Mitt Romney

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first __PUNCT__ thank to al cardena for that veri warm and gener introduct __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ and thank to thi extraordinari crowd at cpac __PUNCT__

we got a great group here thi year __PUNCT__

it been a great confer so far __PUNCT__

and for that i suppos we should also acknowledg presid_obama __PUNCT__

he is the conserv_movement top recruit __PUNCT__

it turn out __PUNCT__

turn out he realli is a good commun_organ __PUNCT__

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i just don't think thi is the commun he plan on organ __PUNCT__

but he __PUNCT__ but he did __PUNCT__

you know __PUNCT__ todai we realli ar pois for victori in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

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the pundit __PUNCT__ the pundit and the pollster ar sai that we can win the elect __PUNCT__ but we have to tell the nation why we should win the elect __PUNCT__

it up to us to prove that we realli readi to step_forward and lead thi countri __PUNCT__

and thi elect is not just about get more vote __PUNCT__

defeat barack_obama is onli on step toward our ultim_goal of save_america __PUNCT__

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of cours we can defeat barack_obama __PUNCT__

that the easi part __PUNCT__

believ me __PUNCT__ __DATE__ will be the easiest dai our next presid is gonna face __PUNCT__

thi countri we love is in jeopardi __PUNCT__

and it more than just econom statist that we read that tell us that __PUNCT__ it the pain that so mani of us feel in our heart __PUNCT__

for three year we suffer through the failur not onli of a weak leader __PUNCT__ but of a bankrupt ideolog __PUNCT__

i convinc that if we do our job __PUNCT__ if we lead with convict and integr __PUNCT__ that histori will record the obama_presid as the last gasp of liber great failur and a turn_point for the conserv era to come __PUNCT__

but __PUNCT__ but it not enough for us just to show how thei fail __PUNCT__

we also have to prove how we will and deserv to lead __PUNCT__

and so i here to ask you todai to stand with me shoulder __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ shoulder as we go forward to fight for america __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ as we step_forward togeth __PUNCT__ now i think is a time to reaffirm what it mean to be conserv and why thi must be our greatest hour as conserv __PUNCT__

america like no other countri in the histori of the earth __PUNCT__

the veri heart of american_conservat is the convict that the principl embodi in the constitut and the declar of independ ar uniqu power __PUNCT__ foundat and defin __PUNCT__

some see the hand of provid in the craft of these principl __PUNCT__

other ar more like to credit the brillianc of the founder themselv __PUNCT__

i think a lot of us __PUNCT__ like me __PUNCT__ see both at plai __PUNCT__

but conserv all agre that depart from these found_principl would repres a departur from the great of america __PUNCT__ from our mission __PUNCT__ from our freedom __PUNCT__ from our prosper __PUNCT__ from our purpos __PUNCT__

i __PUNCT__ i know that thi presid will never get it __PUNCT__ but we conserv aren't just proud to cling to our gun and to our religion __PUNCT__

we ar also proud to cling to our constitut __PUNCT__

the wisdom of our found_document is that thei see the nation prosper not as a product of govern __PUNCT__ but as the product of individu citizen __PUNCT__ each pursu_happi __PUNCT__

the kei to the success of the american_experi is thi __PUNCT__ america doesn't just exist for the peopl __PUNCT__ it ha been made except by the peopl __PUNCT__

it __PUNCT__ it thi brillianc __PUNCT__ a free_peopl pursu their own dream __PUNCT__ achiev success in their own wai __PUNCT__ that what propel america and ha made us to be the most prosper nation and most power_nation in the histori of the earth __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ there ar a lot of politician on both side of the aisl that have forgotten that __PUNCT__ if thei ever realli understood it at all __PUNCT__

thei fallen under the spell of washington __PUNCT__

politician __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ thei routin elect by promis that thei go to chang washington __PUNCT__

but when thei came here __PUNCT__ thei becam creatur of washington __PUNCT__

thei begin to see govern as the answer to everi challeng and the solut for everi problem __PUNCT__

