Herman Cain

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love ya __PUNCT__

love ya __PUNCT__

love ya __PUNCT__

love y'all __PUNCT__

love y'all __PUNCT__

my __PUNCT__ my my __PUNCT__

love ya __PUNCT__

aww __PUNCT__ shucki ducki as the man would sai __PUNCT__

i got to tell ya __PUNCT__

let me __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

i see some antioch peopl out there __PUNCT__ a few of them back there yell __PUNCT__

i understand that my aunt bessi is here __PUNCT__

oh __PUNCT__ there she is __PUNCT__

now do you know why it is so moment that my aunt bessi is here __PUNCT__ she hasn't decid if she can vote for me yet __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer __PUNCT__ but i go to chang her mind __PUNCT__

just like we go to chang the mind of a lot of folk in america __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ but i want to thank all of you again from the absolut bottom of my heart for you be here __PUNCT__ becaus there wa some skeptic as you know who didn't think anybodi would show up for an announc from me __PUNCT__

and the last time i heard there ar __NUM__ of you'al right here __PUNCT__

centenni olymp park __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

you know it ha been thi kind of encourag that ha gotten me to thi point __PUNCT__

and it is thi kind of encourag that i believ __PUNCT__ that i know is go to take us to where we ar try to get to __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ mani of you know that i grew up right here in atlanta __PUNCT__ georgia __PUNCT__

right here in atlanta __PUNCT__ georgia __PUNCT__

i stand in the shadow of my upbring __PUNCT__

i stand here todai as the son of a chauffeur and a domest_worker __PUNCT__ who taught me and my brother three of the most import valu we could have ever learn __PUNCT__

belief in god __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ belief in what we could for ourselv __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and belief in thi except nation call the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ believ in it __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ you know that the peopl that ar struggl the most ar the on who don't believ in thi nation __PUNCT__

thei don't believ in the valu of thi nation __PUNCT__

my parent never utter the word __PUNCT__ victim __PUNCT__ becaus thei never felt like a victim __PUNCT__ have the opportun to be in thi nation despit it challeng __PUNCT__

so i stand here todai as luther and lenora oldest son __PUNCT__ in my hometown __PUNCT__

i stand here todai in thi hour __PUNCT__ in the shadow of the olymp flame __PUNCT__ which repres not onli the determin of those that go to the olymp everi four year with their own determin __PUNCT__ but it also signifi the great spirit of thi great_countri __PUNCT__ the spirit of america __PUNCT__

that what it signifi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and it is the spirit of america and the determin of america and the determin of it peopl that we ar go to take our countri_back __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ we go to take it back __PUNCT__

thi dai __PUNCT__ thi hour __PUNCT__ in the spirit of america and the spirit of the olymp here in thi park __PUNCT__

when peopl go to the olymp everi four year __PUNCT__ thei don't go to the olymp to come in second __PUNCT__

thei go to the olymp to win __PUNCT__

and you see __PUNCT__ just like the spirit of the olymp __PUNCT__ number two is not in america dna __PUNCT__

we don't do number two __PUNCT__

right here __PUNCT__ thi dai __PUNCT__ thi hour __PUNCT__ thi moment __PUNCT__

remind me of the word to the close song of the __NUM__ olymp __PUNCT__ life can be a challeng __PUNCT__ life can seem imposs __PUNCT__ it never easi when there so much on the line __PUNCT__ but you and i can make a differ __PUNCT__

there a mission just for you __PUNCT__ there a mission just for me __PUNCT__

just look insid and you will find just what you can do __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ right here __PUNCT__ thi dai __PUNCT__ thi hour __PUNCT__ and thi moment __PUNCT__ i have look insid of me and at thi moment __PUNCT__ thi dai amongst thousand and thousand of my friend __PUNCT__ and with my famili here with me and associ that i have known throughout the year __PUNCT__ thi dai __PUNCT__ thi hour __PUNCT__ thi moment i came here to declar my candidaci for the republican_nomin for presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ thi moment __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ thi moment __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ just to be clear __PUNCT__ just to be clear __PUNCT__

in case you accid listen to a skeptic or a doubt thoma out there __PUNCT__

just to be clear __PUNCT__ let me sai it again __PUNCT__

i run for presid of the unit state __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and i not run for second __PUNCT__

i not run for second __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ on __PUNCT__

thi dai __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ crowd chant herman __PUNCT__ herman __PUNCT__ now let me tell ya __PUNCT__

becaus i had report ask me sometim __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ ar you run just to get attent and mayb come in second or mayb to get a cabinet posit __PUNCT__ i said you don't know veri much about me __PUNCT__

