Barack Obama

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hello __PUNCT__ buckey __PUNCT__ o __PUNCT__ h __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

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well __PUNCT__ can everybodi pleas give sonia a big round of applaus for that great introduct __PUNCT__ and it is good to see my friend and on of the finest unit_state state_senat we got todai __PUNCT__ your senat sherrod_brown is in the hous __PUNCT__

your mayor __PUNCT__ michael coleman __PUNCT__ is here __PUNCT__

your next congresswoman __PUNCT__ joyc beatti __PUNCT__ is here __PUNCT__

__URL__ is in the hous __PUNCT__

a man who sometim look like he been to outer_space __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i am so grate __PUNCT__ he ha been such a great friend for a long_time __PUNCT__

and we also have a man who ha actual been to outer_space __PUNCT__ john glenn in the hous __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ befor i begin __PUNCT__ buckey __PUNCT__ i got a question for you __PUNCT__ ar you regist to vote __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

becaus if you not __PUNCT__ todai is the last dai you can regist __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i know it easi to procrastin in colleg __PUNCT__

i procrastin a lot __PUNCT__

but we made it easi __PUNCT__

you go to __URL__ to regist yourself __PUNCT__

and you got until __NUM__ p.m __PUNCT__ tonight __PUNCT__

no extens __PUNCT__

no excus __PUNCT__

i know you gui ar up at __NUM__ p.m __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ as you get older you start think about sleep around __NUM__ p.m __PUNCT__ but you gui ar just get start __PUNCT__

if you ar regist __PUNCT__ you can vote right now __PUNCT__ todai __PUNCT__

just go to __URL__ to find out where __PUNCT__

all right __PUNCT__ all right __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

all right __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

ah __PUNCT__ right __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ even better __PUNCT__ grab your friend __PUNCT__ grab everybodi in your dorm __PUNCT__ grab your fratern or soror __PUNCT__ join __URL__ right after thi event becaus he head to an earli vote locat where you can regist and vote in the same place right now __PUNCT__

there ar buse around the corner that can get you there and back __PUNCT__

so don't wait __PUNCT__

do not delai __PUNCT__

go vote todai __PUNCT__

what do you think __PUNCT__ all right __PUNCT__ buckey __PUNCT__ we need you __PUNCT__

we need you fire up __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

i love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__ but i need you vote __PUNCT__

i need you fire up __PUNCT__

i need you readi to go to vote __PUNCT__

becaus we got some work to do __PUNCT__

we got an elect to win __PUNCT__

everyth that we fought for in __NUM__ is on the line in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

and i need your help to finish what we start __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i told you i end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ and we did __PUNCT__

i said i end the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__ and we ar __PUNCT__

i said we refocu on the peopl who actual attack us on 9/11 __PUNCT__ and todai __PUNCT__ usama bin_laden is dead __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis to cut_tax for middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ and we have __PUNCT__ by __MONEY__

i promis to cut_tax for small_busi busi_owner __PUNCT__ and we have __NUM___time __PUNCT__

we got back everi dime we us to rescu the bank __PUNCT__ and we also pass a law to end taxpay __PUNCT__ fund wall_street bailout perman __PUNCT__

we pass health_care_reform __PUNCT__ also known as obamacar __PUNCT__ becaus i do care __PUNCT__

i don't want insur_compani jerk you around anymor __PUNCT__

i don't want somebodi without health_care when thei got a preexist condit __PUNCT__

we repeal __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__ as i promis we would __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ no outstand soldier or marin or coastguardsman __PUNCT__ sailor __PUNCT__ airman __PUNCT__ none of them can be kick out of the militari becaus of who thei ar or who thei love __PUNCT__

and when you think about __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ when governor romnei said that we should just let the auto_industri go bankrupt __PUNCT__ we said no __PUNCT__ we not go to take your advic __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__

and we reinvent a dy auto industri that support on in eight ohio job and ha come roar back to the top of the world __PUNCT__

four year after the worst econom_crisi of our lifetim __PUNCT__ our busi have creat more than __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__

thi past fridai __PUNCT__ we found out that the unemploy_rate had fallen from a high of __NUM__ percent down to __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ the lowest_level sinc i took offic __PUNCT__

manufactur is come back to america __PUNCT__

home valu ar back on the rise __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we not there yet __PUNCT__

we still got too mani american who ar look for work and too mani famili who can't pai the bill __PUNCT__

