| 00:00:03 | LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR NEXT SPEAKER'S FIGHT FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION HAS MADE HIS NUMEROUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS WELL KNOWN. |
| 00:00:12 | HE IS A LEADER IN THE BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE WORLD. |
| 00:00:17 | ON THE HEELS OF A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS CAREER, HE WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS. |
| 00:00:23 | IN THAT SAME YEAR, HE STEPPED UP TO SAVE THE WINTER OLYMPICS FROM FINANCIAL COLLAPSE. |
| 00:00:30 | HE HAS REFERRED TO THIS ELECTION AS A DEFINING MOMENT FOR OUR GENERATION AND THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT. |
| 00:00:38 | HE IS A FAMILY MAN. |
| 00:00:40 | HE IS A LEADER. |
| 00:00:42 | HE IS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. |
| 00:00:47 | LET'S GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO OUR FRIEND, THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, MITT ROMNEY. |
| 00:01:06 | [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. |
| 00:01:08 | THANK YOU. |
| 00:01:10 | THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS WELCOME. |
| 00:01:14 | WHAT A JOB WAYNE LAPIERRE JUST DID. |
| 00:01:17 | WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN. |
| 00:01:20 | THANK YOU TO CHRIS COX FOR THAT WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION. |
| 00:01:27 | THERE IS ONE MORE PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE. |
| 00:01:31 | I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE ALL MOMS ARE WORKING MOMS. |
| 00:01:36 | IF YOU HAVE FIVE MOMMIES -- FIVE SONS, YOUR WORK IS NEVER DONE. |
| 00:01:45 | MY SWEETHEART, ANN ROMNEY. |
| 00:01:53 | [APPLAUSE] SAY SOMETHING. |
| 00:01:54 | YOU ARE WELCOME. |
| 00:01:59 | >> THIS IS FABULOUS. |
| 00:02:04 | LET ME GIVE A SHOT OUT TO ALL MOMS THAT ARE WORKING. |
| 00:02:09 | AND, BY THE WAY, ALL DADS THAT ARE WORKING. |
| 00:02:16 | WE LOVE ALL OF YOU. |
| 00:02:18 | AS A PARENT, YOU ARE ONLY AS HAPPY AS YOUR SADDEST CHILD. |
| 00:02:25 | HE NEVER, EVER STOP BEING A PARENT. |
| 00:02:28 | OUR BOYS ARE GROWN. |
| 00:02:30 | THEY HAVE CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN. |
| 00:02:32 | IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO THINK ABOUT THE HERITAGE WE ARE LEAVING THOSE CHILDREN. |
| 00:02:39 | I LOVE BE THAT BAD WHEN MY KIDS WERE -- THE FACT THAT WHEN MY KIDS WERE GROWING UP, WE LET IT ALL -- A STONE'S THROW AWAY FROM LEXINGTON GREEN. |
| 00:03:00 | WE WERE THANKFUL FOR THOSE PATRIOTS WHO HAD THE ABILITY TO FIGHT TYRANNY. |
| 00:03:05 | WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY. |
| 00:03:09 | I HAVE HEARD RECENTLY HOW WOMEN WERE BEING REFERRED TO AS A SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP. |
| 00:03:17 | I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, REALLY ONLY WASHINGTON COULD DO THAT. |
| 00:03:22 | THERE IS ONLY ONE PART OF THAT GROUP THAT IS CORRECT. |
| 00:03:27 | WHEN MEN ARE SPECIAL. |
| 00:03:32 | [APPLAUSE] -- WOMEN ARE SPECIAL. |
| 00:03:36 | WE LOVE THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:03:39 | WE LOVE THE PEOPLE LOVE THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:03:42 | WE HAVE HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE GOING ACROSS AND MEETING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WONDERFUL AMERICANS THAT ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:03:53 | WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE HEADED IN A DIRECTION THAT IS PERILOUS. |
| 00:03:58 | THIS IS WHAT I LOVE THE MOST. |
| 00:04:02 | WOMEN ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND JOBS AND THE LEGACY OF DEBT WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE OUR CHILDREN. |
| 00:04:10 | WE ARE MAD ABOUT IT AND WE WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT IN NOVEMBER. |
| 00:04:15 | WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THIS COUNTRY STRONG AND FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. |
| 00:04:20 | THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE WILL HEAR FROM MITT. |
