| 00:00:00 | THANK YOU, SUITE. |
| 00:00:06 | -- SWEETIE. |
| 00:00:07 | YOU ARE SO KIND TO TURN OUT FOR ME. |
| 00:00:11 | WHERE IS HOMER? |
| 00:00:14 | [LAUGHTER] YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE HOMER TO ME. |
| 00:00:17 | YOU ARE SO KIND TO TURN OUT LIKE THIS, IN CLINTON, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY. |
| 00:00:24 | THE TIME THAT PEOPLE IN IOWA TAKE TO GET TO KNOW THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE A BIG SAY IN TO WHO ARE NOMINEE IS. |
| 00:00:34 | AND YOU AND PEOPLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE LIKEWISE TAKE THE TIME TO GET THE KNOW THE CANDIDATES AND TO KNOW THE ISSUES. |
| 00:00:40 | I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT PERSONALLY. |
| 00:00:45 | YOU GET TO KNOW US, YOU MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION, AND THAT HELPS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES. |
| 00:00:55 | SO, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY AND BEING SO SUPPORTIVE. |
| 00:00:58 | I WILL SAY A FEW THINGS AND ALLOW YOU TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, IF WE HAVE TIME. |
| 00:01:03 | WE ARE KIND OF IN A HURRY BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE THIS TWICE. |
| 00:01:06 | THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET THERE IS ANOTHER RESTAURANT. |
| 00:01:09 | WHICH ONE IS THE BETTER RESTAURANTS? |
| 00:01:12 | I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT SAY THAT. |
| 00:01:15 | I MENTIONED OVER THERE THAT I HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT SOME PATRIOTIC SONGS. |
| 00:01:21 | I LOVE THE PATRIOTIC SONGS. |
| 00:01:23 | I LOVE, OF COURSE, THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. |
| 00:01:27 | THE FACT THAT WE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE ON THE WORLD WHO PUT OUR HANDS OVER OUR HEARTS DURING THE PLANNING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. |
| 00:01:34 | DO YOU KNOW FDR BEGAN THAT TRADITION? |
| 00:01:37 | HE DID IT IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE LIVES ARE BEING SHED IN FAR OFF PLACES, IN HONOR OF THE BLOOD BEING SHED. |
| 00:01:44 | I LOVE THE SONG, "0 BEAUTIFUL, FOR SPACIOUS SKIES, FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN. |
| 00:01:59 | " DOES CORN QUALIFY? |
| 00:02:02 | THE OTHER PART -- "HEROES PROVED IN LIBERATING STRIFE. |
| 00:02:08 | " THIS MAN HERE IS RETIRED U. |
| 00:02:09 | S. AIR FORCE. |
| 00:02:10 | NOT SO YOUNG ANYMORE. |
| 00:02:11 | HOW MANY VETERANS IN THIS ROOM? |
| 00:02:13 | THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE -- GENTLEMEN, LADIES. |
| 00:02:18 | [APPLAUSE] THERE'S ANOTHER VERSE THAT I SORT OF BREEZE OVER AS I SANG IT AS A BOY -- "O BEAUTIFUL, FOR PATRIOT DREAM, THAT SEES BEYOND THE YEARS. |
| 00:02:37 | " THE IDEA WAS THE PATRIOTS' THAT FOUND THAT THIS NATION HAD A VISION THAT WAS BEYOND JUST THEIR DECADE OR DECADES, BUT, FRANKLY, WOULD SEE BEYOND THE YEARS. |
| 00:02:49 | THAT THE PRINCIPLES THEY PUT IN PLACE WOULD BE PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD SUSTAIN AMERICA AND BUILD A GREAT NATION. |
| 00:02:56 | I DO NOT THINK THEY COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF NATION WOULD ACTUALLY BE BUILT BY VIRTUE OF THEIR WISDOM AND THEIR DREAMS. |
| 00:03:03 | THEY CRAFTED A COUNTRY BASED ON A NUMBER OF PRINCIPLES. |
