Barack Obama

i have been run for presid now for a littl over five month __PUNCT__

and in that time __PUNCT__ i have been inspir by crowd ten of thousand of peopl strong __PUNCT__ mani who have come out for the veri first polit event of their lifetim __PUNCT__

we have seen more american sign up and contribut so far than ani other campaign in histori __PUNCT__

thei ar young and old __PUNCT__ republican and democrat __PUNCT__ white __PUNCT__ and black __PUNCT__ and latino __PUNCT__

i like to take the all the credit here myself __PUNCT__ but as my wife remind me everi dai __PUNCT__ i just not that great __PUNCT__

the real reason that so mani peopl ar come out and sign up is becaus thei see in thi campaign the potenti for the chang american ar so hungri for __PUNCT__

it not just the kind of chang you hear about in slogan or from politician everi few year __PUNCT__ it the kind of bottom __PUNCT__ up __PUNCT__ grassroot movement that can transform a nation __PUNCT__

la_raza ha alwai repres thi kind of movement __PUNCT__

you didn't get your start as some top __PUNCT__ down interest_group in washington __PUNCT__ you got your start stand up for the dream and aspir of latino in farm field and barrio all across america __PUNCT__

you got your start almost forti_year year_ago in place like southern_california __PUNCT__ where farm_worker and their children were beaten becaus thei ask for the right to organ __PUNCT__ becaus thei believ that pick grape all dai in the hot sun should be reward with a decent_wage and protect from deadli pesticid __PUNCT__

and when a man name cesar chavez saw thi injustic __PUNCT__ he knew it wasn't right and so he went about organ those worker __PUNCT__

and on fate dai he decid to draw the ey of the nation to their caus by sit down for a hunger_strike __PUNCT__

he went without food for twenti __PUNCT__ five dai __PUNCT__ and at on point he receiv a telegram from an atlanta preacher who wa busi lead hi own strike of sanit worker all the wai in memphi __PUNCT__ tennesse __PUNCT__

the telegram from dr __PUNCT__ martin_luther_king __PUNCT__ jr __PUNCT__ to cesar chavez said thi __PUNCT__ as brother in the fight for equal __PUNCT__ i extend the hand of fellowship and good will and wish continu success to you and your member __PUNCT__

our separ struggl ar realli on __PUNCT__

a struggl for freedom __PUNCT__ for digniti __PUNCT__ and for human __PUNCT__

our separ struggl ar realli on __PUNCT__

it wa a belief that dr __PUNCT__ king repeat often when he would sai that an injustic anywher is a threat to justic everywher __PUNCT__

it mean that the civil right movement wasn't just a movement of african __PUNCT__ american __PUNCT__ but latino american __PUNCT__ and white_american __PUNCT__ and everi american who believ that equal and opportun ar not just word to be said but promis to be kept __PUNCT__

the civil right movement wa your movement too __PUNCT__ and it unfinish work is still the task of everi american __PUNCT__

our separ struggl ar realli on __PUNCT__

if there a child stuck in a crumbl school who graduat without ever learn how to read __PUNCT__ it doesn't matter if that child is a latino from miami or an african __PUNCT__ american from chicago or a white girl from rural kentucki __PUNCT__ she is our child __PUNCT__ and her struggl is our struggl __PUNCT__

it doesn't matter if the injustic involv a brown man who badger into prove hi citizenship again and again or a black_man who pull over becaus the car he drive is too nice __PUNCT__ it injustic either wai and we all have a role in end it __PUNCT__

whether you on of the __NUM___million_american without health_care in thi countri __PUNCT__ or the on in five african_american __PUNCT__ or the on in three latino __PUNCT__ it will take all of us to stand up to a drug and insur_industri that spent___MONEY__ __MONEY___billion in lobbi to block health_care_reform __PUNCT__

that the kind of movement we need in america __PUNCT__

it won't be enough to chang parti in thi elect if we don't also chang a polit that ha tri to divid us for far too long __PUNCT__

becaus when we spend all our time keep score of who up and who down __PUNCT__ the onli winner ar those who can afford to plai the game __PUNCT__ those with the most monei __PUNCT__ and influenc __PUNCT__ and power __PUNCT__

that why right now __PUNCT__ the experi we need in the next presid is the proven abil to bring_peopl to the tabl and get thing done __PUNCT__

we need a leader who will to tell the lobbyist and special_interest that while thei get a seat at that tabl __PUNCT__ the dai of them bui everi chair ar over __PUNCT__

i run for presid becaus i have been that kind of leader my entir life __PUNCT__

i wa too young to particip in the civil right movement __PUNCT__ but i wa inspir by leader like king and chavez to becom a commun_organ __PUNCT__

almost twenti __PUNCT__ five year_ago __PUNCT__ i wa hire by a group of church on the south_side of chicago to help turn around neighborhood that had been devast by the close of nearbi steel plant __PUNCT__

