deliver this address and my opinion still stands.

  • @oro_doc
    @oro_doc 2 года назад +252

    Listening to Obama’s speech always wakes me up from the bed in the middle of the night, and makes me realize I'm not working as hard as I can to change myself.

    • @anthonyballentine8676
      @anthonyballentine8676 Год назад +3

      100% agree! Time to get inspired! Hard work, dedication!

    • @MahamudHagimuse
      @MahamudHagimuse 11 месяцев назад

      Viv oromia

    • @0Logan05
      @0Logan05 4 месяца назад

      To bad he was a Liar, A Thief, A Traitor and a Deviant Terrorist..
      God Damned that deviant homosexual, His fake children and his Boy-toyMike, in Drag

    • @0Logan05
      @0Logan05 4 месяца назад

      ⁠@@anthonyballentine8676😂

  • @enriquesanchez2001
    @enriquesanchez2001 7 лет назад +544

    I am shocked at how the Republican party had me duped back in 2004 and blinded me to the greatness of the Democratic party. Even a once-Republican as I was, can wake up to the reality of how essential it is to open one's mind to that basic truth of true freedom does not lay in the Republican party. I am so glad I changed my mind. For good and for ever.

    • @VikasLohia
      @VikasLohia 7 лет назад +7

      Are u being sarcastic sir?

    • @bottlesflying
      @bottlesflying 7 лет назад +3

      Enrique Sanchez Brilliant satire!

    • @enriquesanchez2001
      @enriquesanchez2001 7 лет назад +11

      Some people have no respect for women...I run into a lot of them here.

    • @RollOnToVictory
      @RollOnToVictory 7 лет назад +6

      true freedom does not lay in any political party.

    • @cubanbach
      @cubanbach 7 лет назад +2

      and so it goes...