Thousands of people turned out at the Irvine Park in Beaver on Friday as Senator Barack Obama along with his running mate, Senator Joseph Biden made their first campaign appearance after receiving the Democratic nomination. Their spouses, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, were also present during the event.
Most of Obama's 30-minute speech went through familiar ground, picking up on themes he presented during his acceptance speech on Thursday. While delivering the speech Obama ridiculed the policies of President Bush over the past eight years and said that government shouldn't be fighting for big business, banks and oil companies. Obama specified that instead According to Obama, government should be fighting for the common man, nurses, steelworkers, and firefighters.
About his Republican opponent, John McCain, who will accept his own nomination next week, Obama said that he should be respected for his service to his country. He also talked about ending a dependence on foreign oil, and reopening of steel mills to manufacture alternate energy sources, together with wind turbines and solar panels.
Obama also went through issues, which included affordable health care and college educations, saving Social Security for future generations, fixing the country's aging infrastructure and the right of workers to unionize. Obama said he wants to end the Iraq war and capture Osama bin Laden, and redirect investment of about $10 billion a month redirected back home.
Local leaders including Beaver County commissioners Tony Amadio and Joe Spanik, U.S. Representative Jason Altmire, D-4, McCandless Township, all urged the crowd to support the campaign's message of change, prior to the arrival of Obama and Biden.
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