Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I roto i tētahi tuhinga i huaina ko "An Immigrant's Dream and the Audacity of Hope" i roto i te "American Behavioral Scientist", ka whakataurite a Babak Elahi rāua ko Grant Cos i te kōrero a Obama ki te kōrero a te Kāwana o California a Arnold Schwarzenegger i te hui o te ao Māori i te tau kotahi mano tekau mā iwa, i te tau kotahi mano tekau mā iwa, i te tau kotahi mano tekau mā iwa.
2004 Republican National Convention, e rua e whakamahi ana i te "korero moemoea manene". Ka kite rātau i te hurihanga o te kupu a Obama mai i tana ake oranga ki tera o John Kerry, i taea e ia te whakaatu i tetahi tohe pono e kii ana ko Senator Kerry, na roto i tana mahi ki te whenua, he " manene honore ", a na reira kua whiriwhiria e Kerry kia noho hei tangata whenua o Amerika.