Barack Obama

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the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ miami __PUNCT__ how it go __PUNCT__ hurrican __PUNCT__ can everybodi pleas give lizzi a big round of applaus for that great introduct __PUNCT__

it good to see your senat __PUNCT__ former astronaut __PUNCT__ bill nelson in the hous __PUNCT__

your outstand local congresswomen __PUNCT__ debbi wasserman schultz and frederica wilson __PUNCT__

a good_man who go to join them in congress __PUNCT__ joe garcia __PUNCT__

congresswoman wilson ask me to also acknowledg some outstand young_peopl __PUNCT__ the miami northwestern senior high_school __NUM__ role_model of excel project __PUNCT__

proud of you gui __PUNCT__

and it good to see all of you __PUNCT__

all of you __PUNCT__ becaus we got some work to do __PUNCT__ miami __PUNCT__

we got an elect to win __PUNCT__

in just over __NUM___week __PUNCT__ on __DATE__ you get to start vote earli __PUNCT__

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

so i go to need you fire up __PUNCT__

i go to need you readi to go __PUNCT__

i need your help to finish what we start __PUNCT__

think about where we been and how far we come __PUNCT__

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

i said we 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__ al qaida is on the run and 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 __PUNCT__ busi_owner __PUNCT__ and we have __PUNCT__ __NUM___time __PUNCT__

we stabil the bank_system __PUNCT__ but we got back everi dime we us to rescu the bank __PUNCT__ with interest __PUNCT__

and we pass a histor law to end taxpay __PUNCT__ fund wall_street bailout for good __PUNCT__

we pass health_care_reform __PUNCT__ a.k.a __PUNCT__ obamacar __PUNCT__ so your insur_compani can't jerk you around anymor and those of you under __NUM__ can stai on your parent plan __PUNCT__

if you __PUNCT__ you can't have insur compani bar you becaus you got a preexist condit __PUNCT__ and thei can't charg more just becaus you a woman __PUNCT__

we repeal __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__ so nobodi is ever kick out of the militari becaus of who thei love __PUNCT__

when governor romnei said we should let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__ we said __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ we not go to take your busi advic __PUNCT__

we reinvent a dy auto_industri that come roar back to the top of the world __PUNCT__

and that make a differ not just to commun across the midwest __PUNCT__ it vital for our entir economi __PUNCT__

it someth everi american can be proud of __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ __NUM___year after the worst econom_crisi of our lifetim __PUNCT__ we ar move_forward __PUNCT__

after lose __NUM___job the month i wa sworn in __PUNCT__ our busi have now ad more than __NUM___million new job over the past year __PUNCT__

the unemploy_rate ha fallen from a peak of __NUM__ percent down to __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ the lowest_level sinc i took offic __PUNCT__

so more american ar get job __PUNCT__ and manufactur is come back __PUNCT__

home valu ar on the rise __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we know we not where we need to be __PUNCT__ not yet __PUNCT__

that especi true in place like florida that were so hard hit __PUNCT__

we still got too mani friend and neighbor who ar look for work __PUNCT__

we got too mani famili who can't pai the bill __PUNCT__ too mani home that ar still underwat __PUNCT__ too mani young_peopl still burden with debt when thei graduat from colleg __PUNCT__

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

the american_peopl have work too hard to get to thi point __PUNCT__

after all that we been through togeth __PUNCT__ after all that we fought through togeth __PUNCT__ why would we go backward __PUNCT__ the last thing we can afford __PUNCT__ florida __PUNCT__ right now is __NUM___year of the veri same polici that got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__

i won't let that happen __PUNCT__

we can't let that happen __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__

florida __PUNCT__ i have seen too much pain and too much struggl becaus of bad econom_polici that happen befor we got elect to let thi countri go through anoth round of top __PUNCT__ down econom __PUNCT__

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

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ governor romnei ha been pitch thi plan for almost a year now __PUNCT__

he stood up on the stage in on of hi primari debat __PUNCT__ proudli promis that hi new tax cut __PUNCT__ on top of the bush_tax_cut __PUNCT__ would includ the top___NUM___percent __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ you wouldn't know thi from listen to the new __PUNCT__ latest version of mitt_romnei __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ he try to go through an extrem makeov __PUNCT__

after run for more than a year in which he call himself __PUNCT__ sever conserv __PUNCT__ mitt romnei is try to convinc you that he wa sever kid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ what he wa sell wa not work __PUNCT__ becaus peopl understood hi idea wouldn't help the middl_class __PUNCT__

so these dai __PUNCT__ mitt_romnei for whatev you for __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ suddenli __PUNCT__ he love the middl_class __PUNCT__ can't stop_talk enough about them __PUNCT__

he love medicar __PUNCT__ love teacher __PUNCT__

he even love the most import_part of obamacar __PUNCT__

what happen __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ what doe he have to sai __PUNCT__ thi new version of mitt_romnei __PUNCT__ about all the thing he actual promis to do as presid __PUNCT__ tax_break for outsourc __PUNCT__ never heard such a thing __PUNCT__

sai we should cut_back on teacher __PUNCT__ doesn't ring a bell __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__

kick __NUM___young floridian off their parent __PUNCT__ insur_plan __PUNCT__ who __PUNCT__ me __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and when he ask about the cost of hi tax_plan __PUNCT__ he just pretend it doesn't exist __PUNCT__

