Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ sanduski __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ it is good to be here todai __PUNCT__

happi fourth of __DATE__ __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ let me just __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ sai that __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

let me first of all sai that orlando make me feel real small __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ i want him block for me everi time __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so you know __PUNCT__ been a big_fan of your for a long_time __PUNCT__

i know how proud your hometown is of you __PUNCT__ and we ar thrill to have you here todai __PUNCT__

just a __PUNCT__ the onli other person i want to make mention of __PUNCT__ who just done so much work on behalf of the peopl of ohio __PUNCT__ your former governor __PUNCT__ my cochair for the campaign here in ohio __PUNCT__ ted strickland is in the hous __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ i just want to wish everybodi a happi fourth of __DATE__ __PUNCT__

i hope everybodi had a wonder time __PUNCT__ firework __PUNCT__ hotdog __PUNCT__

i don't know __PUNCT__ who did the grill here __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ inaud __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

huh __PUNCT__ ar you a pretti_good griller __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ some of you know that yesterdai wa also malia birthdai __PUNCT__

she is now __NUM___year old __PUNCT__ go into high_school __PUNCT__

it us to be that i could tell her all the firework were for her __PUNCT__

she doesn't believ me anymor __PUNCT__

but she is do great __PUNCT__ and her and michel and sasha all sai hi __PUNCT__

bo sai hi __PUNCT__

usual __PUNCT__ thei join us on these bu trip __PUNCT__ but sinc it wa malia birthdai __PUNCT__ now she got the whole sleepov thing and __PUNCT__ she love me still __PUNCT__ but she rather be hang out with her friend __PUNCT__

but i am thrill to be here __PUNCT__

it is wonder to be in sanduski __PUNCT__ wonder to be in ohio __PUNCT__

and it wonder just to be back out and about __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ washington a beauti place __PUNCT__ and thei give me a veri nice __PUNCT__ rental hous there __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but when you get a chanc to get out and talk to folk __PUNCT__ it remind me of my first campaign __PUNCT__

i now on my last campaign __PUNCT__ but i still __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

four more year __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i still rememb when i wa first run for the state_senat in illinoi __PUNCT__

and a lot of peopl_thought __PUNCT__ why do you want to do someth like that __PUNCT__ and i tri to explain to peopl my motiv __PUNCT__ and by the wai __PUNCT__ in illinoi __PUNCT__ when you a state_legisl __PUNCT__ you don't get paid a lot of monei and you have to travel down to springfield __PUNCT__ which is __NUM___hour __PUNCT__ drive awai __PUNCT__

but the reason i told folk that i did it wa becaus i thought back to my own life __PUNCT__

i thought back to the fact that my grandpar particip in world_war_ii __PUNCT__

my grandfath fought in patton armi __PUNCT__ and my grandmoth __PUNCT__ she wa rosi the rivet __PUNCT__

she work on a bomber assembl_line __PUNCT__

and when thei got __PUNCT__ when my grandfath got back from the war and my mother had just been born __PUNCT__ he wa abl to get a colleg_educ on the gi_bill __PUNCT__

and thei were abl to bui their first hous with the help of the fha __PUNCT__

and then i wa rais by a singl_mom and the help of my grandpar __PUNCT__

but despit the fact that we never had a lot of monei __PUNCT__ thei were abl to send me to a great school and i wa abl to get a wonder educ __PUNCT__

and i met thi beauti woman __PUNCT__ who __PUNCT__ just becaus i wa persist __PUNCT__ final gave up and gave in and decid to marri me __PUNCT__

but the reason that she wa abl to get a great educ __PUNCT__ becaus her __PUNCT__ michel dad wa __PUNCT__ he work as what wa call a stationari engin __PUNCT__

he wa a blue __PUNCT__ collar_worker __PUNCT__ work at a pump station in chicago __PUNCT__

and her mom stai at home __PUNCT__ look after her and her brother __PUNCT__ and then work as a secretari __PUNCT__

but somehow __PUNCT__ her and her brother were abl to get a great educ __PUNCT__

and so our famili stori wa all about thi basic_idea in america that if you work_hard __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try __PUNCT__ here in thi countri __PUNCT__

