August 27, 2008 Clinton calls for a repeat of 1992 victory in convention speech Play video

(NECN: Denver, Colorado) - Here is the third and final part of Bill Clinton's speech to the Democratic National Convention.

To watch part 2 of speech click here

America can do better than that. And Barack Obama will.
But first we have to elect him.

The choice is clear. The Republicans will nominate a good man
who served our country heroically and suffered terribly in Vietnam.
He loves our country every bit as much as we all do. As a senator,
he has shown his independence on several issues. But on the two
great questions of this election, how to rebuild the American Dream
and how to restore America's leadership in the world, he still
embraces the extreme philosophy which has defined his party for
more than 25 years, a philosophy we never had a real chance to see
in action until 2001, when the Republicans finally gained control
of both the White House and Congress. Then we saw what would happen
to America if the policies they had talked about for decades were
implemented.

They took us from record surpluses to an exploding national
debt; from over 22 million new jobs down to 5 million; from an
increase in working family incomes

Now, in spite of all the evidence, their candidate is promising
more of the same: More tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans that
will swell the deficit, increase inequality, and weaken the
economy. More Band-Aids for health care that will enrich insurance
companies, impoverish families and increase the number of
uninsured. More going it alone in the world, instead of building
the shared responsibilities and shared opportunities necessary to
advance our security and restore our influence.

They actually want us to reward them for the last eight years by
giving them four more. Let's send them a message that will echo
from the Rockies all across America: Thanks, but no thanks. In this
case, the third time is not the charm.

My fellow Democrats, sixteen years ago, you gave me the profound
honor to lead our party to victory and to lead our nation to a new
era of peace and broadly shared prosperity.

Together, we prevailed in a campaign in which the Republicans
said I was too young and too inexperienced to be commander in
chief. Sound familiar? It didn't work in 1992, because we were on
the right side of history. And it won't work in 2008, because
Barack Obama is on the right side of history.

His life is a 21st Century incarnation of the American dream.
His achievements are proof of our continuing progress toward the
"more perfect union" of our founders' dreams. The values of
freedom and equal opportunity which have given him his historic
chance will drive him as president to give all Americans,
regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or
disability, their chance to build a decent life, and to show our
humanity, as well as our strength, to the world.

We see that humanity, that strength, and our future in Barack
and Michelle Obama and their beautiful children. We see them
reinforced by the partnership with Joe Biden, his wife Jill, a
dedicated teacher, and their family.

Barack Obama will lead us away from division and fear of the
last eight years back to unity and hope. If, like me, you still
believe America must always be a place called Hope, then join
Hillary, Chelsea and me in making Sen. Barack Obama the next
president of the United States.