Measuring Ideological Proportions in Political Speeches

thank you __PUNCT__

thank you veri much __PUNCT__

let me just first sai to my wife karen and to these children behind me __PUNCT__ am i on bless man __PUNCT__

thank you karen __PUNCT__ thank you kid __PUNCT__

for thei known a life of be involv in a public_life __PUNCT__

and as we all know that is not an easi life __PUNCT__

and thei have stood behind me everi step of the wai and not onli have thei stood behind me __PUNCT__ but thei have actual led me and encourag me and fought with me side by side __PUNCT__

so karen __PUNCT__ children __PUNCT__ thank you so much for your love __PUNCT__ for your support __PUNCT__ god_bless you __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

i want to thank all of you for come out of here todai __PUNCT__

it is a beauti dai in somerset __PUNCT__ it alwai beauti in somerset counti __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ you must think i not from somerset counti if i said that __PUNCT__ right __PUNCT__ but it is a beauti dai here __PUNCT__ it a chamber of commerc dai here in somerset counti __PUNCT__

and let me just thank everybodi here in the local_commun for the great cooper and support and be here and show up and for __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ for be where it all start for the santorum famili __PUNCT__

and that why we here __PUNCT__ becaus our journei __PUNCT__ our american journei start here in somerset counti __PUNCT__

and so it is great to be here __PUNCT__ thank you somerset counti for come out for us __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ you know the most common question i had over the past___NUM__ __NUM___month wa __PUNCT__ ar you run __PUNCT__ and the answer i alwai gave __PUNCT__ it took me a while __PUNCT__ but i came up with thi __PUNCT__ no i not run __PUNCT__ i walk __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and the reason i wa as walk wa becaus i want to get out and talk to american __PUNCT__ all across america __PUNCT__

dozen and dozen of state over the past_coupl of year __PUNCT__ with a heavi sampl on iowa __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__ and south_carolina __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but i wa out talk to peopl __PUNCT__ listen to peopl __PUNCT__ try to get a sens as to whether what i wa feel insid __PUNCT__ the anxieti and the concern i had for the futur of our countri wa someth that wa share __PUNCT__

well an answer to that wa what happen a littl over __PUNCT__ well almost two year_ago now with the birth of the tea_parti and peopl_stand up in meet after meet and hold up their constitut and talk about __PUNCT__ pop sound __PUNCT__ those ar balloon __PUNCT__ not shot __PUNCT__

it not that i haven't had my shot shot at me at time __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but __PUNCT__ peopl have __PUNCT__ peopl have understood __PUNCT__ thei understand that someth is wrong __PUNCT__

that there is someth at stake here in america __PUNCT__ that import __PUNCT__ it import for us and it import for the futur of our countri __PUNCT__

now what is it __PUNCT__ is it the economi __PUNCT__ sure it the economi __PUNCT__

who can sai it not the economi when you look at thi pathet rate of growth and the incred __PUNCT__ just discouragingli high_rate of unemploy __PUNCT__

not __NUM__ __PUNCT__ but __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of peopl who realli want to get work and thei can't find_work __PUNCT__

and you can look at thi administr and sai __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ what did thei do in respons __PUNCT__ thei just sent monei to state_capitol and municip to keep their govern_worker on the payrol and forgot about the rest of america out here try to surviv and try to grow __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ is it ga_price __PUNCT__ yeah __PUNCT__ sure it ga price __PUNCT__

we from here in somerset counti __PUNCT__ miner __PUNCT__ rich somerset counti __PUNCT__

and we have coal and ga and all sort of resourc here __PUNCT__ and we have a presid who doesn't want us to access those resourc __PUNCT__ and then complain that the price of energi ar high __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and if you look at the record of spend under thi presid __PUNCT__ he came in __PUNCT__ sure he came in with a problem __PUNCT__

and then in that hole that he wa in __PUNCT__ he kept dig and dig and dig __PUNCT__

