Obama Dares Graduates to Reject Cynical Voices (FULL VIDEO)

[freshwest]

Last edited Sun May 5, 2013, 07:39 PM - Edit history (1)

Published on May 5, 2013

President Barack Obama told college graduates Sunday that only their generation can break the cycle of a political system consumed by "small things" that works for the benefit of a few. (May 5)

He is calling these graduates to take on the task set for us by the Founding Fathers. But it is not only for those leaving college. The future is theirs - and ours - to win or lose.

An excellent video clip of this was posted by hue in the V&MM forum. Please K&R his video there and get it on the Greatest Page, my BOG friends:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017116732


FYI: This is a post in the BOG, or Barack Obama Group, which is A SAFE HAVEN for supporters of our President and his policies.

[Cha]

1. Thank you for posting this, freshwest!

I just Rec it in the Vids.. now we need to this OP to the Greatest!

Here's a view from his audience of Gradutates at Ohio State..



http://theobamadiary.com/

[freshwest]

2. THAT is what I call a large group of future leaders. Those who want to lead now or later, WILL.

Those who want to continue to be cynical and complain, WILL continue to do nothing but that.

Misery is easy, the tool of the maliciously lazy. We WILL take the negative energy they feed on and WILL create something beautiful.

That AP clip was great with the best part, but it cut him off in the middle of a sentence. But their clips are always short, it's not an intentional editing out like Fox.

Curious what else was said. I asked in the other thread, does TOD have the full address?

[Cha]

3. Oh, I get it now.. I thought you meant TOD's

full address to this post. lol sorry. No, Chips said she'd be back later with more pics and no doubt the PBO's Full Address!

I actually had been waiting for it and was going to post but glad you got the ball rolling so to speak.

[freshwest]

4. Oh, really, thanks be to hue, really. I didn't even know he was doing it.

And Happy Cinco De Mayo to you in sunny Hawaii!

We're excited, it may get up to a sunny 84 degrees here.

[Cha]

5. Feliz Cinco de Mayo to you, freshwest. Enjoy your

Sunshine! My sis in New York was loving the 80 degree weather the other day while I was sweating in our 80 degree high humidity climate. I like it though because it's like a walking sauna and it's good for you!

[freshwest]

24. I grew up in high humidity and 90+ heat. My skin really suffers up here, little sun or heat.

[Cha]

25. And, where was that, pray tell? And, you're right.. it really

helps my skin.

[freshwest]

26. Near the Gulf of Mexico. Just call me 'Swamp Thing' LOL!

[Cha]

27. I love that climate.. We lived in Houston when I was a wee one

but, my parents went back to Colorado because or the heat and humidity. Also lived in Gainseville, Florida in the '70s. That's what I like about the South.. the Swampy weather!

[sheshe2]

29. Hey I feel left out here~

I've only ever lived in Massachusetts. Born and raised.

I guess I don't get out much. Oh wait, three months in college, during summerbreak! I lived in Providence RI, with a couple of girlfriends. Pretty rough area. It was fun until one night a car tried blocking ours into a corner at a supermarket....scary. We got around them and drove to Mass for the night!

I really came to post this, Ohio/Obama!
Great picture!



http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/05/ohio-state/

[Cha]

30. But, what a great state you're from, she! And, Boston.. so

Strong.

That does sound scary when you were in College. Did you go to Brown?

Thanks she for that pic of President Obama.. who also recieved an honorary doctorate..

Ohio State also bestowed an honorary doctorate on Obama, applauding his “unwavering belief in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose.” Also honored was photographer Annie Liebovitz, whose images of Obama and his family have become iconic reflections on the nation’s first black president.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/president-obama-address-graduating-students-ohio-state-university-article-1.1335496#ixzz2SU8wTZNq

G'night

[sheshe2]

31. Well done, Mr President. An honorary doctorate!

“Only you can ultimately break that cycle. Only you can make sure the democracy you inherit is as good as we know it can be,” Obama told more than 10,000 cap-and-gown-clad graduates gathered for the rite of passage. “But it requires your dedicated, informed and engaged citizenship.”

They are our future, they will continue what we have started. It is my belief that they will continue to make change happen.

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No, Cha I did not go to Brown, but we took an apartment close to there and it was a pretty rough area. My friend Mary's brother had a buisness down there and offered us jobs for the summer. We all were going to college in western Mass. We did have our fun though, and we made friends with a sweet guy that had a very large St Bernard. They watched out for us!

[sheshe2]

10. Would you look at that crowd, Cha.

Ohio State 2013.

