Barack Obama

befor we begin __PUNCT__ i just want to take a minut to thank senat_clinton for the kind and gener support she offer on saturdai __PUNCT__

she ran an histor campaign that shatter barrier on behalf of my daughter and women everywher who now know there ar no limit to their dream __PUNCT__

and more __PUNCT__ she inspir million of women and men with her strength __PUNCT__ her courag __PUNCT__ and her unyield commit to the caus that brought us here todai __PUNCT__ the hope and aspir of work_american __PUNCT__

our parti and our countri ar stronger becaus of the work she ha done throughout her life __PUNCT__ and i look forward to work with her in these come month and year to lai out the case for chang and set a new cours for thi countri __PUNCT__

i often said that thi elect_repres a defin moment in our histori __PUNCT__

on major_issu like the war in iraq or the warm of our planet __PUNCT__ the decis we make in __DATE__ and over the next few year will shape a gener __PUNCT__ if not a centuri __PUNCT__

that is especi true when it come to our economi __PUNCT__

we have now lost job for five straight month __PUNCT__ more than __NUM__ sinc the begin of thi year __PUNCT__

last month we saw the biggest rise in the unemploy_rate in more than twenti_year __PUNCT__

the percentag of home in foreclosur and late mortgag_payment is the highest sinc the great_depress __PUNCT__

the price of oil ha never been higher and set a record on fridai for the largest on __PUNCT__ dai spike in histori __PUNCT__

the cost of health_care and colleg_tuition and even food have all hit record level __PUNCT__ while famili_incom have fallen and the wage of our worker have stai the same __PUNCT__

you don't have to read the stock ticker or scan the headlin in the financi section to understand the serious of the situat we in right now __PUNCT__

you just have to go to pennsylvania and listen to the man who lost hi job but can't even afford the ga to drive around and look for a new on __PUNCT__

or listen to the woman from iowa who work the night shift after a full dai of class and still can't pai the medic_bill for a sister who ill __PUNCT__

or talk to the worker i met in indiana who work at the same plant hi father work at for thirti_year until thei move it to mexico and made the worker actual pack up the equip themselv so thei could send it to china __PUNCT__

go to janesvil __PUNCT__ wisconsin or morain __PUNCT__ ohio and talk to the worker at gener_motor who just found out the plant thei labor their entir live at will be close forev __PUNCT__ or the thousand of truck_driver and airlin worker who will lose their job becaus of the debilit cost of fuel __PUNCT__

or just ask ani famili in north_carolina who will sit around their kitchen_tabl tonight and wonder whether next week paycheck will be enough to cover next month bill __PUNCT__ who will look at their children without know if thei be abl to give them the same chanc that thei had __PUNCT__

we did not arriv at the doorstep of our current econom_crisi by some accid of histori __PUNCT__

thi wa not an inevit part of the busi_cycl that wa beyond our power to avoid __PUNCT__

it wa the logic_conclus of a tire and misguid philosophi that ha domin washington for far too long __PUNCT__

georg_bush call it the ownership_societi __PUNCT__ but it littl more than a worn dogma that sai we should give more to those at the top and hope that their good_fortun trickl down to the hardwork mani __PUNCT__

for eight long year __PUNCT__ our presid sacrif invest in health_care __PUNCT__ and educ __PUNCT__ and energi __PUNCT__ and infrastructur on the altar of tax_break for big_corpor and wealthi ceo __PUNCT__ trillion of dollar in giveawai that prove neither compassion nor conserv __PUNCT__

and for all of georg_bush profess faith in free_market __PUNCT__ the market have hardli been free __PUNCT__ not when the gate of washington ar thrown open to high __PUNCT__ price lobbyist who rig the rule of the road and riddl our tax_code with special_interest favor and corpor loophol __PUNCT__

as a result of such special __PUNCT__ interest driven polici and lax regul __PUNCT__ we haven't seen prosper trickl down to main_street __PUNCT__

instead __PUNCT__ a hous_crisi that could leav up to two million homeown face foreclosur ha shaken confid in the entir economi __PUNCT__

i understand that the challeng_face our economi didn't start the dai georg_bush took offic and thei won't end the dai he leav __PUNCT__