| 00:04:27 | >> YOU BET. |
| 00:04:31 | THANK YOU, SWEETHEART. |
| 00:04:32 | IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH SO MANY FRIENDS HERE TODAY FROM THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. |
| 00:04:39 | THIS ORGANIZATION IS SOMETIMES CALLED A SINGLE ISSUE GROUP. |
| 00:04:43 | THAT IS HIGH PRAISE WHEN THE SINGLE ISSUE YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR ITS FREEDOM. |
| 00:04:49 | YOU CAN BE PROUD OF YOUR LONG AND ON WAVERING -- UNWAVERING DEFENSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES. |
| 00:05:02 | IN 207 DAYS, WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS QUITE AMAZING. |
| 00:05:07 | AMERICA WILL CHOOSE A PRESIDENT, AN ENTIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND PART OF THE SENATE. |
| 00:05:15 | AROUND MIDNIGHT ON DECEMBER 6 -- NOVEMBER 6, WE WILL KNOW THE RESULTS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE. |
| 00:05:26 | IN DOING SO, AMERICANS WILL BE MAKING A PROFOUND CHOICE, A DECISION THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ONE PERSON OR ONE PARTY. |
| 00:05:35 | WE WILL NOT JUST SELECTS THE PRESIDENT THAT WILL GUIDE US. |
| 00:05:40 | WE WILL CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO DISTINCT PACT -- PATHS AND DESTINIES. |
| 00:05:49 | SO MANY OF THE BIG ISSUES IN THE CAMPAIGN TURNED ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSTITUTION AND HOW IT WAS MEANT TO GUIDE OUR LIVES. |
| 00:05:58 | IT WAS HARRY TRUMAN -- HARRY TRUMAN WHO EXPRESSED A GUIDING CONVICTION THAT WE ALL SHARE. |
| 00:06:06 | THE PERMANENT CARE OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. |
| 00:06:10 | PRESIDENT TRUMAN OFFERED A WORD OF CAUTION. |
| 00:06:14 | LIBERTY, HE SAID, CAN BE LOST. |
| 00:06:17 | AND IT WILL BE IF THE TIME EVER COMES WHEN THESE DOCUMENTS ARE REGARDED NOT AS THE SUPREME EXPRESSION OF A BELIEF, BUT AS CURIOSITIES IN A GLASS CASE. |
| 00:06:31 | TRUMAN BELIEVED, AS WE DO, THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION ARE ENDURING AND UNIVERSAL. |
| 00:06:39 | THEY WERE DESIGNED NOT TO BEND TO THE WILL OF PRESIDENT AND JUSTICES WHO COME AND GO. |
| 00:06:46 | THE BELIEF THAT WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL, THAT WE ARE IN DOUBT BY OUR CREATOR WITH OUR INALIENABLE RIGHTS. |
| 00:06:59 | THESE ARE TRUTHS THAT ARE VALID IN EVERY ERA. |
| 00:07:09 | IT HAS GENERATED ON PARALLELED OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPERITY. |
| 00:07:19 | -- UNPARALLELED OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPERITY. |
| 00:07:24 | THEY CREATED A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THAT IS LIMITED. |
| 00:07:28 | PRESIDENT OBAMA IS MOVING US AWAY FROM OUR PURPOSE. |
| 00:07:39 | THIS NOVEMBER, WE FACE A DEFINING DECISION. |
| 00:07:45 | I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND THE VISION TO LEAD US IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. |
| 00:07:53 | WE KNOW WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISION IS. |
| 00:07:57 | WE HAVE LIMITED THE PAST THREE YEARS. |
| 00:08:01 | MY COURSE PROTECT OUR FREEDOM. |
| 00:08:05 | AS PRESIDENT, THE CONSTITUTION WOULD BE MY GUIDE. |
| 00:08:08 | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WOULD BE MY COMPASS. |
| 00:08:12 | I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ADMINISTRATION'S ASSAULT ON OUR FREEDOM. |
| 00:08:17 | FIRST OUR ECONOMIC FREEDOM, THEN OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THEN OUR PERSONAL FREEDOMS. |
| 00:08:24 | I WANT TO SHARE MY OWN PLANS TO RETURN AMERICA TO THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THIS NATION. |
| 00:08:31 | THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS FUELED BY FREEDOM. |
| 00:08:36 | FOR IT PEOPLE AND FREE ENTERPRISE ARE WHAT DRIVES OUR ECONOMIC VITALITY. |
| 00:08:42 | THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S ASSAULTS ON ECONOMIC FREEDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL REASON THE RECOVERY HAS BEEN SO SLOW AND SO THAT BID -- TEPID AND WHY IT COULD NOT MEET THEIR PROJECTIONS OR OUR EXPECTATIONS. |