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

pai no attent to the __MONEY___trillion tax_cut on my web_site __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ governor romnei think we have not been pai_attent for the last year and a half __PUNCT__

he is go to sai whatev it take to try to close the deal __PUNCT__ and he count on the fact that you don't rememb that what he sell is exactli what got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ florida __PUNCT__ you got to let him know we rememb __PUNCT__

we know full well that if he get a chanc __PUNCT__ governor romnei will rubberstamp the top __PUNCT__ down agenda of thi republican_congress the second he take offic __PUNCT__ and we cannot afford that futur __PUNCT__

hi plan will not creat_job __PUNCT__

it will not help the middl_class __PUNCT__

it will not speed the recoveri __PUNCT__

it will slow down the recoveri __PUNCT__

it will not reduc the deficit __PUNCT__

it will not expand opportun __PUNCT__

we can't afford it __PUNCT__

we 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__

look __PUNCT__ america __PUNCT__ we know that in thi countri __PUNCT__ job and prosper don't trickl down from the top __PUNCT__

thei grow from a strong and thrive middl_class __PUNCT__

more tax_break for outsourc won't creat_job __PUNCT__

it didn't over the last decad __PUNCT__

you know what doe creat job __PUNCT__ is support small_busi and manufactur who make product right here in america __PUNCT__ who hire american_worker __PUNCT__

that what we champion __PUNCT__

that why we need to stop reward compani that ship job_oversea __PUNCT__

start reward compani that creat_job right here in miami __PUNCT__ right here in florida __PUNCT__ right here in the unit_state __PUNCT__

that the choic you face in thi elect __PUNCT__

i believ we can creat more job by 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__

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

so now you got a choic __PUNCT__

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

and if you want to know how we pai for it __PUNCT__ on of the thing we need to do is not allow oil_compani to collect anoth __MONEY___billion in taxpay __PUNCT__ fund corpor_welfar everi singl year __PUNCT__

i will not let china or anybodi els win the race for clean_energi energi_technolog __PUNCT__

i want to see that technolog_develop right here in florida __PUNCT__ right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__ creat_job right here __PUNCT__

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

more drought and flood and hurrican and wildfir __PUNCT__ that not a joke __PUNCT__

that a threat to our children futur __PUNCT__

and we can do someth about it __PUNCT__

just like i believ that we can make sure that everi young_person in america get the educ thei need to compet __PUNCT__

educ is the onli reason that i stand here todai __PUNCT__

educ is the gatewai to a middl_class class_life __PUNCT__

and now you got a choic __PUNCT__

governor romnei sai hire more teacher won't grow the economi over the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

that not the role of teacher __PUNCT__

what about our kid over the next __NUM__ year __PUNCT__ what about our economi over the next __NUM__ year __PUNCT__ we cannot gut educ to pai for __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__

we need to recruit __NUM__ new math and scienc_teacher and provid __NUM___million worker the opportun to studi at commun_colleg and lower tuition cost for our young_peopl __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

that what grow our economi __PUNCT__

that what we can do togeth __PUNCT__

and that what you can choos for america __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

i love you __PUNCT__ barack __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

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

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

he said thi in a speech just thi week __PUNCT__ said we should have left troop on the ground in iraq __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__

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

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

and final __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ we go to need to cut our deficit by __MONEY___trillion over the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

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

but we not go to be abl to get it done unless we also ask the wealthiest household to pai higher_tax on their incom over __MONEY__ the same_rate we had when bill_clinton wa presid and our economi creat nearli __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__

that what we need to do __PUNCT__

governor romnei ha a differ view __PUNCT__

he said just a coupl week_ago that it fair that he pai a lower_tax tax_rate than a teacher who is make___MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__

he 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 student at __PUNCT__ the u __PUNCT__ to pai more for colleg or kick children out of head_start program or elimin health_insur for million of american who ar poor or elderli or disabl __PUNCT__

that won't help us grow __PUNCT__

my oppon sai over and over that he can cut_tax __PUNCT__ increas militari_spend __PUNCT__ close the deficit __PUNCT__ but the onli thing he point to that he go to get rid of is big bird __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ thi week he said __PUNCT__ don't worri __PUNCT__ hi new tax_cut will pai for themselv __PUNCT__

that mai not sound_familiar to some of you gui becaus you young __PUNCT__ but we heard that exact same_argument back in __NUM__ back in __NUM__ back in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

that how we went from surplu to deficit __PUNCT__

we have heard thi pitch befor __PUNCT__

we know it doesn't work __PUNCT__

we know our plan doe __PUNCT__

thi is the choic that we now face __PUNCT__

thi is what the elect come down to __PUNCT__

thi is why i run for a second term as presid __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

over and over __PUNCT__ folk like governor romnei and hi alli in congress tell us that sinc govern can't do everyth __PUNCT__ it should do almost noth __PUNCT__ sort of a you __PUNCT__ on __PUNCT__ your __PUNCT__ own philosophi __PUNCT__