there ar too mani home that ar still underwat __PUNCT__ and there ar too mani young_peopl who ar burden by too much debt after thei graduat __PUNCT__

but if there on thing i know __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ it thi __PUNCT__ we have come too far to turn_back now __PUNCT__

the american_peopl have work too hard __PUNCT__

and the last thing we can afford to do right now is to go back to the veri same polici that got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__

i cannot allow that to happen __PUNCT__

i will not allow it to happen __PUNCT__

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__

over the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__ i seen a lot of folk hurt __PUNCT__

i seen a lot of struggl __PUNCT__

and i am not go to make __PUNCT__ i not go to have us go back to anoth round of top __PUNCT__ down econom __PUNCT__

but that what my oppon is offer __PUNCT__

the centerpiec of governor romnei econom_plan is a new __MONEY___trillion tax_cut that favor the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

he ha been pitch that plan for an entir year __PUNCT__ stood up onstag in on of hi primari debat __PUNCT__ proudli promis that hi tax cut would includ the __PUNCT__ top___NUM___percent __PUNCT__

but most of the economist who actual crunch the number said that pai for governor romnei tax_plan either mean blow up the deficit or rais_tax on middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__

on or the other __PUNCT__ pick your poison __PUNCT__

then __PUNCT__ last week __PUNCT__ mitt_romnei actual said __PUNCT__ there no economist who can sai mitt romnei tax_plan add __MONEY___trillion if i sai i will not add to the deficit with my tax_plan __PUNCT__

so he said if he sai it not true __PUNCT__ then it not true __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ okai __PUNCT__

so if it true that it not go to add to the deficit __PUNCT__ that leav onli on option __PUNCT__ and that ask middl_class class_famili to foot the bill by get rid of the deduct thei reli on for own a home or rais their kid or send them to colleg __PUNCT__

and as it turn out __PUNCT__ most folk don't like that idea either __PUNCT__

so just last week when we were onstag togeth __PUNCT__ governor romnei decid that instead of chang hi plan __PUNCT__ he just pretend it didn't exist __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ what __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__ i don't know anyth about a __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__

pai no attent to that tax cut under the carpet __PUNCT__ behind the curtain __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ when he ask how he cut the deficit __PUNCT__ he sai he can make the math work by elimin local public_fund for pb __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ thi is not new __PUNCT__

thi is what he been sai everi time he ask the question __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ we can cut out pb __PUNCT__

so for all you mom and kid out there __PUNCT__ don't worri __PUNCT__ somebodi is final get tough on big bird __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ who knew that he wa drive our deficit __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so we go __PUNCT__ he decid we go after big bird __PUNCT__ and elmo is make a run for the border __PUNCT__ and oscar is hide out in a trash can __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and governor romnei want to let wall_street run wild again __PUNCT__ but he go to bring down the hammer on sesam street __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ that is not leadership __PUNCT__ that salesmanship __PUNCT__

we can't afford it __PUNCT__

we can't afford to doubl down on top __PUNCT__ down econom __PUNCT__

we can't afford anoth round of tax_cut for the wealthi __PUNCT__

we can't afford to roll_back regul on wall_street_bank or on insur_compani __PUNCT__

we can't afford to gut our invest in educ or clean_energi or research or technolog __PUNCT__

that is not a job plan __PUNCT__

that is not a plan to grow the economi __PUNCT__

that is not chang __PUNCT__

that is a relaps __PUNCT__

we have been there __PUNCT__

we have tri that __PUNCT__

we ar not go back __PUNCT__

we ar move_forward __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__

look __PUNCT__ we got a differ view about how you creat_job and prosper in america __PUNCT__

a strong economi doesn't trickl down from the top __PUNCT__

it grow from a thrive middl_class and folk who ar work_hard to get into the middl_class __PUNCT__

i believ it time our tax_code stop reward compani that ship job_oversea __PUNCT__

let reward small_busi and manufactur who ar make product right here in ohio __PUNCT__ product stamp with three proud word __PUNCT__ made in america __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

i believ we can creat more job by control more of our own energi __PUNCT__

and 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__

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

so now it time to move_forward __PUNCT__

my plan would cut our oil import in half and invest in the clean_energi that creat thousand of job all across ohio and america right now __PUNCT__ not just oil and natur_ga __PUNCT__ but solar and wind and clean_coal technolog and fuel __PUNCT__ effici batteri and fuel __PUNCT__ effici car __PUNCT__

