# Barack Obama **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 28, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama/257207 "2004-07-28T02:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama/257207/1 "2004-07-28T02:15:07Z")
Was that speech something, or what? You think Clinton was good last night, you shoulda heard this kid. I think we were just watching the ~46th President of the United States. Wow. Anybody got a transcript yet? Here’s a quote ganked from Atrios: > [@](#): > > We worship an awesome God in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and patriots who supported it. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama/257207)._