US elections: Imagining the Inaugural Address

Barack Obama has won the US elections. He will have two months to write an inaugural address. From the New York Times, two inaugural addresses assembled from each candidate's previous speeches and campaigns.

President Barack Obama

Well, thank you, everybody. Thank you so much. Everybody have a seat.

The last four years

Four years ago I said I'm not a perfect man and I wouldn't be a perfect president. I have kept that promise. I told you I'd end the war in Iraq. I did. I said we'd end the war in Afghanistan. We are...The point is the commitments I've made, I've kept them

The next four years

We haven't finished all the work we set out to do in 2008 just yet. I've still got my day job, and so I'm working hard solving problems. I'm fighting.

The deficit

When I walked in the Oval Office, I had more than a trillion dollar deficit greeting me, and we know where it came from. I'm just saying. We have a significant long term debt that has to be dealt with.

The future

We've got to think about the future, not just look backwards at the past. We're only here because somebody, somewhere felt a responsibility to our country's future. In America, our destiny is not written for us; it's written by us.

President Mitt Romney

He may have lost the election, but here is what we think he would have said..

Thank you! Thank you so much.Wow.Greatto be with you today.

The last four years

Four years ago, I know many Americans felt a fresh excitement...But there's been a lot of disappointment over the last four years. I know these have been tough years and we're tired of being tired. But I have to tell you, good things are going to happen in America

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