and i not go to let oil_compani continu to collect anoth __MONEY___billion in taxpay __PUNCT__ fund corpor_welfar everi singl year __PUNCT__

i not go to let china win the race for clean_energi energi_technolog __PUNCT__

i want to see that technolog_develop by student and scientist here in columbu __PUNCT__ by worker and farmer all across ohio __PUNCT__ by patriot here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

and my plan will continu to reduc the carbon pollut that is heat our planet __PUNCT__ becaus climat chang is not a hoax __PUNCT__

more draught and flood and wildfir ar not a joke __PUNCT__

thei a threat to your futur __PUNCT__

and we got to make sure that we meet the moment __PUNCT__

that why i run __PUNCT__

i believ that we should have the best educ_system in the world __PUNCT__ bar none __PUNCT__

i would not be here if it were not for the educ i wa abl to receiv __PUNCT__

i didn't come from wealth or fame __PUNCT__ but i got a great educ becaus that what thi countri doe __PUNCT__

that __PUNCT__ it wa the gatewai of opportun for michel __PUNCT__

it the gatewai of opportun for so mani of you __PUNCT__

and now you got a choic __PUNCT__

we can gut educ to pai for governor romnei tax_cut __PUNCT__ that exactli what hi run_mate __PUNCT__ paul_ryan __PUNCT__ propos __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ or we can do what i propos __PUNCT__ recruit __NUM__ new math and scienc_teacher __PUNCT__

focu on earli_childhood childhood_educ __PUNCT__

provid job_train for __NUM___million worker at our commun_colleg __PUNCT__

cut the growth of tuition cost in half so that you gui ar not load up with debt when you graduat __PUNCT__

that is someth we can do __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ i don't just talk the talk on thi __PUNCT__ i walk the walk __PUNCT__

we took __MONEY___billion that wa go to bank and lender under the student_loan loan_program __PUNCT__ and we said let cut out the middleman __PUNCT__ let give the monei directli to student __PUNCT__

and as a consequ __PUNCT__ million of young_peopl all across the countri ar get better deal on pell_grant __PUNCT__

we abl to keep our student_loan rate low __PUNCT__

we have focus on thi __PUNCT__ and you need to focu on thi in thi next elect becaus thi is part of the choic that you go to face __PUNCT__

and we can meet these goal togeth __PUNCT__

you can choos a better futur for america __PUNCT__

i want to us the monei we save from end the war in iraq and afghanistan __PUNCT__ and i want to us that to pai down our deficit __PUNCT__ but also to put_peopl back to work rebuild our road and our bridg and our school all across america __PUNCT__

and governor romnei said it wa __PUNCT__ tragic __PUNCT__ to end the war in iraq __PUNCT__

i disagre __PUNCT__

i think bring our troop_home to their famili wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

if he gotten hi wai __PUNCT__ those troop would still be there __PUNCT__

in a speech yesterdai __PUNCT__ he doubl down on that belief __PUNCT__

he said end that war wa a mistak __PUNCT__

after __NUM___year of war __PUNCT__ more than __MONEY___trillion in spend __PUNCT__ extraordinari sacrific by our men and women in uniform and their famili __PUNCT__ he said we should still have troop on the ground in iraq __PUNCT__

ohio __PUNCT__ you can't turn a page on the fail polici of the past if you promis to repeat them __PUNCT__

we cannot afford to go back to a foreign_polici that get us into war with no plan to end them __PUNCT__

we move_forward __PUNCT__ not go back __PUNCT__

and everi brave american who wear the uniform of thi countri should know __PUNCT__ as long as i your command in chief __PUNCT__ we will sustain the strongest militari the world ha ever known __PUNCT__

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

and final __PUNCT__ i cut the deficit by __MONEY___trillion over the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

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

but we can't just cut our wai to prosper __PUNCT__

we not go to get thi done unless we also ask the wealthiest household to pai higher_tax on their incom over __MONEY__

and that rate is the on that wa in place when bill_clinton wa presid __PUNCT__ our economi creat___NUM__ __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ the biggest surplu in histori __PUNCT__ a whole lot of millionair to boot __PUNCT__

governor romnei said it fair that he pai a lower_tax tax_rate than a teacher or autowork who make___MONEY__

he is wrong __PUNCT__

i refus to ask middl_class class_famili to give up their deduct for own a home or rais their kid just to pai for anoth millionair tax_cut __PUNCT__

i refus to pai for that tax cut by ask you __PUNCT__ student __PUNCT__ to pai more for colleg or kick kid out of head_start program or elimin health_care for million of american who ar poor or disabl or elderli __PUNCT__

and that the choic that we face in thi elect __PUNCT__

that what the elect come down to __PUNCT__

over and over __PUNCT__ we been told by governor romnei and congressman ryan and their alli in congress that sinc govern can't do everyth __PUNCT__ it should do almost noth __PUNCT__

