Barack Obama

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the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__ it good to be back __PUNCT__ it is good to be back in new hampshir __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ thank you gui all for be here __PUNCT__

i know it a littl bit warm __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

just a __PUNCT__ i love you back __PUNCT__

so for those of you __PUNCT__ everybodi who is stand __PUNCT__ i want you to kind of bend your knee a littl bit __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ we usual see a few folk kind of drop out a littl bit when it thi warm __PUNCT__

if you got a seat __PUNCT__ feel_free to sit down and relax __PUNCT__

i want everybodi to give a big round of applaus to beth talbott __PUNCT__ not onli for the great introduct __PUNCT__ but for be an outstand teacher __PUNCT__

i love teacher __PUNCT__

love them __PUNCT__

two other peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ congression candid anni kuster is here __PUNCT__

give anni a big round of applaus __PUNCT__

and my nation cochair back in __NUM__ on of my earliest support in new hampshir __PUNCT__ great gui __PUNCT__ paul hode is here __PUNCT__

give paul a big round of applaus __PUNCT__

and all of you ar here __PUNCT__ and i veri happi about that __PUNCT__

let me also sai __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ thank you for return malia and sasha safe and sound __PUNCT__

thei were up here for camp for a month __PUNCT__

thei had a wonder time __PUNCT__ but their parent miss them a lot __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so we were glad to get them back __PUNCT__

but you gui took good care of them while thei were up here __PUNCT__ so i appreci that __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ while thei were at camp __PUNCT__ there ar no tv at camp __PUNCT__ but unless you been abl to hide your tv_set or your cabl is broke __PUNCT__ you mai be awar that there is a campaign go on right now __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and part of the reason the campaign is so intens is becaus the choic we face in __DATE__ could not be bigger __PUNCT__

it not just a choic between two candid or two polit_parti __PUNCT__ it is a choic between two fundament differ vision about where to take the countri __PUNCT__ two fundament differ path for america __PUNCT__

and the decis that you make __PUNCT__ the direct you choos for us to walk in when you walk into that vote_booth in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ it go to have an impact not just on your live __PUNCT__ but it go to have an impact on your kid and your grandkid and gener to come __PUNCT__

some of you were involv in __NUM__ when we came togeth __PUNCT__

and it wasn't just democrat __PUNCT__ we had independ __PUNCT__ we had even some republican __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

there you go __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and the idea wa that we need to restor the basic bargain that made thi countri great __PUNCT__ the basic bargain that creat the most prosper economi that the world ha even known __PUNCT__

and it a simpl bargain __PUNCT__

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

it sai that if you put in enough effort and you take serious your respons __PUNCT__ you should be abl to find a job that pai the bill __PUNCT__ you should be abl to afford a home you can call your own __PUNCT__ you should count on health_care if you get sick __PUNCT__ you should be abl to retir with some digniti and some respect after a lifetim of labor __PUNCT__ and most import __PUNCT__ you should be abl to give your kid the kind of educ and opportun that allow them to dream bigger and do better than you ever did __PUNCT__

that the american promis __PUNCT__

that the american_dream __PUNCT__

and we knew restor it wouldn't be easi __PUNCT__ that it would take more than on year or on term or even on presid __PUNCT__ becaus we had gone through a decad in which that promis wa not be kept __PUNCT__

we had seen a decad in which incom and wage were go down even as the cost of everyth from health_care to colleg were go up __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

sai it again __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__ presid __PUNCT__ so we can hear it again __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

we had seen a decad __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ in which job were be ship oversea __PUNCT__ in which we took a surplu and turn it into a deficit __PUNCT__ ran two war on a credit_card __PUNCT__ all culmin in the worst financi_crisi sinc the great_depress __PUNCT__

and middl_class class_famili who were alreadi get hammer lost their job __PUNCT__ lost their save __PUNCT__ some lost their home __PUNCT__

and the american_dream seem even further out of reach __PUNCT__

so when i ran for offic __PUNCT__ i told you there ar no quick fix __PUNCT__ there ar no easi solut __PUNCT__

