Barack Obama's quotes

Obama on Letterman about "lipstick" brouhaha

"Have you ever actually put lipstick on a pig?" --David Letterman

"You know, the answer would be no. But I think it might be fun to try." --Barack Obama

— Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama being interviewed on the Late Show with David Letterman, Wed., Sept. 10, 2008.

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Obama on "pig" outcry

"What their campaign has done this morning is the same game that has made people sick and tired of politics in this country. They have seized on an innocent remark, try to take it out of context, throw up an outrageous ad, because they know it's catnip for the news media. Enough! I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and swift boat politics. Enough is enough."

— Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on a John McCain ad alleging he referred to GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin in a remark about "lipstick on a pig." The ad, which used an image of Katie Couric, was later pulled when CBS News objected.

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Obama "lipstick" comment

"You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change, but it's still going to stink after eight years."

— Barack Obama, Democratic presidential nominee, campaigning in Virginia Sept. 8, 2008. The comment created a media uproar when Republicans accused Obama of targeting GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

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Obama Announces Running Mate Via Text Message

"Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee.  Watch the first Obama-Biden rally live at 3pm ET on www.BarackObama.com. Spread the word!"

--Text message sent at 3 a.m. EDT to millions of Barack Obama supporters announcing Obama's choice of Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., to be his running mate in the 2008 presidential election.

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Obama on McCain's houses

"If you don't know how many houses you have, then it's not surprising that you might think the economy is fundamentally strong. But if you're like me, and you got one house, or you are like the millions of people who are struggling right now to keep up with their mortgage so they don't lose their home, then you might have a different perspective."

--Barack Obama, 2008 Democratic presidential candidate, commenting in Richmond, Va., on GOP candidate John McCain's inability to tell a reporter how many houses he had.

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Obama on Struggling Americans

"There are a lot of people who have done everything right and yet are still coming up short. And over time, their faith in the American dream starts slipping away." 

-- Barack Obama, 2008 Democratic presidential candidate, addresses the weak American economy and it's effect on Americans during a fund-raiser in Honolulu, Hawaii. 

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Barack Obama on his "difference"

“You know, he’s not patriotic enough, he’s got a funny name, you know, he
doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.”

2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama talking about himself and the McCain campaign portrayal of him as a celebrity of little substance. The McCain campaign accused Obama of playing "the race card."

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Obama in Germany

"The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand. The walls between races and tribes, natives and immigrants, Christians and Muslims and Jews cannot stand."

2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in Berlin July 24, 2008 before a crowd of more than 200,000 in the centerpiece appearance of a tour through Europe to show his international leadership ability.

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Michelle Obama on "whitey."

"I mean, 'whitey'? That's something that George Jefferson would say. Anyone who says that doesn't know me. They don't know the life I've lived. They don't know anything about me."

Michelle Obama, wife of 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, commenting in a New York Times interview published June 18, 2008, on a blog-driven rumor that she once referred to white people as "whitey" in a church speech.

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Barack Obama's victory speech after winning the Democratic presidential nomination

“There are those who say that this primary has somehow left us weaker and more divided. Well I say that because of this primary, there are millions of Americans who have cast their ballot for the very first time. There are independents and Republicans who understand that this election isn't just about the party in charge of Washington, it's about the need to change Washington. There are young people, and African Americans, and Latinos, and women of all ages who have voted in numbers that have broken records and inspired a nation.”

— Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in St. Paul, Minn., on June 3, 2008 as he clinched the Democratic presidential nomination after 54 primaries and caucuses and 16 months of campaigning, and following the Montana and South Dakota primaries.

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