that it doesn't matter what you look like __PUNCT__ it doesn't matter where you come from __PUNCT__ you don't have to be born into wealth __PUNCT__ you don't have to be born into fame __PUNCT__ if you will to put your shoulder to the wheel and work hard __PUNCT__ then the basic bargain in thi countri is you can find a job that pai a decent_wage __PUNCT__ and you should be abl to bui a home __PUNCT__ and you should be abl to retir with digniti and respect and not go bankrupt becaus you get sick __PUNCT__ and mayb take a vacat onc in a while __PUNCT__ noth fanci __PUNCT__ but be abl to spend_time with your famili __PUNCT__

and most of all __PUNCT__ you should believ that your kid ar go to be abl to do even better than you do __PUNCT__

and that idea __PUNCT__ that basic bargain __PUNCT__ is what brought me to polit __PUNCT__ becaus what i realiz wa that all the opportun that i had been get __PUNCT__ there were too mani young_peopl out there who weren't get those same opportun __PUNCT__ folk who were work just as hard as my grandpar or my parent did __PUNCT__ that thei were find themselv make less monei work_harder __PUNCT__ while the cost of health_care or the cost of colleg or the cost of groceri were go up __PUNCT__

and so my belief wa that i had to particip and fight on behalf of the middl_class that had given me so much __PUNCT__ so that the next gener would be abl to have those same opportun __PUNCT__

that what motiv me in my first campaign __PUNCT__

and as i travel all across illinoi to a lot of town like sanduski __PUNCT__ i meet_peopl everywher and it didn't matter where thei came from __PUNCT__ what their background were __PUNCT__ thei had the same_kind of stori to tell about how their famili had succeed in get that piec of the american_dream __PUNCT__

and it what knit us togeth __PUNCT__ regardless of race __PUNCT__ regardless of statu __PUNCT__ regardless of religion __PUNCT__ that idea __PUNCT__ that what pull us togeth __PUNCT__

that what got me into my first campaign __PUNCT__ and it that same idea that i believ in __PUNCT__ in my last campaign __PUNCT__

it the reason i here todai __PUNCT__

it the reason i ran for presid __PUNCT__

it the reason that i run again for presid __PUNCT__ becaus i want to keep on fight for famili all across america so thei have the same opportun that i did __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ let me sai __PUNCT__ in __NUM__ when i start run __PUNCT__ we could alreadi see that thi american dream __PUNCT__ thi basic bargain wa slip awai for too mani peopl __PUNCT__

but what we didn't realiz at the time wa we were go to get hit by the worst econom_crisi in most of our lifetim __PUNCT__

and we had to spend 3½ year recov and push_back __PUNCT__

so when folk said __PUNCT__ let go ahead and let the auto_industri go bankrupt __PUNCT__ we said __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ let bet on american_worker __PUNCT__

let bet on american_industri __PUNCT__

and now gm is back on top and chrysler move and ford is go strong __PUNCT__

manufactur __PUNCT__ start to come back here in ohio and all across the countri __PUNCT__ some of the biggest manufactur_job job_growth sinc the 1990 __PUNCT__

a lot of folk lost their job __PUNCT__ but a lot of folk have retrain __PUNCT__ and now thei go back and get job in renew_energi and industri of the futur __PUNCT__

but for all the progress we made __PUNCT__ we still got a long wai to go __PUNCT__

there still too mani folk probabl here in sanduski who ar out of work __PUNCT__ a lot of peopl all across the countri whose home ar still out of water __PUNCT__ underwat and lost a lot of valu when the hous_bubbl bubbl_burst __PUNCT__

and here the thing __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__

it not enough just to recov and get back to where we were befor the crisi __PUNCT__

we still got to address thi basic challeng of how do we build a strong middl_class and make sure that the next gener ha the same opportun that we did __PUNCT__

and that a long __PUNCT__ term project __PUNCT__

it not go to happen overnight __PUNCT__

but we got to start_work on it right now __PUNCT__

we got to move on that right now __PUNCT__

that the challeng we face __PUNCT__

it the central question of thi elect __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we got two fundament differ vision in thi elect __PUNCT__