but what i also insist wa that if we pull togeth __PUNCT__ we have everyth we need to meet our challeng __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ we can __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ we can __PUNCT__

we still have the best worker in the world __PUNCT__ the best entrepreneur and small __PUNCT__ businesspeopl in the world __PUNCT__ the best scientist __PUNCT__ the best research __PUNCT__ the best univers __PUNCT__ the best colleg in the world __PUNCT__

we still a young nation __PUNCT__ and we got the greatest divers of talent and ingenu __PUNCT__

there a reason why peopl still want to come here __PUNCT__

becaus no matter what the naysay sai and no matter how stark the other side tri to paint the situat dure elect time __PUNCT__ there is not anoth countri on earth that wouldn't gladli chang place with the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

most of all __PUNCT__ the american_charact ha not chang __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ we saw dure thi crisi how peopl mai have gotten knock down __PUNCT__ but thei got right back up __PUNCT__

folk __PUNCT__ peopl in their 50 __PUNCT__ 60 __PUNCT__ lose their job go back to school __PUNCT__ thei get retrain and find a new on __PUNCT__

small __PUNCT__ businesspeopl keep their door_open even if it meant them not take a salari __PUNCT__ becaus thei understood their worker had famili that were depend on them __PUNCT__

we mai have gone through tough_time __PUNCT__ but it turn out we tougher than tough time __PUNCT__

and that how we save an auto_industri on the brink of collaps __PUNCT__

that how we creat million new job __PUNCT__ half a million in manufactur __PUNCT__

we ar not there yet __PUNCT__

we still got a long wai to go __PUNCT__ becaus we got to make sure that here in america __PUNCT__ no matter what you look like __PUNCT__ no matter where you come from __PUNCT__ no matter what your last name is __PUNCT__ here in america __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

that what thi campaign about __PUNCT__ and that why i run for a second term as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ i got to sai __PUNCT__ rememb __PUNCT__ i said thi is a choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

we got a particular vision about how to move the countri forward __PUNCT__

my oppon and hi run_mate have a veri differ view __PUNCT__

thei believ the best wai forward is to go right back to the old top __PUNCT__ down econom that got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thei __PUNCT__ their idea ar pretti simpl __PUNCT__ thei not hard to explain __PUNCT__

thei think that if we get rid of more regul on big_corpor and big_bank __PUNCT__ some of which we put in place to prevent anoth taxpay __PUNCT__ fund bailout __PUNCT__ and if we do more tax_cut for the veri wealthiest american __PUNCT__ then somehow prosper is go to rain down on all of you __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that their theori __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ the centerpiec of my oppon entir econom_plan is a new __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__ a lot of it go to the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

hi new run_mate __PUNCT__ congressman ryan __PUNCT__ he put_forward __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ he put forward a plan that would let governor romnei pai less than __NUM__ percent in tax each year __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ and here the kicker __PUNCT__ he expect you to pick up the tab __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

governor romnei tax_plan __PUNCT__ thi is not my analysi now __PUNCT__ thi is the analysi of independ folk who analyz tax plan for a live __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that what thei do __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ their analysi show that governor romnei tax plan would actual rais_tax on middl_class class_famili with children by an averag of __MONEY__ __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ not to reduc the deficit __PUNCT__ not to grow job __PUNCT__ not to invest in educ __PUNCT__ but to give anoth tax_cut to folk like him __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ ask governor romnei and hi run_mate when thei here in new hampshir on mondai __PUNCT__ thei go to be come here on mondai __PUNCT__ ask him if that fair __PUNCT__

ask him how it will grow the economi __PUNCT__

ask him how it will strengthen the middl_class __PUNCT__

thei have been try to sell thi trickl __PUNCT__ down snake oil befor __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ it did not work then __PUNCT__

it will not work now __PUNCT__

it not a plan to creat_job __PUNCT__

it will not reduc the deficit __PUNCT__

it will not move the economi forward __PUNCT__

it the wrong_direct for america __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ the truth is __PUNCT__ i think thei know it not a veri popular idea __PUNCT__

