Barack Obama

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the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__ ar you fire up __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

ar you readi to go __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i fire up __PUNCT__

first of all __PUNCT__ i fire up about thi weather __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ i got to sai that gener when i look at a trip to new hampshir in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ i not think it go to look like thi __PUNCT__

but thi is spectacular __PUNCT__

it good to be back __PUNCT__

and it good to be with a great friend and an outstand governor __PUNCT__ governor lynch __PUNCT__

pleas give him a big round of applaus __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

i love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

and i love your outstand senat __PUNCT__ jeann shaheen __PUNCT__

jeann wa especi happi becaus it wa her granddaught ell who sang the nation_anthem todai __PUNCT__

give ell a big round of applaus __PUNCT__

nineteen dai __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ nineteen dai __PUNCT__

in __NUM___dai __PUNCT__ you go to step into a vote_booth __PUNCT__ and you got a big choic to make __PUNCT__

it not just a choic between two candid or parti __PUNCT__ it about two differ vision for thi countri that we love __PUNCT__

governor romnei got hi sale_pitch __PUNCT__

he been run around talk about hi five __PUNCT__ point powerpoint plan for the economi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but as we saw the other night __PUNCT__ it not a five __PUNCT__ point __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ what he sell is not a five __PUNCT__ point_plan __PUNCT__ it realli just a on __PUNCT__ point plan __PUNCT__ folk at the top get to plai with a differ set of rule than you do __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__

thei can pai lower_tax __PUNCT__ thei can keep their monei offshor __PUNCT__ thei can bui compani __PUNCT__ load it up with debt __PUNCT__ lai off worker __PUNCT__ strip their pension __PUNCT__ send their job_oversea __PUNCT__ thei can still make_monei do it __PUNCT__ turn a big profit __PUNCT__

it the same philosophi that been squeez middl_class class_famili for more than a decad __PUNCT__

it the same philosophi that got us into thi mess __PUNCT__

for the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__ i watch the american_peopl __PUNCT__ with their resili and resolv __PUNCT__ overcom the pain and struggl and deal with the consequ of the worst financi_crisi sinc the great_depress __PUNCT__

we work too hard to let thi countri go down that path again __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

new hampshir __PUNCT__ we cannot grow thi economi from the top down __PUNCT__

thi economi_grow from the middl out __PUNCT__ when everybodi ha ladder of opportun __PUNCT__ if thei work_hard __PUNCT__ thei can succe __PUNCT__ thei can get ahead __PUNCT__

that how we move_ahead __PUNCT__

and when worker have a decent live __PUNCT__ have a littl monei in their pocket __PUNCT__ that mean thei out there as custom bui good __PUNCT__ and that mean busi do better __PUNCT__ and that mean busi make more profit __PUNCT__ then thei hire more worker __PUNCT__

that how you grow an economi __PUNCT__

that why we can't go backward __PUNCT__

that why we got to move_forward __PUNCT__

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

on tuesdai __PUNCT__ governor romnei took anoth stab at try to sell us thi __MONEY___trillion tax_cut that favor the wealthi __PUNCT__

he took anoth swing at it __PUNCT__ and he whif __PUNCT__

instead of tell us how he pai for it __PUNCT__ he said __PUNCT__ i let you know after the elect __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and then when i ask him about it __PUNCT__ he said __PUNCT__ i a businessman __PUNCT__ i know the number will work __PUNCT__ take my word for it __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ here __PUNCT__ i go to let you in on a littl tip __PUNCT__ when a politician tell you he go to wait until after the elect __PUNCT__ it not becaus their plan is so good that thei don't want to spoil the secret __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that usual not what go on __PUNCT__

and in thi case __PUNCT__ just about everybodi who look at hi tax_plan sai he can't pai for it without blow a hole in the deficit __PUNCT__ or rais your tax __PUNCT__ rais_tax on the middl_class __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__

so then governor romnei sai he got anoth plan to creat___NUM__ __NUM___million_job in the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

but when folk start crunch the number __PUNCT__ hi job plan fell apart even faster than hi tax_plan __PUNCT__

the washington post call it a bait and switch __PUNCT__

a bait and switch __PUNCT__

so let recap __PUNCT__

he got a tax plan that doesn't add up __PUNCT__

he got a job plan that doesn't creat_job __PUNCT__

he got a deficit plan that doesn't reduc the deficit __PUNCT__

listen __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__ you heard of the new deal __PUNCT__ you heard of the squar deal and the fair_deal __PUNCT__

mitt_romnei is try to sell you a sketchi deal __PUNCT__

we don't need a sketchi deal __PUNCT__

we know better __PUNCT__ becaus the last time thi sketchi deal wa tri wa in the previou_administr __PUNCT__ made the same sale_pitch __PUNCT__ told you the same stuff __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ if we cut these tax __PUNCT__ the economi is go to grow so much __PUNCT__ the deficit is go to come down __PUNCT__ don't worri about it __PUNCT__

just like thei said we didn't have to pai for two war __PUNCT__

it didn't work __PUNCT__ and that why you not bui it __PUNCT__

we have been there __PUNCT__

we tri it __PUNCT__

we not go back __PUNCT__

we move_forward __PUNCT__

i need your help to finish what we start in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i made some commit __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