at everi turn __PUNCT__ thei __PUNCT__ thei try to substitut the heavi hand of govern for free_citizen and free_enterpris oper in a free manner __PUNCT__

thei think govern know better and can do better than a free_peopl exercis their free will __PUNCT__

and thi presid is the worst offend __PUNCT__

barack_obama is the poster child for the arrog of govern __PUNCT__

and so __PUNCT__ as i sai across thi countri __PUNCT__ thi elect realli is about a battl for the soul of america __PUNCT__

and it go to come down to a choic __PUNCT__ a choic between whether we want a nation to be of and by washington or a nation of and by a free_peopl __PUNCT__

and we conserv believ in freedom and free peopl and free_enterpris __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ as conserv __PUNCT__ we unit by a set of core convict __PUNCT__

not everyon ha taken the same path to get here __PUNCT__

there ar colleg_student at thi confer who ar read burk and __PUNCT__

my guess is some of you got here by read burk and hayek __PUNCT__

when i wa your ag __PUNCT__ you could told me that thei were infield for the detroit tiger __PUNCT__

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as some of you who work in think tank or you follow the write of some of the promin conserv_writer current and in the past __PUNCT__ some of you have probabl work in govern or you labor on the front_line of conserv caus __PUNCT__

i salut to all of you in achiev your vision of conservat __PUNCT__

my path to conservat came from my famili __PUNCT__ from my faith and from my life_work __PUNCT__

i wa rais in a home that wa shape by and root in conserv valu __PUNCT__

my mother father __PUNCT__ my grandfath __PUNCT__ came to america from england __PUNCT__

as a teenag he wa alon in thi new countri __PUNCT__ but he risk it all for the chanc at religi_liberti and for econom_opportun __PUNCT__

you probabl also heard about my dad and how proud i am of him __PUNCT__

he as born to american parent who were live in mexico __PUNCT__ and then when he wa __NUM__ thei move_back to the u. __PUNCT__

hi dad as a contractor __PUNCT__ but he went bust more than onc __PUNCT__

my dad grew up poor __PUNCT__ never had the chanc to finish hi colleg_degre __PUNCT__

but he believ in the countri where the circumst of on birth were not __PUNCT__ ph __PUNCT__ a barrier to life achiev __PUNCT__

and so with hard_work he becam the head of a car_compani __PUNCT__

and then he becam governor of the great state of michigan __PUNCT__

the valu that allow my parent to achiev their dream ar the same valu thei instil in my sibl and me __PUNCT__

those aren't valu i just talk about __PUNCT__ thei valu that i live everi dai __PUNCT__

my __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year marriag to my wife ann __PUNCT__ the life we built with our five son __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ the faith that part of our life __PUNCT__ these conserv constant have shape my life __PUNCT__

and then there busi __PUNCT__

in busi __PUNCT__ if you not fiscal_conserv __PUNCT__ you bankrupt __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ i spent __NUM___year balanc_budget __PUNCT__ elimin wast __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ keep as far awai from govern as humanli possibl __PUNCT__

i did __PUNCT__

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i did some of the veri thing conservat is design for __PUNCT__

i start new busi and turn around broken on __PUNCT__

and i not asham to sai that i wa success in do it __PUNCT__

my famili __PUNCT__ my faith __PUNCT__ my busi __PUNCT__ i know conservat becaus i have live conservat __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ as governor of massachusett i had the uniqu experi of defend conserv_principl in the most liber_state in the nation __PUNCT__

when i __PUNCT__

there ar three peopl from massachusett here __PUNCT__

i appreci that __PUNCT__

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when i took offic __PUNCT__ i wa face a __MONEY___billion budget_deficit and the economi wa in a tailspin __PUNCT__

and even with a legislatur that wa __NUM__ percent democrat __PUNCT__ we cut_tax __NUM___time and balanc the budget all four year __PUNCT__

