Barack Obama

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the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ orlando __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ the __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ anybodi who got a seat __PUNCT__ feel_free to us the seat __PUNCT__

go ahead __PUNCT__ sit down __PUNCT__ you gui __PUNCT__ make yourselv comfort __PUNCT__

those of you who don't have a seat __PUNCT__ make sure to bend your knee __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__

becaus __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ obama __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

it great to see you __PUNCT__

it great to be back in orlando __PUNCT__

first of all __PUNCT__ can everybodi pleas give sonia a big round of applaus for that great introduct __PUNCT__ i want to thank darren soto __PUNCT__ state_repres __PUNCT__ for our preprogram __PUNCT__

and i want to thank all the neighborhood team leader for the great job you gui ar do __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

happi birthdai __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__

it true that i go to be __PUNCT__ what am i go to be __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

fifti __PUNCT__ on __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i go to be __NUM__ on saturdai __PUNCT__ __NUM__ __PUNCT__

but michel sai i look __NUM__ __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so that not bad __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ at thi point __PUNCT__ member of the audienc sang __PUNCT__ happi birthdai __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ if i had known you gui were go to sing __PUNCT__ we would have had a cake __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and then i would have blown out the candl __PUNCT__ i would have made a wish __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that probabl would have had to do with elector_vote __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ win florida wouldn't be a bad birthdai present __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ but befor we talk about polit __PUNCT__ let me sai __PUNCT__ how about our olymp athlet in london __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

u.s.a __PUNCT__ u.s.a __PUNCT__ u.s.a __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

u.s.a __PUNCT__ i __PUNCT__ yesterdai i had a chanc to talk to michael phelp __PUNCT__

and then i spoke to the fab five __PUNCT__ these gymnast __PUNCT__

and let me just sai __PUNCT__ i wa sai thi to some folk in ohio yesterdai __PUNCT__ i understand how to swim and how to run __PUNCT__ although i don't swim and run like these folk do __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but thi whole gymnast thing __PUNCT__ i don't get that __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i don't understand how you stand on a littl beam and then you flip around a bunch of time without break your neck __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ it unbeliev __PUNCT__

it unbeliev __PUNCT__

so the __PUNCT__ we could not be more proud of them __PUNCT__

and obvious __PUNCT__ it a remind that even when we got our differ __PUNCT__ we come togeth when it about present ourselv to the rest of the world __PUNCT__ that we ar american first __PUNCT__

and we ar so grate for them and the classi wai that thei repres us __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ unless you been abl to hide your televis set somewher or your cabl is broke __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ you ar awar that there a pretti intens campaign go on right now __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and the reason for that is becaus the choic that we face thi __DATE__ could not be bigger __PUNCT__ could not be more signific __PUNCT__

in some wai __PUNCT__ it more import than __NUM__ __PUNCT__

thi is not just a choic between two candid or two polit_parti __PUNCT__

thi is a choic about two fundament differ vision for america __PUNCT__ two fundament differ path for our futur __PUNCT__

and here the good new __PUNCT__ you choos the direct __PUNCT__

you ar the tie breaker __PUNCT__

you will decid the direct that we go in not just __PUNCT__ when you walk into that vote_booth __PUNCT__ it won't just be for next year or the year after that __PUNCT__

you be make_decis that will have an impact on our kid and our grandkid for year to come __PUNCT__ for decad to come __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ we came togeth __PUNCT__ as democrat __PUNCT__ but also independ and some republican __PUNCT__ to restor that basic bargain that built thi countri __PUNCT__ what made us an econom superpow __PUNCT__ what made us the most prosper economi that the world ha ever known __PUNCT__

and it is a simpl bargain __PUNCT__ it a simpl deal __PUNCT__ a simpl credo __PUNCT__

it sai that if you work_hard __PUNCT__ your work should be reward __PUNCT__

it a deal that sai __PUNCT__ if you put in enough effort __PUNCT__ you should be abl to find a job that pai the bill __PUNCT__

you should be abl to afford a job __PUNCT__ you should be abl to afford a home that you call your own __PUNCT__

you should be abl to count on health_care if you get sick and retir with digniti and respect __PUNCT__

and most of all __PUNCT__ you should be abl to give your kid an educ that allow them to dream even bigger than you did and do even better than you ever imagin __PUNCT__

