Mitt Romney

i am grate to the republican jewish coalit for host thi forum __PUNCT__

thank you chairman flaum and matt brook for your leadership __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ of cours __PUNCT__ i join you in honor the servic of ambassador sam fox __PUNCT__

ambassador fox ha contribut in extraordinari wai to our economi __PUNCT__ to our commun __PUNCT__ to our nation __PUNCT__ and to israel __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ we gather as republican __PUNCT__ american __PUNCT__ and friend of israel __PUNCT__

for us __PUNCT__ the last three year have held a lot of chang __PUNCT__ but haven't offer much hope __PUNCT__

our debt is too high and opportun ar too few __PUNCT__

almost a trillion_dollar in fail stimulu and trillion more in deficit have left million of american out of work __PUNCT__

the unemploy_rate ha been over __NUM__ __PUNCT__ for __NUM___month __PUNCT__

over the last four year __PUNCT__ the median american incom ha fallen by __NUM__ __PUNCT__ even as the cost of food and fuel and healthcar have risen __PUNCT__

american ar suffer __PUNCT__

the poor have a safeti_net and the rich ar do just fine __PUNCT__ but middl __PUNCT__ incom_american have never seen thing so bad __PUNCT__

internation __PUNCT__ we have wit a weaken of our militari and a declin in our stand in the world __PUNCT__

presid_obama troop_withdraw in iraq and afghanistan were base upon elector expedi __PUNCT__ not militari requir __PUNCT__

he ha bow to foreign dictat __PUNCT__

and when the opportun aros to defend freedom __PUNCT__ he either been late to the game or fail to show up at all __PUNCT__

presid_obama rush to apolog for america __PUNCT__ but he ha hesit to speak up for democraci and freedom __PUNCT__

he ha visit egypt __PUNCT__ saudi_arabia __PUNCT__ turkei __PUNCT__ and iraq __PUNCT__

he even offer to meet with mahmoud_ahmadinejad __PUNCT__

yet in three year __PUNCT__ he ha not found it in hi interest to visit israel __PUNCT__ our alli __PUNCT__ our friend __PUNCT__ the sole middl_east nation that fulli share our valu __PUNCT__ the nation in presid truman word __PUNCT__ that is an __PUNCT__ embodi of the great ideal of our civil __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ over the past three year __PUNCT__ presid_obama ha instead chasten israel __PUNCT__

in hi inaugur_address to the unit_nation __PUNCT__ the presid chastis israel __PUNCT__ but said littl about the thousand of hama rocket rain into it ski __PUNCT__

he publicli propos that israel adopt indefens border __PUNCT__

he insult it prime_minist __PUNCT__

and he been timid and weak in the face of the existenti threat of a nuclear_iran __PUNCT__

these action have embolden palestinian hard __PUNCT__ liner who now ar pois to form a uniti govern with terrorist hama and feel thei can bypass israel at the bargain_tabl __PUNCT__

presid_obama ha immeasur set back the prospect of peac in the middl_east __PUNCT__

as presid __PUNCT__ my polici will be veri differ __PUNCT__

i will travel to israel on my first foreign trip __PUNCT__

i will reaffirm as a vital nation_interest israel exist as a jewish_state __PUNCT__

i want the world to know that the bond between israel and the unit_state ar unshak __PUNCT__

i want everi countri in the region that harbor aggress design against israel to understand that their ambit is futil and that pursu it will cost them dearli __PUNCT__

i would not meet with ahmadinejad __PUNCT__

he should be exclud from diplomat societi __PUNCT__

he should be indict for the crime of incit to genocid under articl_iii of the genocid convent __PUNCT__

iran ayatollah will not be permit to obtain nuclear_weapon on my watch __PUNCT__

a nuclear __PUNCT__ arm iran is not onli a threat to israel __PUNCT__ it is a threat to the entir world __PUNCT__

our friend must never fear that we will not stand by them in an hour of need __PUNCT__

our enemi should never doubt our resolv __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ you will hear from sever of my fellow_republican __PUNCT__

like me __PUNCT__ each will acknowledg presid_obama fail toward israel __PUNCT__

like me __PUNCT__ each will assur you of our friendship and commit to israel __PUNCT__

we ar not distinguish from on anoth by our opposit to presid obama __PUNCT__ or even by our support for israel __PUNCT__

what distinguish us is our experi __PUNCT__ our perspect __PUNCT__ and our judgment __PUNCT__

