Iowa Victory Speech:
press play below to see the famous “Red States, Blue States” speech from the 2004 Democratic National Convention in it’s entirety
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[…] (It is interesting that people seem to remember his saying “There are no Red States, There are no Blue States” even though he did not actually say that in this speech. The confusion probably arises because he started saying things like that in his 2008 campaign speeches. For instance, he said “We are not a collection of Red States and Blue States — We are the United States of America” in his Iowa caucus victory speech. Both speeches can be seen and heard here.) […]
I believe this is not an original statement from Obama.
If I am not mistaken, this came from Forest Gump.