now for everi dollar we spend thank to thi presid __PUNCT__ forti cent is borrow __PUNCT__

forti cent is go to be put on everi man __PUNCT__ woman __PUNCT__ and child to pai the interest on for the rest of their live __PUNCT__

who ar we __PUNCT__ who ar you __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__ presid __PUNCT__ who ar you __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__ presid to sai that you and your administr should take forti cent out of everi dollar and borrow it from futur_gener to prop you up __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ he done wors than that __PUNCT__

he devalu our currenc by pump fed reserv_currenc __PUNCT__ pump monei __PUNCT__ inflat our commod __PUNCT__ our food_price __PUNCT__ our oil_price __PUNCT__

which is a horribl penalti on work_american __PUNCT__ on save american __PUNCT__

he devalu our currenc and he not just devalu our currenc __PUNCT__ he devalu our cultur __PUNCT__

through marriag __PUNCT__ and through not stand up to the defens of marriag_act __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ through feder_fund of abort __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ he devalu our dollar __PUNCT__ and he devalu our other currenc __PUNCT__ our moral currenc __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ all of thi is bad enough __PUNCT__ but i think american now realiz there even more __PUNCT__ there someth more that is concern america __PUNCT__

and that why i am here in somerset counti __PUNCT__

i here in somerset counti __PUNCT__ becaus my grandfath came to thi counti wai back in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

did he come here becaus the govern wa promis him all sort of benefit __PUNCT__ promis him all sort of hand __PUNCT__ out and bail __PUNCT__ out __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ no he left a countri where the govern made all the promis __PUNCT__

he left a countri __PUNCT__ and i would add a good_job __PUNCT__

he had a job on a mail train after world_war i __PUNCT__ which he fought in __PUNCT__

he had that job on a mail train __PUNCT__ he live in a beauti littl idyl town __PUNCT__ in the mountain __PUNCT__ right down on a lake __PUNCT__

i visit it __PUNCT__ it is truli gorgeou __PUNCT__

and i said why would anyon want to leav nine brother __PUNCT__ eight brother and sister __PUNCT__ leav a stabl job and a beauti place at the foot of the dolomit mountain __PUNCT__

on word __PUNCT__

on reason __PUNCT__

freedom __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ he wa watch what mussolini wa do __PUNCT__ he wa watch what he wa inculc into hi oldest son and he said __PUNCT__ i will not stand for thi __PUNCT__

and so he left and he came here __PUNCT__ took a waylaid trip to detroit __PUNCT__ but he eventu came here __PUNCT__

and he start in the coal_mine here in conemaugh township in northern somerset counti __PUNCT__ in carpent park __PUNCT__ pennsylvania __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and he work and he work to give hi children __PUNCT__ my dad __PUNCT__ who wa seven year old when he came in __NUM__ the opportun for freedom __PUNCT__ to live your dream __PUNCT__ becaus he knew that america believ in him __PUNCT__ believ in peopl __PUNCT__ gave peopl a shot __PUNCT__ if thei work_hard thei could succe __PUNCT__

that the america that my grandfath came to __PUNCT__ that the america that my dad live in __PUNCT__ and that the america that we need again todai __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ that is what is uniqu __PUNCT__

the presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__ just a few week_ago __PUNCT__ in respond to paul_ryan budget said thi __PUNCT__ and he wa talk about medicar and medicaid and unemploy_insur __PUNCT__

and he said __PUNCT__ the countri a better countri with those program __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i go on step further __PUNCT__ he said __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ america wa not a great_countri until those program __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ boo __PUNCT__ ladi and gentleman __PUNCT__ america wa a great countri befor __NUM__ __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ america wa a great counti befor govern_decid that it had to start take from those __PUNCT__ paus for a woman that faint __PUNCT__ sorri we have someon who i think the heat ha got to them __PUNCT__

