Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ virginia __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ it is great to be here in pfitzner stadium __PUNCT__ home of the potomac nation __PUNCT__

i want to congratul the washington nation for bring playoff basebal to dc __PUNCT__

you gui ar look good __PUNCT__

i am look forward to a white sox __PUNCT__ nation world seri __PUNCT__

it go to happen __PUNCT__

white sox ar still in first place __PUNCT__

but i got to admit __PUNCT__ you gui ar look a littl better right now __PUNCT__

you gui ar look veri good __PUNCT__

a coupl of peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__

i want to thank __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ your former outstand governor and your current outstand senat __PUNCT__ mark warner __PUNCT__ for hi leadership __PUNCT__

give him a big round of applaus __PUNCT__

i also want to thank your congressman gerri connolli for be here with us todai __PUNCT__

and i want to thank all of you for be here __PUNCT__ although i got to admit __PUNCT__ on a dai like todai __PUNCT__ thi is not a bad place to be __PUNCT__ out on the ballpark __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ got a nice littl breez go __PUNCT__

it feel_good __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

i do __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ unless your cabl ha been broken for a while __PUNCT__ you mai be awar there an elect go on __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i wa told a stori by my campaign_manag __PUNCT__

he wa meet with some folk __PUNCT__ and there wa a young_coupl there with a young_son __PUNCT__ mayb __NUM__ or __NUM___year old __PUNCT__ and the parent were realli proud that he knew who i wa __PUNCT__

and thei explain to my campaign_manag __PUNCT__ thei said __PUNCT__ listen __PUNCT__ he love barack_obama __PUNCT__

and thei turn to the littl boi and thei said __PUNCT__ what doe barack obama do __PUNCT__ and the littl boi sai __PUNCT__ barack obama approv thi messag __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so you know it elect season __PUNCT__

that what i do __PUNCT__

i approv thi messag __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and that becaus in the come week __PUNCT__ you got a veri big choic to make __PUNCT__

thi is not a choic between two candid or two parti __PUNCT__

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

my oppon ar big believ in top __PUNCT__ down econom __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__ romnei think that if we just spend anoth __MONEY___trillion trillion_dollar on tax_cut that favor the wealthiest___NUM___percent of american __PUNCT__ all our problem ar go to be solv __PUNCT__

job and prosper will rain down from the sky __PUNCT__

deficit will magic disappear __PUNCT__

we will all live_happili ever after __PUNCT__

the end __PUNCT__

there onli on problem __PUNCT__

we tri that scheme dure the last decad __PUNCT__

it didn't work __PUNCT__

top __PUNCT__ down econom don't work __PUNCT__

thi countri doesn't succe when onli the rich ar get richer __PUNCT__

we succe when folk at the top ar do well __PUNCT__ but also when the middl_class is do well and folk who ar fight to get into the middl ar do well __PUNCT__ when more peopl have a chanc to get ahead and live up to their god __PUNCT__ given potenti __PUNCT__

i don't believ we can get veri far with leader who write off half the nation as a bunch of victim __PUNCT__ who think that thei not interest in take respons for their own live __PUNCT__

i don't see a lot of victim in thi crowd todai __PUNCT__

i see hard __PUNCT__ work virginian __PUNCT__

some of you mai be student try to work your wai through colleg __PUNCT__

some of you mai be singl_mom like my mom __PUNCT__ put in overtim to see if you can provid a better life for your kid __PUNCT__

some of you mai be senior_citizen who have been save your whole life for your retir __PUNCT__

some of you mai be veteran who have serv thi countri brave __PUNCT__ soldier who defend our freedom todai __PUNCT__

nobodi believ that anyon entitl to success in thi countri __PUNCT__

we don't believ that govern should be help peopl who refus to help themselv __PUNCT__

but we do believ in someth call opportun __PUNCT__

we believ in a countri where hard_work pai off __PUNCT__ where respons is reward __PUNCT__ where everybodi get a fair shot and everybodi is do their fair_share and everybodi plai by the same rule __PUNCT__

