For the last six years we’ve been told that our mounting debts don’t matter, we’ve been told that the anxiety Americans feel about rising health care costs and stagnant wages are an illusion, we’ve been told that climate change is a hoax, and that tough talk and an ill-conceived war can replace diplomacy, and strategy, and foresight. And when all else fails, when Katrina happens, or the death toll in Iraq mounts, we’ve been told that our crises are somebody else’s fault. We’re distracted from our real failures and told to blame the other party, or gay people, or immigrants.　　在过去的6年中，我们不断地被告知越积越多的债务并不要紧，美国人对于日益上涨的医疗卫生费用和工资停滞的状况感到焦虑只是一个错觉，气候变化只是个愚弄人的玩笑，强硬的言辞和考虑欠周的战争可以用来代替民主、战略和远见卓识。当经历所有其他的失败后，当卡特里娜飓风来临时，抑或当伊拉克战场上士兵的死亡人数不断增加时，我们被告知我们的危机源自其他人的错误。我们没有意识到自己真正的失败，却被告知应该责备另一个党派或是同性恋者或是移民。 　　And as people have looked away in disillusionment and frustration, we know what’s filled the void. The cynics, and the lobbyists, and the special interests who’ve turned our government into a game only they can afford to play. They write the checks and you get stuck with the bills, they get the access while you get to write a letter, they think they own this government, but we’re here today to take it back. The time for that politics is over. It’s time to turn the page.

　　当人们在幻灭和挫败中把目光移向别处，我们知道是什么填补了空白。那些愤世嫉俗者、说客还有那些特殊利益集团，把美国的政治变成了一场只有他们才能玩得起的游戏。他们能大笔一挥，开出支票来解决问题，而你却要为他们埋单；他们享有特权获得各种资源，而你却需要写申请信。他们认为政府归他们所有，而我们今天在这里要把它夺回来。这种政治的时代现已一去不复返，历史该翻开新的一页了。