i cast over __NUM__ veto __PUNCT__

and i cut entir program __PUNCT__

i eras a __MONEY___billion budget shortfal and left_offic by put in place over __MONEY___billion in a raini dai fund __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ if there wa a program or an agenc or a depart that need cut or elimin __PUNCT__ we did it __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ on of the comment in boston __PUNCT__ on of our tv comment __PUNCT__ onc said that i didn't just go after the sacr cow __PUNCT__ he said __PUNCT__ mitt_romnei went after the whole herd __PUNCT__

by the wai __PUNCT__ that skill __PUNCT__ that skill __PUNCT__ learn in the privat_sector and practic for four year in massachusett __PUNCT__ where __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ i serv in govern __PUNCT__ but i didn't inhal __PUNCT__ i still a busi gui __PUNCT__

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__PUNCT__ that experi of slim down __PUNCT__ cut __PUNCT__ elimin __PUNCT__ i want to take that to washington __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ you mai recal as well that dure my term in offic our conserv valu also came under attack __PUNCT__

less than a year after i took offic __PUNCT__ the state suprem_court inexplic found a right to same __PUNCT__ sex_marriag in the constitut written by john_adam __PUNCT__

i presum he be surpris __PUNCT__

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i fought to have a stai on that decis __PUNCT__ then push for a marriag amend to our constitut __PUNCT__

we lost by onli on vote in the legislatur __PUNCT__

and i successfulli prohibit out __PUNCT__ of __PUNCT__ state coupl from come to our state to get marri and then go home __PUNCT__

on my watch we fought hard and prevent massachusett from becom the la_vega of gai_marriag __PUNCT__

when i am presid i will defend the defens of marriag_act __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and i will fight for an amend to our constitut that defin marriag as a relationship between a man and a woman __PUNCT__

dure my term in offic i also stood up to those who want to call into question the veri definit of life __PUNCT__

i veto a bill that would have open the door to clone and to embryo farm __PUNCT__

i veto a bill that would allow young_girl to obtain access to abort __PUNCT__ induc drug __PUNCT__

i fought for abstin educ in our school __PUNCT__

and i defend the right of the cathol_church to serv the commun in wai that were consist with their conscienc through adopt program that place children in a home with a mom and a dad __PUNCT__

my state wa the lead indic of what liber will be try to do across the countri __PUNCT__ thei try to do right now __PUNCT__ and i fought against long odd in a deep blue_state __PUNCT__

but i wa a sever conserv_republican republican_governor __PUNCT__

i understand that __PUNCT__ the battl we __PUNCT__ as conserv __PUNCT__ must fight becaus i have been on the front_line __PUNCT__ and expect to be on those front line again __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ here cpac __PUNCT__

i know you gui understand that __PUNCT__

thi gather ha alwai welcom me and you consist support me __PUNCT__ not becaus of my rhetor __PUNCT__ but becaus of my record and my experi in that deep blue_state __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ over the cours of thi confer __PUNCT__ sever candid have either alreadi spoken or will be speak __PUNCT__ and thei be seek your support to lead our countri and to help us out of these troubl time __PUNCT__

what distinguish us from on anoth is not our opposit to presid_obama or even our support of conserv convict __PUNCT__

what distinguish us is the natur of our life_experi __PUNCT__ our perspect __PUNCT__ our judgment __PUNCT__

thi elect will ultim come down to two veri differ vision for america __PUNCT__ but our more immedi choic will be between candid of two veri differ background __PUNCT__

i spent __NUM___year in busi __PUNCT__ start at the bottom __PUNCT__ went on to help creat a great_american success_stori __PUNCT__

i led an olymp out of the shadow of scandal and wa part of help turn around a state that wa cry for leadership __PUNCT__

of cours __PUNCT__ in each of these endeavor __PUNCT__ i work with a team of realli skill peopl __PUNCT__ but i wa __PUNCT__ after all __PUNCT__ the chief_execut __PUNCT__

and so success or failur wa laid on my shoulder __PUNCT__

and when tough decis had to be made __PUNCT__ i made them __PUNCT__

leadership as a chief execut isn't about get a bill out of confer or give a great speech __PUNCT__

