Dennis Kucinich's Speech At Democratic Convention 08-26-08

Here is the link to hear him speak:

http://election411.org/article/id/352680/dennis-kucinich-speaks

Here is the transcript:

It's Election Day 2008. We Democrats are giving America a
wake-up call. Wake up, America. In 2001, the oil companies, the war
contractors and the neo-con artists seized the economy and have added 4
trillion dollars of unproductive spending to the national debt. We now
pay four times more for defense, three times more for gasoline and home
heating oil and twice what we paid for health care.

Millions of
Americans have lost their jobs, their homes, their health care, their
pensions. Trillions of dollars for an unnecessary war paid with
borrowed money. Tens of billions of dollars in cash and weapons
disappeared into thin air, at the cost of the lives of our troops and
innocent Iraqis, while all the president's oilmen are maneuvering to
grab Iraq's oil.

Borrowed money to bomb bridges in Iraq,
Afghanistan and Pakistan. No money to rebuild bridges in America. Money
to start a hot war with Iran. Now we have another cold war with Russia,
while the American economy has become a game of Russian roulette.

If
there was an Olympics for misleading, mismanaging and misappropriating,
this administration would take the gold. World records for violations
of national and international laws. They want another four-year term to
continue to alienate our allies, spend our children's inheritance and
hollow out our economy.

We can't afford another Republican
administration. Wake up, America. The insurance companies took over
health care. Wake up, America. The pharmaceutical companies took over
drug pricing.

Wake up, America. The speculators took over Wall
Street. Wake up, America. They want to take your Social Security. Wake
up, America. Multinational corporations took over our trade policies,
factories are closing, good paying jobs lost.

Wake up, America.
We went into Iraq for oil. The oil companies want more. War against
Iran will mean $10-a-gallon gasoline. The oil administration wants to
drill more, into your wallet. Wake up, America. Weapons contractors
want more. An Iran war will cost 5 to 10 trillion dollars.

This
administration can tap our phones. They can't tap our creative spirit.
They can open our mail. They can't open economic opportunities. They
can track our every move. They lost track of the economy while the cost
of food, gasoline and electricity skyrockets. They skillfully played
our post-9/11 fears and allowed the few to profit at the expense of the
many. Every day we get the color orange, while the oil companies, the
insurance companies, the speculators, the war contractors get the color
green.

Wake up, America. This is not a call for you to take a
new direction from right to left. This is call for you to go from down
to up. Up with the rights of workers. Up with wages. Up with fair
trade. Up with creating millions of good paying jobs, rebuilding our
bridges, ports and water systems. Up with creating millions of
sustainable energy jobs to lower the cost of energy, lower carbon
emissions and protect the environment.

Up with health care for
all. Up with education for all. Up with home ownership. Up with
guaranteed retirement benefits. Up with peace. Up with prosperity. Up
with the Democratic Party. Up with Obama-Biden.

Wake up, America. Wake up, America. Wake up, America.

Source: 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee