Obama Remarks to Clinton Global Initiative

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Obama Remarks to Clinton Global Initiative

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama—as prepared for delivery

Clinton Global Initiative

September 25, 2008

It’s great to speak to you this morning. I’m sorry that I can’t be there, but I did enjoy the opportunity to sit down with President Clinton recently in New York. He has helped to create a model for individual responsibility and collective action through the Clinton Global Initiative.

CGI brings people together to take on tough, global challenges. In four years, you have made concrete commitments that have affected over 200 million people in 150 countries. And I applaud your new commitment to help 20 million poor children get a healthy meal. It’s time for us to come together to get this done.

You are meeting at a time of great turmoil for the American economy. We are now confronted with a financial crisis as serious as any we have faced since the Great Depression. Action must be taken to restore confidence in our economy.

Let me be clear: it’s outrageous that we find ourselves in a position where taxpayers must bear the burden for the greed and irresponsibility of Wall Street and Washington. But we also know that a failure to act would have grave consequences for the jobs, and savings, and retirement of the American people.

Over the last few days, I’ve been in close contact with Secretary Paulson and leaders in Congress. I’ve also had the opportunity to speak directly to the American people about what we need to do moving forward. I’ve laid out several clear principles that I believe must be a part of our response to this crisis.


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[seabeyond]

1. i didnt realize he wasnt there, hence the audio problem i guess, that mccain (who suspended

campaign to rush to dc) was front and center and didnt have the same issue.

where was obama. dc? and mccain (who suspended his campaign to rush to dc). ny?

[yellowdogintexas]

2. McCain was in NY, dumping Letterman to have interview with Couric

(see last night's Letterman on youtube, crooksandliars, etc. Multiple threads and links all over DU)

So it appears he faux suspended campaign, in order to get to DC, but made a side trip to NYC for Dave but then decided live interview w/Couric was more expedient, dumped Dave and ended up doing the Clinton Initiative live instead of by remote as Obama did.

I expect both of them were supposed to have done this by remote.

[seabeyond]

3. this is what i am getting. saw letterman last night griping thru out WHOLE show, lol.

just ironic and lyin as all get up, that mccain