it about set clear goal __PUNCT__ build a terrif team __PUNCT__ overcom constant advers __PUNCT__ and achiev result __PUNCT__

it about share credit when time ar good and about take respons when thei not __PUNCT__

i happen to be the onli candid in thi race __PUNCT__ republican or democrat __PUNCT__ who ha never work a dai in washington __PUNCT__

i don't have old score to settl or decad of cloakroom deal that i have to defend __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ as conserv __PUNCT__ you learn to be skeptic of thi citi and it politician and i __PUNCT__ and i think you right __PUNCT__

my wife and i rais five boi __PUNCT__ and on of the lesson you learn as a parent is that when you hear an excus that just doesn't make_sens __PUNCT__ it becaus it just doesn't make sens __PUNCT__

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and let me tell you __PUNCT__ ani politician that tri to convinc you that thei hate washington so much that thei just couldn't leav __PUNCT__

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well __PUNCT__ that the same politician who will try and sell you a bridg to nowher __PUNCT__

thi is a moment when our countri need seriou chang and dramat reform __PUNCT__

so let me tell you exactli what kind of presid i will be __PUNCT__

to get america back on track and to get american back to work __PUNCT__ we need bold and sweep reform __PUNCT__

these aren't manageri issu of chang thi depart or that agenc __PUNCT__

to chang washington __PUNCT__ we go to have to chang the veri relationship between govern and the citizen __PUNCT__

and these ar moral_choic that defin our nation and defin us for gener to come __PUNCT__

let me mention a few of them __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ as you know __PUNCT__ we borrow __NUM___cent of everi dollar we spend __PUNCT__

that unconscion __PUNCT__

it unsustain __PUNCT__

it reckless __PUNCT__

it immor __PUNCT__

and it end under my presid __PUNCT__

i approach everi spend decis __PUNCT__ everi budget item with these question __PUNCT__ can we afford it __PUNCT__ and if not __PUNCT__ is it realli worth borrow_monei from china to pai for it __PUNCT__

and on that basi __PUNCT__ we go to get rid of a lot of program __PUNCT__

and as presid __PUNCT__ i won't just slow the growth_rate of govern __PUNCT__

i will actual cut the spend of govern __PUNCT__

and i won't __PUNCT__

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i won't just freez govern share as a percentag of the total economi __PUNCT__

i will reduc govern share as a percentag of the total economi __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ and without __PUNCT__ and without rais_tax or sacrif america critic militari superior __PUNCT__ i will final balanc the american budget __PUNCT__

and as i sure you know __PUNCT__ that will start with the easiest cut of all __PUNCT__ i will elimin obamacar __PUNCT__

let me mention a coupl of other thing i do __PUNCT__

i go to dramat reduc the size of the feder workforc __PUNCT__

and for the first time ever __PUNCT__

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i gonna tie the compens and benefit of feder worker with worker in the privat_sector __PUNCT__

the principl here is realli simpl __PUNCT__ and that is public_servant should not get a better deal than the citizen that ar pai for __PUNCT__ em __PUNCT__

as import as it is __PUNCT__ cut_spend and bureaucraci alon ar not gonna be enough __PUNCT__

in their current form __PUNCT__ we gonna have to recogn that social_secur and medicar ar unsustain __PUNCT__ not for the current group of retire __PUNCT__ but for come gener __PUNCT__

and we can't afford to avoid these entitl challeng ani longer __PUNCT__

i the onli candid for presid who ha offer a sweep __PUNCT__ specif plan to save medicar and to reform social secur __PUNCT__

there ar those who sai you can't talk straight to the american_peopl on these issu and still win an elect __PUNCT__

i sai we can __PUNCT__

we must __PUNCT__

and i will __PUNCT__

what i propos ar sensibl and critic reform __PUNCT__

under my plan __PUNCT__ no on near retir_ag or current retir will see ani of the chang i go to describ __PUNCT__

