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barackobama:

President Obama in Bristow, Virginia last night: 

I ran because the voices of the American people—your voices—had been shut out of our democracy for too long by lobbyists and special interests, and politicians who were willing to say anything and do anything just to keep things the way they are—the protectors, the guardians of the status quo. And that status quo in Washington has fought us every step of the way over the last four years.

They spent millions of dollars trying to prevent us from reforming health care, millions of dollars trying to prevent us from reforming Wall Street. They engineered a strategy of gridlock in Congress, refusing to compromise on ideas that in the past both Democrats and Republicans had supported.

And what they’re counting on now is that you’re going to be so worn down by all the squabbling, so tired of the dysfunction, so weary of what goes on, on Capitol Hill, that you’re just going to give up and walk away—and just put them back in power, or let them stay there. In other words, their bet is on cynicism.

But, Virginia, my bet is on you.

(via demnewswire)