Spoken Gems

Since you might be interested in the first appearance of Barack Obama and Joe Biden together after the announcement of Obama’s decision, I will include the full event (August 23, 2008 in Springfield, Illinois).

Part 1 and 2 of the recording is Sen. Obama’s introduction. The last minutes of Part 2 and Part 3 and 4 is the speech from Joe Biden.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

Huffington Post provides a transcript of the Joe Biden speech.

Now that Joe Biden is Barack Obama’s running mate, here’s one of his funny moments from the AARP Democratic presidential debate (Davenport, Iowa).

On June 30, 2008, Barack Obama responded to the questioning of his patriotism in Independence, MO. And again he proves that he has some speaking skills.

Transcript on JedReport.com.

Don’t get me wrong, I would include speeches from Sen. McCain. But in my opinion he and his speech writers should visit some of the links in the sidebar.

This is the first appearance after the primaries of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Unity, NH. Definitely not the best speeches of them both, but it’s interesting to see how they deal with the preceding primaries.

If you just want to watch a single speech, try this link for Barack Obama’s or this for Hillary Clinton’s speech.

C-Span had some difficulties with the feed during Obama’s speech. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find another recording.

After winning the primaries, Barack Obama held a speech in front of his campaign staff in Chicago.