| 00:09:01 | THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST ASSAULT ON FREEDOM BEGINS WITH TAXES AND TAX HIKES. |
| 00:09:07 | BY THEIR NATURE, TAXES REDUCE FREEDOM. |
| 00:09:11 | THEY ARE TO FUND THINGS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL LIKE NATIONAL SECURITY, EDUCATION, AND TO CARE FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT CARE FOR THEMSELVES. |
| 00:09:22 | THIS PRESIDENT HAS PROPOSED RAISING THE MARGINAL TAX RATE. |
| 00:09:26 | THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS PROPOSED A NEW GLOBAL BUSINESS TAX. |
| 00:09:31 | MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANIES ARE SUBJECT TO A NEW TAX ON REVENUES. |
| 00:09:35 | THE PRESIDENT IS TOURING THE COUNTRY TOUTING A NEW TAX ON INVESTMENT AND THE WEALTHY. |
| 00:09:42 | CONGRESS DOESN'T NEED MORE MONEY TO SPEND. |
| 00:09:45 | IT NEEDS TO SPEND ONLY WHAT IT HAS. |
| 00:09:54 | [APPLAUSE] THE DODD-FRANK LOT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE PRESIDENT ALSO ATTACK ON -- LAW IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE PRESIDENT'S ATTACK ON FREEDOM. |
| 00:10:09 | IT IS FOLLOWED BY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF NEW REGULATIONS. |
| 00:10:15 | REGULATIONS ARE NECESSARY. |
| 00:10:18 | BURDENSOME REGULATIONS SERVE ONLY TO RESTRICT FREEDOM. |
| 00:10:22 | THE VICTIMS OF THE REGULATIONS ARE NOT NAMELESS, FACELESS BANKS. |
| 00:10:29 | THEY ARE EMPLOYEES, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND CUSTOMERS WHO RELY ON BANKS WHO ULTIMATELY LOSE OUT. |
| 00:10:36 | UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA, BUREAUCRATS ARE INSINUATING THEMSELVES INTO EVERY PART OF THE ECONOMY, UNDERMINING ECONOMIC FREEDOM. |
| 00:10:47 | THEY KEEP COAL FROM BEING MINED. |
| 00:10:50 | THEY IMPEDE THE RELIABLE SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS. |
| 00:10:54 | THEY EVEN TELL FARMERS WHAT THEIR CHILDREN CAN AND CANNOT DO TO HELP ON THE FIRM. |
| 00:11:00 | REMEMBER THE OLD LINE FROM WILL ROGERS? |
| 00:11:04 | HE SAID HE WORRIED WHEN CONGRESS WAS IN SESSION. |
| 00:11:08 | OUR FREEDOM IS NEVER SAFE. |
| 00:11:13 | UNELECTED, ON EACH COUNT -- UNACCOUNTABLE BUREAUCRATS ARE ALWAYS ON THE PROWL. |
| 00:11:24 | FOR CENTURIES, THE AMERICAN DREAM HAS MEANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD SOMETHING NEW. |
| 00:11:32 | SOME OF OUR GREATEST SUCCESS STORIES ARE PEOPLE WHO STARTED OUT WITH NOTHING BUT A GOOD IDEA AND A CORNER IN THE GARAGE. |
| 00:11:42 | TODAY, AMERICANS LOOK AT WHAT IT TAKES TO START A BUSINESS. |
| 00:11:45 | THEY DO NOT SEE A PROMISE OR AN OPPORTUNITY. |
| 00:11:49 | THEY SEE GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN THE WAY. |
| 00:11:52 | THE REAL COST OF THIS IS NOT THE TAXES. |
| 00:11:58 | IT IS THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NEVER STARTED, THE IDEAS THAT ARE NEVER PURSUED, THE DREAMS THAT ARE NEVER REALIZED. |
| 00:12:07 | WE WANT TO BUILD THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND THE HOOVER DAM. |
| 00:12:11 | TODAY, WE CANNOT EVEN BUILD A PIPELINE. |
| 00:12:21 | [APPLAUSE] WE ONCE LED THE WORLD IN MANUFACTURING AND EXPORTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT. |
| 00:12:27 | TODAY, WE LEAD THE WORLD IN LAWSUITS. |
| 00:12:31 | WE ONCE LED THE WORLD IN EDUCATING OUR KIDS. |
| 00:12:35 | TODAY, HALF THE KIDS IN OUR 50 LARGEST CITIES WILL NOT GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL. |
| 00:12:41 | IF WE CONTINUE ALONG THIS PATH, WE WILL SPEND OUR LIVES FILLING OUT FORMS AND COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS AND PLEADING WITH POLITICAL APPOINTEES FOR WAIVERS AND PERMISSIONS. |
| 00:12:56 | THAT PASSED THE ROSE FREEDOM. |
| 00:13:01 | -- PATH ERODES FREEDOM. |
| 00:13:04 | IT HURTS THE PEOPLE IT IS SUPPOSED TO HELP. |
| 00:13:08 | FREEDOM IS THE VICTIM OF ON ABOUNDED AT -- UNBOUNDED GOVERNMENT APATITE. |
| 00:13:18 | AS GOVERNMENT TAKES MORE AND MORE, THERE IS LESS AND LESS INCENTIVE TO TAKE RISKS, TO INNOVATE, TO HIRE PEOPLE. |
| 00:13:27 | THIS ADMINISTRATION THINKS OUR ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING BECAUSE THE STIMULUS WAS TOO SMALL. |