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

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

i said we refocu on the terrorist who actual attack us on 9/11 __PUNCT__ and we have __PUNCT__

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

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis to cut middl_class tax __PUNCT__ and we have __PUNCT__ by __MONEY__

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

and by the wai __PUNCT__ you hear governor romnei talk about small_busi __PUNCT__

what he doesn't tell you is hi definit of small busi includ donald_trump __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ includ hedg_fund fund_manag __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__

we got back everi dime us to rescu the bank __PUNCT__

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

we put that in place __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i said in thi great_countri of our __PUNCT__ nobodi should go bankrupt when thei get sick __PUNCT__ and so we pass health_reform __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ i like the name obamacar __PUNCT__ so your insur_compani can't jerk you around anymor __PUNCT__

so young_peopl can stai on their parent __PUNCT__ plan until thei __NUM__ __PUNCT__

so women can't be charg more than men for their insur __PUNCT__ be a woman is not a preexist condit __PUNCT__

we repeal __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__ becaus anybodi who is will to sacrific and serv thi countri we love shouldn't be prevent becaus of who thei love __PUNCT__

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

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

and you mai have heard __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ in the debat governor romnei try to claim that i did what he advis __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

did you hear that __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

unbeliev __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

everybodi in the auto industri know that not what he said __PUNCT__

he just went ahead and said it __PUNCT__

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

after lose __NUM___job a month when i took offic __PUNCT__ our busi have ad more than __NUM___million new job over the past 2½ year __PUNCT__

unemploy ha fallen from __NUM__ percent to __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__

home valu ar back on the rise __PUNCT__

the stock_market nearli doubl __PUNCT__

manufactur is come home __PUNCT__

our assembl_line ar get back to work __PUNCT__

we need to keep move_forward __PUNCT__

we got more work to do __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

so i __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ we have more work to do though __PUNCT__

i will not be satisfi until everybodi who want to work_hard can find a job __PUNCT__

and that mean we got to have a plan to grow not just the economi and creat_job __PUNCT__ but creat good_job and provid secur for the middl_class __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ number on __PUNCT__ i want to send fewer job_oversea __PUNCT__ sell more product oversea __PUNCT__

we __PUNCT__ governor romnei ha no problem give tax_break to compani that ar ship job_oversea or outsourc __PUNCT__

but i want to reward compani that ar invest right here __PUNCT__ invest in new hampshir __PUNCT__ invest in manchest __PUNCT__ insourc __PUNCT__ open new plant __PUNCT__ hire new worker __PUNCT__ creat new job right here in america __PUNCT__

that what we need to do __PUNCT__

i want to control more of our own energi and how we us energi __PUNCT__

after __NUM___year of do noth __PUNCT__ we rais fuel standard so by the middl of the next decad 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__ even as we increas the product of oil and natur_ga __PUNCT__

so todai __PUNCT__ america is less depend on foreign_oil than ani time in the last two decad __PUNCT__

think about that __PUNCT__

our oil import ar go down __PUNCT__

so now you got a choic between a plan that revers thi progress or on that build on it __PUNCT__

governor romnei feel_comfort with taxpay provid oil_compani __MONEY___billion a year in taxpay __PUNCT__ fund corpor_welfar __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

we not go to boo __PUNCT__ we go to vote __PUNCT__

but you know what __PUNCT__ i understand why you wouldn't be happi with that idea __PUNCT__ becaus we should be take that __MONEY___billion and invest it in the energi_sourc of tomorrow __PUNCT__

right __PUNCT__ we don't want china to win the race for clean_energi energi_technolog __PUNCT__

we want that technolog_develop here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ those invest not onli creat good_job here at home __PUNCT__ creat new industri here at home __PUNCT__ but it also reduc the carbon pollut that heat our planet __PUNCT__

climat chang is not a hoax __PUNCT__

drought and flood and fire __PUNCT__ thei not a joke __PUNCT__

thei ar a threat to our children futur __PUNCT__ and we got to deal with it in a seriou wai that also grow our economi __PUNCT__