you can tell that becaus now thei be dishonest about my plan __PUNCT__ sinc thei can't sell their plan __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i mean __PUNCT__ thei ar try to throw everyth at the wall just to see what will stick __PUNCT__

the latest thing thei been try is to talk about medicar __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ you think thei avoid talk about medicar __PUNCT__ given the fact that both of them have propos to voucher the medicar system __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

but i guess thei figur the best defens is to try to go on offens __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__ here what you need to know __PUNCT__ sinc i been in offic __PUNCT__ i have strengthen medicar __PUNCT__

i made reform that have extend the life of the program __PUNCT__ that have save million of senior with medicar hundr of dollar on their prescript_drug __PUNCT__

the onli chang to your benefit that i made on medicar is that medicar now cover new prevent servic like cancer screen and well visit for free __PUNCT__

governor romnei and congressman ryan have a veri differ plan __PUNCT__

what thei want to do is thei want senior to get a voucher to bui their own insur __PUNCT__ which could forc senior to pai an extra __MONEY__ a year for their health_care __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

again __PUNCT__ thi is not my estim __PUNCT__

rememb those gui who analyz these thing for a live __PUNCT__ that their assess __PUNCT__

that doesn't strengthen medicar __PUNCT__

that undo the veri guarante of medicar __PUNCT__

that the core of the plan written by congressman ryan and endors by governor romnei __PUNCT__

so here the bottom_line __PUNCT__ my plan save_monei in medicar by crack down on fraud and wast and insur_compani subsidi __PUNCT__

and their plan make senior pai more so thei can give anoth tax_cut to millionair and billionair __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

my plan alreadi extend the life of medicar by nearli a decad __PUNCT__

their plan would put medicar on track to be end as we know it __PUNCT__

it would be an entir differ plan __PUNCT__ a plan in which you could not count on health_care becaus it would have to be come out of your pocket __PUNCT__

that the real differ between our plan on medicar __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__ and that why i run for a second term as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

and i need your help __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis to cut middl_class tax __PUNCT__

that exactli what i done __PUNCT__ by a total of about __MONEY__ for the typic famili __PUNCT__

so just like we got a differ on medicar __PUNCT__ we got a differ on tax __PUNCT__

right now what i want to do is keep tax right where thei ar for the first __MONEY__ of everybodi incom __PUNCT__

so if your famili make under __MONEY__ which __PUNCT__ that includ___NUM__ percent of american __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

that me __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

that you __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ nineti __PUNCT__ seven percent of small_busi __PUNCT__ you won't see your incom_tax tax_increas by a singl dime next year __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ if you fortun enough to be in the other __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ you still keep your tax_cut on the first __MONEY__ you make __PUNCT__

that a pretti_good good_deal __PUNCT__

but all we ask is for folk like me who make more than __NUM__ we ask that you contribut a littl bit more abov __NUM__ so we can pai down thi deficit and invest in thing like make colleg more afford __PUNCT__ make sure our teacher aren't laid off __PUNCT__ make sure our firefight ar there to respond to emerg __PUNCT__ make sure our economi_grow __PUNCT__

and keep in mind __PUNCT__ ask the wealthi to pai a littl bit more __PUNCT__ that doesn't elimin our deficit __PUNCT__

we still go to have to make sure that govern doe it part by cut awai all the spend we don't need __PUNCT__

and i alreadi cut a trillion_dollar in spend __PUNCT__ and we slate anoth trillion more __PUNCT__

but we can't just reduc our deficit and our debt by gut educ and gut research and develop and gut infrastructur __PUNCT__

and all we ask folk like me to do is go back to the rate we paid under bill_clinton __PUNCT__ which __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ wa a time when we creat nearli __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ the biggest budget surplu in histori __PUNCT__ and a bunch of millionair to boot __PUNCT__