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

if a compani releas pollut into the air that your kid breath __PUNCT__ that just the price of progress __PUNCT__

if you can't afford to start a busi or go to colleg __PUNCT__ just borrow_monei from your parent __PUNCT__

you know what __PUNCT__ that not who we ar __PUNCT__

that not what thi countri is about __PUNCT__

here in america __PUNCT__ we believ that we all in thi togeth __PUNCT__

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

and that what we understood in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

that wa an amaz experi for me __PUNCT__ obvious __PUNCT__ that elect __PUNCT__

but i said then __PUNCT__ and i still believ now __PUNCT__ that wasn't about me __PUNCT__ it wa about you __PUNCT__

you the reason a mother in cincinnati doesn't have to worri about aninsur compani deni her son coverag just becaus he got sick __PUNCT__

you made that happen __PUNCT__

you the reason a factori_worker who lost hi job in toledo or lordstown is back on the assembl_line build the best car in the world __PUNCT__

you did that __PUNCT__

you the reason a young_man in columbu whose mother work three job to rais him can afford to go to the ohio state_univers __PUNCT__

that happen becaus of you __PUNCT__

you the reason a young immigr who grew up here and went to school here and pledg_allegi to our flag will no longer be deport from the onli countri she ever call home __PUNCT__

why soldier won't be kick out of the militari becaus of who thei ar or who thei love __PUNCT__

why thousand of famili have final been abl to sai to love on who serv us so brave __PUNCT__ welcom home __PUNCT__

you did that __PUNCT__

and so if you bui into the cynic that sai chang isn't possibl __PUNCT__ that the best we can do is more tax_cut for folk at the top and the rest of folk have to figur it out __PUNCT__ if you give up on the idea that your voic can make a differ __PUNCT__ then other voic fill the void __PUNCT__ the lobbyist and the special_interest __PUNCT__ the peopl who write the __MONEY___million check to try to bui thi elect __PUNCT__ or those who ar try to make it harder for you to vote __PUNCT__ the washington_politician who want to tell women what thei do when it come to health_care choic when women ar perfectli capabl of make those choic themselv __PUNCT__

that what at stake __PUNCT__

and onli you can make sure that we move_forward __PUNCT__

onli you have that power to move us forward __PUNCT__

we alwai said that chang __PUNCT__ real chang __PUNCT__ take time __PUNCT__ more than on year __PUNCT__ more than on term __PUNCT__ even more than on presid __PUNCT__

it take more than on parti __PUNCT__

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

and in __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ it interest __PUNCT__ in __NUM__ percent of the countri didn't vote for me __PUNCT__

but on the night of the elect __PUNCT__ i said to those american __PUNCT__ i mai not have won your vote __PUNCT__ but i hear your voic __PUNCT__

i need your help __PUNCT__

i be your presid too __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ columbu __PUNCT__ i don't know how mani folk will be around vote for me thi time __PUNCT__ but i can tell you i will be there no matter what __PUNCT__

i be fight for you no matter what __PUNCT__ becaus i not fight to creat democrat job or republican job __PUNCT__ i fight to creat american_job __PUNCT__

i not fight to improv school in red_state or blue_state __PUNCT__ i fight to improv school it the unit_state __PUNCT__

the valu that we ar fight for don't belong to on parti or on group __PUNCT__

thei not black or white or hispan or asian or nativ america or gai or straight or disabl and not disabl __PUNCT__ thei ar american valu __PUNCT__

thei belong to all of us __PUNCT__

and i am absolut posit that we ar not as divid as our polit suggest __PUNCT__

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

i still believ in you __PUNCT__

and i ask you to keep believ in me __PUNCT__

ohio __PUNCT__ i ask you for your vote __PUNCT__

and if you will to stand with me and work with me __PUNCT__ knock on some door and make some phone_call for me __PUNCT__ we win franklin counti again __PUNCT__

we win ohio again __PUNCT__

we win thi elect again __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__

thank you __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__

let go vote __PUNCT__

let go win thi elect __PUNCT__