mr __PUNCT__ romnei and hi republican alli in congress __PUNCT__ some of those special_interest that support him __PUNCT__ their basic vision sai if we just cut_tax by about __MONEY___trillion __PUNCT__ especi for the wealthiest american and we elimin all these regul that we put in place __PUNCT__ for exampl __PUNCT__ to prevent anoth taxpay __PUNCT__ fund bailout __PUNCT__ that somehow wealthi investor will benefit and it will all trickl down and everybodi here will do better __PUNCT__

that their basic theori __PUNCT__

that their econom_plan __PUNCT__

i not exagger __PUNCT__ you __PUNCT__ it on their web_site __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ that __MONEY___trillion tax_cut that thei want to provid __PUNCT__ on top of the bush_tax_cut __PUNCT__ thei pai for it by cut educ and cut transport fund and cut basic research into thing like alzheim and cancer __PUNCT__ cut job_train train_program __PUNCT__ turn medicar into a voucher_program __PUNCT__ slash medicaid __PUNCT__

that their econom_theori __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ here the problem __PUNCT__ we tri that __PUNCT__

we tri it befor i came into offic __PUNCT__

not onli did it not work __PUNCT__ it led to the worst financi_crisi that we had in our lifetim __PUNCT__

why would we want to go back to someth that didn't work __PUNCT__ so we don't want to go backward __PUNCT__

and we got a differ vision __PUNCT__

it a vision that sai __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ govern can't solv everi problem __PUNCT__

on of the thing that i learn from my mom wa __PUNCT__ you can't replac a mother who love you and instil you with a sens of purpos and occasion get on you when you not do your homework __PUNCT__

so govern can't replac parent __PUNCT__

but when i first got my job as an organ for the cathol_church in chicago __PUNCT__ work with parish in low __PUNCT__ incom neighborhood __PUNCT__ thei taught me that no govern_program can replac good_neighbor and peopl who care_deepli about their commun who ar fight on their behalf __PUNCT__

so i don't believ the govern can solv everi problem __PUNCT__ and i don't think it should even try __PUNCT__

i don't __PUNCT__ i think you can't help folk if thei don't want to help themselv __PUNCT__

america wasn't built on handout __PUNCT__ it wa built on respons __PUNCT__

and we have to challeng everybodi to take individu_respons in their own live __PUNCT__

but what we also understand __PUNCT__ and everybodi here ha an experi in their live that underscor thi __PUNCT__ what we also understand is there some thing that we do togeth that make all of us stronger __PUNCT__ that make all of us richer __PUNCT__

if we invest in good school and our kid ar get great educ __PUNCT__ that not just good for those kid __PUNCT__ that good for all of us __PUNCT__

if we put construct_worker to work rebuild road and bridg __PUNCT__ high __PUNCT__ speed rail __PUNCT__ broadband line __PUNCT__ that not just good for those worker __PUNCT__ that creat a platform for everybodi to benefit __PUNCT__ everybodi to succe __PUNCT__

when we invest in basic research that help invent the internet or gp __PUNCT__ that give busi an opportun then to come in and take that new knowledg and creat new busi and creat_job for everybodi __PUNCT__

that good for all of us __PUNCT__

so my vision sai __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ there ar some thing we have to do togeth __PUNCT__

and i run for a second term as presid becaus we have more to do __PUNCT__

i run becaus i want to make sure that everi child get a high __PUNCT__ qualiti_educ __PUNCT__ and that mean i want to hire new teacher in our classroom __PUNCT__ especi in math and scienc __PUNCT__

and i want to give __NUM___million more peopl the opportun to get train at a commun_colleg for job that exist right now and get the skill thei need __PUNCT__

and i want to make colleg more afford for everi young_person who ha the initi and drive to go __PUNCT__ and make sure thei not burden by thousand of dollar __PUNCT__ worth of debt __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid __PUNCT__

i run for presid to make sure that america build again __PUNCT__ that we make stuff __PUNCT__