some ar partli the result of forc that have global our economi over the last sever decad __PUNCT__ revolut in commun and technolog have sent job wherev there an internet connect __PUNCT__ that have forc children in raleigh and boston to compet for those job with children in bangalor and beij __PUNCT__

we live in a more competit world __PUNCT__ and that is a fact that cannot be revers __PUNCT__

but i also know that thi nation ha face such fundament chang befor __PUNCT__ and each time we kept our economi strong and competit by make the decis to expand opportun outward __PUNCT__ to grow our middl __PUNCT__ class __PUNCT__ to invest in innov __PUNCT__ and most importantli __PUNCT__ to invest in the educ and well __PUNCT__ be of our worker __PUNCT__

we done thi becaus in america __PUNCT__ our prosper ha alwai risen from the bottom __PUNCT__ up __PUNCT__

from the earliest_dai of our found __PUNCT__ it ha been the hard_work and ingenu of our peopl that serv as the wellspr of our econom strength __PUNCT__

that why we built a system of free public high_school when we transit from a nation of farm to a nation of factori __PUNCT__

that why we sent my grandfath gener to colleg __PUNCT__ and declar a minimum_wage for our worker __PUNCT__ and promis to live in digniti after thei retir through the creation of social_secur __PUNCT__

that why we invest in the scienc and research that have led to new discoveri and entir new industri __PUNCT__

and that what thi countri will do again when i am presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

we will begin thi gener_elect elect_campaign by travel across the countri for the next few week to talk about what specif we need to do to build a __NUM__ economi that work for work_american __PUNCT__

i will speak with econom expert and advisor at the end of the tour __PUNCT__ but first i want to speak with you __PUNCT__ and hear about your thought and your struggl in the place where you live and work __PUNCT__

and at each stop __PUNCT__ i will take the opportun to lai out the veri real and veri seriou differ on the economi between myself and senat_mccain __PUNCT__

as i said befor __PUNCT__ john_mccain is an american hero whose militari_servic we honor __PUNCT__

he can also legitim tout moment of independ from hi parti __PUNCT__ and on some issu __PUNCT__ such as earmark reform and climat chang __PUNCT__ he and i share goal __PUNCT__ even if we mai differ on how to get there __PUNCT__

but when it come to the economi __PUNCT__ john_mccain and i have a fundament differ vision of where to take the countri __PUNCT__

becaus for all hi talk of independ __PUNCT__ the centerpiec of hi econom_plan amount to a full __PUNCT__ throat endors of georg_bush bush_polici __PUNCT__

he sai we made __PUNCT__ great progress __PUNCT__ in our economi these past eight year __PUNCT__

he call himself a fiscal_conserv and on the campaign_trail he passion critic of govern_spend __PUNCT__ and yet he ha no problem spend hundr of billion of dollar on tax_break for big_corpor and a perman occup of iraq __PUNCT__ polici that have left our children with a mountain of debt __PUNCT__

georg_bush bush_polici have taken us from a project __MONEY___trillion trillion_dollar surplu at the end of the clinton_administr to massiv deficit and nearli four trillion_dollar in new debt todai __PUNCT__

we were promis a fiscal_conserv __PUNCT__

instead __PUNCT__ we got the most fiscal irrespons administr in histori __PUNCT__

and now john_mccain want to give us anoth __PUNCT__

well we been there onc __PUNCT__ and we not go back __PUNCT__

it time to move thi countri forward __PUNCT__

i have a differ vision for the futur __PUNCT__

instead of spend twelv billion_dollar a month to rebuild iraq __PUNCT__ i think it time we invest in our road and school and bridg and start to rebuild america __PUNCT__

instead of hand out giveawai to corpor that don't need them and didn't ask for them __PUNCT__ it time we start give a hand __PUNCT__ up to famili who ar try pai their medic_bill and send their children to colleg __PUNCT__

we can't afford four more year of skew prioriti that give us noth but record debt __PUNCT__ we need chang that work for the american_peopl __PUNCT__

and that is the choic in thi elect

my vision involv both a short __PUNCT__ term plan to help work_famili who ar struggl to keep up and a long __PUNCT__ term agenda to make_america competit in a global_economi __PUNCT__

a week from todai __PUNCT__ i be talk about thi long __PUNCT__ term agenda in more detail __PUNCT__