| 00:13:33 | WE ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE OUR GOVERNMENT IS TOO BIG. |
| 00:13:44 | I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND THE VISION TO GET US OUT OF THIS MESS. |
| 00:13:51 | MY AGENDA TAKES AMERICA IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. |
| 00:13:57 | IT PRESERVES FREEDOM. |
| 00:13:58 | IT ENCOURAGES RISK-TAKING AND INNOVATION. |
| 00:14:02 | IT FOSTERS COMPETITION. |
| 00:14:05 | IT PROMOTES OPPORTUNITY INSTEAD OF EXPANDING THE GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:14:08 | I AM GOING TO SHRINK IT. |
| 00:14:10 | INSTEAD OF RAISING TAXES, I AM GOING TO CUT THEM. |
| 00:14:19 | [APPLAUSE] THE ANSWER FOR A WEAK ECONOMY IS NOT MORE GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:14:24 | IT IS MORE FREEDOM. |
| 00:14:35 | [APPLAUSE] ECONOMIC FREEDOM HAS NOT BEEN THE ONLY ONE OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S TARGETS. |
| 00:14:43 | OUR FIRST FREEDOM, OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, HAS ALSO BEEN UNDER ATTACK BY THIS ADMINISTRATION. |
| 00:14:50 | YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A RECENT LABOR RELATIONS CASE. |
| 00:14:55 | THE GOVERNMENT CLAIM TO A CHURCH SHOULD NOT BE FREE TO DETERMINE WHO QUALIFIES AS A MINISTER UNDER THE LAW. |
| 00:15:03 | IT CLAIMED THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD INTERFERE WITH THAT DECISION. |
| 00:15:07 | THE CONSTITUTION CAME TO THE RESCUE. |
| 00:15:11 | WE WONDERED WHAT THE COURT WOULD DO. |
| 00:15:13 | THEY REJECTED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S ATTACK IN A 9-0 DECISION. |
| 00:15:27 | [APPLAUSE] OF COURSE, NOW THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS DECIDED IT HAS THE POWER TO MANDATE WHAT CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AND CATHOLIC HOSPITALS MUST COVER IN THEIR INSURANCE PLANS FOR EMPLOYEES. |
| 00:15:43 | IT IS EASY TO FORGET HOW OFTEN CANDIDATE OBAMA ASSURED US THAT UNDER HIS HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN, NOTHING WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE. |
| 00:15:55 | THE GOVERNMENT IS ALREADY DICTATING TO RELIGIOUS GROUPS ON MATTERS OF DOCTRINE AND CONSCIENCE. |
| 00:16:02 | IN ALL OF AMERICA, THERE IS NO LARGER PROVIDER OF HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN AND THEIR BABIES THAN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. |
| 00:16:11 | THAT IS NOT ENOUGH. |
| 00:16:16 | [APPLAUSE] THAT THAT DOES NOT SATISFY THE OBAMA BUREAUCRATS. |
| 00:16:21 | THEY WANT TO BE CATHOLICS TO FALL IN LINE AND VIOLATE THE TENANTS OF THEIR FAITH. |
| 00:16:28 | -- TENETS OF THEIR FAITH. |
| 00:16:33 | I WILL FOLLOW A DIFFERENT PATH THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA. |
| 00:16:38 | I WILL BE A STAUNCH DEFENDER OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. |
| 00:16:45 | [APPLAUSE] THIS REGULATION FROM THE OBAMACARE FOLKS IS NOT A THREAT OR INSULT TO ONLY ONE RELIGIOUS GROUP. |
| 00:16:53 | IT IS A THREAT AND INSULT TO EVERY RELIGIOUS GROUP. |
| 00:16:58 | AS PRESIDENT, I WILL ABOLISH IT. |
| 00:17:08 | [APPLAUSE] I DO NOT THINK I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT LIKE ECONOMIC AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS, OUR PERSONAL FREEDOMS HAVE ALSO BEEN UNDER ATTACK. |
| 00:17:19 | FEW THINGS ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO US THAT OUR HEALTH AND OUR HEALTH CARE. |
| 00:17:25 | THE 10TH AMENDMENT PRESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE OUR HEALTH CARE. |
| 00:17:32 | IT PRESERVES GOES TO THE STATES AND THE PEOPLE. |
| 00:17:37 | OBAMACARE VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 00:17:38 | I AM COUNTING ON THE SUPREME COURT TO SAY EXACTLY THAT. |
| 00:17:47 | [APPLAUSE] IT IS NOT JUST HEALTH CARE, OF COURSE, THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION ATTACKS. |
| 00:17:53 | DID YOU HEAR THIS STORY? |
| 00:17:57 | A COUPLE HAS LEARNED FIRSTHAND HOW THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION INTERFERES WITH PERSONAL FREEDOM. |
| 00:18:04 | THEY SAVED ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND BUILD A HOME ON IT. |