see __PUNCT__ i get all fire up __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ and i want to explain that thi is not just good for middl_class class_famili and work_famili __PUNCT__ it good for everybodi __PUNCT__

becaus what happen when a polic_offic or a firefight or a teacher or a construct_worker or a receptionist __PUNCT__ what happen when thei got a littl more monei in their pocket __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

thei spend it __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thei spend it on basic_necess __PUNCT__

so mayb thei go out and final __PUNCT__ after __NUM___year __PUNCT__ bui a new car __PUNCT__

or mayb thei bui a new comput for their kid who go off to colleg __PUNCT__

and that mean busi suddenli ha more custom __PUNCT__

and that mean busi ar make more profit __PUNCT__

and that mean busi ar hire more worker __PUNCT__ who in turn have more monei to spend __PUNCT__ which make busi do even better __PUNCT__

that how you grow an economi __PUNCT__ not from the top down __PUNCT__ but from the middl out and from the bottom up __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

and that why i run for a second term as presid __PUNCT__

on issu after issu __PUNCT__ the choic could not be clearer __PUNCT__

when the auto_industri wa on the verg of collaps __PUNCT__ governor romnei said let __PUNCT__ let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__

i said __PUNCT__ a million_job ar at stake __PUNCT__ let bet on american_worker and american_manufactur __PUNCT__

and year later __PUNCT__ the american auto_industri ha come roar back __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

governor romnei like to tout hi privat_sector experi __PUNCT__ even though a lot of that experi wa invest in compani that were call __PUNCT__ pioneer __PUNCT__ in the busi of outsourc manufactur_job __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

he want to keep on give tax_break to compani that ship job_oversea __PUNCT__

i want to give tax_break to compani that ar invest here in new hampshir __PUNCT__ here in the unit_state __PUNCT__ hire american_worker to make american product to sell around the world __PUNCT__

that the differ in thi elect __PUNCT__

governor romnei think new sourc of clean_energi ar __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ imaginari __PUNCT__

sinc i took offic __PUNCT__ we in fact doubl the us of renew_energi like wind and solar __PUNCT__

thousand of american have good_job becaus of it __PUNCT__

it not imaginari __PUNCT__ it real __PUNCT__

new hampshir __PUNCT__ we got to stop give __MONEY___billion a year in taxpay_subsidi to big_oil oil_compani that ar make plenti of profit and us that monei to help american homegrown energi that ha never been more promis __PUNCT__

that a choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

in __NUM__ i promis i would end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ we did __PUNCT__

i said we go after al qaida and bin_laden __PUNCT__ we did __PUNCT__

we now ar transit so that afghan take more respons for their secur and we can start bring our troop_home from there __PUNCT__

all of these thing we did onli becaus of the incred courag and dedic and patriot of our men and women in uniform __PUNCT__

and that why we made histor invest in the va __PUNCT__ becaus i believ that anybodi who ha fought for america in uniform should not have to fight for a job when thei come home __PUNCT__ shouldn't have to fight for the benefit thei earn __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

so we could not be prouder of them __PUNCT__

but we want them to return to a strong economi __PUNCT__ which mean that after a decad of war __PUNCT__ it time to do some nation __PUNCT__ build here at home __PUNCT__

let creat a veteran job corp that can help return hero get job as firefight and cop in commun that need them the most __PUNCT__

let take some of the save from war to rebuild our road and our bridg and our school all across america __PUNCT__ to lai broadband line and wireless network that can make us more competit __PUNCT__

let put some construct_worker back to work __PUNCT__

that help everybodi __PUNCT__ and that will help america be strong for decad to come __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

that what at stake __PUNCT__

i want to make sure that we got the best educ in the world __PUNCT__

i want to help school_district like thi on hire and reward the best teacher __PUNCT__ especi in math and scienc __PUNCT__

i want to give __NUM___million more american the chanc to go to commun_colleg and learn the skill that busi ar hire for right now __PUNCT__

and i want colleg and univers to bring their tuition down __PUNCT__ becaus in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ our young_peopl have to be abl to get a colleg_educ __PUNCT__ a higher_educ __PUNCT__