so make sure if there ani emerg personnel thei can get here __PUNCT__ want to make sure that thi person get some help __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ a woman ask for water __PUNCT__ here you go __PUNCT__ hand that down __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ hand hi water to her __PUNCT__ leav podium for a bit __PUNCT__ then return __PUNCT__ appreci it if everybodi would just sai a littl prayer for that young ladi __PUNCT__

america is a great_countri __PUNCT__ not becaus of our govern __PUNCT__ it becaus our founder found it a great countri __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i love our tea_partier who rais their constitut up __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ that constitut which is the owner manual for america __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ but in that constitut that thei hold up __PUNCT__ is anoth document that alwai print there __PUNCT__

it the declar of independ __PUNCT__

the declar of independ is the why of america __PUNCT__

it who we ar __PUNCT__

we hear a lot of talk about american_exception __PUNCT__

what doe that mean __PUNCT__ the declar tell us __PUNCT__ we hold these truth to be self __PUNCT__ evid __PUNCT__ that all men ar creat_equal __PUNCT__ and endow by our creator with certain unalien right __PUNCT__ life __PUNCT__ liberti and the pursuit of happi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ our founder __PUNCT__ our founder did someth revolutionari with that statement __PUNCT__

you see prior to that time __PUNCT__ where thei came from __PUNCT__ right did not come from god to everi individu __PUNCT__

that not what those countri believ __PUNCT__

right came to the sovereign __PUNCT__ to the king __PUNCT__ to the govern and then the govern would distribut the right __PUNCT__

thei left those countri __PUNCT__ becaus thei didn't want a king to tell them what right thei had __PUNCT__ becaus thei knew what right thei had from god __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and in that constitut thei establish a framework to do on thing __PUNCT__

if you go to sum up the mission of america __PUNCT__ what transform the world __PUNCT__ what made thi the greatest countri in the histori of the world __PUNCT__ that in the __NUM___year of america __PUNCT__ life_expect doubl __PUNCT__ and in the two thousand_year previou it did noth __PUNCT__

why __PUNCT__ becaus of the principl purpos of america wa to make sure that each and everi person wa free __PUNCT__

that is the purpos of america __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ ladi and gentleman __PUNCT__ that is at stake now __PUNCT__

more than it ha ever been __PUNCT__ in the modern_time __PUNCT__

we ar face a time when we have a group of peopl led by presid_obama who believ that america_great is in govern __PUNCT__ not it peopl __PUNCT__

and there is on singular act __PUNCT__ that to me is the lynchpin and that is obamacar __PUNCT__

obamacar doe someth that no other entitl ha ever done and that is it obvious make you bui someth __PUNCT__ but more importantli it the govern for the first time is go to have it clutch to creat depend on everi singl american __PUNCT__

not those on the margin of life __PUNCT__ not those who ar old or sick __PUNCT__ but everi singl american now will be hook to the govern with an iv __PUNCT__

and thei will come to you everi time thei want to do more and sai __PUNCT__ well you want that iv __PUNCT__ you want that health_care __PUNCT__ then you got to give us more power __PUNCT__

margaret_thatcher said thi __PUNCT__ after do an assess of her time in britain versu reagan time __PUNCT__

she said __PUNCT__ i wa never abl to accomplish in england what reagan accomplish in america __PUNCT__ and it wa on thing that stood in my wai __PUNCT__ the british nation_health health_care_system __PUNCT__

why do you think thei work so hard __PUNCT__ why do you think that thei were will to break everi rule __PUNCT__ why do you think that thei were will to lose thi elect __PUNCT__ why do you think that thei ignor the poll and jam it down the throat of the american_public __PUNCT__ why do you think thei care so much about pass thi bill __PUNCT__ crowd yell power __PUNCT__ power __PUNCT__ becaus thei knew thei would get you __PUNCT__

juan william said to me about a week after presid_obama decid to doubl down __PUNCT__

