Let me tell you something. Because I know you've been hearing a lot of stuff lately. There are no real parts of the country and fake parts of the country. The are no pro-America parts of the country and anti-America parts of the country. We all love this country no matter where we live or where we come from. Black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native-American, young, old, rich, poor, gay, straight, city-dweller, farm-dwellers. It doesn't matter. We're all together. There are patriots who were for this war in Iraq and patriots who opposed it. There are patriots who believe in Democratic policies and those who believe in Republican policies. The men and women from Virginia and all across the country who serve on our battlefields. Some are Democrats, some are Republicans, some are Independents. But they fought together and bled together. Some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a red America. They have not served a blue America. They have served the United States of America. Nobody should forget that. (crowd: U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!...) We've always been at our best when we've had leadership that has called on us to look past our differences. To come together as a nation. Leadership that rallies us to a common purpose, a higher purpose. I'm running for President because that's the country we need to be right now. This country and the dream it represents are being tested in ways we haven't seen in nearly a century. Future generations will judge us by how we responded to this test. Will they say this is a time when America lost its way, lost it's nerve; when we allowed the same divisions, the same petty difference to plunge us into a dark and painful recession? Or will they say this was another one of those moments when America rose up; when we overcame, when we battled back from adversity, when we recognized the common stake we have in each-other? Now there's one of those moments. Richmond, I realize many of you are cynical. Many of you are fed up with politics. I understand you're disappointed, even angry with your leaders and you've got every right to be. But despite all this I ask of you to do what has been asked of Americans throughout our history. I ask you to believe. Believe in yourselves. Believe in each-other. Believe in the future we can build together. Together we can't fail. Not now. Together we can't fail. Not when we have a crisis to solve. Not when we have an economy to save. Not when there's so many Americans without jobs, losing there homes, can't afford to see a doctor, can't afford to send their kids to college or pay their bills. Not when there's a generation that's counting on us to give them the same opportunities somebody gave us. Everybody in this auditorium, at some point, somebody stood up for you. Some of you had parents or grandparents who couldn't go to college but they fought so you could go to college. You had parents or grandparents who couldn't start their own business but they struggled so you could start your own business. They might not have been able to vote but they marched and fought so you could vote. Maybe you could run for the United States Senate. Maybe you could run for the Presidency of the United States of America. That's what this election is about. That's what we're fighting for. And in the next 13 days, if you fight with me, if you work with me, if you make phone calls with me, if you organize with me, I promise you we'll win Virginia and we'll win this election and you and I together we'll change this country and change the world. Thank you everybody. Good night and God bless you.
