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FatDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 12:58 PM
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Obama: "Don't think for a moment that power concedes."
Wow. That's all.
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lurky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 01:17 PM
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1. Yes wow.
Sounds like a powerful stand. What was the context, for those of us without TV?
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 01:19 PM
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2. Here's the link for the transcript...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=7624264
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lurky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 01:21 PM
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3. Thanks.
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FatDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 01:29 PM
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4. Right at the end, among his closing comments.
"Don't believe for a second this election is over. Don't think for a minute that power concedes. We have to work like our future depends on it in this last week, because it does."
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 02:02 PM
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5. Frederick Douglass: "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."
Frederick Douglass is my hero!
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