you don't run for second __PUNCT__ i don't run for second __PUNCT__

i run to be number on __PUNCT__

now let me tell you some of the reason of why i am run for presid of the unit state __PUNCT__

on of the biggest reason is that we have becom a nation of crise __PUNCT__

we have a moral crisi __PUNCT__

we got an econom_crisi __PUNCT__

we got an entitl_spend crisi __PUNCT__

we got an immigr_crisi __PUNCT__

we got a foggi foreign_affair crisi __PUNCT__

and we got a defici of leadership crisi in the white_hous __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ there is a big differ between leadership and positionship __PUNCT__ a big differ between leadership and positionship __PUNCT__

let look at the fact rel to all of these crise __PUNCT__

we have anem econom_growth __PUNCT__

in the first quarter of thi year our gdp onli grew by __NUM__ __PUNCT__

that is anem __PUNCT__ especi when china is grow at __NUM__ __PUNCT__ compound __PUNCT__

and if we don't increas our growth_rate __PUNCT__ thei go to be as big as we ar in five year if you take out the differ in exchang_rate __PUNCT__

and like i said earlier __PUNCT__ if we allow china to becom as econom_power as us __PUNCT__ you know that thei ar go try to develop their militari might as big as our __PUNCT__

and i don't know about you __PUNCT__ but i not go to allow america to be number two in the economi or number two militarili __PUNCT__ not on our watch __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ not on our watch __PUNCT__

we ar a nation of crise __PUNCT__

look at the fact __PUNCT__ don't listen to the rhetor __PUNCT__

a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ unemploy_rate __PUNCT__ with nearli __NUM___million_peopl out of work __PUNCT__

__NUM___million_peopl on food_stamp __PUNCT__ that __NUM___million more than there were when the current occup of the white_hous took over __PUNCT__

four dollar a gallon for ga and it not over yet __PUNCT__

on trillion_dollar in spend to stimul the economi and it didn't stimul diddli __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ all of that __PUNCT__ and now to have a __NUM___trillion trillion_dollar nation_debt and the debat in washington dc is go on about do we rais the debt_ceil again __PUNCT__ let me tell you what the cain doctrin would be __PUNCT__

we ain't rais the debt ceil __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ we go to cut the spend __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ it call reduc __PUNCT__

so look at the fact __PUNCT__

don't just listen to the rhetor __PUNCT__

look at the fact __PUNCT__

the stuff is not work __PUNCT__

it not work __PUNCT__

so the onli thing that i can conclud is it time to get real folk __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer __PUNCT__ it time to get real __PUNCT__

hope and chang ain't work __PUNCT__

hope and chang is not a solut __PUNCT__

hope and chang is not a job __PUNCT__

hope and chang is not a new busi __PUNCT__

hope and chang is not a vision __PUNCT__

we need a new vision in thi countri and that mean we need a new person lead thi nation in the white_hous __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ it ain't work __PUNCT__

now i want to ask you a few question __PUNCT__

is america readi for real result __PUNCT__ __URL__ __PUNCT__ is america readi for common_sens solut __PUNCT__ __URL__ __PUNCT__ is america readi to rekindl the spirit of america __PUNCT__ __URL__ __PUNCT__ and is america readi for a real leader __PUNCT__ not a reader __PUNCT__ __URL__ __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ do you want a leader __PUNCT__ or you want a reader __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ now sinc __PUNCT__ crowd chant herman __PUNCT__ herman __PUNCT__ i know __PUNCT__ i know it took some peopl to connect the dot on that last statement __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ thei were a littl slow __PUNCT__ but thei final got it __PUNCT__

now sinc you answer ye to those question __PUNCT__ let me describ our new vision __PUNCT__

i don't call it my vision __PUNCT__ my job as the leader is to defin it __PUNCT__ kei it up __PUNCT__ share it with you __PUNCT__ it becom our vision __PUNCT__

becaus __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ i can't do thi by myself __PUNCT__

thi will be our vision __PUNCT__ not a polit_vision __PUNCT__ not the agenda of on person __PUNCT__ but it ha to be the agenda of the peopl of thi countri __PUNCT__

i call it our vision __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and in order for us __PUNCT__ in order for us to be abl to achiev and make realiti out of our vision __PUNCT__ we go to need some new plan __PUNCT__ set some new prioriti __PUNCT__ and certainli get some new peopl around the presid __PUNCT__ thi presid that ar better than the on we got __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ in term of the vision __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ our new vision __PUNCT__ real econom_growth __PUNCT__ not anem growth and in order to do it __PUNCT__ we got to lower_tax tax_rate for corpor and individu __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ we got to suspend tax on repatri profit __PUNCT__