but peopl in their 20 and 30 and 40 and earli 50 ar go to see some chang __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ tax_hike __PUNCT__ thei off the tabl __PUNCT__

we __PUNCT__

we go to slowli and gradual rais the retir_ag for social_secur and we slow the growth_rate in benefit for higher __PUNCT__ incom retire __PUNCT__

and then when it come to medicar __PUNCT__ tomorrow senior should have the freedom to choos between tradit medicar and a rang of privat_plan __PUNCT__

and if these __PUNCT__

and if these futur senior choos a more expens plan __PUNCT__ then thei will have to pai the addit cost __PUNCT__

take a look at the __PUNCT__ at the ryan_plan __PUNCT__

we __PUNCT__ we in the same page and the same vers on that __PUNCT__

i know that thi presid and hi liber alli ar go to attack me for where he fail to lead __PUNCT__

so be it __PUNCT__

i go to stand and fight __PUNCT__

we go to win on thi becaus so much depend on it __PUNCT__

he go to attack us with the usual fear tactic __PUNCT__

but we go to remind american that dure thi presid term we have seen record high job_loss and record home_foreclosur __PUNCT__

he will not be lectur to us on valu as a man whose ineptitud and failur ha creat so much unnecessari pain for our fellow_american __PUNCT__

our will not be the easi cours __PUNCT__ but it will be the right cours __PUNCT__

and i confid that american ar learn __PUNCT__ yearn for a presid who will tell them the truth and do what need __PUNCT__ not just do what expedi __PUNCT__

and let me also be clear on thi __PUNCT__ my presid will be a pro __PUNCT__ life presid __PUNCT__

on dai on __PUNCT__ i will __PUNCT__

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i will reinstat the mexico_citi polici __PUNCT__ i will __PUNCT__ i will cut off fund for the unit_nation popul fund which support china barbar on __PUNCT__ child polici __PUNCT__

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i ensur that organ like plan_parenthood get no more feder support __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and i will revers everi singl obama regul that attack our religi_liberti and threaten innoc_life in thi countri __PUNCT__

you know thi __PUNCT__ of cours __PUNCT__

the presid is more than public_offic __PUNCT__

it a sacr trust __PUNCT__

as presid __PUNCT__ i will honor that trust by assur that america remain the greatest militari_power on the face of the earth __PUNCT__

i will not be cut our militari_budget __PUNCT__

it veri simpl __PUNCT__ if you don't want america to be the strongest nation on earth __PUNCT__ i am not your presid __PUNCT__

you have that presid todai __PUNCT__

thi elect is a defin moment for america and for the conserv_movement __PUNCT__

and make no mistak __PUNCT__ we have an opportun for great __PUNCT__

but with that opportun __PUNCT__ come defin respons as well __PUNCT__

we can't us thi elect to re __PUNCT__ fight past battl and reward our friend __PUNCT__

i know that fundament chang thi moment demand that we take fresh __PUNCT__ bold __PUNCT__ conserv leadership with real __PUNCT__ world solut base on real __PUNCT__ world experi __PUNCT__

i will come to washington __PUNCT__ and with your help and guidanc and prayer i will chang washington __PUNCT__

and then i will leav washington and go back_home to my famili and my commun that i love __PUNCT__

i believ thi is a moment that demand that we return to our basic valu and first principl __PUNCT__

that who we ar as conserv __PUNCT__

we believ in the constitut __PUNCT__ the declar of independ __PUNCT__

we believ in life __PUNCT__ liberti and the pursuit of happi __PUNCT__

we know the brillianc that suggest that individu pursu their own dream would make us the most power_nation on earth __PUNCT__ not a govern try to guid our live __PUNCT__

thi is who we ar __PUNCT__

thi passion we must take to the american_peopl __PUNCT__

thi is why we conserv __PUNCT__

the task befor us now is to reaffirm the convict that unit us and go forward shoulder __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ shoulder to secur the victori that america so desper need and deserv __PUNCT__

let do it togeth __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

and god_bless_america __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__