Video: Obama on Gustav… “We rise and fall as one nation”

Last night, at the Milwaukee Rally for America’s Workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Senator Obama spoke about Hurricane Gustav and the mutual responsibility we share as a nation, especially during times of tragedy.

"In times of need, there are no red states and blue states," said Senator Obama.

Yet, Senator Obama explained that this spirit of shared responsibility must also be extended to the "quiet storms" that are taking place in so many struggling households across America…

All across America there are quiet storms taking place. There are lives of quiet desperation. People in need of just a little bit of help. Now, Americans are a self-reliant people, we’re an independent people. We don’t like asking somebody else to do what we can do ourselves, but you know what we understand is that every once in a while somebody’s going to get knocked down. Every once in a while somebody’s going to go through some hard times. When we least expect it tragedy may strike. And what has always made this country great is the understanding that we rise and fall as one nation, that values and family, community and neighborhood, they have to express themselves in our government. Those are national values. Those are values that we all subscribe to. And so, the spirit that we extend today and in the days to come as we monitor what happens on the Gulf, that’s the spirit that we’ve got to carry with us each and every day. That’s the spirit that we need in our own homes and it’s the spirit that we need in the White House. And that’s why I’m running for president of the United States of America. ;

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