Mitt Romney

thank you to jai and to scott for those gener introduct __PUNCT__

both these men have made real contribut to our nation __PUNCT__

it good to be back at cpac __PUNCT__

i can't think of an audienc i rather be address todai __PUNCT__

i spent the weekend in vancouv __PUNCT__

as alwai __PUNCT__ the olymp game were inspir __PUNCT__

but in case you didn't hear the late __PUNCT__ break new __PUNCT__ the gold medal in the downhil wa taken awai from american lindsei vonn __PUNCT__

it wa determin that presid_obama is go downhil faster than she is __PUNCT__

i not tell you someth you don't know when i sai that our conserv_movement took a real hit in the __NUM___elect __PUNCT__

the victor were not exactli graciou in their big win __PUNCT__ media leg were tingl __PUNCT__

time_magazin cover pictur the republican eleph and declar it an endang_speci __PUNCT__

the new presid himself promis chang of biblic proport __PUNCT__

and given hi filibust __PUNCT__ proof senat and lopsid hous __PUNCT__ he had everyth he need to deliv it __PUNCT__

thei won __PUNCT__ we lost __PUNCT__

but you know __PUNCT__ you learn a lot about peopl when you see how thei react to lose __PUNCT__

we didn't serv up excus or blame our fellow_citizen __PUNCT__

instead __PUNCT__ we listen to the american_peopl __PUNCT__ we sharpen our think and our argument __PUNCT__ we spoke with greater persuas __PUNCT__ we took our messag to more journal and airwav __PUNCT__ and in the american_tradit __PUNCT__ some even brought attent to our caus with ralli and tea_parti __PUNCT__

i know that most of you have watch intent as the conserv comeback began in virginia and explod onto the scene in new jersei __PUNCT__

but as a massachusett man __PUNCT__ who __PUNCT__ like my fellow bai __PUNCT__ stater __PUNCT__ ha over the year __PUNCT__ been understand regard somewhat suspici in gather like thi __PUNCT__ let me take just a moment to exalt in a scott_brown victori __PUNCT__

for that victori that stop obama __PUNCT__ care and turn_back the reid __PUNCT__ pelosi liber tide __PUNCT__ we have someth to that you never think you hear at cpac __PUNCT__ thank you massachusett __PUNCT__

__NUM__ wa the presid turn to suffer loss __PUNCT__ and not just at the ballot_box __PUNCT__ but also in bill after bill in congress __PUNCT__ and most importantli __PUNCT__ in hi failur to reignit the economi __PUNCT__

in how he ha respond to these defeat __PUNCT__ too __PUNCT__ we have learn a great about him and about hi team __PUNCT__

he began by claim that he had not fail at all __PUNCT__

rememb the b __SYMBOL__ grade he gave himself for hi first year __PUNCT__ tell that to the __NUM___million_american who lost their job last year __PUNCT__ and to the million more who stop look __PUNCT__

explain that to the world financi_market who gape at trillion_dollar deficit as far as the ey can see __PUNCT__

squar that with the absenc of ani meaning sanction against iran even as it fund terror and race to becom a nuclear nation __PUNCT__

presid_obama self __PUNCT__ proclaim b __SYMBOL__ will go down in histori as the biggest exagger sinc al_gore invent of the internet __PUNCT__

unabl to convinc us that hi failur wa a success __PUNCT__ he turn to the second dodg of lose team __PUNCT__ try to pin the blame on someon els __PUNCT__

did you see hi state of the union_address __PUNCT__ first __PUNCT__ he took on the on group in the room that wa restrain from respond __PUNCT__ the suprem_court __PUNCT__

the presid found it inexplic that the first amend right of free_speech should be guarante not just to labor_union corpor and media corpor __PUNCT__ but equal to all corpor __PUNCT__ big and small __PUNCT__

when it wa all over __PUNCT__ i think most american felt as i did __PUNCT__ hi noisi critiqu and bombast did not regist as clear and convincingli as justic alito silent lip form these word __PUNCT__ not true __PUNCT__

next he blame the republican in the room __PUNCT__ condescend to lectur them on the work of the budget_process __PUNCT__ a process mani of them had in fact master while he wa still at harvard_law_school __PUNCT__