| 00:03:07 | ONE WAS WRITTEN IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WHERE THEY SAID THAT THE CREATOR AND OUT OF WITH RIGHTS -- NOT THE KING, NOT THE GOVERNMENT, BUT THE CREATOR. |
| 00:03:19 | THAT WE AS INDIVIDUALS BECOME A SOVEREIGN, NOT THE GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:03:23 | THE GOVERNMENT IS THE SERVANT. |
| 00:03:24 | THAT IS ONE THOUGHT THEY HAD. |
| 00:03:30 | [APPLAUSE] THEY WENT ON TO SAY, AMONG THESE RIGHTS WERE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. |
| 00:03:39 | AND WE CHERISH LIFE, AND RESPECT THE SANCTITY OF LIFE. |
| 00:03:43 | WE HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED AS A NATION OVER HISTORY OF OUR LIBERTY, AND WE SHARED IT WITH OTHERS. |
| 00:03:50 | THE TERM PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, THAT WAS CAREFULLY CHOSEN BY THE FOUNDERS. |
| 00:03:55 | AND YOU WONDER, WHAT WERE THEY REFERRING TO? |
| 00:03:58 | IT IS REALLY THIS -- IN AMERICA, WE WOULD BE FREE TO CHOOSE OUR HAPPINESS, CHOOSE OUR COURSE IN LIFE, REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR BIRTH, REGARDLESS OF THE DECISIONS OF GOVERNMENT TELLING US WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT. |
| 00:04:12 | WE WOULD BE FREE, FREE TO CHOOSE OUR COURSE IN LIFE. |
| 00:04:16 | THIS WOULD BE A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY. |
| 00:04:17 | AND BY VIRTUE OF THAT REALITY, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO WANTED FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY, THEY CAME HERE. |
| 00:04:28 | THEY KNEW THAT IN AMERICA, THEY COULD ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS THROUGH EDUCATION, IF THEY COULD AFFORD IT, HARD WORK, RISK- TAKING -- NOT ALWAYS EASY TO PURSUE A DREAM WITHOUT TAKING SOME RISK. |
| 00:04:42 | MAYBE A LITTLE LUCK. |
| 00:04:43 | AND BY VIRTUE OF PEOPLE COMING HERE WHO SAW OPPORTUNITY, WE CREATED WHAT I WILL CALL AN OPPORTUNITY NATION. |
| 00:04:51 | WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SUCCESSFUL IN REALIZING THEIR DREAMS HELPED EMPLOYEE THE REST OF US. |
| 00:04:56 | AND THEY LIFTED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. |
| 00:04:58 | WE ARE NOW THE WEALTHIEST NATION AMONG THE MAJOR NATIONS IN THE WORLD. |
| 00:05:02 | DID YOU REALIZE THE AVERAGE INCOME OF AN AMERICAN, GDP PER CAPITA, IS ABOUT 50% HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE INCOME OF THE EUROPEAN? |
| 00:05:11 | THESE ARE THE EUROPEAN NATIONS FROM WHICH MANY OF US SPRUNG, AND YET WE ARE FAR BETTER OFF. |
| 00:05:17 | WHY IS THAT? |
| 00:05:18 | NOT BECAUSE OUR DNA IS DIFFERENT. |
| 00:05:21 | WE'VE GOT THE SAME DNA. |
| 00:05:22 | IT IS BECAUSE THESE FOUNDERS HAD SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY DREAM, SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY VISION. |
| 00:05:29 | NOW, I LOOK AT AMERICA TODAY, AND I RELISH THAT VISION AND I AM FRIGHTENED WE HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND AMERICA, THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE. |
| 00:05:39 | HE SAYS HE WANTS TO FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM AMERICA. |
| 00:05:42 | HE IS DOING IT. |
| 00:05:43 | I DON'T LIKE WHAT I AM SEEING. |
| 00:05:44 | HE HAS BEEN IN OFFICE FOR THREE YEARS. |
| 00:05:47 | WE HAVE 25 MILLION AMERICANS STILL OUT OF WORK OR STOPPED LOOKING OR NOT ABLE TO FIND THE EMPLOYMENT THEY NEED. |