that the countri we believ in __PUNCT__

that what i believ in __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ i told you befor __PUNCT__ and i will tell you again __PUNCT__ the path i offer is not necessarili go to be quick or easi __PUNCT__ becaus the truth is it go to take more than a few year to solv challeng that built up over decad __PUNCT__

but i can tell you thi __PUNCT__ virginia __PUNCT__ thi is america __PUNCT__

our problem can be solv __PUNCT__ and our challeng can be met __PUNCT__

we got the best worker in the world __PUNCT__

we got the best businesspeopl and entrepreneur in the world __PUNCT__

we got the best scientist and research in the world __PUNCT__

we got the best colleg and univers in the world __PUNCT__

there not a countri on earth that wouldn't trade place with the unit state of america __PUNCT__

so the path i offer mai be harder __PUNCT__ but it lead to a better place __PUNCT__

i offer a practic __PUNCT__ five __PUNCT__ point_plan to creat_job and grow the middl_class and rebuild the economi on a stronger foundat __PUNCT__

so let me break it down in case you gui miss the convent __PUNCT__ just in case __PUNCT__

or just in case you onli saw michel __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ number on __PUNCT__ i want to export more product and outsourc fewer job __PUNCT__

when my oppon said we should __PUNCT__ let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__ we came togeth to reinvent a dy auto_industri that back on top of the world __PUNCT__

in the last 2½ year __PUNCT__ we creat more than half a million new manufactur_job in thi countri __PUNCT__

so now you have a choic __PUNCT__

we can build on that progress __PUNCT__ or we can do what the other folk want to do and give more tax_break to compani that ship job_oversea __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

we can continu to see outsourc __PUNCT__ or we can do some insourc and reward compani that open new plant and train new worker and creat new job right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

i want to help big factori and small_busi doubl their export __PUNCT__

we can creat a million new manufactur_job in the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

we can make that happen __PUNCT__

but i go to need your help __PUNCT__

number two __PUNCT__ i want us to control more of our own energi __PUNCT__

after __NUM__ year of inact __PUNCT__ we rais fuel standard so that by the middl of the next decad __PUNCT__ your car and truck will go twice as far on a gallon of ga __PUNCT__

we doubl the amount of renew_energi we gener from sourc like wind and solar __PUNCT__

thousand of american have job todai build wind_turbin and long __PUNCT__ last batteri __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ the unit_state of america is less depend on foreign_oil than ani time in nearli two decad __PUNCT__

so now you got a choic __PUNCT__

you can do what mr __PUNCT__ romnei want to do and revers all that progress __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ or we can build on it __PUNCT__

i not go to let oil_compani write thi countri energi plan __PUNCT__

i don't want them to keep collect anoth __MONEY___billion in corpor_welfar from our taxpay __PUNCT__

we got a better plan where we keep invest in wind and solar and clean_coal technolog and farmer and scientist har new biofuel to power our car and our truck __PUNCT__ where we put more construct_worker back to work retrofit home and factori so thei wast less energi __PUNCT__

we can develop nearli a hundr __PUNCT__ year suppli of natur_ga that right beneath our feet __PUNCT__

and my plan would cut our oil import in half by __NUM__ and support more than __NUM__ new job in natur ga alon __PUNCT__

but i go to need your help to make it happen __PUNCT__

number three __PUNCT__ i want to give more american the chanc to learn the skill thei need to compet __PUNCT__

governor warner __PUNCT__ senat warner said it well __PUNCT__ we got to invest in our workforc __PUNCT__

and educ wa the gatewai of opportun for me __PUNCT__ it wa the gatewai of opportun for michel __PUNCT__

it the gatewai of opportun for mani of you __PUNCT__

it the gatewai to a middl_class class_life __PUNCT__

and we alreadi been work on thi __PUNCT__ so million of student ar right now pai less for colleg becaus we took on a system that wa wast billion of dollar in taxpay_monei to bank and lender __PUNCT__