| 00:18:09 | A FEW DAYS AFTER THEY BROKE GROUND, AN EPA REGULATOR TOLD THEM TO STOP DIGGING IMMEDIATELY. |
| 00:18:17 | EPA SAID THEY WERE BUILDING ON A WETLAND. |
| 00:18:21 | THIS PROPERTY SITS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. |
| 00:18:26 | NEVERTHELESS, THE EPA TOLD THEM THAT WAS A FILE DECISION AND IT COULD NOT BE APPEALED. |
| 00:18:33 | FORTUNATELY, THE CONSTITUTION CONFRONTED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AGAIN. |
| 00:18:38 | THE SUPREME COURT RULED UNANIMOUSLY FOR THIS COUPLE AND AGAINST THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, JUST LIKE THEY SHOULD. |
| 00:18:51 | [APPLAUSE] THIS ADMINISTRATION'S ATTACK ON FREEDOM EXTENDS TO RISE EXPLICITLY GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION, THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. |
| 00:18:59 | IT IS SO PLAINLY STATE DID AND SO ON AMBIGUOUS THAT LIBERAL -- THAT LIBERALS -- UNAMBITIOUS THAT LIBERALS HAVE HAD A HARD TIME SPEAKING AGAINST IT. |
| 00:19:18 | I APPLAUD CONSERVATIONISTS AND AMBASSADOR BOLTON 40 POSING INTERNATIONAL -- FOR OPPOSING INTERNATIONAL LAWS. |
| 00:19:38 | I APPLAUD SENATOR GRASSLEY AND CONGRESSMAN ISSA FOR EXPOSING PAST AND SERIOUS. |
| 00:19:54 | I APPLAUD THE NRA LEADERSHIP IN CALLING UPON THE GUINEA -- CALLING UPON ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER TO RESIGN OR GET FIRED. |
| 00:20:20 | [APPLAUSE] WE NEED A PRESIDENT THAT WILL IMPORT CAR LAWS AND NOT CREATE NEW ONES THAT WILL ONLY SERVE -- SUPPORT CURRENT LAWS AND NOT CREATE NEW ONES. |
| 00:20:37 | IF WE ARE GOING TO SAFEGUARD OUR SECOND AMENDMENT, IT IS TIME TO ELECT A PRESIDENT THAT WILL EXTEND THE RIGHTS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IGNORES OR MINIMIZE THIS. |
| 00:20:51 | I WILL PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. |
| 00:21:10 | [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE ALL SEEN ENOUGH OF PRESIDENT OBAMA OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS TO KNOW WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER FOUR. |
| 00:21:18 | IN A SECOND TERM, HE WOULD BE UNRESTRAINED BY THE DEMANDS OF REELECTION, AS HE TOLD A RUSSIAN PRESIDENT WHEN HE THOUGHT NO ONE WAS LISTENING. |
| 00:21:32 | AFTER REELECTION, HE WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE "FLEXIBILITY"TO DO WHAT HE WANTS. |
| 00:21:41 | NOT SURE WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT, BUT I HAVE A GOOD IDEA. |
| 00:21:46 | TAKE THE SUPREME COURT, FOR INSTANCE. |
| 00:21:50 | HE HAS A UNIQUE VISION OF THE SUPREME COURT. |
| 00:21:53 | HE SAID, "I AM CONFIDENT THE SUPREME COURT WILL NOT TAKE WHAT WOULD BE AN UNPRECEDENTED EXTRAORDINARY STEP OF OVERTURNING A LOT THAT WAS PASSED BY A STRONG MAJORITY IN A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED CONGRESS. |
| 00:22:10 | WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLS AN EXTRAORDINARY AND UNPRECEDENTED, THE REST OF US RECOGNIZE AS JUDICIAL REVIEW. |
| 00:22:18 | THAT CONCEPT HAS BEEN THE CENTERPIECE OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM HUNDREDS OF YEARS. |
| 00:22:28 | JUDICIAL REVIEW REQUIRES THAT THE SUPREME COURT STRIKE DOWN ANY LAW THAT DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 00:22:38 | THAT IS ONE OF OUR FREEDOMS. |
| 00:22:41 | THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO. |
| 00:22:44 | [APPLAUSE] BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA SEEMS TO BELIEVE COURT'S DECISIONS ARE ONLY DID IT WHEN THEY WILL IN ITS FAVOR AND ILLEGITIMATE -- COURT DECISIONS ARE ONLY VALID WHEN DAY AGREE WITH THIS WELL AND HE DOES NOT FAVOR THE ONES THAT DON 'T. |
| 00:23:18 | IN HIS FIRST TERM, WE HAVE SEEN THIS PRESIDENT TRIED TO BROWBEAT THE SUPREME COURT. |
| 00:23:25 | IN HIS SECOND TERM, HE WOULD REMAKE IT. |
| 00:23:29 | OUR FREEDOMS WOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF AN OBAMA COURT. |
| 00:23:34 | NOT JUST FOR FOUR YEARS, BUT FOR THE NEXT 40. |
| 00:23:39 | AND WE MUST NOT LET THAT HAPPEN. |
| 00:23:57 | [APPLAUSE] AS PRESIDENT, I WILL UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW AND PUT AMERICA BACK ON THE PATH TOWARD THE FOUNDERS' VISION. |