we got to take the capit_gain gain_tax to zero __PUNCT__

we got to give the worker of america a real payrol_tax holidai and then put a bow around it and make the tax_rate perman __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ that would lead econom_growth __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ our vision __PUNCT__

a real energi_independ plan __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ a real on __PUNCT__

not on that someon just read off of a teleprompt __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__

a real on __PUNCT__

on of thing that is so frustrat about it is that we have the resourc to becom energi independ __PUNCT__ we simpli need to pull the resourc togeth in order to make it happen __PUNCT__

that our vision __PUNCT__

you know __PUNCT__ i will never go to a foreign_countri or brazil __PUNCT__ loan them monei and then tell them we ar go to be their best custom for their oil __PUNCT__

let me share with you anoth on of the cain doctrin __PUNCT__

america is go to be it own best custom __PUNCT__

drill here __PUNCT__

drill now __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ right here in the u.s.a __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ we will be our own best custom __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and as presid of the unit_state i go to make sure that we ar our own best custom when it come to our energi need and our energi_resourc __PUNCT__

it not that we don't have the resourc __PUNCT__ we just got too much bureaucraci that keep get in the wai __PUNCT__

our new vision mean immigr through the front_door and not through the back_door __PUNCT__ not through the side door __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ thi nation wa built upon immigr __PUNCT__

legal_immigr __PUNCT__

and if we attack the right problem __PUNCT__ which is we got four problem __PUNCT__ not on __PUNCT__

we got to secur the border __PUNCT__ we got to enforc the law that ar there __PUNCT__ we got to promot the path to citizenship that alreadi there __PUNCT__ clean up the bureaucraci __PUNCT__

we don't need a new path to citizenship __PUNCT__ we alreadi have on __PUNCT__

why don't you ask the million of peopl who came here legal __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ thei tell you __PUNCT__

and then the fourth thing that we have to do in order to deal with the illeg that ar alreadi here __PUNCT__ the feder_govern is not go to solv the problem __PUNCT__

in our new vision we will empow the state to solv the problem of those that ar here __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ that how we take care of that problem __PUNCT__

and the last thing that you will get from a herman_cain presid is su a state becaus thei ar try to protect themselv __PUNCT__

we shouldn't be su arizona __PUNCT__ we ought to send them a prize __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ a peac_prize __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ su a state of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

there a major disconnect __PUNCT__

our new vision __PUNCT__

real energi __PUNCT__ econom_growth __PUNCT__ real energi_independ __PUNCT__ immigr through the front_door __PUNCT__ not the back_door or the side door __PUNCT__ and then real __PUNCT__ clear foreign_polici __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ real clear __PUNCT__

i love it when the skeptic want to critic me becaus of __PUNCT__ lack of foreign polici experi __PUNCT__

let me tell you what i know about foreign polici experi __PUNCT__

i know that you don't throw your friend under the bu __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ that what i know about foreign polici __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ you don't need to have year in the state_depart to figur that out __PUNCT__

know who your friend ar __PUNCT__

know who you enemi ar __PUNCT__

and don't throw your friend under the bu __PUNCT__

i wa shock last week __PUNCT__ i think it wa thursdai __PUNCT__ when presid_obama threw israel under the bu __PUNCT__

let me tell you what the cain doctrin would be __PUNCT__ rel to our friend __PUNCT__ and i share with you later my doctrin rel to our enemi __PUNCT__

i got some stuff for them too __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ but __PUNCT__ rel to israel __PUNCT__ that most of us have appreci the relationship for decad __PUNCT__

the cain doctrin to the world would simpli be if you mess with israel __PUNCT__ you mess with the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

don't mess with us __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ don't mess with us __PUNCT__

is that real clear __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ is that real clear __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ that what i mean by real clear foreign_polici __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ know who your friend ar __PUNCT__

know who your enemi ar __PUNCT__

and it our new vision __PUNCT__ not the establish __PUNCT__ not the politician __PUNCT__

it is our new vision __PUNCT__

let me __PUNCT__ and lastli thi nation ha gradual over the year slip in to an entitl societi __PUNCT__

well i got to tell you folk __PUNCT__ not onli do i believ it is possibl __PUNCT__ but i also know that it time with restructur program __PUNCT__ instead of reshuffl program we can take thi entitl societi to an empower societi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ empow peopl __PUNCT__

empow the state __PUNCT__

empow busi __PUNCT__

we can becom an empower societi with our new vision __PUNCT__

with our new vision __PUNCT__

you know the found_father thei did their job __PUNCT__

and thei did a great job at it __PUNCT__

and thei kept it simpl __PUNCT__

thei wrote the declar of independ __PUNCT__ thei design and wrote the constitut of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