i spent __NUM___year in busi __PUNCT__

i sign the front and the back of a paycheck __PUNCT__

i help busi __PUNCT__ like the sport author and stapl __PUNCT__ to grow from start __PUNCT__ up to intern enterpris __PUNCT__

i serv as governor of a state and the steward of the olymp __PUNCT__

my perspect is inform by those experi and by the defin constant in my life __PUNCT__ my __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year marriag to my wife __PUNCT__ ann __PUNCT__ the life we built with our five son __PUNCT__ and the faith that sustain us __PUNCT__

my famili __PUNCT__ my faith __PUNCT__ and our freedom __PUNCT__ these ar endur truth in my life __PUNCT__

my commit ar firm __PUNCT__ and thei do not falter __PUNCT__

when i wa young __PUNCT__ i had the opportun to live abroad __PUNCT__

i recogn that the greatest advantag my parent had given me wa be born in america __PUNCT__

i am passion about the principl that have made thi nation the land of opportun and a shine_citi on a hill __PUNCT__

i believ in america __PUNCT__

i believ it is the greatest nation in the histori of the earth __PUNCT__

i believ that the next centuri must be an american_centuri __PUNCT__

our highest prioriti must be to maintain a peopl __PUNCT__ an economi __PUNCT__ and a militari so strong that no nation would ever risk challeng it __PUNCT__

my faith in america stem both from my faith in the american_peopl __PUNCT__ and from the principl that have made our peopl strong __PUNCT__

we ar a peopl from all part of the world and all walk of life __PUNCT__ but we ar strengthen by our nation uniqu found_principl __PUNCT__

it is not accid or luck that made america the greatest nation in the world __PUNCT__ it is the power of our valu and belief __PUNCT__

we weather a great_depress __PUNCT__

we emerg victori from two world_war __PUNCT__

we face down an evil_empir __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ as we face new challeng and threat __PUNCT__ i have everi convict that the american_peopl __PUNCT__ edifi by american principl __PUNCT__ will rise to the occas again __PUNCT__ secur our safeti __PUNCT__ our prosper __PUNCT__ and our peac __PUNCT__

on of these principl is a merit __PUNCT__ base societi __PUNCT__

in a merit __PUNCT__ base societi __PUNCT__ peopl achiev success and reward through hard_work __PUNCT__ educ __PUNCT__ risk take __PUNCT__ and even a littl luck __PUNCT__

the founder consid thi principl to be on endow by our creator __PUNCT__ and call it the __PUNCT__ pursuit of happi __PUNCT__ we call it opportun __PUNCT__ or we call it the freedom to choos our cours in life __PUNCT__

a merit __PUNCT__ base __PUNCT__ opportun societi gather and creat a citizenri that pioneer __PUNCT__ that invent __PUNCT__ that build and creat __PUNCT__

and as these peopl exert the effort and take the risk inher in invent and creation __PUNCT__ thei emploi and lift the rest of us __PUNCT__ creat prosper for us all __PUNCT__

the reward thei earn do not make the rest of us poorer __PUNCT__ thei make us better off __PUNCT__

american prosper is fulli depend upon our opportun societi __PUNCT__

i don't think presid_obama understand that __PUNCT__

i don't think he understand why our economi is the most success in the world __PUNCT__

i don't think he understand america __PUNCT__

he seek to replac our merit __PUNCT__ base societi with an entitl societi __PUNCT__

in an entitl societi __PUNCT__ everyon receiv the same or similar reward __PUNCT__ regardless of educ __PUNCT__ effort and willing to take risk __PUNCT__

that which is earn by some is redistribut to the other __PUNCT__

and the onli peopl to enjoi truli disproportion reward ar the peopl who do the redistribut __PUNCT__ the govern __PUNCT__

entitl societi ar prais in academ circl __PUNCT__ far remov from the realiti of a competit world __PUNCT__

opportun is replac by the certainti that everyon in an entitl societi will enjoi nearli the same reward __PUNCT__

but there is anoth certainti __PUNCT__ thei will be poor __PUNCT__

in an entitl societi __PUNCT__ the invigor pursuit of happi is replac by the deaden realiti that there is no prospect of a better tomorrow __PUNCT__

risk __PUNCT__ take disappear __PUNCT__ innov wither __PUNCT__ and small_busi is replac by larg __PUNCT__ govern enterpris __PUNCT__

and the result is a nation that stagnat __PUNCT__ that declin __PUNCT__ that cannot defend itself __PUNCT__

i am convinc that thi is where presid_obama __PUNCT__ fundament chang __PUNCT__ is lead america __PUNCT__