we said __PUNCT__ let give it directli to student __PUNCT__

but now you got a choic __PUNCT__

the other side __PUNCT__ thei want to gut educ to pai for more tax_break for the wealthi __PUNCT__

i think that the wrong wai to go __PUNCT__

i think we can decid that in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__ no child should have her dream defer becaus of an overcrowd classroom __PUNCT__

no famili should have to set asid a colleg accept letter becaus thei didn't have the monei __PUNCT__

no compani should have to look for worker in china becaus thei couldn't find on with the right skill right here in virginia __PUNCT__

so i ask you to help me recruit __NUM__ math and scienc_teacher in the next __NUM___year and improv earli_childhood childhood_educ __PUNCT__

let give __NUM___million worker the chanc to learn skill at a commun_colleg for job that ar hire right now __PUNCT__

and let work to __PUNCT__ with colleg and univers to cut the growth of tuition cost __PUNCT__ becaus we don't want our young_peopl load up with debt __PUNCT__

we want them to be abl to get the educ thei need to compet in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

that the path we have to choos togeth __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

fourth __PUNCT__ we got to reduc our deficit __PUNCT__

and i put_forward a plan that independ expert have look at the number __PUNCT__ it cut the deficit by __MONEY___trillion without stick it to the middl_class __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i alreadi work with the republican to cut a trillion_dollar in spend __PUNCT__ and i will to do more __PUNCT__

i want to reform our tax_code so it simpler and fairer __PUNCT__ but the onli wai we go to reduc the deficit is also to ask wealthiest household to pai higher_tax on incom over __MONEY__ to go back to the same_rate we had when bill_clinton wa presid __PUNCT__ our economi creat nearli __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ we went from deficit to surplu __PUNCT__ and we creat a whole lot of millionair to boot __PUNCT__

and understand __PUNCT__ the reason why i want to do thi __PUNCT__ it becaus that how an economi_grow __PUNCT__

if we keep tax low for middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ if you got a littl more monei in your pocket __PUNCT__ what do you do __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

spend it __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

you spend it __PUNCT__

mayb you bui that new comput for your kid __PUNCT__

mayb you final trade in that __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year __PUNCT__ old car you got __PUNCT__

and that mean that busi now ha more custom __PUNCT__ and thei make more profit __PUNCT__ which mean thei hire more worker __PUNCT__

everybodi doe better when we grow togeth __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ my oppon __PUNCT__ he got a plan __PUNCT__ too __PUNCT__

but as presid_clinton point out __PUNCT__ there no math in it __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ it miss arithmet __PUNCT__

thei sai the biggest prioriti __PUNCT__ we got to reduc our debt __PUNCT__ reduc our deficit __PUNCT__

you see their ad __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ we got to reduc our deficit __PUNCT__

and then the first thing thei want to do is spend trillion of dollar on new tax_break for the wealthi __PUNCT__

and when you ask them __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ how doe that work __PUNCT__ thei can't explain it __PUNCT__

thei won't sai how thei pai for __MONEY___trillion in new tax_cut without rais_tax on middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__

thei want to spend anoth __MONEY___trillion on new militari_spend that our militari sai we don't need __PUNCT__

the reason thei can't explain it is becaus the math doesn't work __PUNCT__

and i tell you what __PUNCT__ i want you to be clear __PUNCT__ virginia __PUNCT__ i want to work with republican to reduc our deficit __PUNCT__

i don't want continu gridlock on capitol_hill __PUNCT__ but i not asham to sai i will refus to ask middl_class class_famili to give up their deduct for own a home or rais kid just so millionair get anoth tax_cut __PUNCT__

i refus to ask student to pai more for colleg or kick children off of head_start program or elimin health_insur for million of american __PUNCT__ includ the poor and the elderli and the disabl __PUNCT__ just to pai for more tax_cut that we can't afford __PUNCT__

and i promis you __PUNCT__ i will refus to turn medicar into a voucher __PUNCT__

american who have work_hard shouldn't have to spend their golden year at the merci of insur_compani __PUNCT__