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

if a compani is releas harm __PUNCT__ toxic pollut into the air that your kid breath __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ that the price of progress __PUNCT__

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

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that not how we built thi countri __PUNCT__

that not what made america_great __PUNCT__

that not who we ar __PUNCT__

that not what we about __PUNCT__

here in america __PUNCT__ we believ 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 __PUNCT__ togeth __PUNCT__ as on nation and on peopl __PUNCT__

and that what we came togeth to restor back in __NUM__ that sens of what we can do togeth __PUNCT__

and the american_peopl all across thi countri respond __PUNCT__

you ar the reason that florida senior right now ar save an averag of __MONEY__ everi year on prescript_drug __PUNCT__ becaus we pass obamacar __PUNCT__ becaus we pass health_care_reform __PUNCT__

you did that __PUNCT__

you the reason there a work_famili from hollywood that wa abl to save their home from foreclosur __PUNCT__

you did that __PUNCT__

it becaus of you __PUNCT__

you the reason that student in gainesvil or tallahasse or here at __PUNCT__ the u __PUNCT__ have help pai for their colleg_educ __PUNCT__ why veteran can go to colleg now on the new gi_bill __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__

you the reason why soldier won't be kick out of our militari becaus of who thei love __PUNCT__

you the reason why thousand of famili have been abl to sai to the love on who serv them so __PUNCT__ serv us so brave __PUNCT__ welcom home __PUNCT__

welcom home __PUNCT__

and so we can't be tire now __PUNCT__

we have to keep go __PUNCT__

if you turn awai now __PUNCT__ if you bui into the cynic that what we fought for isn't possibl __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ of cours chang won't happen __PUNCT__

if you give up on the idea that your voic make a differ __PUNCT__ especi the young_peopl here __PUNCT__ then other voic will fill the void __PUNCT__ the lobbyist and the special_interest __PUNCT__ the peopl with the __MONEY___million check who ar try to bui thi elect __PUNCT__ the on who ar try to make it harder to vote __PUNCT__ the washington_politician who want to control health_care choic women can make for themselv __PUNCT__

thei will fill the void __PUNCT__

thei will set the agenda __PUNCT__

and thei will take us backward __PUNCT__

and onli you can make sure that doesn't happen __PUNCT__

onli you have the power to move us forward __PUNCT__

on __DATE__ you can choos __PUNCT__

you can choos __PUNCT__

you can choos whether we go back to the polici that got us into thi mess __PUNCT__ or you can choos to keep move_forward with polici that have been get us out of thi mess __PUNCT__

that the choic __PUNCT__

on __DATE__ you can choos to go back to a foreign_polici that take us into war with no plan to get out __PUNCT__ or we can sai let keep move_forward __PUNCT__ let end the afghan_war realist __PUNCT__ let bring our troop_home in a respons fashion __PUNCT__

on __DATE__ you can agre to turn_back the clock __NUM___year for women and immigr and gai and lesbian __PUNCT__

or you can stand up and sai we want to keep move_forward __PUNCT__

i believ that america is a countri where you can succe no matter who you ar __PUNCT__ no matter what you look like __PUNCT__ no matter where you come from __PUNCT__ no matter who you love __PUNCT__

that what at stake __PUNCT__

that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

that why i ask for your vote __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

you got it __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

you know __PUNCT__ on __PUNCT__ back in __NUM__ i won __PUNCT__ but __NUM__ percent of the countri didn't vote for me __PUNCT__

but i didn't just dismiss __NUM__ percent of the countri __PUNCT__

what i said wa __PUNCT__ you mai not have vote for me __PUNCT__ but i heard your voic __PUNCT__ and i fight just as hard for you as i will for everybodi els __PUNCT__

and i kept that promis __PUNCT__

i have been fight for everi american to make sure thei get a fair shot __PUNCT__

and i have been will to do it and abl to do it becaus everi singl_dai the american_peopl have inspir me __PUNCT__

i still believ in you __PUNCT__ and i need you to keep believ in me __PUNCT__

i need you to help me finish the job __PUNCT__

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

we win thi elect __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 of america __PUNCT__