| 00:24:09 | I DO NOT WANT TO TRANSFORM AMERICA. |
| 00:24:12 | I WANT TO RETURN AMERICA TO THE PRINCIPLES THAT MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT. |
| 00:24:17 | OUR FOUNDERS CREATED A NATION CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY AND TRUSTED US WITH THE DUTY TO OBSERVE IT AND DEFEND IT. |
| 00:24:27 | IN THE GENERATION SINCE, MORE THAN A MILLION AMERICANS HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. |
| 00:24:36 | ONE DAY TOWARD THE END OF MY TERM AS GOVERNOR, MY OFFICE GOT A CALL TELLING US THAT A SOLDIER HAD BEEN KILLED IN IRAQ. |
| 00:24:45 | HIS FAMILY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE NOTIFIED IN TIME TO GET TO THE AIRPORT TO RECEIVE HIS REMAINS. |
| 00:24:52 | THEY ASKED IF I WOULD GO TO THE AIRPORT IN THEIR STEAD. |
| 00:24:58 | I SAID, OF COURSE. |
| 00:25:01 | WE DROVE OVER TO THE AIRPORT. |
| 00:25:05 | THE JETS CAME IN AND THE PEOPLE DISEMBARKED. |
| 00:25:08 | THE LUGGAGE -- JET CAME IN AND THE PEOPLE DISEMBARKED. |
| 00:25:16 | THE LUGGAGE CAME DOWN AND THEN THE CASKET. |
| 00:25:20 | THE PEOPLE THERE SALUTED. |
| 00:25:22 | I PUT MY HAND ON MY HEART. |
| 00:25:24 | I HAPPENED TO GLANCE UP AT THE TERMINAL. |
| 00:25:28 | IN BOSTON, THERE IS A WALL OF GLASS WITH THE PLANE HAD COME IN. |
| 00:25:34 | THE PEOPLE COMING OFF OF THE PLANE HAD SEEN ALL OF THE POLICE CARS AND THEY STOPPED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. |
| 00:25:42 | THE PEOPLE WALKING DOWN THE HALL SAUDI PEOPLE LEANING UP AND DOWN THE GLASS AND THEY STOOD BEHIND THEM. |
| 00:25:49 | THERE IS A HUGE CROWD OF PEOPLE. |
| 00:25:52 | AS I LOOK UP THERE, I SEE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAD THEIR HANDS ON THEIR HEARTS. |
| 00:26:00 | WHEN I THINK OF OUR COUNTRY, IT IS THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COME TO MY MIND. |
| 00:26:07 | SHOULD I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS PRESIDENT, THAT IS HOW I WILL SEEK TO LEAVE. |
| 00:26:14 | NOT BY PUTTING ONE GROUP AGAINST ANOTHER, BUT BY BRINGING UP TOGETHER AMERICANS. |
| 00:26:21 | AMERICANS WANT A LEADER WHO WILL TELL THEM THE TRUTH, WHO WILL LIVE WITH INTEGRITY, WHO WILL PRESERVE THE NATION AND PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION. |
| 00:26:42 | [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE A SACRED DUTY TO RESTORE THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. |
| 00:26:48 | AND WE WILL DO IT. |
| 00:26:51 | WE WILL DO IT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN AMERICA. |
| 00:26:56 | WE WILL NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR SUCCESS AT HOME. |
| 00:26:59 | NEVER AGAIN WILL WE APOLOGIZE FOR AMERICANS ABROAD. |
| 00:27:41 | [APPLAUSE] IT MEANT SOMETHING SPECIAL TO ALL OF US. |
| 00:27:45 | WE KNEW IT WITHOUT QUESTION. |
| 00:27:47 | SO DID THE WORLD. |
| 00:27:49 | THOSE DAYS ARE COMING BACK. |
| 00:27:51 | THAT IS OUR DESTINY. |
| 00:28:03 | [APPLAUSE] WE BELIEVE IN AMERICA. |
| 00:28:05 | WE BELIEVE IN OURSELVES. |
| 00:28:07 | OUR GREATEST DAYS ARE AHEAD. |
| 00:28:10 | WE ARE, AFTER ALL, AMERICANS. |
| 00:28:14 | JOIN ME IN THIS GREAT CAUSE. |
| 00:28:17 | LET'S TAKE BACK OUR NATION AND DEFEND OUR FREEDOM. |
| 00:28:21 | GOD BLESS YOU. |
| 00:28:24 | GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. |
| 00:28:28 | THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 00:28:34 | [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. |
| 00:28:50 | >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR ROMNEY. |
| 00:28:53 | THIS COMPANY HAD A RECORD- SETTING YEAR IN 2011. |
| 00:28:59 | THE PRESIDENT LAUNCHED THE BILLION GUNNED CHALLENGE TO BENEFIT THE NRA. |
| 00:29:06 | -- THE MILLION GUN CHALLENGE TO BENEFIT THE NRA. |
| 00:29:12 | THEY PLEDGED TO DONATE $1 FOR EVERY FIREARM SOLD THAT YEAR. |
| 00:29:18 | THEY DID NOT SELL 1 MILLION TONS. |
| 00:29:22 | THEY BLEW PAST 1. |
| 00:29:25 | 2 MILLION. -- THEY DID NOT SELL 1 MILLION GUNS. |
| 00:29:31 | WE DO NOT KNOW THE FINAL NUMBER. |
| 00:29:34 | WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT WITH US TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THE FINAL RESULTS. |