it not a luxuri __PUNCT__ it is a necess __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

and ye __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__ i run again becaus i still believ in america nobodi should go broke becaus thei get sick __PUNCT__

i kind of fond of the term obamacar __PUNCT__ becaus i do care __PUNCT__

that why we pass the law __PUNCT__

that why million young_peopl can stai on their parent plan now __PUNCT__

that why senior ar see discount on their prescript_drug __PUNCT__

that why famili who got somebodi with a preexist condit can now get health_care __PUNCT__

it wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

the suprem_court ha spoken __PUNCT__

we ar not go backward __PUNCT__ we ar go forward __PUNCT__

we not go back to the dai when serv the countri you love depend on who you love __PUNCT__

we end __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__

it wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

we not go back __PUNCT__

we not go back to the dai when women didn't have control of their own health_care choic __PUNCT__

we go forward __PUNCT__ we not go back __PUNCT__

on issu after issu __PUNCT__ there is a choic __PUNCT__

and all these issu __PUNCT__ manufactur and health care and educ __PUNCT__ all these thing tie togeth becaus it part of what not onli make up a middl_class class_life __PUNCT__ but also creat rung of opportun for peopl to get into the middl_class __PUNCT__

that what we believ in __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

that how the economi_grow __PUNCT__

that what we learn from our parent and our grandpar and our great __PUNCT__ grandpar __PUNCT__ some who came here as immigr __PUNCT__ folk work_hard __PUNCT__ overcom obstacl __PUNCT__ understand that in america __PUNCT__ not onli could you do better __PUNCT__ but your futur_gener could do better __PUNCT__

that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__ and that why i run for a second term as presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ let me sai thi __PUNCT__ let me close up by sai thi __PUNCT__

over the next __NUM___month __PUNCT__ you will see more neg_ad than you have ever seen in your life __PUNCT__

these folk on the other side __PUNCT__ thei write __MONEY___million check __PUNCT__

and basic __PUNCT__ their argument is go to be the same on over and over again __PUNCT__ the economi is not where it should be __PUNCT__ and it obama fault __PUNCT__

thei just keep on repeat that becaus thei know their own plan don't sell __PUNCT__

so all thei try to do is just hope that if thei can tap into peopl frustrat and anxieti __PUNCT__ that somehow thei go to win __PUNCT__ even though what thei sell won't work __PUNCT__

it not a __PUNCT__ what thei sell is not a plan to creat_job __PUNCT__ it not a plan to reduc the deficit __PUNCT__ it certainli is not a plan to reviv the middl_class __PUNCT__

but thei ar count on just outspend us to win __PUNCT__

but here is the good new __PUNCT__

here the good new __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__

i been count out befor __PUNCT__ and i been outspent befor __PUNCT__

but what i learn __PUNCT__ and you gui help teach thi to me __PUNCT__ is that when the american_peopl __PUNCT__ when thei cut through the nonsens __PUNCT__ when you focu on what import __PUNCT__ when you remind of what valu built thi countri __PUNCT__ when you rememb that we ar all in thi togeth and you affirm the basic american notion that everybodi in thi countri get a fair shot and everybodi should do their fair_share and everybodi should plai by the same set of rule __PUNCT__ when you ar focus on the thing that make us a great_countri __PUNCT__ we don't lose __PUNCT__

you will help get us there __PUNCT__

we got too mani more job we got to creat __PUNCT__ too mani more teacher we got to hire __PUNCT__ too mani young_peopl who need to go to colleg __PUNCT__ too mani troop we got to come home __PUNCT__ more energi we got to gener __PUNCT__ more opportun that we got to open up to everybodi __PUNCT__

so if you will to stand with me and fight with me and make phone_call with me and knock on door with me __PUNCT__ if you will to vote for me __PUNCT__ we will win new hampshir __PUNCT__

we will win thi elect __PUNCT__

and we will finish what we start and remind the world why the unit_state of america is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__