we can do that __PUNCT__

number three __PUNCT__ i want the best educ_system in the world right here in the unit_state __PUNCT__

michel and i ar onli where we ar becaus of the chanc an educ gave us __PUNCT__

and todai __PUNCT__ becaus of the action my administr took __PUNCT__ million of student all across the countri ar pai less for colleg __PUNCT__

we took a system that wa wast ten of billion of dollar on bank and lender __PUNCT__ we said let cut out the middleman __PUNCT__ give the monei directli to the student __PUNCT__

and as a consequ __PUNCT__ young_peopl ar get a better deal __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ governor romnei want to revers some of these choic __PUNCT__

he want to gut some of our invest in educ to pai __PUNCT__ help pai for thi __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__

i think we should make sure that we ar do more in educ __PUNCT__ hire new math and scienc_teacher so that thei can get the lead in the technolog that go to shape our economi in the futur __PUNCT__

provid job_train for __NUM___million more worker at commun_colleg __PUNCT__

work with colleg and univers to keep tuition low __PUNCT__

that my agenda for chang __PUNCT__

that what we need to do __PUNCT__

we can have that futur __PUNCT__ but you got to vote __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term __PUNCT__

i know __PUNCT__ i suspect we got some teacher in the audienc __PUNCT__

governor romnei said hire more teacher won't grow our economi __PUNCT__

then he said class_size doesn't matter __PUNCT__

he said class size doesn't matter __PUNCT__

there not a teacher or a parent who doesn't believ thi __PUNCT__

make sure that our kid ar thrive in math and scienc __PUNCT__ where we know there ar go to be more job __PUNCT__ that will grow our economi __PUNCT__

have them as __PUNCT__ be abl to get a job as an engin __PUNCT__ mayb start the next appl or the next intel __PUNCT__ that will creat_job __PUNCT__

that should be a nation mission __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ we want our son to thrive in math and scienc and engin __PUNCT__ but we also want our daughter to thrive in those field too __PUNCT__

see __PUNCT__ we don't have to order up some binder to find qualifi __PUNCT__ talent __PUNCT__ driven young_women who can learn and excel in these field right now __PUNCT__

and when these young women graduat __PUNCT__ i want them to receiv equal pai for equal work __PUNCT__

i don't know why thi is so complic __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ governor romnei still won't sai whether or not he support a law to protect that right __PUNCT__ no matter how mani time he ask __PUNCT__

thi is not that hard __PUNCT__

i got two daughter __PUNCT__

i want to make sure thei get paid the same as somebodi son for do the same_job __PUNCT__

pretti straightforward __PUNCT__

ani confus there __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

you know where i stand __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ the lilli ledbett fair pai act __PUNCT__ thi wa the first bill i sign into law __PUNCT__

and i know you want the same_thing for your daughter __PUNCT__ or sister __PUNCT__ or mom __PUNCT__ or grandma as i do __PUNCT__

and thi is not __PUNCT__ as i said in the debat __PUNCT__ thi is not just a women issu __PUNCT__ thi is a famili issu __PUNCT__ thi is an econom_issu __PUNCT__

i also believ women should make their own health_care decis __PUNCT__

i know you got __PUNCT__ and it not just washington that sometim deal with thi issu __PUNCT__

you got a state_legislatur up here that sometim act like it know better than women when it come to women own health_care decis __PUNCT__

my oppon ha got the same approach __PUNCT__

governor romnei said he end fund for plan_parenthood __PUNCT__ despit all the work it doe to provid women with mammogram and breast_cancer screen __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

all right __PUNCT__ you gui ar get it __PUNCT__

you gui ar get it __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ he support __PUNCT__ we made sure that insur_compani ar provid women with contracept __PUNCT__

he support legisl that would turn those decis over to a woman employ __PUNCT__

think about that __PUNCT__

do you think __PUNCT__ like __PUNCT__ your boss or your insur compani or some politician in concord or washington should get control of your health_care choic __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

the health care law we pass put those choic in your hand where thei belong __PUNCT__

that where thei go to stai as long as i presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__ as long as you vote __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

all right __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we also have to make sure that we us the monei we save from end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ wind down the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__ to put our peopl back to work here do some nation __PUNCT__ build here at home __PUNCT__

we got a debat on mondai on foreign_polici __PUNCT__ and i veri interest in see what governor romnei ha to sai about thi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ he said that it wa __PUNCT__ tragic __PUNCT__ the wai i end the war in iraq __PUNCT__

last week __PUNCT__ he said we should still have troop in iraq __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ on of the great honor of my job is serv as command in chief and meet the amaz men and women in our arm_servic who serv us everi singl_dai __PUNCT__

i think bring our troop_home after do the job thei did in iraq wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

reunit them with their famili wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

the __NUM___troop that we brought_home thi year from afghanistan __PUNCT__ that wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