They are our future.



BOG

[Cha]

6. Tweet on PBO's Address to Ohio State .. found on

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/05/ohio-state/#comments

Bobfr @Our4thEstate

You prove, everyday, as you confront the imbecilic & hateful #GOPInsurgency that you live your advice, Mr President. TY cc @Pfeiffer44 @vj44

[freshwest]

7. He knows the intent of the Founders. WHO LOVES the Constitution? BARACK OBAMA, that's WHO!

Thanks for the link and tweet!



Thanks to The Obama Diary for the picture!

[freshwest]

8. C-SPAN complete video of OSU, music, Obama, everything:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/event/218295

President Delivers Commencement Address

May 5, 2013

President Obama delivers the commencement address at the Ohio State University on Sunday. Later this spring he will deliver addresses at Morehouse College, a historically black university, and at the Naval Academy.

Note this video is nearly an hour long and they have some important things to say before Obama speaks.

If I can find the youtube version, I will post it here since it may not stay up long on C-SPAN.

[Cha]

11. Thank you for c-span's vid, fresh.. TOD

still doesn't have it but, will let you know when they do.

[sheshe2]

9. See what I miss while I'm at work!

Thanks for the fabulous video, freshwest! I will go to the link and Rec hue's OP too

Reject Cynical Voices!

Well said Mr President~

[Cha]

12. You've been

missed, she!

BOG

[sheshe2]

19. That~

Is so sweet, Cha!

[sheshe2]

13. I posted this to hue.

Appropriate for today, don't you think~

John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961

In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.

Now the trumpet summons us again — not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are — but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" — a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.
SNIP
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.


http://www.ushistory.org/documents/ask-not.htm

[freshwest]

14. And if you get the chance to hear the full C-SPAN video, do it! He covers everything!

[Cha]

15. Here it is, fresh.. and please put it in your OP and UPDATE.. if you want to.

http://theobamadiary.com/

[freshwest]

20. THANK YOU X3! Will edit the OP. This is the definitive call for action for all. Not just students!

[Cha]

21. You're Welcome, fresh!

[Cha]

22. Great historical comparison from JFK, she!

thank you!

[Cha]

16. A Panoramic View of the Ohio State Commencement Address..

http://theobamadiary.com/

[sheshe2]

17. Oh Cha, what a beautiful sight to behold!

It kind of reminds me of the pictures of the Inauguration!
Sweet!

[Cha]

18. Indeed, she!

I think I should have said "Panoramic" view, though

[freshwest]

23. Some good things are going on in OHIO!

[LeftInTX]

28. That is quite the crowd!!!

[sheshe2]

32. Thanks for posting the entire speech, freshwest.

I will watch tomorrow. I can't wait!

BOG

she

[sheshe2]

33. The transcript is at the link below,

I listened while reading the text.

We, the people, chose to do these things together — because we know this country cannot accomplish great things if we pursue nothing greater than our own individual ambition.

Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s at the root of all our problems; some of these same voices also doing their best to gum up the works. They’ll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave and creative and unique experiment in self-rule is somehow just a sham with which we can’t be trusted.

We have never been a people who place all of our faith in government to solve our problems; we shouldn’t want to. But we don’t think the government is the source of all our problems, either. Because we understand that this democracy is ours. And as citizens, we understand that it’s not about what America can do for us; it’s about what can be done by us, together, through the hard and frustrating but absolutely necessary work of self-government. (Applause.) And, Class of 2013, you have to be involved in that process. (Applause.)

Thank you freshwest, a truly inspiring speech by our President.

To the Class of 2013!

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/05/06/transcript-obamas-commencement-speech-at-ohio-state/

[freshwest]

34. Thanks. He expressed better what I've been saying this for a long time.

[Politicub]

35. Love how he speaks truth to power to the responsibilities of citizenship

It's a recurring theme in President Obama's speeches as of late, and something that has been neglected by political leaders for far too long.

If these OH graduates are like the interns and new folks going to work in my office, we're in good hands. The young people entering the workforce (I feel so old saying that) inspire me with their creativity, expressiveness and sense of social responsibility. I've been out of college for about 20 years now, and am somewhat envious that I'm not part of the discussions taking place in classrooms about civil rights and how our country is transforming into something new and exciting.

And someone who has a lot to do with that is our President. I think most college graduates are smart enough to see through the cynicism and view government as something that belongs to all of us. President Obama mobilized students like no other president before him, and he stood by his commitment to change the structure of student loans and make college more accessible. They will not forget that.