i knew that chang wouldn't be easi __PUNCT__ but i also knew it would be imposs without bring folk togeth and build a movement within the commun __PUNCT__

so i reach out and form coalit between latino leader and black_leader on everi issu from fail school to illeg dump to unimmun children __PUNCT__

and togeth __PUNCT__ we made progress __PUNCT__

we set up job_train and after school program __PUNCT__ and we taught peopl on the south_side to stand up to their govern when it wasn't stand up for them __PUNCT__

but i didn't stop there __PUNCT__

when all the cynic said it wasn't possibl __PUNCT__ i kept build coalit and make_progress throughout my eight year in the illinoi state_senat __PUNCT__

thei told me i couldn't reform a death_penalti system that had sent __NUM__ innoc_peopl to death_row __PUNCT__

but we did that __PUNCT__

thei told me that try to pass new racial_profil law to protect black_folk and brown folk would stir up too much controversi __PUNCT__

but we did that too __PUNCT__

and thei doubt whether we could put govern_back on the side of averag peopl __PUNCT__ but we put __MONEY___million worth of tax_cut in the pocket of the low __PUNCT__ incom worker and pass health_care_reform that insur anoth __NUM___children and parent __PUNCT__

so i want you to rememb on thing __PUNCT__ becaus you be hear from a lot of candid todai __PUNCT__

when i talk about hope __PUNCT__ when i talk about chang __PUNCT__ when i talk about hold america up to it ideal of opportun and equal __PUNCT__ thi isn't just the rhetor of a campaign for me __PUNCT__ it been the caus of my life __PUNCT__ a caus i will work for and fight for everi dai as your presid __PUNCT__

i will be a presid who rememb that our separ struggl ar realli on __PUNCT__

i will never walk awai from the tough battl or the difficult work of bring_peopl togeth __PUNCT__

and i will never walk awai from the __NUM___million undocu_immigr who live __PUNCT__ work __PUNCT__ and contribut to our countri everi singl_dai __PUNCT__

there ar few better exampl of how broken __PUNCT__ bitter __PUNCT__ and divis our polit ha becom than the immigr debat that plai out in washington a few week_ago __PUNCT__

so mani of us __PUNCT__ democrat and republican __PUNCT__ were will to compromis in order to pass comprehens reform that would secur our border while give the undocu a chanc to earn their citizenship __PUNCT__

we knew that the american_peopl believ that we ar a nation of law __PUNCT__ that we have a right and duti to protect our border __PUNCT__

and we should also crack down on employ who hire undocu_worker so that we can protect job and wage __PUNCT__

but the american_peopl also know that we ar a nation of immigr __PUNCT__ a nation that ha alwai been will to give weari travel from around the world the chanc to come here and reach for the dream that so mani of us have reach for __PUNCT__

that the america that answer my father letter and hi prayer and brought him here from kenya so long_ago __PUNCT__

that the america we believ in __PUNCT__

but that the america that the presid and too mani republican walk awai from when the polit got tough __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ there ar plenti of peopl oppos to immigr_reform for principl reason that i happen to disagre with __PUNCT__

but thi time around __PUNCT__ we saw part of the immigr debat took a turn that wa both ugli and racist in a wai we haven't seen sinc the struggl for civil right __PUNCT__

well we didn't walk awai from injustic then and we won't walk awai from it todai __PUNCT__

i keep fight __PUNCT__ and i keep attend immigr ralli __PUNCT__ and i keep believ that we can have a civil debat about immigr where we begin to recogn ourselv in on anoth __PUNCT__

and when i presid __PUNCT__ i will put comprehens_immigr immigr_reform back on the nation agenda and i will not rest until it is pass onc and for all __PUNCT__

but you and i know that the struggl we share goe far beyond immigr __PUNCT__

we don't expect our govern to guarante success and happi __PUNCT__ but when million of children start the race of life so far behind onli becaus of race __PUNCT__ onli becaus of class __PUNCT__ that a betray of our ideal __PUNCT__

that not just a latino problem or an african __PUNCT__ american problem __PUNCT__ that is an american problem that we have to solv __PUNCT__

it an american problem when latino ar the most like to be uninsur even though thei make up a disproportion_share of the workforc __PUNCT__

it an american problem when on in four latino cannot commun well with their doctor about what wrong or fill out medic form becaus there ar languag barrier we refus to break down __PUNCT__

it an american problem that our health_care_system is broken and it time to fix it onc and for all __PUNCT__

i have a univers_health_care health_care_plan that will cover everi american and cut the cost of a typic famili premium by up to __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__

it a plan that let the uninsur bui_insur that similar to the kind member of congress give themselv __PUNCT__

if you can't afford that __PUNCT__ you get a subsidi to pai for it __PUNCT__

and it goe further than ani other propos plan in cut the cost of health_care by invest in technolog and prevent_care __PUNCT__ break the stranglehold the drug and insur_industri have on the health_care market __PUNCT__ and help busi and famili shoulder the cost of the most expens condit so that an ill doesn't lead to a bankruptci __PUNCT__