thei should retir with the care and the digniti thei have earn __PUNCT__

so we reform and strengthen medicar for the long_haul __PUNCT__ but we do it by reduc the cost of health_care __PUNCT__ not by dump those cost onto senior __PUNCT__

just like we keep the promis of social_secur __PUNCT__ but we will not be slash benefit or turn it over to wall_street __PUNCT__ like some have propos __PUNCT__

that the wrong wai to go __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ virginia __PUNCT__ i talk about what we need to do here at home __PUNCT__ but it connect to what we do abroad __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis to end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ and i did __PUNCT__

i said we wind down the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__ and we ar __PUNCT__

thirti __PUNCT__ three thousand more troop have now left afghanistan __PUNCT__

meanwhil __PUNCT__ a new tower is rise abov the new york skylin __PUNCT__ al qaida is on the path to defeat __PUNCT__ usama bin_laden is dead __PUNCT__

but as we saw last week __PUNCT__ we still face seriou threat in the world __PUNCT__

we have to make sure that not onli our militari __PUNCT__ but also our diplomat oversea ar protect __PUNCT__

we got to go after anybodi who harm american oversea __PUNCT__

and as long as i am command in chief __PUNCT__ we will sustain the strongest militari the world ha ever known __PUNCT__

and when our troop come home and take off their uniform __PUNCT__ we will serv them as well as thei serv us __PUNCT__ becaus nobodi who have __PUNCT__ who ha fought for us should have to fight for a job or a roof over their head when thei come home __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ my oppon ha got a differ idea __PUNCT__

he sai it wa __PUNCT__ tragic __PUNCT__ to end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ still won't tell us how he end the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__

i have __PUNCT__ and i will __PUNCT__

and i us the monei we no longer spend on war to pai down our debt and put more folk to work back here in the unit_state rebuild road and bridg __PUNCT__ runwai __PUNCT__ broadband line __PUNCT__ school __PUNCT__

after a decad of war __PUNCT__ it time to do some nation __PUNCT__ build right here at home __PUNCT__

so that the choic we now face __PUNCT__

thi is what the elect come down to __PUNCT__

over and over __PUNCT__ we been told by the other side __PUNCT__ the oppon __PUNCT__ that bigger tax_cut and fewer regul ar the onli wai to go __PUNCT__ that sinc govern can't do everyth __PUNCT__ it should do almost noth __PUNCT__

their basic attitud is __PUNCT__ you on your own __PUNCT__

if you can't afford health_insur __PUNCT__ hope you don't get sick __PUNCT__

if some plant is releas pollut into the air that your children breath __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ that the price of progress __PUNCT__

if you can't afford to go to colleg __PUNCT__ just borrow some monei from your parent __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i got a differ vision __PUNCT__

i don't think that who we ar __PUNCT__

i don't think that what thi countri is about __PUNCT__

we don't think govern can solv all our problem __PUNCT__

but we don't think govern is the sourc of all our problem either __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

we don't think anybodi is the sourc of all our problem __PUNCT__ not welfar_recipi __PUNCT__ not corpor __PUNCT__ not union __PUNCT__ not immigr __PUNCT__ not gai __PUNCT__

not all the other group that we told to blame for our troubl __PUNCT__ becaus we believ that here in america we all in it togeth __PUNCT__

we believ america onli work when we accept respons for ourselv __PUNCT__ but also certain respons for each other and for our countri __PUNCT__ to creat a countri that fill with more opportun and possibl than ani other nation on earth __PUNCT__

we understand that america is not what can be done for us __PUNCT__ but what can be done by us togeth __PUNCT__ as on nation __PUNCT__ as on peopl __PUNCT__

and that what the campaign wa about __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

i sai it again __PUNCT__ it wa not about me __PUNCT__

it wa about you __PUNCT__

you were the chang __PUNCT__

you were the reason a mother from leesburg doesn't have to worri about her son be deni medic coverag due to hi heart condit __PUNCT__

