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friends thank you for coming here on

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this beautiful Arizona evening

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my friends we have we have come to the

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end of a long journey the American

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people have spoken and they have spoken

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clearly a little while ago I had the

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honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to

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congratulate

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him

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please to congratulate him on being

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elected the next president of the

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country that we both

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love in a contest as long and difficult

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as this campaign has been his success

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alone commands my respect for his

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ability and

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perseverance but that he managed to do

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so by inspiring the hopes of so many

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millions of Americans who would once

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wrongly believed that they had little at

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stake or little influence in the

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election of an American president is

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something I deeply admire and commend

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him for

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achieving this is an historic election

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and I recognize the special significance

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it has for

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African-Americans and for the special

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Pride that must be theirs tonight I've

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always believed that America offers

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opportunities to all who have the

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industry and will to seize it Senator

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Obama believes that too but we both

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recognize that though we have come a

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long way from the old injustices that

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once stained our nation's reputation

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and denied some Americans the full

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blessings of American

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citizenship the memory of them still had

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the power to wound a century ago

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president Theodore Roosevelt's

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invitation of Booker T Washington to to

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dine at the White House was taken as an

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outrage in many

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quarters America today is a world away

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from the cruel and prideful bigotry of

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that time there is no better evidence of

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this than the election of an

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African-American to the presidency of

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the United States let there be no reason

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now let there be no reason now for any

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American to fail to cherish their

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citizenship in this the greatest nation

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on Earth

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Senator Obama has achieved a great thing

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for himself and for his country I

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applaud him for it and offer in my

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sincere sympathy that his beloved

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grandmother did not live to see this day

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though our faith assures us she is at

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rest in the presence of her Creator and

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so very proud of the good man she helped

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raise Senator Obama and I have had and

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argued our differences and he has

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prevailed no doubt many of those

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differences remain these are difficult

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times for our country and I pledge to

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him tonight to do all in my power to

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help him lead us through the many

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challenges we face I urge all

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Americans I urge all Americans who

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supported me to join me in not just

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congratulating him but offering our next

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president our good will and Earnest

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effort to find ways to come together to

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find the necessary compromises to bridge

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our differences and help restore our

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prosperity defend our security in a

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dangerous world and leave our children

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and grandchildren a stronger better

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country than we

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inherited whatever our differences we

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are fellow Americans and please believe

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me when I say no Association has ever

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that it is

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natural it's natural tonight to feel

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some disappointment but tomorrow we must

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move Beyond it and work together to get

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our country moving again we fought we

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fought as hard as we could and though we

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fell short the failure is mine not

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yours I am

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so I am so deeply grateful to all of you

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for the great honor of your support and

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for all you have done for for me I wish

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the outcome had been different my

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friends the road was a difficult one

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from the

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outset but your support and friendship

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never wavered I cannot adequately

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Express how deeply I indebted I am to

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you I especially grateful to my wife

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Cindy my children my dear

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Mother my dear Mother and all my family

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and to the many old and dear friends who

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have stood by my side through the many

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ups and downs of this long

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campaign I have always been a fortunate

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man and never more so for the love and

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encouragement you have given me you know

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campaigns are often harder on a

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candidate's family than on the candidate

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and that's been true in this campaign

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all I can offer in compensation is my

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love and gratitude and the promise of

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more peaceful years ahead

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I am also I am also of course very

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thankful to Governor Sarah Palin one of

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the best campers I have ever

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seen one of the best campaigners I have

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ever seen and an impressive new voice in

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our party for reform and the principles

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that have always been our greatest

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strength her husband Todd and their five

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beautiful

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children for their tireless dedication

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to our cause and the courage and Grace

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they showed in the Rough and Tumble of a

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presidential campaign we can all look

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forward with great interest to her

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future service to Alaska the Republican

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party in our

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country to all my campaign comrades from

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Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark

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alter to every last volunteer who fought

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so hard and valiantly month after month

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in what at times seemed to be the most

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challenged campaign in modern times

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thank you so much a lost election will

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never mean more to me than the privilege

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of your faith and friendship I don't

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know I don't know what more we could

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have done to try to win this election

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I'll leave that to others to determine

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every candidate makes mistakes and I'm

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sure I made my share of them but I won't

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spend a moment of the future regretting

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what might have been this campaign was

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and Will Remain the great honor of my

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life and my heart is filled with nothing

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but gratitude for the experience and to

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the American people for giving me a fair

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hearing before deciding that Senator

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Obama and my old friend Senator Joe

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Biden should have the honor of leading

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us for the next four

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years you deserve please

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please I would not I would not be an an

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American worthy of the name should I

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regret a fate that is allowed me the

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extraordinary PR privilege of serving

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this country for a half a century today

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I was a candidate for the highest office

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in the country I love so much and

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tonight I remain her servant that is

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blessing enough for anyone and I thank

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the people of Arizona for

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it tonight

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tonight more than any night I hold in my

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heart nothing but love for this country

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and for all its citizens whether they

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supported me or Senator Obama whether

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they supported me or Senator Obama I

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wish godspeed to the man who was my

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former opponent and will be my president

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and I call on all Americans as I have

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often in this campaign to not despair of

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our present difficult ulties but to

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believe always in the promise and

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greatness of America because nothing is

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inevitable here Americans never quit we

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Never Surrender we never hide from

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history We Make History thank you and

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God bless you and God bless America

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thank you all very much

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we're all good

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Senator John McCain thanking supporters

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at the builtmore hotel in his home state

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of Phoenix at Arizona if you are

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interested in hearing Senator McCain's

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remarks again we will have them on our

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website c-span.org within the next 5 or

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6 minutes you can click on it and find

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and watch it uh what the Senator's

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remarks were we're going to return now

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to Grant Park in Chicago where the crowd

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there is waiting for the arrival of the

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next president of the United States

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president-elect Senator Barack Obama of

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Illinois we're going to watch now

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