and i promis you thi __PUNCT__ i will sign thi univers_health_care health_care_plan by the end of my first term in offic as your presid __PUNCT__

count on it __PUNCT__

it also time for thi countri to keep the promis of a world __PUNCT__ class educ for everi child __PUNCT__ becaus it an american problem when nearli half of all latino student do not receiv a high_school diploma __PUNCT__

it an american problem when too mani of these student who want to learn_english don't have the resourc to learn english and ar punish as a result __PUNCT__

let give our kid everyth thei could possibl need to have a fight chanc __PUNCT__

let not pass a law call no child_left behind and then leav the monei behind __PUNCT__

let final invest in what make the most differ in ani child educ __PUNCT__ the person stand in the front of the classroom __PUNCT__

as presid __PUNCT__ i will launch a campaign to recruit hundr of thousand of new teacher across the countri __PUNCT__ and i pai them like the profession thei ar __PUNCT__

and let make sure ani child who come here and studi here and doe well in school get the same chanc to attend a public colleg as anyon els __PUNCT__

i help pass the dream act in illinoi __PUNCT__ and i will do the same as presid __PUNCT__

and there on other thing we can do __PUNCT__

for million of latino and other american __PUNCT__ the cornerston of the american_dream is the abil to own your own home __PUNCT__

you work_hard for it __PUNCT__ and you save for it __PUNCT__ and you will to sacrific to bui it __PUNCT__

but there is an armi of lender and broker out there who ar readi and will to take advantag of your hope and cheat you out of your dream __PUNCT__

thei lurk in your neighborhood and sometim thei even come into your church and thei offer you these subprim_mortgag mortgag_loan __PUNCT__

thei make them sound easi and afford and thei tell you to ignor the fine_print and ask you to sign on the dot line __PUNCT__

your first coupl of payment ar ok __PUNCT__ but then after month go by __PUNCT__ the cost of your monthli_payment start jump __PUNCT__

then it jump some more __PUNCT__

pretti soon you pai almost all of your incom on your hous payment __PUNCT__

and eventu __PUNCT__ you forc to foreclos on your dream __PUNCT__

and the worst part is that the lender knew thi would happen from dai on __PUNCT__

a recent_report show that __NUM___million sub __PUNCT__ prime_loan made in recent_year have fail or will end in foreclosur __PUNCT__ cost homeown as much as __MONEY___billion __PUNCT__

latino hold up to __NUM__ percent of these mortgag __PUNCT__

african_american hold over half __PUNCT__

thi is no accid __PUNCT__

these loan ar discriminatori __PUNCT__ thei ar dishonest __PUNCT__ and it time for us to treat these fraudul lender like the crimin that thei ar __PUNCT__

when i am presid __PUNCT__ i will make_law the legisl i alreadi introduc that would crack down on lender and broker found_guilti of fraud by increas enforc and creat new crimin penalti __PUNCT__

we also do more to protect homeown from fraud in the first place by provid them counsel so thei get the advic thei need both befor and after thei bui their home __PUNCT__

we even creat an easi __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ read __PUNCT__ easi __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ understand measur call the home score that let you figur out exactli what a mortgag will cost you both initi and down the road __PUNCT__

no on should get trick into lose their home so that some loan_shark can make a profit __PUNCT__ and i will make sure of that as your presid __PUNCT__

we can do that __PUNCT__

you know __PUNCT__ a coupl of year_ago __PUNCT__ right around the time of the first immigr debat __PUNCT__ i attend a natur workshop at a church in chicago __PUNCT__

i walk down the aisl of the church and met peopl who were clutch their american_flag __PUNCT__ wait to be call up so thei could start the long process of becom citizen __PUNCT__

at on point __PUNCT__ a littl girl came up to me and ask me for my autograph __PUNCT__

she said her name wa cristina __PUNCT__ that she wa studi govern __PUNCT__ and want to show the autograph to her third grade class __PUNCT__

i told her parent thei should be proud of her __PUNCT__

and as i watch cristina translat my word into spanish for them __PUNCT__ i thought for a moment about dr __PUNCT__ king telegram to cesar chavez __PUNCT__ and i knew that __PUNCT__ in the end __PUNCT__ our separ dream ar realli on as well __PUNCT__

it the dream my father had when he arriv here from kenya __PUNCT__

the dream cristina parent had for her __PUNCT__

and the dream that i have for my own two daughter __PUNCT__

i chose a career in public_servic almost twenti __PUNCT__ five year_ago becaus each night that i tuck them in __PUNCT__ i realiz that their chanc in life depend on our abil to creat a countri where what thei look like and where thei come from ha no bear on what thei can becom __PUNCT__

that what ha guid my life_work __PUNCT__ and if you give me the chanc __PUNCT__ that exactli the kind of countri i will work for as your presid __PUNCT__

i ask you to give me that chanc __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__