and on of the other thing that is part of our vision is that we don't need to rewrit the declar __PUNCT__ we don't need to rewrit the constitut of the unit state __PUNCT__

rewrit it __PUNCT__ we need to reread the constitut and enforc the constitut __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ we don't need to rewrit __PUNCT__ let reread __PUNCT__

and i know that there ar some peopl that ar not go to do that __PUNCT__

so for the benefit of those that ar not go to read it __PUNCT__ becaus thei don't want us to go by the constitut __PUNCT__ there a littl section in there that talk about life __PUNCT__ liberti __PUNCT__ and the pursuit of happi __PUNCT__

you know those ideal that we live by __PUNCT__ we believ in __PUNCT__ your parent believ in __PUNCT__ thei instil in you __PUNCT__

when you get to the part about life __PUNCT__ liberti __PUNCT__ and the pursuit of happi __PUNCT__ don't stop right there __PUNCT__ keep read __PUNCT__

becaus that when it sai __PUNCT__ when ani form of govern becom destruct of those ideal __PUNCT__ it is the right of the peopl to alter or abolish it __PUNCT__

we got some alter and some abolish to do __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ in __NUM__ we ar not onli go to keep control of the hous of repres __PUNCT__ we ar go to also control the unit state_senat and take it back __PUNCT__

and in __NUM__ we ar also go to run the trifecta and alter the occup of the white_hous with a new presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and lastli __PUNCT__ crowd chant herman __PUNCT__ herman __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__

and for sure __PUNCT__ we all go to have to work a littl harder __PUNCT__ we go to have to work a littl smarter __PUNCT__

we not go to convert everybodi over to our conserv wai of think __PUNCT__ we not go to sell everybodi on our new vision with new leadership __PUNCT__ new peopl __PUNCT__ new wai to think about it __PUNCT__

becaus a good_friend friend_told me onc __PUNCT__ all you can do is save the savabl __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ between __DATE__ now and __DATE__ i think i go to save my aunt bessi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i think she got hope __PUNCT__

we got a lot of work to do folk __PUNCT__ but i believ that we can do thi __PUNCT__

if i didn't believ we could do thi __PUNCT__ i wouldn't be do it __PUNCT__

so we all got to do a littl bit more __PUNCT__

we all go to work a littl bit harder in order to take back thi countri __PUNCT__

it go to be tough __PUNCT__ i up for the fight __PUNCT__ i up for the challeng __PUNCT__ and i know that you ar too __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ the found_father __PUNCT__ the found father did their job __PUNCT__ we have to do our job and be the defend father __PUNCT__

and i have been bless with two adult kid __PUNCT__ thei grown and gone __PUNCT__

we got three grandkid and it not about us __PUNCT__

it not about us __PUNCT__ and i know everybodi here feel that wai from me travel all over the countri talk to group dai in and dai out __PUNCT__ town_hall_meet __PUNCT__ larg ralli __PUNCT__ big ralli __PUNCT__ small ralli __PUNCT__ the messag ha been consist __PUNCT__

it not about us __PUNCT__ and peopl ar readi to do whatev it take in order to take thi nation back __PUNCT__

and i firmli believ in my heart that god is in thi journei __PUNCT__ that god is in thi journei __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and in __DATE__ of __NUM__ the dai after the elect_dai __PUNCT__ when we wake up that morn and all of the vote ar count and thei declar not onli all of the local_elect elect_result __PUNCT__ the state __PUNCT__ wide elect result __PUNCT__ the congression result __PUNCT__ the senatori result __PUNCT__ but when we wake up and thei declar the presidenti result and herman_cain is in the white_hous __PUNCT__ we all be abl to sai __PUNCT__ free at last __PUNCT__ free at last __PUNCT__ thank god almighti thi nation is free at last again __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ god_bless you __PUNCT__

god bless the u.s.a __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ crowd chant herman __PUNCT__ herman __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__

thank you veri much __PUNCT__

thi is my famili along with you __PUNCT__ and i want you to see them __PUNCT__ becaus thi thing is go to move so fast that you mai not see them much __PUNCT__ so you better look quick __PUNCT__

thank you again __PUNCT__ ladi and gentleman __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

thank you veri much __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

thank you veri much __PUNCT__

jim __PUNCT__ bessi __PUNCT__

thank you veri much __PUNCT__

god bless you __PUNCT__

god bless you __PUNCT__

stai tune __PUNCT__

god bless you __PUNCT__

god bless each and everi on of you __PUNCT__