i told you manufactur is start to come back __PUNCT__ but we can do so much more __PUNCT__

right now we got tax_law that give tax_break to compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__

i want to give tax_break to compani that ar invest right here in sanduski __PUNCT__ right here in the __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

i run becaus i do want to rebuild our road and our bridg __PUNCT__

we got hundr of thousand of construct_worker all across the countri who ar out of work __PUNCT__ and all the manufactur that goe into construct __PUNCT__

we could rebuild our road __PUNCT__ our bridg __PUNCT__ our school __PUNCT__ renov our build so that thei more energi_effici __PUNCT__ put a lot of peopl back to work __PUNCT__ and that good for the entir economi __PUNCT__

that mean more folk who ar eat at restaur __PUNCT__

that mean more folk ar out shop becaus thei got monei in their pocket __PUNCT__

and that benefit all of us __PUNCT__

i run becaus i want to make sure __PUNCT__ now that we end the war in iraq and we wind down the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__ that we ar provid opportun for everi veteran __PUNCT__ becaus thei shouldn't have to fight for a job when thei come home __PUNCT__

and i want to take half of that monei to help reduc our debt __PUNCT__ and i want to take the other half that we were spend on war to rebuild america __PUNCT__

we need to do some nation __PUNCT__ build right here at home __PUNCT__

that why i run __PUNCT__

i run becaus the health_care law that we pass wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

becaus if you alreadi have health_insur __PUNCT__ insur_compani can't drop you now becaus you had a __PUNCT__ becaus you sick or becaus you suddenli reach some lifetim limit __PUNCT__

and young_peopl now ar abl to stai on their health_insur __PUNCT__ your health insur until thei __NUM___year old __PUNCT__

and senior_citizen ar get more discount on their prescript_drug __PUNCT__

and peopl who have preexist condit ar go to be abl to get health_insur for the first time __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ we fought so hard to make that happen __PUNCT__ and now the suprem_court ha rule __PUNCT__

it is time for us to move_forward __PUNCT__

we don't need to reargu the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__

i will to work with anybodi who want to make it work __PUNCT__ who want to improv health_care in thi countri and lower_cost for individu famili __PUNCT__

but i don't want to just keep on have polit_argument that ar base on polit and not on fact __PUNCT__

i run becaus i want to implement the wall_street reform law __PUNCT__

i don't want us to have to bail out wall_street_bank again __PUNCT__

thei got to act respons __PUNCT__

and we got to make sure that the rule ar in place so that thei don't act recklessli __PUNCT__

and i want to balanc our budget __PUNCT__ i want to reduc our deficit __PUNCT__ deal with our debt __PUNCT__ but i want to do it in a balanc __PUNCT__ respons wai __PUNCT__

it make no sens for us to provid me a tax_cut __PUNCT__ i don't need it __PUNCT__ and then to cut teacher from our public_school or to cut our aid to educ or to cut student_loan and make them more expens for our young_peopl __PUNCT__

i have had opportun __PUNCT__

i want to now give someth back __PUNCT__

and i think a lot of success peopl out there want to give someth back __PUNCT__

so we cut program that don't work __PUNCT__ and we keep elimin wast that doesn't make __PUNCT__ that doesn't improv prospect for the middl_class __PUNCT__

but i not go to balanc the budget on the back of the poor or the disabl or the vulner or ask middl class_famili to pai higher_tax to pai for a tax_cut for me or mr __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__

that not how we go to balanc our budget __PUNCT__

that not how we go to deal with our deficit __PUNCT__

so all these thing __PUNCT__ whether it health_care __PUNCT__ whether it bring manufactur_job job_back __PUNCT__ whether it make sure our kid get a great educ __PUNCT__ whether it make sure that we rebuild america and tap into american_energi so we less depend on foreign_oil __PUNCT__ whether we take care of our veteran __PUNCT__ all these thing __PUNCT__ thei tie togeth __PUNCT__