and it inform aspect of hi foreign_polici __PUNCT__

internation __PUNCT__ presid_obama ha adopt an appeas strategi __PUNCT__

appeas betrai a lack of faith in america __PUNCT__ in american strength __PUNCT__ and in america_futur __PUNCT__

like other among the washington elit __PUNCT__ he believ that america role as the leader of the world is a thing of the past __PUNCT__ that thi will be a post __PUNCT__ american_centuri __PUNCT__ perhap an asian centuri __PUNCT__

american strength __PUNCT__ he imagin __PUNCT__ will eventu or possibl be eclips __PUNCT__

and so __PUNCT__ presid_obama seek to appeas those he believ will balanc us or challeng our leadership __PUNCT__

thi appeas by thi administr ha taken mani form __PUNCT__

it includ offer to engag with the world most despic dictat __PUNCT__

it consist of concess to russia to remov our missil_defens site from poland and to exclud tactic nuclear_weapon from the new __PUNCT__ remark on __PUNCT__ side __PUNCT__ new start treati __PUNCT__

presid_obama even look the other wai as china emploi unfair trade tactic that endang our economi and kill job __PUNCT__

thi presid appear more gener to our enemi than he is to our friend __PUNCT__

such is the natur tendenc of someon who is unsur of america strength __PUNCT__ or of america right place in the world __PUNCT__

the cours of appeas and accommod ha long been the path chosen by the weak and the timid __PUNCT__

and histori_show it is a path that nation choos at their own peril __PUNCT__

the presid promis that he would fundament chang america __PUNCT__

he is do just that __PUNCT__

at home __PUNCT__ he is chang us from an opportun nation to an entitl nation __PUNCT__

he is build a govern so larg that feed it consum a greater and greater share of the peopl product __PUNCT__

and it is a govern so intrus that it can command free_peopl and free_enterpris accord to it bureaucrat will __PUNCT__

abroad __PUNCT__ he is weaken america __PUNCT__ shrink our militari __PUNCT__ shrink our commit to our friend __PUNCT__ accommod our foe __PUNCT__ and appeas the compet forc that ar vy for global leadership __PUNCT__

thi elect is not onli a referendum on presid_obama failur on employ __PUNCT__ on incom growth __PUNCT__ on hous __PUNCT__ on recoveri __PUNCT__ or on a nuclear __PUNCT__ intent iran __PUNCT__ on an embolden china and on friend like israel be put at greater risk __PUNCT__

thi elect will decid what kind of america we will be __PUNCT__

it is defin __PUNCT__

will we remain an opportun nation or becom an entitl nation __PUNCT__ will we remain the leader of the free_world __PUNCT__ or becom a follow in a more danger world __PUNCT__ will america be transform by barack_obama __PUNCT__ or will america be restor with the found_principl that have made thi the greatest nation_histori ha ever known __PUNCT__

mani think that becaus of hi stagger failur __PUNCT__ presid_obama will be easili defeat __PUNCT__

but an incumb is rare turn out of the white_hous __PUNCT__ and hi resort to class_warfar and demagogueri ar power_polit weapon __PUNCT__

in less than a year __PUNCT__ american will be ask to make a choic about the kind of countri thei want to live in and the kind of futur thei will bequeath to their children __PUNCT__

it will be a choic between entitl and merit __PUNCT__ between appeas and resolv __PUNCT__

our parti must offer a candid who can make the case for freedom __PUNCT__ opportun and strength __PUNCT__

our nomine must offer american more than just a chanc to vote against presid_obama __PUNCT__ our nomine must give american an opportun to vote for a differ path and a better futur __PUNCT__

a path dictat not by govern __PUNCT__ but determin by a free_peopl __PUNCT__

a path mark by the virtu of merit __PUNCT__ not by the slow declin of entitl __PUNCT__

a path that achiev prosper through opportun __PUNCT__ and peac through strength __PUNCT__

thi is what american deserv __PUNCT__

thi is what the moment demand __PUNCT__

and thi is what i will deliv __PUNCT__ with your help __PUNCT__

join me __PUNCT__

join me __PUNCT__ and i will lead our parti and our nation through these difficult_time to a brighter futur __PUNCT__

america ha been a shine_citi on a hill __PUNCT__

that light is dim __PUNCT__

but togeth __PUNCT__ we will reignit the spirit of american great __PUNCT__

we have wander and drift __PUNCT__

i will lead us to a better place __PUNCT__

join me __PUNCT__ and togeth we will reclaim and rebuild the america we love __PUNCT__

i believ in america __PUNCT__

our fight start todai __PUNCT__

join me __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

and god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__