it a simpl idea __PUNCT__

it the basic american promis __PUNCT__

and we knew that restor it wasn't go to be easi __PUNCT__

we knew it would take more than on year or on term or even on presid __PUNCT__

after all __PUNCT__ we had gone through a decad of sluggish job_growth and job be ship oversea and go from surplus to deficit __PUNCT__ all culmin in a financi_crisi on wall_street __PUNCT__

so we understood it wa go to take some time to deal with challeng that didn't happen overnight __PUNCT__

and that wa even befor the middl_class wa hammer by the worst econom_crisi of our lifetim __PUNCT__ a crisi that rob too mani of our friend and neighbor of job and their home and their save and push the american_dream even further out of reach for too mani work_famili __PUNCT__

but you know what __PUNCT__ over the last 3½ year __PUNCT__ i have taken strength from you __PUNCT__ the american_peopl __PUNCT__

becaus i seen your resili __PUNCT__ i seen folk get knock down and get right back up __PUNCT__

you ar tougher than tough_time __PUNCT__

and that is the reason why we been abl to see 4½ million_job creat __PUNCT__

that why we been abl to see the hous_market just bare __PUNCT__ slowli start to tick back up __PUNCT__

that the reason that we seen the auto_industri come all the wai back __PUNCT__

it becaus of you __PUNCT__

see __PUNCT__ there on thing that the crisi did not chang __PUNCT__

it did not chang who we ar __PUNCT__

it ha not chang our fundament charact __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang what made us great __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang how we came togeth in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

it onli made us more determin to make sure that america is do right by everyon __PUNCT__ that our prosper is broadli base and broadli_share __PUNCT__

and we here to build an economi in which work pai off __PUNCT__ so that no matter who you ar or what you look like or where you come from __PUNCT__ what your last name is __PUNCT__ here in america __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

that what thi campaign is about __PUNCT__ florida __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term as presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ there ar no quick fix or easi solut to our challeng __PUNCT__

but let me sai thi __PUNCT__

we know what we need to do __PUNCT__

there ar no challeng that ar not within our power to solv __PUNCT__

we got the capac to meet ani challeng __PUNCT__

we have the best worker in the world __PUNCT__

we got the best entrepreneur in the world __PUNCT__

we got the best scientist __PUNCT__ the best research __PUNCT__ the best colleg __PUNCT__ the best univers __PUNCT__

we a young nation __PUNCT__ we still a young nation __PUNCT__ and we got the greatest divers of talent and ingenu that come from everi corner of the globe __PUNCT__

nobodi know that better than florida __PUNCT__

so no matter what the naysay tell us __PUNCT__ no matter how dark the other side tri to paint the situat __PUNCT__ there is not anoth countri on earth that would not gladli trade place with the unit state of america __PUNCT__

so i want you all to understand __PUNCT__ we can solv our problem __PUNCT__ and we made signific stride on a whole rang of area __PUNCT__

but what stand in our wai still is our polit __PUNCT__

what stand in our wai is a group of folk in washington with some uncompromis view __PUNCT__ folk who believ that the onli wai we can get back on track is to go back to the same top __PUNCT__ down econom that got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

what do i mean by top __PUNCT__ down econom __PUNCT__ their basic theori __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__

romnei __PUNCT__ hi friend in congress __PUNCT__ thei basic believ that if we just give more tax_cut __PUNCT__ on top of the bush_tax_cut __PUNCT__ to the wealthiest american and we get rid of regul that we place on wall_street_bank __PUNCT__ for exampl __PUNCT__ to make sure we don't have anoth crisi __PUNCT__ or on the health_care industri to make sure that thei don't discrimin against you becaus you got a preexist condit __PUNCT__ or __PUNCT__ the idea is that somehow __PUNCT__ if we cut_tax for folk at the top and get rid of regul __PUNCT__ thi will lead to more job and more prosper to everybodi __PUNCT__

that their theori __PUNCT__

that the path that thei propos __PUNCT__

it not that complic __PUNCT__

that where thei will take us if thei win __PUNCT__ i guarante you __PUNCT__

the centerpiec of mr __PUNCT__ romnei econom_plan is a new __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__

