Barack Obama: "We Are a Better Country Than This"

Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president in front of 80,000 people Thursday night by proclaiming: "America, we are better than these last eight years. "We are a better country than this," he said in a 42-minute speech at Invesco Field in Denver (Watch above). The Illinois senator described his life as the result of the "American promise" and slammed Republican opponent John McCain for being out of touch. "I don't believe that Senator McCain doesn't care what's going on in the lives of Americans -- I just think he doesn't know," he said. "John McCain doesn't get it." Obama also responded to McCain's charge that he's more like a celebrity than a leader by recounting his humble roots. "Now, I don't know what kind of lives John McCain thinks that celebrities lead, but this has been mine," he said to applause. See photos of Barack Obama and his family . Among the audience: Oprah Winfrey, Jessica Alba, Fergie, Rosario Dawson, Wilmer ... (link)