he blame republican for the gridlock that ha block hi favorit legisl __PUNCT__ but he know as well as we do that he did not need on singl solitari republican_vote in either hous to pass hi legisl __PUNCT__

it wa democrat who block him __PUNCT__ democrat who said __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ to hi liber agenda after thei had been home to their district and heard from the american_peopl __PUNCT__

as everett dirksen us to sai __PUNCT__ when thei felt the heat __PUNCT__ thei saw the light __PUNCT__ god_bless everi american who said no __PUNCT__

of cours __PUNCT__ the presid accus us of be the parti of __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ it as if he think that sai __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ is by definit a bad_thing __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ it is right and praiseworthi to sai no to bad thing __PUNCT__

it is right to sai no to cap and trade __PUNCT__ no to card_check __PUNCT__ no to govern healthcar __PUNCT__ and no to higher_tax __PUNCT__

my parti should never be a rubber stamp for rubber check spend __PUNCT__

but befor we move awai from thi __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ epithet the democrat ar fond of appli to us __PUNCT__ let ask the obama folk why thei sai __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ no to a balanc_budget __PUNCT__ no to reform entitl __PUNCT__ no to malpractic reform __PUNCT__ no to missil_defens in eastern_europ __PUNCT__ no to prosecut khalid sheikh moham in a militari_tribun __PUNCT__ and no to tax_cut that creat new job __PUNCT__

you see __PUNCT__ we conserv don't have a corner on sai no __PUNCT__ we just the on who sai it when that the right thing to do __PUNCT__

and that lead us to who he ha most recent charg with culpabl for hi failur __PUNCT__ the american_peopl __PUNCT__

it seem that we have fail to understand hi wise plan for us __PUNCT__

if he just slow down __PUNCT__ he reason __PUNCT__ and make a concert effort to explain obama __PUNCT__ care in a wai even we can understand __PUNCT__ if we just listen better __PUNCT__ then we will get it __PUNCT__

actual __PUNCT__ american have been listen quit attent __PUNCT__

and thei have been watch __PUNCT__

when he bar cspan from cover the healthcar deliber __PUNCT__ thei saw presid_obama break hi promis of transpar __PUNCT__

when the democrat_leadership wa empow to bribe nebraska senat nelson __PUNCT__ thei saw presid_obama break hi promis of a new kind of polit in washington __PUNCT__

and when he cut a special and certainli unconstitut healthcar deal with the union __PUNCT__ thei saw him not just break hi promis __PUNCT__ thei saw the most blatant and reprehens manifest of polit payoff in modern memori __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__ presid __PUNCT__ the american_peopl didn't hear and see too littl __PUNCT__ thei saw too much __PUNCT__

here again __PUNCT__ with all due respect __PUNCT__ presid_obama fail to understand america __PUNCT__

he said __PUNCT__ with all the lobbi and hors __PUNCT__ trade __PUNCT__ the process left most american wonder __PUNCT__ what in it for me __PUNCT__ that not at all what thei were ask __PUNCT__

thei were ask __PUNCT__ what in it for america __PUNCT__

america will not endur govern run healthcar __PUNCT__ a new and expans entitl __PUNCT__ an inexplic and sure vanish cut in medicar and an even greater burden of tax __PUNCT__

american said no becaus obama __PUNCT__ care is bad care for america __PUNCT__

when it come to shift respons for failur __PUNCT__ howev __PUNCT__ no on is a more frequent object of presid obama reproach than presid_bush __PUNCT__

it wear so thin that even the late night show make_fun of it __PUNCT__

i am convinc that histori will judg presid_bush far more kindli __PUNCT__ he pull us from a deepen recess follow the attack of __NUM__ __PUNCT__ he overcam teacher_union to test school_children and evalu school __PUNCT__ he took down the taliban __PUNCT__ wage a war against the jihadist and wa not afraid to call it what it is __PUNCT__ a war __PUNCT__ and he kept us safe __PUNCT__

i respect hi silenc even in the face of the assault on hi record that come from thi administr __PUNCT__

but at the same_time __PUNCT__ i also respect the loyalti and indefatig defens of truth that come from our __PUNCT__ i don't give a damn __PUNCT__ vice_presid dick_chenei __PUNCT__