it an agenda that will requir us first and foremost to train and educ our workforc with the skill necessari to compet in a knowledg __PUNCT__ base_economi __PUNCT__

we also need to place a greater emphasi on area like scienc and technolog that will defin the workforc of the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ and invest in the research and innov necessari to creat the job and industri of the futur right here in america __PUNCT__

on place where that invest would make an enorm differ is in a renew_energi energi_polici that end our addict on foreign_oil __PUNCT__ provid real long __PUNCT__ term relief from high fuel cost __PUNCT__ and build a green_economi that could creat up to five million well __PUNCT__ pai_job that can't be outsourc __PUNCT__

we can also creat million of new job by rebuild our school __PUNCT__ road __PUNCT__ bridg __PUNCT__ and other critic_infrastructur that need repair __PUNCT__

and becaus we know that we can't or shouldn't put up wall around our economi __PUNCT__ a long __PUNCT__ term agenda will also find a wai to make trade work for american_worker __PUNCT__

we do the caus of free __PUNCT__ trade __PUNCT__ a caus i believ in __PUNCT__ no good when we pass trade_agreement that hand out favor to special_interest and do littl to help worker who have to watch their factori close down __PUNCT__

there is noth protectionist about demand that trade spread the benefit of global as broadli as possibl __PUNCT__

that what we need to do in the long __PUNCT__ term __PUNCT__

but todai i want to focu on what we must do in the short __PUNCT__ term to lift up our worker __PUNCT__ eas the struggl that so mani famili ar face right now __PUNCT__ and restor a sens of fair and balanc to our economi __PUNCT__

such relief that can't wait until the next presid take offic __PUNCT__

in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ well befor the administr seem to discov ordinari_american were struggl __PUNCT__ i call for a fiscal_stimulu stimulu_plan to get check in the hand of hard __PUNCT__ work_famili and senior __PUNCT__

congress_pass such a plan and the first check ar now arriv __PUNCT__

but sinc then hundr of thousand more peopl have lost their job __PUNCT__ and so we must do more __PUNCT__

that why i call for anoth round of fiscal_stimulu __PUNCT__ an immedi __MONEY___billion to help those who been hit hardest by thi econom_downturn __PUNCT__ american who have lost their job __PUNCT__ their home __PUNCT__ and ar face rise_cost and cutback in state and local servic like educ and healthcar __PUNCT__

we need to expand unemploy_benefit and extend them for those who can't find anoth job right awai __PUNCT__ especi sinc the long __PUNCT__ term unemploy_rate is nearli twice as high as it wa dure the last recess __PUNCT__

and we must help the million of homeown who ar face foreclosur through no fault of their own __PUNCT__

as late as __DATE__ __PUNCT__ john_mccain told a newspap in new hampshir that he love to offer a solut to the hous_crisi __PUNCT__ but he just didn't have on __PUNCT__

it took him three differ tri to figur it out __PUNCT__ and in the end __PUNCT__ hi plan doe noth to help __NUM___million homeown who ar face foreclosur __PUNCT__ even as he support spend billion to bail out wall_street __PUNCT__

presid_bush told the american_peopl he thought the biggest danger aris from thi hous_crisi wa the temptat to do someth about it __PUNCT__

now senat_mccain want to turn bush_polici of __PUNCT__ too littl __PUNCT__ too late __PUNCT__ into a polici of __PUNCT__ even less __PUNCT__ even later __PUNCT__

that not the chang we need right now __PUNCT__

that what got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__

in contrast __PUNCT__ i offer a propos to crack down on mortgag fraud almost two year_ago __PUNCT__ and in thi campaign i call for the immedi creation of a __MONEY___billion foreclosur prevent fund to provid direct relief to victim of the hous_crisi __PUNCT__

we also help those who ar face foreclosur refin their mortgag so thei can stai in their home at rate thei can afford __PUNCT__

i provid struggl homeown relief by offer a tax_credit to low __PUNCT__ and middl __PUNCT__ incom_american that would cover ten percent of their mortgag_interest interest_payment everi year __PUNCT__

the principl is simpl __PUNCT__ if the govern can bail out invest_bank on wall_street __PUNCT__ we can extend a hand to folk who ar struggl on main_street __PUNCT__