that the heart of hi econom_plan __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we know that thi tax_cut would probabl be go to the wealthiest___NUM___percent of all household __PUNCT__ we knew that __PUNCT__

but yesterdai an independ __PUNCT__ nonpartisan organ __PUNCT__ thei dug into the number __PUNCT__

thei investig __PUNCT__ what would it mean to give thi romnei plan a try __PUNCT__

and thi __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ thi is an organ that head by an economist who work for presid_bush __PUNCT__

all right __PUNCT__ so thi wa not my opinion __PUNCT__

thi wa not our team opinion __PUNCT__

thi is someth that wa look at by a nonpartisan group __PUNCT__

here what thei found __PUNCT__

thei found that folk make more than __MONEY___million a year __PUNCT__ the top on __PUNCT__ tenth of __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ would get a tax_cut under mr __PUNCT__ romnei plan of almost a quarter of a million_dollar __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

two hundr and fifti_thousand thousand_dollar would go to folk who ar make___MONEY__ __MONEY___million a year or more __PUNCT__

that the averag __PUNCT__ that the typic __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__ romnei claim that he go to get thi tax_cut and he go to bring down the deficit __PUNCT__

so then the question is __PUNCT__ who do you think get the bill for these __MONEY__ tax cut __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we do __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thi is a smart crowd __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ you do __PUNCT__

thi analysi also found that if governor romnei want to keep hi word and pai for hi plan so that he doe not increas the deficit even more __PUNCT__ the averag middl_class class_famili with children would be stuck with a tax_increas of more than __MONEY__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

so i want everybodi to understand here __PUNCT__ he not ask you to pai an extra __MONEY__ to reduc our deficit __PUNCT__ he not ask you to pai an addit___MONEY__ to help care for our senior __PUNCT__ he not ask to pai an addit __MONEY__ in order to rebuild america or to fight a war __PUNCT__ he ask you to pai more so that peopl like him can pai less __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

so that peopl like me pai less __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ in order to afford on __MONEY__ tax_cut for somebodi like mr __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__ a hundr and twenti __PUNCT__ five famili __PUNCT__ like mani of your __PUNCT__ would have to pai an addit___MONEY__ in tax __PUNCT__

and that not a on __PUNCT__ time thing __PUNCT__ thi would be each and everi year __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i just want you to know thi studi wa releas yesterdai __PUNCT__

so hi campaign wa ask about it __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ what do you think __PUNCT__ so __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ first thei said __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ thi is a liber organ __PUNCT__ despit the fact that it head by an economist who work for georg_bush __PUNCT__

then thei said that the studi fail to fulli take into account the massiv econom boom that would come from cut_tax on the wealthiest american and the biggest corpor __PUNCT__ becaus we all know how well that work out the last time we tri it __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ orlando __PUNCT__ we know better __PUNCT__

thei have tri to sell us thi trickl __PUNCT__ down tax_cut fairi dust befor __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and guess what __PUNCT__ it didn't work then __PUNCT__ it will not work now __PUNCT__

it not a plan to creat_job __PUNCT__

it is not a plan to reduc the deficit __PUNCT__

it is not a plan to build our middl_class __PUNCT__

it is not a plan to move our economi forward __PUNCT__

it take us backward to a place we don't need to be __PUNCT__

we do not need more tax_cut for folk who have done veri __PUNCT__ veri well __PUNCT__

we need more tax cut for work_american __PUNCT__

we need tax_cut for famili who ar try to rais your children and keep your children healthi and send them to colleg and put roof over their head __PUNCT__

we don't need more tax cut for compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ we need tax_cut for compani that ar invest here in florida and here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__ hire american_worker __PUNCT__ send product around the world stamp with those proud word __PUNCT__ made in america __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

and that why i run again for presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

so listen __PUNCT__ when it come to tax and reduc the deficit __PUNCT__ i got a differ plan for america __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis to cut middl_class tax __PUNCT__ that exactli what i did __PUNCT__ by a total of about __MONEY__ for the typic famili __PUNCT__

now i want to keep incom_tax exactli where thei ar on the first __MONEY__ of everybodi incom tax __PUNCT__

so if you a famili that make under __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__ like __NUM__ percent of american_famili do __PUNCT__ you won't see your incom_tax tax_increas by a singl dime next year __PUNCT__

