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2004 Republican National Convention, ha abụọ jiri "akụkọ nrọ ndị mbịarambịa" mee ihe. Ha na-ahụ na n'okwu ọnụ Obama si na akụkọ ndụ ya pụọ ma laghachi na nke John Kerry, o nwere ike ịme arụmụka na-ekwenye ekwenye na Senator Kerry, site n'ozi ya onwe ya nye mba ahụ, bụ "onye mbata na ọpụpụ asọpụrụ", yabụ na Kerry ahọrọla ịbụ nwa amaala America.