i afraid that after all the finger point is finish __PUNCT__ it ha becom clear who is respons for presid_obama lost year __PUNCT__ the __NUM__ __PUNCT__ unemploy year __PUNCT__ presid obama and hi fellow_democrat __PUNCT__

so when it come to pin blame __PUNCT__ pin the tail on the donkei __PUNCT__

there a good_deal of conjectur about the caus of presid_obama failur __PUNCT__

as he frequent remind us __PUNCT__ he assum the presid at a difficult_time __PUNCT__

that the reason we argu dure the campaign that these were not the time for on the job_train __PUNCT__

had he or hi advisor spent even a few year in the real_economi __PUNCT__ thei would have learn that the number on caus of failur in the privat_sector is lack of focu __PUNCT__ and that the first rule of turn around ani troubl enterpris is focu __PUNCT__ focu __PUNCT__ focu __PUNCT__

and so __PUNCT__ when he assum the presid __PUNCT__ hi energi should have been focus on fix the economi and creat_job __PUNCT__ and to succeed in our fight against radic violent_jihad in iraq and afghanistan __PUNCT__

instead __PUNCT__ he appli hi time and polit_capit to hi ill __PUNCT__ conceiv healthcar takeov and to build hi person popular in foreign_countri __PUNCT__

he fail to focu __PUNCT__ and so he fail __PUNCT__

but there wa an even bigger_problem than lack of focu __PUNCT__

ronald_reagan us to sai thi about liber __PUNCT__ it not that thei ignor __PUNCT__ it that what thei know is wrong __PUNCT__ too often __PUNCT__ when it came to what presid_obama knew __PUNCT__ he wa wrong __PUNCT__

he correctli acknowledg that the govern doesn't creat_job __PUNCT__ that onli the privat_sector can do that __PUNCT__

he said that the govern can creat the condit __PUNCT__ the environ __PUNCT__ which lead the privat sector to add employ __PUNCT__

but consid not what he said __PUNCT__ but what he did last year __PUNCT__ and ask whether it help or hurt the environ for invest __PUNCT__ growth __PUNCT__ and new job __PUNCT__

announc __NUM__ tax_increas for individu and busi and for capit_gain __PUNCT__ hurt __PUNCT__

pass cap and trade __PUNCT__ hurt __PUNCT__

give trial_lawyer a free pass __PUNCT__ hurt __PUNCT__

propos card_check to elimin secret_ballot in union elect __PUNCT__ hurt __PUNCT__

hold on to gm stock and insist on call the shot there __PUNCT__ hurt __PUNCT__

make a grab for healthcar __PUNCT__ almost 1/5th of our economi __PUNCT__ hurt __PUNCT__

budget govern_deficit in the trillion __PUNCT__ hurt __PUNCT__

and scapego and demon businesspeopl __PUNCT__ hurt __PUNCT__

presid_obama institut the most anti __PUNCT__ growth __PUNCT__ anti __PUNCT__ invest __PUNCT__ anti __PUNCT__ job measur we seen in our lifetim __PUNCT__

he call hi agenda ambiti __PUNCT__

i call it reckless __PUNCT__

he scare employ __PUNCT__ so job were scarc __PUNCT__

hi nearli trillion_dollar stimulu creat not on net new job in the privat_sector __PUNCT__ but it save and grew job in the govern_sector __PUNCT__ the on place we should have shed job __PUNCT__

and even todai __PUNCT__ becaus he ha been unwil or unabl to defin the road ahead __PUNCT__ uncertainti and lack of predict permeat the privat economi __PUNCT__ and prolong it stall __PUNCT__

america is not better off than it wa __NUM___trillion trillion_dollar ago __PUNCT__

will the economi and unemploy recov __PUNCT__ of cours __PUNCT__

thank to a vibrant and innov citizenri __PUNCT__ thei alwai do __PUNCT__

but thi presid will not deserv the credit he will undoubtedli claim __PUNCT__

he ha prolong the recess __PUNCT__ expand the pain of unemploy __PUNCT__ and ad to the burden of debt we will leav futur_gener __PUNCT__

presid_obama __PUNCT__ nanci_pelosi __PUNCT__ harri_reid and their team have fail the american_peopl __PUNCT__ and that is why their major will be out the door __PUNCT__

