Modified text from the closing argument in “To Kill A Mockingbird” - with apologies to Harper Lee and Horton Foote.

“The candidates for the Republican Party, with the exception of a few tepid disavowals, have presented themselves to you voters - to this Country - in the cynical confidence that their inferences would not be doubted; confident that you voters would go along with them on the assumption, the evil assumption, that people like Senator Obama lie (he’s been palling around with terrorists); that people like Senator Obama are basically immoral beings (he was an inner city “community organizer” with no real responsibilities who wants to kill babies); that people like Senator Obama are not to be trusted around our women and children (he wants to teach sex education to kindergartners), an assumption that one associates with minds of their caliber, and which is in itself, dear voters, a lie - which I do not need to point out to you.

And so, a noble, inspiring, transcendent Senator, our nation’s first African American nominee for President, who has had the unmitigated temerity to feel sorry for rural white voters so disgusted with politics that they put their trust in guns, religious faith, and opposing illegal immigration - has had to put his word against two white candidates.

Senator Obama is not guilty of injecting these incendiary, inflammatory, racially tinged, mob mentality arguments into this campaign. But somebody in this election is.

Now, voters, in this country our elections are the great levelers. In our elections, all men are created equal. I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our democracy and of our democratic elections. That's no ideal to me. That is a living, working reality!

Now I am confident that you, the voters, will review without passion the evidence that you have heard - by means of the very few responsible journalists in the media - come to a decision, and elect Barack Obama as the next President of the United States.

In the name of all that is right, vote your conscience. In the name of restoring our integrity around the globe, and furthering all that our nation so urgently needs in these uncertain times, elect this man as the 44th President of United States and as the leader of the free world.”

_{(Actual text from the screenplay can be found here)}