| 00:29:40 | JOINING THEM IS CASSIE EVANS. |
| 00:29:46 | SHE WAS INSPIRED BY THE COMMITMENT TO THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. |
| 00:29:52 | SHE ENTERED THE "I TOOK THE CHALLENGE" CONTEST. |
| 00:29:58 | SHE IS HERE TO REPRESENT BE LOYAL CUSTOMERS WHO HELPED MAKE HISTORY. |
| 00:30:06 | WITHOUT THEM, THE DONATION TO THE INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STATEGE, PRESIDENT OF RUGER AND CASSIE EVANS. |
| 00:31:04 | [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING US AND HELPING US SUPPORT THE NRA. |
| 00:31:10 | THEY DO THE HARD WORK OUT THERE. |
| 00:31:13 | WE DO THE EASY JOB BY SUPPORTING THEM THROUGH FUND RAISING. |
| 00:31:17 | CHRIS COX AND WAYNE LAPIERRE -- THEY DO THE HARD STUFF OF PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS. |
| 00:31:27 | THOSE OF US AT RUGER ARE PROUD TO PRESENT THIS DONATION. |
| 00:31:35 | THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 00:31:44 | [APPLAUSE] >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER HAS BEEN A POWERFUL FORCE IN AMERICAN POLITICS FOR THE PAST THREE DECADES. |
| 00:31:51 | AS A RISING LEADER IN HIS PARTY, HE PAID TO BE WEIGHED FOR THE 1994 REPUBLICAN TAKEOVER OF -- HE PAVED THE WAY FOR THE 1994 REPUBLICAN TAKEOVER OF CONGRESS. |
| 00:32:09 | HE BALANCED THE BUDGET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES. |
| 00:32:12 | HE IS A REAL FIGHTER FOR LIBERTY. |
| 00:32:16 | HE IS FIGHTING FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. |
| 00:32:19 | LET'S HEAR IT FOR SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH. |
| 00:32:42 | [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. |
| 00:32:43 | THANK YOU, CHRIS. |
| 00:32:46 | IT IS GREAT FOR ME TO BE BACK HERE WITH ALL OF YOU. |
| 00:32:50 | I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE WOMEN WHO WERE SO GENEROUS AND SO KIND. |
| 00:32:59 | I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT A NUMBER OF KEY ISSUES. |
| 00:33:02 | I ALSO WANT TO THANK WAYNE LAPIERRE FOR THE TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP HE HAS PROVIDED FOR THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS AND PROTECTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT. |
| 00:33:14 | I WANT TO THANK THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESERVE OUR RIGHTS. |
| 00:33:23 | I WANT TO RECOGNIZE A MAN WHO HAS BEEN A GREAT LEADER AT THE NRA. |
| 00:33:30 | IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH JOHN AGAIN THIS MORNING. |
| 00:33:35 | IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PRODUCE LEADERS, AND IN PARTICULAR, THAT WE PRODUCE LEADERS THAT ARE PREPARED TO BE ON OFFENSE AND PREPARED TO CARRY OUR IDEAS AND OUR VALUES INTO THE POLITICAL CONFLICT. |
| 00:33:51 | I WANT TO SUGGEST FOR THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION A FAIRLY BOLD CHANGE IN PARTS OF ITS DIRECTION IN ORDER TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVELY ON OFFENSE IN TERMS OF DEFENDING THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. |
| 00:34:07 | LET ME START BY SAYING, I WANT TO SPEAK TWO POSITIVE WORDS ABOUT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. |
| 00:34:16 | I KNOW THIS IS AN UNUSUAL PLACE TO COME AND BE POSITIVE ABOUT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. |
| 00:34:22 | BUT I THINK THE WORDS GOODBYE ARE VERY POSITIVE. |
| 00:34:36 | [APPLAUSE] AND I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR ENERGIES FROM NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER NOT JUST TO SAY GOODBYE TO BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN, BUT TO SAY GOODBYE TO THOSE LIBERALS IN THE SENATE WHO HAVE BEEN BLOCKING PASSAGE OF THE RIGHT KIND OF LEGISLATION. |
| 00:34:59 | IF YOU UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE IN OUR CONSTITUTION, YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO WIN MORE THAN JUST THE PRESIDENCY. |
| 00:35:10 | WE HAVE TO WIN HOUSE SEATS AND SENATE SEATS TO GET AMERICA BACK ON TRACK. |
| 00:35:16 | WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE OF THE MOST DECISIVE IN ELECTIONS IN OUR HISTORY. |