as presid __PUNCT__ i get tough on enforc __PUNCT__ rais the penalti on lender who break the rule __PUNCT__ and implement a new home score system that will allow consum to find out more about mortgag offer and whether thei be abl to make payment __PUNCT__

thi kind of transpar won't just make our homeown more secur __PUNCT__ it will make our market more stabl __PUNCT__ and keep our economi strong and competit in the futur __PUNCT__

that the chang american need __PUNCT__ and that what i do as presid __PUNCT__

as the hous_crisi spill over into other part of the economi __PUNCT__ we also need to help the million of american who ar struggl under skyrocket cost and stagnant wage that ar push work_famili toward a debt spiral from which thei can't escap __PUNCT__

we have to give them a wai out by lower_cost __PUNCT__ put more monei in their pocket __PUNCT__ and rebuild a safeti_net that becom badli frai over the last few decad __PUNCT__

when it come to reliv these econom anxieti that work_famili feel __PUNCT__ noth match the burden thei face from crush health_care_cost __PUNCT__

john_mccain approach to health_care mirror that of georg_bush __PUNCT__

he promis four more year of a health_care_plan that onli take care of the healthi and the wealthi __PUNCT__ a plan that will actual make it easier __PUNCT__ easier __PUNCT__ than it alreadi is for insur_compani to deni coverag to the elderli or the sick or those with pre __PUNCT__ exist condit __PUNCT__

it mai lead million to lose the coverag thei alreadi have and million more to have to pai even more than thei do right now __PUNCT__

we can't afford that __PUNCT__

not when __NUM___million_american ar alreadi uninsur __PUNCT__ a number that is grow by the dai __PUNCT__

not when famili and busi across the countri ar be crush by the grow burden of health_care_cost and when half of all person_bankruptci ar caus by medic_bill __PUNCT__

when i am presid __PUNCT__ we take a differ approach __PUNCT__

we will give everi american the chanc to get the same_kind of health_care that member of congress give themselv __PUNCT__

we bring down premium by __MONEY__ for the typic famili __PUNCT__ and we prevent insur_compani from discrimin against those who need care most __PUNCT__

and we won't just lower_cost for famili __PUNCT__ we lower cost for the entir countri by make our health_care_system more effici through better technolog and more emphasi on prevent __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__ and that the chang i bring as presid __PUNCT__

just as we need to reform our health_care_system __PUNCT__ we also have to reform a tax_code that reward wealth over work __PUNCT__ a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ page monstros that high __PUNCT__ price lobbyist have rig with page after page of special_interest loophol and tax_shelter __PUNCT__ a tax_code that continu georg_bush billion __PUNCT__ dollar giveawai to big_corpor and wealthi ceo __PUNCT__ a tax_code that ha plung thi countri deeper and deeper into debt __PUNCT__

john_mccain take great_pride in sai that he a fiscal_conserv __PUNCT__ and he alreadi signal that he will try to defin me with the same old tax __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ spend label that hi side ha been throw around for decad __PUNCT__

but let look at the fact __PUNCT__

john_mccain onc said that he couldn't vote for the bush_tax tax_break in good conscienc becaus thei were too skew to the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

later __PUNCT__ he said it wa irrespons to cut_tax dure a time of war becaus we simpli couldn't afford them __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ noth chang about the war __PUNCT__ but someth certainli chang about john_mccain __PUNCT__ becaus these same bush_tax_cut ar now hi central econom_polici __PUNCT__

not onli that __PUNCT__ but he is now call for a new round of tax giveawai that ar twice as expens as the origin bush_plan and nearli twice as regress __PUNCT__

hi polici will spend nearli __MONEY___trillion on tax_break for corpor __PUNCT__ includ __MONEY___billion for exxon alon __PUNCT__ a compani that just record the highest profit in histori __PUNCT__

think about that __PUNCT__

at a time when we fight two war __PUNCT__ when million of american can't afford their medic_bill or their tuition bill __PUNCT__ when we pai more than __MONEY__ a gallon for ga __PUNCT__ the man who rail against govern_spend want to spend___MONEY___billion on a tax_break for exxon mobil __PUNCT__

