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[This is one of a continuing series of candidate speech transcripts from all the Democratic presidential campaigns. Please see the introduction to this series for more information.]
Mike Gravel
http://www.gravel2008.us/index.php
Stepping Back From Imperialism:
Redirecting American Foreign Policy
St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire
11/1/06
[This is one of a continuing series of candidate speech transcripts from all the Democratic presidential campaigns. Please see the introduction to this series for more information.]
Dennis Kucinich
http://www.dennis4president.com/home/
[Note: The Kucinich campaign was unable to provide a speech transcript from Congressman Kucinich for this series. A campaign official told me that Kucinich always speaks "extemporaneously" without notes, therefore they had no speeches available. I decided to relax the rules to allow their campaign to present me with something from Kucinich, so I am reprinting a position paper from the Kucinich website here instead of a speech. If you follow the link above and click on "Audio/Video" there are Kucinich speeches available for viewing or listening to on their campaign website.]
Strength Through Peace
[This is one of a continuing series of candidate speech transcripts from all the Democratic presidential campaigns. Please see the introduction to this series for more information.]
Hillary Clinton
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/
Remarks at the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
Des Moines, Iowa
11/10/07
[This is one of a continuing series of candidate speech transcripts from all the Democratic presidential campaigns. Please see the introduction to this series for more information.]
Bill Richardson
http://www.richardsonforpresident.com/home
Hard Choices:
The Responsible Way Forward for Iraq and our Military
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
10/4/07
[This is one of a continuing series of candidate speech transcripts from all the Democratic presidential campaigns. Please see the introduction to this series for more information.]
Barack Obama
http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
A Change We Can Believe In
Spartanburg, South Carolina
11/3/07
[This is one of a continuing series of candidate speech transcripts from all the Democratic presidential campaigns. Please see the introduction to this series for more information.]
John Edwards
The Moral Test of Our Generation
Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire
10/29/07
[This is one of a continuing series of candidate speech transcripts from all the Democratic presidential campaigns. Please see the introduction to this series for more information.]
Joe Biden
National Security and Civil Rights
Drake University School of Law, Des Moines, Iowa
4/3/07
[This is one of a continuing series of candidate speech transcripts from all the Democratic presidential campaigns. Please see the introduction to this series for more information.]
Chris Dodd
Rekindling the Flame -- A Call for A New American Patriotism
Nashua City Hall Plaza, Nashua, New Hampshire
6/23/07
So, starting today and for the next eight weekdays, I am going to reprint -- in full -- speeches from each and every candidate for the Democratic nomination for president. I believe that each candidate can express in their own words what their candidacy is all about and why you should be convinced to vote for them. I trust in the intelligence of the American public, and their ability to sort out which person would be the best suited for the job -- and so I present the candidates (in their own words) to you, the electorate. Because no matter how many live speeches the candidates give -- no matter how many pancake breakfasts they attend or how many high-priced fundraisers they address -- the simple mathematical fact is that the overwhelming majority of voters will never get to hear a single candidate speak. But that doesn't have to mean that you shouldn't get the opportunity to compare the candidates side-by-side as if you had attended their speeches. So I am providing this series of speech transcripts as a public service for voters everywhere.
The candidates speak, you decide.
As it should be.
...For all of you interested in showing Dianne Feinstein what the voters of California think of her recent actions, there is a drive for the California Democratic Party to officially censure Senator Feinstein at its upcoming executive board meeting. I have no contact information for them, but if I were thinking of letting them know how I felt, I'd start at the California Democratic Party website.