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

and when you take off that uniform __PUNCT__ we go to serv you as well as you serv us __PUNCT__ becaus nobodi who ha fought for us should ever have to fight for a job when thei come home or a roof over their head when thei come home or the benefit thei earn when thei come home __PUNCT__

all right __PUNCT__

and final __PUNCT__ we got to cut the deficit by __MONEY___trillion over the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

i put_forward a plan to do it __PUNCT__ and i work with the republican and democrat alreadi to cut_spend that we didn't need or we couldn't afford __PUNCT__ and i readi to do more __PUNCT__

but i not go to cut thing like educ __PUNCT__

i not go to cut research that help grow our economi __PUNCT__

we can't get thi done unless we also ask the wealthiest household to pai higher_tax on their incom abov __MONEY__ pai the same_rate we had when bill_clinton wa presid __PUNCT__ we creat___NUM__ __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ and we went from a deficit to surplu __PUNCT__

that how you do it __PUNCT__

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

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ he is wrong __PUNCT__

i not go to ask middl_class class_famili to give up your deduct on a home_mortgag or your deduct for rais a kid just to pai for anoth millionair tax_cut __PUNCT__

i not go to ask student who ar here to pai more for colleg or kick kid out of head_start or elimin health_insur for million of american just to pai for a tax we don't need __PUNCT__ tax_cut we don't need __PUNCT__

that not who we ar __PUNCT__

that not what we about __PUNCT__

governor romnei and __PUNCT__ frankli __PUNCT__ hi alli in congress __PUNCT__ thei have bank on thi idea that somehow in america everybodi is on their own __PUNCT__

if you get __PUNCT__ if you don't have health_insur __PUNCT__ hope you don't get sick __PUNCT__

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

you know what __PUNCT__ that not who we ar __PUNCT__

that not what we about __PUNCT__

we believ in self __PUNCT__ relianc __PUNCT__ we believ in individu initi __PUNCT__ but we also believ we all in thi togeth __PUNCT__

we understand america is not just what can be done for us __PUNCT__ but what can be done by us togeth __PUNCT__ as on nation __PUNCT__ as on peopl __PUNCT__ black __PUNCT__ white __PUNCT__ hispan __PUNCT__ asian __PUNCT__ nativ_american __PUNCT__ gai __PUNCT__ straight __PUNCT__ abl __PUNCT__ disabl __PUNCT__ everybodi come togeth __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

that our vision of america __PUNCT__

that the vision we fought for in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

and becaus of you we were abl to make amaz_thing happen __PUNCT__

you the reason there a littl girl with a heart disord who need surgeri __PUNCT__ but now ha the secur of know she go to get that surgeri becaus there aren't ani lifetim limit on her insur_coverag __PUNCT__

you made that happen __PUNCT__

you the reason a young_man who never __PUNCT__ who thought he never be abl to afford hi dream to go to medic_school now is go to have that chanc __PUNCT__

you made that possibl __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 folk who serv us so brave ar now embrac their famili again and hear those word __PUNCT__ welcom home __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ welcom home __PUNCT__

welcom home __PUNCT__

that happen becaus of you __PUNCT__

so in __NUM___dai __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__ you can keep move thi countri forward __PUNCT__

in __NUM__ dai __PUNCT__ you get to choos between the top __PUNCT__ down polici that got us into thi mess or the polici that ar get us out of thi mess __PUNCT__

in __NUM__ dai __PUNCT__ you can choos a foreign_polici that take us into war without a plan to get __PUNCT__ get us out or turn the page and end war respons and bring our troop_home and focus on build america __PUNCT__

in __NUM___dai __PUNCT__ you can choos to turn_back the clock __NUM___year for immigr or gai or women __PUNCT__ or you can stand up and sai we ar go to move_forward __PUNCT__ that we a countri that will continu to be on that treat everybodi with digniti and fair __PUNCT__ a countri where no matter what you look like or what __PUNCT__ where you come from or who you love __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

that what at stake __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__

that why i ask for your vote __PUNCT__

i believ in you __PUNCT__

i need you to keep believ in me __PUNCT__

i ask for your help to finish the job __PUNCT__

and if you stand with me and work with me and knock on some door for me __PUNCT__ make some phone_call with me __PUNCT__ if you vote for me __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__ we win new hampshir again __PUNCT__

we win thi elect __PUNCT__

we 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__ and god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__