on the other hand __PUNCT__ if you fortun enough to be in the other __NUM__ percent of american __PUNCT__ like i am __PUNCT__ all we ask is that we contribut a littl bit more so that we can pai down our debt and so that we can still invest thing __PUNCT__ in thing like educ and infrastructur and basic scienc and advanc manufactur __PUNCT__ all those thing that help us grow as an economi __PUNCT__

and look __PUNCT__ i go to make sure govern doe it part __PUNCT__

we go to have to cut awai spend that we don't need __PUNCT__

we made enorm progress in make govern more effici and streamlin it __PUNCT__ but we can do more __PUNCT__

we cut a trillion_dollar alreadi __PUNCT__

we can do more __PUNCT__

but i not go to pai for a massiv new tax_cut for folk who don't need it by gut the invest that have alwai kept us at the forefront and have kept our middl_class strong __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ florida __PUNCT__ just like we tri their wai __PUNCT__ what i talk about we tri too __PUNCT__

all i ask is that we go back to the rate that were paid by wealthi individu under bill_clinton __PUNCT__

and if you rememb __PUNCT__ that when our economi creat nearli __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ we creat the biggest budget surplu in histori __PUNCT__

and here the kicker __PUNCT__ it wa good for everybodi __PUNCT__

peopl at the top __PUNCT__ thei did well __PUNCT__ becaus if a construct_worker ha a job and he got some monei in hi pocket __PUNCT__ then he might go out and bui that new applianc __PUNCT__

and if that small_busi just open a restaur and now everybodi in the commun ha a littl extra_monei to spend __PUNCT__ that restaur will do better __PUNCT__

and if you got a job and you feel_pretti pretti_good __PUNCT__ got some monei in your pocket __PUNCT__ you might decid to get rid of that old beater and bui a new car __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ and then __PUNCT__ those busi hire more peopl __PUNCT__

and you get what call a virtuou cycl __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ florida __PUNCT__ if you believ their plan will make us better __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ if you believ that it okai to pai for a big tax_cut for folk who don't need it __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and ask you to pai for it __PUNCT__ and cut our invest in educ and voucher medicar and make a whole other rang of chang that will impos greater hardship on the middl_class __PUNCT__ if you think we should set our sight lower like that __PUNCT__ settl for someth less __PUNCT__ then go ahead and send these folk to washington __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

obvious __PUNCT__ that wa a rhetor question __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but let me ask you thi __PUNCT__ wouldn't we be better off if we keep fight for the thing that have alwai made us strong __PUNCT__ make sure our young_peopl can afford to get a higher_educ __PUNCT__

wouldn't we be better off if we develop new sourc of american_energi becaus we put the monei into the research to develop them __PUNCT__ wouldn't we be better off if we were invest in thing like advanc manufactur to sell good around the rest of the world made right here in florida with american_worker __PUNCT__ five year or __NUM___year or __NUM__ year from now __PUNCT__ won't we be better off if we made these smart __PUNCT__ sometim tough __PUNCT__ decis __PUNCT__ understand that we grow thi economi not from the top down __PUNCT__ but from the middl out and from the bottom up __PUNCT__ creat an economi where everybodi get a fair shot and everybodi is do their fair_share and everybodi is plai by the same set of rule __PUNCT__

won't we be better off if we got the courag to keep work and fight and move_forward __PUNCT__ that what i believ __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid __PUNCT__

you know __PUNCT__ my __PUNCT__ listen __PUNCT__ florida __PUNCT__

orlando __PUNCT__ i want you to know my hair mai be grayer than it wa __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i mai be turn___NUM__ but my determin to do right by you __PUNCT__ to fight for you __PUNCT__ to think about you everi singl_dai __PUNCT__ that determin is stronger than ever __PUNCT__

my faith in you is stronger than ever __PUNCT__

i still believ in you __PUNCT__

and if you still believ in me __PUNCT__ if you will to stand with me __PUNCT__ if you will to organ with me __PUNCT__ if you will to make some phone_call for me __PUNCT__ if you will to regist some voter for me __PUNCT__ if you go out there and vote with me __PUNCT__ i promis you __PUNCT__ we will finish what we start and we will remind the world just why it is that the unit_state of america is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__ everybodi __PUNCT__

god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__