The Speakers' Words DNC 2012 which are worth remembering--銘記すべき名文句in DNC 2102--その①

Tampaで行なわれたRNC(共和党全国大会）会場の雰囲気は垣間見たが、Mitt RomneyやPaul Ryanのスピーチは聴く気がしなかった。どうせなりふり構わず、Barack ObamaとDCを敵視する文句の連続に決まっているからだ。
CharlotteのThe Democrats National Convention(DNC=民主党全国大会）は華やかで愉快だった。登壇するspeakersの話がいずれもうまい。それぞれがストーリーを語る。原稿は全く見ない。永田町のお歴々となぜこうも違うのか!?

主役のBarack Obamaを含めて5人の名スピーチの中から、会場がcheers, applause, laughterに沸いた名文句を後世のために書き留めておく--

◆Michelle Obama
Catch Phraseは--“How Hard You Work”More Important Than Income
米国内での高感度はBarack Obamaさえ抑えて70%に迫り断トツ。登壇したものの会場はスタンディング・オベーション、cheers & applauseが鳴り止まず、Michelleも困り果て“もうそのへんでご勘弁を！どうぞお座りください”。
彼女の語りだしに会場は静寂に包まれる。ひと言も聞き逃すまいと、彼女を凝視する。Michelleのstoryの切り出しは実に謙虚で誠実だ。
Over the past few years as First Lady, I have had the extraordinary privilege of traveling all across this country. And everywhere I've gone, in the people I've met, and the stories I've heard, I have seen the very best of the American spirit.
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I've seen it in teachers in a near-bankrupt school district who vowed to keep teaching without pay.
the very best of the American spiritをitに置き換え、リアルなストーリーを展開し、冒頭部を導入する。
Michelle はBarackとの出逢と新婚時代に触れ、貧乏学生だった若かりし頃を紹介。子供の教育の大切さを強調し、American Dreamの真意を語る。

And believe it or not, when we were married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage. We were so young, so in love, and so in debt. That's why Barack has fought so hard to increase student aid and keep interest rates down, because he wants every young person to fulfill their promise and be able to attend college without a mountain of debt.
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Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it....and he wants everyone in this country to have same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we're from, or what we loo like, or who we love.
そして変革（change)には時間がかかるものだとBarackの忍耐と叡智と勇気と高潔さを訴える。
Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward...with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.
And he reminds me that we are playing a long game here...and that change is hard, and change is slow, and it never happens all at once.
Michelleはいかなる立場で今回のスピーチに臨んだかを明らかにし、夫Barackの大統領2期目再選を確かなものにするための強力な支援を訴える。

I say all of this tonight not just as First Lady...and not just as a wife. You see, at the end of the day, my most important title is still “mom-in-chief.”
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...and we must once again come together and stand together for the man we can trust to keep moving this great country...my husband our President, President Barack Obama.

スピーチの途中、会場から“Four More Years”と“U.S.A”の合唱がしばしば響きわたった。

- - To be continued---