| 00:05:55 | HOME VALUES CONTINUING TO GO DOWN. |
| 00:05:57 | WE HAVE MEDIAN INCOME IN AMERICA THAT HAS DROPPED 10% IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. |
| 00:06:01 | IT HAS NOT WORKED SO WELL. |
| 00:06:03 | HE SAID IN A SPEECH IN DAVENPORT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, HE SAID THIS IS OUR MOMENT, THIS IS OUR TIME. |
| 00:06:10 | HE HAS HAD HIS MOMENT. |
| 00:06:11 | NOW IS OUR TIME. |
| 00:06:16 | [APPLAUSE] I THINK HE WANTS TO CHANGE AMERICA BY IT CHANGING THE NATURE OF AN OPPORTUNITY SOCIETY INTO, I WILL CALL IT, AN ENTITLEMENT SOCIETY WHERE EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO WHATEVER THEY WOULD LIKE. |
| 00:06:30 | OF THE GOVERNMENT TAKES FROM SOME AND GIVES TO OTHERS. |
| 00:06:35 | IN A SOCIETY LIKE THAT, HARD WORK AND EDUCATION AND RISK- TAKING IS NOT NECESSARY. |
| 00:06:38 | THE GOVERNMENT WILL DO ALL OF THAT FOR YOU. |
| 00:06:41 | I BELIEVE AN OPPORTUNITY SOCIETY. |
| 00:06:43 | I DID NOT WANT TO FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED AMERICA, BUT I WANT TO RESTORE THE PRINCIPLES THAT MADE US THE HOPE OF THE EARTH. |
| 00:06:50 | I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSTITUTE ND FOR AMBITION. |
| 00:06:53 | I DID NOT WANT CLASS WARFARE TO POISON THE AMERICAN SPIRIT -- I DO NOT WANT CLASS WARFARE TO POISON THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. |
| 00:07:00 | I BELIEVE IN THE UNITY AND PASSION THAT EXISTS IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 00:07:05 | IN THIS CAMPAIGN IS NOT ABOUT REPLACING A PERSON AS PRESIDENT, BUT ABOUT THE SOUL OF AMERICA. |
| 00:07:10 | IT IS ABOUT A VERY DIFFERENT COURSE FOR AMERICA BEING TAKEN BY OUR PRESENT. |
| 00:07:16 | HE WILL TRANSFORM AMERICA. |
| 00:07:17 | I WILL RESTORE AMERICA. |
| 00:07:18 | I WANT TO RESTORE THE PAGE ME DREAM. |
| 00:07:21 | I WANT FREEDOM. |
| 00:07:22 | I WANT THE OPPORTUNITY. |
| 00:07:24 | I WANT OUR KIDS TO GROW UP IN A PLACE WHERE THE DREAMS CAN BE REALIZED. |
| 00:07:28 | I WANT AMERICA TO REMAIN THE HOPE OF THE EARTH AND THE HOPE OF AMERICANS. |
| 00:07:32 | I LOVE THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:07:33 | WHEN I WAS A BOY IN MY DAD AND MY MOM DROVE US FROM NATIONAL PARKS AND NATIONAL PARK. |
| 00:07:42 | WE WERE IN THE BACK OF THE RAMBLER -- MY DAD MADE RAMBLERS. |
| 00:07:48 | I SAW THE BEAUTY OF THE LAND AND I HEARD FROM MY MOM AND DAD THE STORIES ABOUT THE FOUNDING OF OUR COUNTRY. |
| 00:07:55 | I BELIEVE IN AMERICA. |
| 00:07:56 | I BELIEVE WE GOT IT RIGHT. |
| 00:07:57 | I BELIEVE IN THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE FOUNDERS ESPOUSE. |
| 00:08:00 | I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE AMERICA INTO SOMETHING WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE. |
| 00:08:04 | I WANT TO RESTORE TO AMERICA OF THE ECONOMIC VITALITY, THE POWER AND PASSION OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO ENSURE THIS COUNTRY REMAINS, AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, THE STRONG MISSION OF THE EARTH, THE HOPE OF THE EARTH. |
| 00:08:16 | THANK YOU SO MUCH. |
| 00:08:17 | GREAT TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. |
| 00:08:22 | [APPLAUSE] HERE IS A QUESTION ALREADY. |
| 00:08:26 | CHAMPIONS -- WHOSE CHAMPIONS? |
| 00:08:29 | ST. |
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