isn't it fit that so mani of those who have contempt for the privat_sector will soon find themselv back in it __PUNCT__

the peopl of america ar look to conserv for leadership __PUNCT__ and we must not fail them __PUNCT__

conservat ha had from it incept a vigor posit __PUNCT__ intellectu rigor agenda __PUNCT__

that agenda should have three pillar __PUNCT__ strengthen the economi __PUNCT__ strengthen our secur __PUNCT__ and strengthen our famili __PUNCT__

we will strengthen the economi by simplifi and lower_tax __PUNCT__ by replac outmod regul with modern __PUNCT__ dynam regul __PUNCT__ by open_market to american good __PUNCT__ by strengthen our currenc and our capit_market __PUNCT__ and by invest in research and basic scienc __PUNCT__

instead of lead the world in how much we borrow __PUNCT__ we will make sure that we lead the world in how much we build and creat and invest __PUNCT__

we will strengthen our secur by build missil_defens __PUNCT__ restor our militari might __PUNCT__ and stand __PUNCT__ by and strengthen our intellig_offic __PUNCT__

and conserv believ in provid constitut right to our citizen __PUNCT__ not to enemi_combat like khalid sheikh moham __PUNCT__

on our watch __PUNCT__ the convers with a would __PUNCT__ be suicid_bomber will not begin with the word __PUNCT__ you have the right to remain_silent __PUNCT__

our conserv_agenda strengthen our famili in part by put our school on track to be the best in the world __PUNCT__

becaus great school start with great teacher __PUNCT__ we will insist on hire teacher from the top third of colleg_graduat __PUNCT__ and we will give better teacher better pai __PUNCT__

school account __PUNCT__ school_choic and cyber school will be prioriti __PUNCT__

we will put parent and teacher back in charg of educ __PUNCT__ not the fat_cat ceo of the teacher_union __PUNCT__

strong_famili will have excel healthcar __PUNCT__

get healthcar coverag for the uninsur should be accomplish at the state_level __PUNCT__ not a on __PUNCT__ size __PUNCT__ fit all pelosi plan __PUNCT__

the right wai to rein __PUNCT__ in healthcar_cost is not by make it more like the post_offic __PUNCT__ it by make it more like a consum __PUNCT__ driven market __PUNCT__

the answer for healthcar is market incent not healthcar by a godzilla __PUNCT__ size govern_bureaucraci __PUNCT__

when it come to our role in the world __PUNCT__ our conserv_agenda hew to the principl that have defin our nation foreign_polici for over six decad __PUNCT__ we will promot and defend the american_ideal of polit_freedom __PUNCT__ free_enterpris __PUNCT__ and human right __PUNCT__

we will stand with our alli __PUNCT__ and confront those who threaten peac and destroi liberti __PUNCT__

there much more on our posit __PUNCT__ intellectu rigor conserv_agenda __PUNCT__

not all of it is popular __PUNCT__

but the american_peopl have shown that thei ar readi for truth to trump hope __PUNCT__

the truth is that govern is not the solut to all our problem __PUNCT__

thi year __PUNCT__ i have taken the time to write a book that tell the truth about the challeng our nation_face __PUNCT__ and about the conserv solut need to overcom them __PUNCT__

i have titl it __PUNCT__ no apolog __PUNCT__ the case for american great __PUNCT__

i set up a booth outsid so that you can bui a few hundr copi each __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ mayb on or two __PUNCT__

sometim i wonder whether washington liber politician understand the great of america __PUNCT__

let me explain why i sai that __PUNCT__

at christma __PUNCT__ time __PUNCT__ i wa in wal __PUNCT__ mart to bui some toi for my grandkid __PUNCT__

as i wait in the check __PUNCT__ out line __PUNCT__ i took a good look around the store __PUNCT__

i thought to myself of the impact sam_walton had on hi compani __PUNCT__

sam walton wa all about good valu on everyth the custom might want __PUNCT__

and so is wal __PUNCT__ mart __PUNCT__ rock bottom price and ten of thousand of item __PUNCT__

the impact that founder like sam walton have on their enterpris is actual quit remark __PUNCT__

in mani wai __PUNCT__ microsoft is a reflect of bill_gate __PUNCT__ just as appl is of steve_job __PUNCT__