that isn't just irrespons __PUNCT__

it outrag __PUNCT__

if john_mccain polici were implement __PUNCT__ thei would add __MONEY___trillion to the nation_debt over the next decad __PUNCT__

that isn't fiscal conservat __PUNCT__ that what georg_bush ha done over the last eight year __PUNCT__

not onli can work_famili not afford it __PUNCT__ futur_gener can't afford it __PUNCT__

and we can't allow it to happen in thi elect __PUNCT__

i take a differ approach __PUNCT__

i will reform our tax_code so that it simpl __PUNCT__ fair __PUNCT__ and advanc opportun instead of distort the market by advanc the agenda of some lobbyist or oil_compani __PUNCT__

i shut down the corpor loophol and tax_haven __PUNCT__ and i us the monei to help pai for a middl __PUNCT__ class tax_cut that will provid __MONEY__ of relief to __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of worker and their famili __PUNCT__

i make oil_compani like exxon pai a tax on their windfal profit __PUNCT__ and we us the monei to help famili pai for their skyrocket energi_cost and other bill __PUNCT__

we also elimin incom_tax for ani retire make less than __MONEY__ per year __PUNCT__ becaus everi senior deserv to live out their life in digniti and respect __PUNCT__

and while john_mccain want to pick up where georg_bush left off by try again to privat social_secur __PUNCT__ i will never waver in my commit to protect that basic promis as presid __PUNCT__

we will not privat social secur __PUNCT__ we will not rais the retir_ag __PUNCT__ and we will save social_secur for futur_gener by ask the wealthiest american to pai their fair_share __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ contrari to what john_mccain mai sai __PUNCT__ everi singl propos that i made in thi campaign is paid for __PUNCT__ becaus i believ in pai __PUNCT__ as __PUNCT__ you __PUNCT__ go __PUNCT__

senat_mccain is right that there wast in govern __PUNCT__ and i intend to root it out as presid __PUNCT__

but hi suggest that the earmark reform that we both interest in implement will somehow make up for hi enorm tax giveawai indic that john_mccain wa right when he said that he doesn't understand the economi as well as he should __PUNCT__

either that or he hope you just won't notic __PUNCT__

whatev it is __PUNCT__ it not the kind of chang we need in washington right now __PUNCT__

i be talk in more detail next week about how we can make our workforc more competit by reform our educ_system __PUNCT__ but there also an immedi squeez we need to deal with __PUNCT__ and that colleg afford __PUNCT__

i know how expens thi is from firsthand experi __PUNCT__

at the begin of our marriag __PUNCT__ michel and i were spend so much of our incom just to pai off our colleg loan __PUNCT__

and that wa decad_ago __PUNCT__

the cost of a colleg_educ ha explod sinc then __PUNCT__ price hundr of thousand of young_american out of their dream everi year __PUNCT__ or forc them to begin their career in unconscion debt __PUNCT__

so i offer thi promis to everi student as presid __PUNCT__ your countri will offer you __MONEY__ a year of tuition if you offer your countri commun or nation_servic when you graduat __PUNCT__

if you invest in america __PUNCT__ america will invest in you __PUNCT__

as far as we can tell __PUNCT__ john_mccain doesn't have a plan to make colleg more afford __PUNCT__

and that mean he isn't listen to the struggl face a new gener of american __PUNCT__

final __PUNCT__ we need to help those american who find themselv in a debt spiral climb out __PUNCT__

sinc so mani who ar struggl to keep up with their mortgag ar now shift their debt to credit_card __PUNCT__ we have to make sure that credit card don't becom the next stage in the hous_crisi __PUNCT__

to make sure that american know what thei sign up for __PUNCT__ i institut a five __PUNCT__ star rate_system to inform consum about the level of risk involv in everi credit_card __PUNCT__

and we establish a credit card bill of right that will ban unilater chang to credit card agreement __PUNCT__ ban rate hike on debt you alreadi had __PUNCT__ and ban interest charg on late fee __PUNCT__

american need to pai what thei ow __PUNCT__ but you should pai what fair __PUNCT__ not just what fatten profit for some credit_card_compani and thei can get awai with __PUNCT__

the same_principl should appli to our bankruptci_law __PUNCT__

when i first arriv in the senat __PUNCT__ i oppos the credit_card industri bankruptci bill that made it harder for work_famili to climb out of debt __PUNCT__