you made that happen __PUNCT__

you the reason a veteran in virginia beach can go to colleg on the new gi_bill __PUNCT__

you did that __PUNCT__

you the reason a middl_class class_famili here in virginia got a tax_cut __PUNCT__ monei thei us to bui groceri and put ga in the car __PUNCT__ mayb pai off some hospit bill when their daughter wa born __PUNCT__

that becaus of you __PUNCT__

you the reason a young immigr who grew up here and pledg_allegi to our flag is no longer go to be deport from the onli countri she ever known __PUNCT__

you the reason why an outstand soldier won't be kick out of our militari just becaus of who he love __PUNCT__

you the reason why famili all across thi countri can welcom home love on who serv us so brave __PUNCT__ give them that hug __PUNCT__ know thei back and safe __PUNCT__

you the reason __PUNCT__

that how chang happen __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ yesterdai i made thi same point at a town_hall in florida __PUNCT__

i said __PUNCT__ on thing i learn is that you can't chang washington just from the insid __PUNCT__

you chang it from the outsid __PUNCT__

you chang it becaus peopl ar mobil __PUNCT__

you chang it with the help of ordinari_american who ar will to make their voic_heard becaus of the decenc and the good and the common_sens of american __PUNCT__

that what move the countri forward __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ for some reason __PUNCT__ my oppon got realli excit __PUNCT__

he rewrot hi speech real quick __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ he stood up at a ralli __PUNCT__ proudli declar __PUNCT__ i get the job done from the insid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ what kind of insid job is he talk about __PUNCT__ is it the job of rubberstamp the top __PUNCT__ down __PUNCT__ you __PUNCT__ on __PUNCT__ your __PUNCT__ own agenda of thi republican_congress __PUNCT__ becaus if it is __PUNCT__ we don't want it __PUNCT__

if it the job of let oil_compani run our energi_polici __PUNCT__ we don't want it __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

if it the job of outsourc write our tax_code __PUNCT__ we don't want it __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

if it the job of let politician decid who you can marri __PUNCT__ or control the health_care choic that women should be abl to make for themselv __PUNCT__ we take a pass __PUNCT__

we don't want an insid job in washington __PUNCT__

we want chang in washington __PUNCT__

and from the dai we began thi campaign __PUNCT__ we alwai said that chang take more than on term or even on presid __PUNCT__ and it certainli take more than on parti __PUNCT__

it can't happen if you write off half the nation befor you even took offic __PUNCT__

in __NUM__ percent of the countri didn't vote for me __PUNCT__

but on the night of the elect __PUNCT__ i said to all those american __PUNCT__ i mai not have won your vote __PUNCT__ but i hear you voic __PUNCT__ i need your help __PUNCT__ and i will be your presid __PUNCT__

and for everybodi who is watch or anybodi here who is still undecid __PUNCT__ i don't know how mani peopl ar go to vote for me thi time around __PUNCT__ but __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ hold on __PUNCT__ but i tell the american_peopl i will be fight for you no matter what __PUNCT__

i will be your presid no matter what __PUNCT__

i not fight to creat democrat job or republican job __PUNCT__ i fight to creat american_job __PUNCT__

i not fight to improv red __PUNCT__ state school or blue __PUNCT__ state school __PUNCT__ i fight to improv school in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

the valu we believ in don't just belong to worker or busi __PUNCT__ the __NUM__ percent or the __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ the rich or the poor __PUNCT__ the __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ the __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ these ar american valu __PUNCT__

thei belong to all of us __PUNCT__

virginia __PUNCT__ i still believ we not as divid as our polit suggest __PUNCT__

i still believ we got more in common than the pundit tell us __PUNCT__

i believ in you __PUNCT__

i still believ in your capac to help me bring about chang __PUNCT__

and i ask you to keep believ in me __PUNCT__

i ask for your vote __PUNCT__

and if you will to stand with me and work with me __PUNCT__ we win princ william counti __PUNCT__

we will win virginia __PUNCT__

we finish what we start __PUNCT__ and we 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 __PUNCT__