[00:16] thank
[00:18] you thank you my
[00:21] friends thank you for coming here on
[00:24] this beautiful Arizona evening
[00:29] [Applause]
[00:31] my friends we have we have come to the
[00:33] end of a long journey the American
[00:36] people have spoken and they have spoken
[00:39] clearly a little while ago I had the
[00:42] honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to
[00:45] congratulate
[00:47] him
[00:49] please to congratulate him on being
[00:53] elected the next president of the
[00:54] country that we both
[00:58] love in a contest as long and difficult
[01:01] as this campaign has been his success
[01:04] alone commands my respect for his
[01:07] ability and
[01:09] perseverance but that he managed to do
[01:11] so by inspiring the hopes of so many
[01:13] millions of Americans who would once
[01:16] wrongly believed that they had little at
[01:18] stake or little influence in the
[01:20] election of an American president is
[01:23] something I deeply admire and commend
[01:26] him for
[01:27] achieving this is an historic election
[01:31] and I recognize the special significance
[01:33] it has for
[01:35] African-Americans and for the special
[01:37] Pride that must be theirs tonight I've
[01:40] always believed that America offers
[01:44] opportunities to all who have the
[01:46] industry and will to seize it Senator
[01:49] Obama believes that too but we both
[01:52] recognize that though we have come a
[01:54] long way from the old injustices that
[01:57] once stained our nation's reputation
[02:00] and denied some Americans the full
[02:03] blessings of American
[02:05] citizenship the memory of them still had
[02:08] the power to wound a century ago
[02:12] president Theodore Roosevelt's
[02:14] invitation of Booker T Washington to to
[02:17] dine at the White House was taken as an
[02:20] outrage in many
[02:22] quarters America today is a world away
[02:25] from the cruel and prideful bigotry of
[02:28] that time there is no better evidence of
[02:31] this than the election of an
[02:34] African-American to the presidency of
[02:36] the United States let there be no reason
[02:41] [Applause]
[02:44] now let there be no reason now for any
[02:48] American to fail to cherish their
[02:50] citizenship in this the greatest nation
[02:53] on Earth
[03:00] Senator Obama has achieved a great thing
[03:02] for himself and for his country I
[03:05] applaud him for it and offer in my
[03:09] sincere sympathy that his beloved
[03:11] grandmother did not live to see this day
[03:14] though our faith assures us she is at
[03:16] rest in the presence of her Creator and
[03:19] so very proud of the good man she helped
[03:22] raise Senator Obama and I have had and
[03:25] argued our differences and he has
[03:28] prevailed no doubt many of those
[03:31] differences remain these are difficult
[03:34] times for our country and I pledge to
[03:37] him tonight to do all in my power to
[03:39] help him lead us through the many
[03:41] challenges we face I urge all
[03:50] Americans I urge all Americans who
[03:52] supported me to join me in not just
[03:55] congratulating him but offering our next
[03:58] president our good will and Earnest
[04:01] effort to find ways to come together to
[04:05] find the necessary compromises to bridge
[04:07] our differences and help restore our
[04:11] prosperity defend our security in a
[04:14] dangerous world and leave our children
[04:16] and grandchildren a stronger better
[04:20] country than we
[04:21] inherited whatever our differences we
[04:24] are fellow Americans and please believe
[04:27] me when I say no Association has ever
[04:31] meant more to me than
[04:33] [Applause]
[04:42] that it is
[04:44] natural it's natural tonight to feel
[04:46] some disappointment but tomorrow we must
[04:50] move Beyond it and work together to get
[04:52] our country moving again we fought we
[04:57] fought as hard as we could and though we
[05:00] fell short the failure is mine not
[05:08] yours I am
[05:22] so I am so deeply grateful to all of you
[05:25] for the great honor of your support and
[05:28] for all you have done for for me I wish
[05:31] the outcome had been different my
[05:32] friends the road was a difficult one
[05:35] from the
[05:36] outset but your support and friendship
[05:39] never wavered I cannot adequately
[05:42] Express how deeply I indebted I am to
[05:46] you I especially grateful to my wife
[05:49] Cindy my children my dear