john_mccain support that bill __PUNCT__ and he even oppos exempt famili who were onli in bankruptci becaus of medic expens thei couldn't pai __PUNCT__

when i presid __PUNCT__ we reform our bankruptci_law so that we give american who find themselv in debt a second chanc __PUNCT__

we make sure that if you can demonstr that you went bankrupt becaus of medic expens __PUNCT__ you can reliev that debt and get back on your feet __PUNCT__

and i make sure that ceo can't dump your pension with on hand while thei collect a bonu with the other __PUNCT__

that an outrag __PUNCT__ and it time we had a presid who know it an outrag __PUNCT__

thi is the choic you will face in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

you can vote for john_mccain __PUNCT__ and see a continu of bush econom_polici __PUNCT__ more tax_cut to the wealthi __PUNCT__ more corpor_tax tax_break __PUNCT__ more mountain of debt __PUNCT__ and littl to no relief for famili struggl with the rise_cost of everyth from health_care to a colleg_educ __PUNCT__

but i don't think that is the futur we want __PUNCT__

the american i met over the last sixteen month in town_hall and live_room __PUNCT__ on farm and front_porch __PUNCT__ thei mai come from differ place and have differ background __PUNCT__ but thei hold common hope and dream the same simpl dream __PUNCT__

thei know govern can't solv all their problem __PUNCT__ and thei don't expect it to __PUNCT__

thei believ in person_respons __PUNCT__ and hard_work __PUNCT__ and self __PUNCT__ relianc __PUNCT__

thei don't like see their tax_dollar wast __PUNCT__

but we also believ in an america where unriv prosper bring boundless opportun __PUNCT__ a place where job ar there for the will __PUNCT__ where hard_work is reward with a decent live __PUNCT__ where no matter how much you start with or where you come from or who your parent ar __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

we believ in the countri that gave my grandfath and a gener of hero the chanc to go to colleg on the gi_bill when thei came home from world_war_ii __PUNCT__ a gi_bill that help creat the largest middl __PUNCT__ class in histori __PUNCT__

we believ in the countri that made it possibl for my mother __PUNCT__ a singl_parent who didn't have much __PUNCT__ to send my sister and me to the best school in the countri with the help of scholarship __PUNCT__

we believ in the countri that allow my father __PUNCT__ in __PUNCT__ law __PUNCT__ a citi worker at a water filtrat plant on the south_side of chicago __PUNCT__ to provid for hi wife and two children on a singl salari __PUNCT__

he wa diagnos with multipl sclerosi at ag thirti __PUNCT__ but that didn't stop him from go to work everi dai __PUNCT__ often with the help of a walker __PUNCT__ so that could send my wife and her brother to on of the best colleg in the nation __PUNCT__

hi job didn't just give him a paycheck __PUNCT__ it gave him a sens of digniti and self __PUNCT__ worth __PUNCT__

hi countri didn't just reward wealth __PUNCT__ but the work and the worker who creat it __PUNCT__

and that is the america we believ in __PUNCT__

that is the choic we face right now __PUNCT__ a choic between more of the same polici that have widen inequ __PUNCT__ ad to our debt __PUNCT__ and shaken the foundat of our economi __PUNCT__ or chang that will restor balanc to our economi __PUNCT__ that will invest in the ingenu and innov of our peopl __PUNCT__ that will fuel a bottom __PUNCT__ up prosper to keep america strong and competit in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

it is not left or right __PUNCT__ liber or conserv __PUNCT__ to sai that we have tri it their wai for eight long year __PUNCT__

and it ha fail __PUNCT__

it is time to try someth new __PUNCT__

it is time for chang __PUNCT__

the challeng we face ar great __PUNCT__ and we mai not meet them in on term or with on presid __PUNCT__

but histori tell us we have met greater challeng befor __PUNCT__

and the serious of thi moment tell us we can't afford not to try __PUNCT__

so as we set out on thi journei __PUNCT__ let us also forg a new path __PUNCT__ a path that lead to unriv prosper __PUNCT__ to boundless opportun __PUNCT__ to the america we believ in and a dream that will alwai endur __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ and mai god_bless_america __PUNCT__