thei go back to that first campaign i ran __PUNCT__ becaus thei have to do with make sure that what made thi countri great __PUNCT__ our big __PUNCT__ divers __PUNCT__ hope __PUNCT__ optimist __PUNCT__ hard __PUNCT__ work __PUNCT__ patriot middl_class __PUNCT__ that we continu to grow that middl class for the futur __PUNCT__ that we continu to make folk who work_hard a littl more secur and we provid that basic american promis to the next gener __PUNCT__

that the essenti project that got me into polit __PUNCT__

that why i ran for presid __PUNCT__

and that what built thi countri __PUNCT__

and i know that dure the cours of the next __NUM___month __PUNCT__ you go to see a whole bunch of neg_ad __PUNCT__

thei spend __PUNCT__ the other side spend more monei than ani time in histori __PUNCT__ and everi ad basic the same __PUNCT__

it basic sai the economi is no good and it obama fault __PUNCT__

thei basic have just on line __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and after a while __PUNCT__ even if you don't bui that balonei __PUNCT__ it can get discourag __PUNCT__

and after __PUNCT__ you start think __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ polit is just a dirti __PUNCT__ nasti busi __PUNCT__ and it not worth get involv __PUNCT__

and peopl get discourag __PUNCT__ and thei get cynic __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ that what the other side is count on __PUNCT__ becaus when we get cynic and we don't particip __PUNCT__ then the folk who ar in power __PUNCT__ the folk who have the special_interest lobbi __PUNCT__ the folk that ar spend all thi monei __PUNCT__ thei do just fine __PUNCT__

and so the thing that i want everybodi here to understand __PUNCT__ each of you person __PUNCT__ is that back in __NUM__ everybodi said we couldn't do it becaus we were outspent __PUNCT__ we weren't favor __PUNCT__

when a gui name barack_obama run for presid __PUNCT__ that __PUNCT__ he is not the odd __PUNCT__ on favorit __PUNCT__

that first race that i ran as a state_senat __PUNCT__ michel and i __PUNCT__ we go around knock on door __PUNCT__ pass out leaflet __PUNCT__

nobodi gave us a shot __PUNCT__

everybodi said __PUNCT__ nobodi can pronounc your name __PUNCT__ how ar you go to win __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ you don't come from a famou famili __PUNCT__

you don't __PUNCT__ we couldn't afford to advertis on tv __PUNCT__

and yet what we learn wa that when ordinari_peopl come togeth __PUNCT__ when you believ in someth so deepli that you will to talk to your friend and talk to your neighbor and talk to your cowork __PUNCT__ knock on door and make phone_call __PUNCT__ when the american_peopl decid what right __PUNCT__ then all that monei doesn't matter __PUNCT__

all the tv advertis doesn't matter __PUNCT__

and that stalem that we have in washington __PUNCT__ where the other side is try to block everi singl thing we do and sai no to everyth __PUNCT__ the onli peopl that can break that stalem ultim is go to be you __PUNCT__

so i hope dure the next __NUM___month __PUNCT__ i hope you rememb your famili stori __PUNCT__

i hope you rememb your parent and how hard thei work or your grandpar or your great __PUNCT__ grandpar __PUNCT__ mayb some of them immigr come to thi countri __PUNCT__ not know what to expect __PUNCT__ but understand if thei work_hard thi wa a chanc where your dream could happen __PUNCT__

and i hope you think about what we have to do to make sure that that is pass on to the next gener __PUNCT__

and i want you to know that when i ran in __NUM__ i said i wasn't go to be a perfect man and i certainli wasn't go to be a perfect presid __PUNCT__ but i alwai tell you what i thought __PUNCT__

i alwai tell you where i stood __PUNCT__

and most of all __PUNCT__ i would wake up everi singl_dai think about you __PUNCT__ think about how to make your live a littl bit better __PUNCT__

becaus in you i see my own life and everyth that my parent and grandpar struggl for __PUNCT__

and i have kept that promis __PUNCT__

and i intend to keep that promis as long as i have the privileg of be your presid __PUNCT__

so if you will to stand with me and work with me and knock on some door with me and make some phone_call with me __PUNCT__ i promis you we will finish what we start in __NUM__ and we will remind the world just why it is that the unit_state of america is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ everybodi __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__ and god_bless_america __PUNCT__