[05:55] Mother my dear Mother and all my family
[05:58] and to the many old and dear friends who
[06:01] have stood by my side through the many
[06:03] ups and downs of this long
[06:05] campaign I have always been a fortunate
[06:08] man and never more so for the love and
[06:11] encouragement you have given me you know
[06:15] campaigns are often harder on a
[06:16] candidate's family than on the candidate
[06:19] and that's been true in this campaign
[06:22] all I can offer in compensation is my
[06:24] love and gratitude and the promise of
[06:27] more peaceful years ahead
[06:30] I am also I am also of course very
[06:34] thankful to Governor Sarah Palin one of
[06:37] the best campers I have ever
[06:55] seen one of the best campaigners I have
[06:58] ever seen and an impressive new voice in
[07:01] our party for reform and the principles
[07:04] that have always been our greatest
[07:06] strength her husband Todd and their five
[07:09] beautiful
[07:13] children for their tireless dedication
[07:16] to our cause and the courage and Grace
[07:18] they showed in the Rough and Tumble of a
[07:21] presidential campaign we can all look
[07:24] forward with great interest to her
[07:26] future service to Alaska the Republican
[07:29] party in our
[07:35] country to all my campaign comrades from
[07:39] Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark
[07:41] alter to every last volunteer who fought
[07:45] so hard and valiantly month after month
[07:49] in what at times seemed to be the most
[07:52] challenged campaign in modern times
[07:55] thank you so much a lost election will
[07:59] never mean more to me than the privilege
[08:02] of your faith and friendship I don't
[08:05] know I don't know what more we could
[08:08] have done to try to win this election
[08:10] I'll leave that to others to determine
[08:14] every candidate makes mistakes and I'm
[08:16] sure I made my share of them but I won't
[08:19] spend a moment of the future regretting
[08:22] what might have been this campaign was
[08:26] and Will Remain the great honor of my
[08:28] life and my heart is filled with nothing
[08:31] but gratitude for the experience and to
[08:34] the American people for giving me a fair
[08:37] hearing before deciding that Senator
[08:40] Obama and my old friend Senator Joe
[08:43] Biden should have the honor of leading
[08:45] us for the next four
[08:48] years you deserve please
[08:52] please I would not I would not be an an
[08:56] American worthy of the name should I
[08:58] regret a fate that is allowed me the
[09:01] extraordinary PR privilege of serving
[09:04] this country for a half a century today
[09:08] I was a candidate for the highest office
[09:10] in the country I love so much and
[09:13] tonight I remain her servant that is
[09:16] blessing enough for anyone and I thank
[09:19] the people of Arizona for
[09:26] it tonight
[09:31] tonight more than any night I hold in my
[09:34] heart nothing but love for this country
[09:37] and for all its citizens whether they
[09:40] supported me or Senator Obama whether
[09:43] they supported me or Senator Obama I
[09:46] wish godspeed to the man who was my
[09:48] former opponent and will be my president
[09:51] and I call on all Americans as I have
[09:55] often in this campaign to not despair of
[09:58] our present difficult ulties but to
[10:00] believe always in the promise and
[10:02] greatness of America because nothing is
[10:05] inevitable here Americans never quit we
[10:09] Never Surrender we never hide from
[10:12] history We Make History thank you and
[10:16] God bless you and God bless America
[10:18] thank you all very much
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[10:45] [Applause]
[11:03] we're all good
[11:47] Senator John McCain thanking supporters
[11:49] at the builtmore hotel in his home state
[11:52] of Phoenix at Arizona if you are
[11:54] interested in hearing Senator McCain's
[11:56] remarks again we will have them on our
[11:58] website c-span.org within the next 5 or
[12:01] 6 minutes you can click on it and find
[12:03] and watch it uh what the Senator's
[12:05] remarks were we're going to return now
[12:07] to Grant Park in Chicago where the crowd
[12:11] there is waiting for the arrival of the
[12:14] next president of the United States
[12:16] president-elect Senator Barack Obama of
[12:18] Illinois we're going to watch now
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