disneyland is a perman tribut to walt disnei himself __PUNCT__ imagin and whimsic __PUNCT__

virgin airlin is as irrever and edgi as it founder __PUNCT__

as you look around you __PUNCT__ you see that peopl shape enterpris __PUNCT__ sometim for mani year even after thei ar gone __PUNCT__

peopl shape busi __PUNCT__

peopl shape countri __PUNCT__

america reflect the valu of the peopl who first land here __PUNCT__ those who found the nation __PUNCT__ those who won our freedom __PUNCT__ and those who made america the leader of the world __PUNCT__

america wa discov and settl by pioneer __PUNCT__

later __PUNCT__ the founder launch an entir new concept of nation __PUNCT__ on where the peopl would be sovereign __PUNCT__ not the king __PUNCT__ not the state __PUNCT__

and thi would appli not just to govern __PUNCT__ but also to the american_economi __PUNCT__ the individu would pursu hi or her happi in freedom __PUNCT__ independ from govern dictat __PUNCT__

everi american wa free to be an inventor __PUNCT__ an innov __PUNCT__ a founder __PUNCT__

america becam the land of opportun and a nation of pioneer __PUNCT__

we attract peopl of pioneer spirit from around the world __PUNCT__

thei came here for freedom and opportun __PUNCT__ know that the cost wa incred high __PUNCT__ leav behind famili and the familiar __PUNCT__ learn a new languag __PUNCT__ often live at first in poverti __PUNCT__ sometim face prejudic __PUNCT__ work long and hard hour __PUNCT__

all of these pioneer built a nation of incompar prosper and unriv secur __PUNCT__

after it found __PUNCT__ our nation_economi grew thank to more pioneer __PUNCT__ peopl like alexand graham bell and thoma edison __PUNCT__ henri_ford __PUNCT__ william procter and robert wood johnson __PUNCT__ bill hewlett and dave packard and thoma watson __PUNCT__

these ar name we know __PUNCT__ but the less well known ar just as vital american innov __PUNCT__ and thei number in the million __PUNCT__

that american pioneer spirit is what propel us to master the industri ag just as todai we marshal the inform ag __PUNCT__

thi cours for america __PUNCT__ chosen by the founder __PUNCT__ ha been settl for over __NUM___year __PUNCT__

our is the creed of the pioneer __PUNCT__ the innov __PUNCT__ the striver who expect no guarante of success __PUNCT__ but ask onli to live and work in freedom __PUNCT__

thi creed is under assault in washington todai __PUNCT__

liber ar convinc that govern know better than the peopl how to run our busi __PUNCT__ how to choos win technolog __PUNCT__ how to manag healthcar __PUNCT__ how to grow an economi __PUNCT__ and how to order our veri live __PUNCT__

thei want to gain through govern_takeov what thei could never achiev in the competit economi __PUNCT__ power and control over the peopl of america __PUNCT__

if these liber neo __PUNCT__ monarchist succe __PUNCT__ thei will kill the veri spirit that ha built the nation __PUNCT__ the innov __PUNCT__ invent __PUNCT__ creat __PUNCT__ independ current that run from coast to coast __PUNCT__

thi is the liber agenda for govern __PUNCT__

it doe not encourag pioneer __PUNCT__ inventor and investor __PUNCT__ it suffoc them __PUNCT__

in a world where other have lost their liberti by trade it awai for the fals promis of the state __PUNCT__ we choos to hold to our found_principl __PUNCT__

we will stop these power __PUNCT__ seeker where thei stand __PUNCT__

we will keep america __PUNCT__ america __PUNCT__ by retain it charact as the land of opportun __PUNCT__

we welcom the entrepreneur __PUNCT__ the inventor __PUNCT__ the innov __PUNCT__

we will insist on great from everi on of our citizen __PUNCT__ and rather than apolog for who we ar or for what we have accomplish __PUNCT__ we will celebr our nation strength and good __PUNCT__

american_patriot have defeat tyrant __PUNCT__ liber the oppress __PUNCT__ and rescu the afflict __PUNCT__

america model of innov __PUNCT__ capit and free_enterpris ha lift liter billon of the world_peopl out of poverti __PUNCT__

america ha been a forc for good like no other in thi world __PUNCT__ and for that we make no apolog __PUNCT__