Caroline Kennedy defended President Obama against critics who argue that he has not lived up to his promises in her convention speech in Charlotte Thursday night. “Back then, I was inspired by the promise of Barack Obama’s presidency,” Kennedy said. “Today, I’m inspired by his record.”
Kennedy then highlighted Obama’s work on women’s rights, helping children and health care reform.
I know Barack Obama will fight for women and children, and all Americans, because he has proven it. He has the quality my father most admired in public life: courage.
Despite critics who said it wasn’t good politics, President Obama listened to my Uncle Teddy, and staked his presidency on making health care accessible to all Americans.
Kennedy ended with a plea to young voters:
So let me say to the young—and the young at heart—Barack Obama is only president because you worked for him. Because you believed in him. Because you convinced your parents to vote for him. Young people have always led America toward a brighter future. It happened in 1960. It happened in 2008. And if you show the same spirit in this election as you did in the last, I know that we’ll make history again on November 6th.