i saw him in the green room __PUNCT__

and i said why ar you do thi __PUNCT__ here what he said __PUNCT__

he said __PUNCT__ let me tell you what presid obama_team is tell me __PUNCT__

he said __PUNCT__ american_love entitl and onc we get them hook __PUNCT__ thei will never let it go __PUNCT__

thei want to hook you __PUNCT__ thei don't want to free you __PUNCT__

thei don't want to give you opportun __PUNCT__ thei don't to believ in you __PUNCT__

thei believ in themselv __PUNCT__ the smart_peopl __PUNCT__ the planner __PUNCT__ the folk in washington who can make_decis better than you can __PUNCT__

look at what thei do with mediscar __PUNCT__

thei sai to senior __PUNCT__ you need to trust us __PUNCT__ we ar the on who ar go to make decis what everi senior can have __PUNCT__

we can't trust senior to make decis __PUNCT__

did anybodi ever look at the medicar prescript_drug plan __PUNCT__ the medicar prescript drug plan is exactli the model paul_ryan is ask __PUNCT__

we __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ shove that down the throat of the american_public __PUNCT__

no we didn't __PUNCT__

we gave them a choic __PUNCT__

senior love the medicar prescript_drug plan and it exactli what we propos for medicar __PUNCT__ which is give peopl the resourc to go out and choos for themselv __PUNCT__ what best for themselv __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ our founder_knew __PUNCT__ our founder knew that establish freedom __PUNCT__ write it in that document wa the easi thing to do __PUNCT__

thei were student of histori and thei realiz __PUNCT__ thei knew the hard_thing to do wa to maintain freedom over the cours of time __PUNCT__ over the cours of leader who would try to sing that siren song to give up that freedom in exchang for secur __PUNCT__

that anoth reason i am here in somerset counti at thi time __PUNCT__

i here in somerset counti becaus just a few mile from here in shanksvil __PUNCT__ pennsylvania __PUNCT__ almost ten_year now __PUNCT__ a group of averag_american __PUNCT__ a travel salesman stood with hi back against the wall and ralli and led peopl __PUNCT__ averag american __PUNCT__ to do what need to be done __PUNCT__ to save_freedom in america __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and on thi dai __PUNCT__ d __PUNCT__ dai __PUNCT__ __DATE__ in __NUM__ almost __NUM__ averag_american had the courag to go out and charg those beach on normandi __PUNCT__

to drop out of airplan __PUNCT__ who know where and take on the battl for freedom __PUNCT__

averag american __PUNCT__ the veri american that our govern now and thi presid doe not trust to make a decis on your health_care_plan __PUNCT__

those american risk everyth so thei could make that decis on their health_care_plan __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ we ar face enorm challeng todai __PUNCT__ although certainli of a differ kind __PUNCT__

but thei will test whether thi gener will keep faith with those patriot and keep america the greatest counti in the histori of the world __PUNCT__

todai across america peopl ar look for a leader who is optimist and who believ that we must meet those challeng and that we can meet those challeng __PUNCT__

that we can keep faith __PUNCT__ not with big_govern __PUNCT__ but with free_peopl __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ in __NUM__ a weari public __PUNCT__ a troubl public from a financi_crisi __PUNCT__ look to a presid __PUNCT__ look to elect a presid who thei could believ in __PUNCT__

and that presid __PUNCT__ presid_obama took that leap __PUNCT__ took that faith that the america public gave him and wreck our economi and central_power in washington __PUNCT__ dc and rob peopl of their freedom __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i believ now that american ar not look for someon that thei can believ in __PUNCT__ thei look for a presid who believ in them __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ fellow_american __PUNCT__ it is our watch __PUNCT__ it is our time __PUNCT__

it is our time for all of us to step up and do what america requir us to do __PUNCT__

i readi to lead __PUNCT__

i readi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i readi to do what ha to be done for the next gener __PUNCT__ with the courag to fight for freedom __PUNCT__ with the courag to fight for america __PUNCT__

that why i announc todai that i run for presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

join the fight __PUNCT__ join the fight __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__

Rick Santorum