| 00:35:22 | WE NEED TO GET AMERICA BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK BECAUSE FROM ECONOMIC PROBLEMS TO FISCAL PROBLEMS TO NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEMS, WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT HAS GOTTEN AWAY FROM THE THINGS THAT MADE US EFFECTIVE. |
| 00:35:37 | IN A GAME WHICH ADMINISTRATION, WE WOULD START IN A DIRECT WAY. |
| 00:35:42 | ON THE FIRST DAY, I WOULD SIGN A DIRECT ORDER TO THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE AND MAKE PUBLIC WHAT HAPPENED WITH FAST AND FURIOUS AND WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE. |
| 00:36:00 | [APPLAUSE] ON THAT SAME OPENING DAY, I WOULD START WITH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE, AS OF THAT MOMENT, ALL OF THE WHITE HOUSE CZARS. |
| 00:36:16 | [APPLAUSE] AND I WOULD IMMEDIATELY COME AS OF THAT DAY, ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, MOVING THE AMERICAN EMBASSY FROM TELL AVIV TO JERUSALEM -- JERUSALEM IN RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO SOVEREIGNTY. |
| 00:36:38 | [APPLAUSE] I WOULD ALSO OPEN UP OFFSHORE AND FEDERAL LAND TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN OIL AND GAS WHICH THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE SO THAT NO FUTURE PRESIDENT EVER AGAIN BOWS TO A DAUD -- SAUDI KING. |
| 00:37:14 | [APPLAUSE] WE ARE ON THE EDGE OF A TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION, WHICH HAS ENABLED US TO GO FROM A SEVEN YEARS' SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS IN THE YEAR 2000 TO OVER A 125-YEAR TODAY. |
| 00:37:32 | WE DID IT BY SOMETHING CALLED TO DRILLING. |
| 00:37:36 | IT TURNS OUT THAT DRILLING WORKS. |
| 00:37:42 | THE PRESIDENT GAVE SEVERAL SPEECHES BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING GASOLINE BELOW $2 AND IT IS SINCE A GALLON AND HIS POLITICAL CONSULTANTS TOLD HIM TO GOD -- $2. |
| 00:37:55 | 50 A GALLON AND HIS POLITICAL CONSULTANTS TOLD HIM TO GO OUT AND START MAKING SPEECHES ABOUT ENERGY. |
| 00:38:02 | I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE PRESIDENT'S SOLUTION. |
| 00:38:06 | DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE OBAMA MODEL? |
| 00:38:11 | ALGAE. |
| 00:38:12 | THE PRESIDENT SAID WE NEED ALGY. |
| 00:38:15 | WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HAVING VOLUNTEERS -- THE PRESIDENT SAID WE NEED ALGAE. |
| 00:38:23 | WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HAVING VOLUNTEERS AT GAS STATIONS WHICH BOTTLES OF ALGAE. |
| 00:38:31 | I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ENERGY BECAUSE IT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A STRATEGIC CHANGE AND HOW WE SHOULD BE THINKING ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. |
| 00:38:41 | IF WE WOULD HAVE A DETERMINED EFFORT TO OPEN UP FEDERAL LAND -- WE ALL IN ALASKA AND IT IS TWICE THE SIZE OF TEXAS. |
| 00:38:53 | WE ALL ONE-AND-A-HALF TIMES THE SIZE OF TEXAS. |
| 00:38:57 | WE COULD GIVE THE ENVIRONMENTALIST HALF OF TEXAS FOR POLAR BEARS, GLACIERS, MOUNTAINS. |
| 00:39:04 | THAT WOULD LEAVE YOU AN AREA THE SIZE OF TEXAS TO DEVELOP. |
| 00:39:08 | IN NORTH DAKOTA, THE NEW DRILLING TECHNOLOGY HAS INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE OIL FROM 150 MILLION BARRELS TO 240 BILLION BARRELS. |
| 00:39:25 | THEY COULD HAVE 500 BILLION BARRELS IN NORTH DAKOTA ALONE. |
| 00:39:31 | IN THAT CONTEXT, WE COULD BECOME ENERGY INDEPENDENT. |
| 00:39:35 | THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO SAY TO THE EUROPEANS, THE CHINESE, THE JAPANESE, THAT THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ ARE A PROBLEM FOR YOU, NOT US. |
| 00:39:48 | IT WOULD [APPLAUSE] |
| 00:39:58 | -- [APPLAUSE] IT WOULD ALLOW US TO SAY TO SAUDI ARABIA, WE ARE PREPARED TO EXERT AS MUCH PRESSURE AS NEEDED TO ALLOW YOU TO STOP. |
| 00:40:13 | AN AMERICAN ENERGY PROGRAM DOES MORE THAN THAT. |
| 00:40:17 | THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NORTH DAKOTA IS 3. |
| 00:40:21 | 5%. THERE ARE 60,000 ENERGY JOBS THEY CANNOT SELL BECAUSE 3. |
| 00:40:29 | 5% HAVE THE WRONG SKILLS. |
| 00:40:32 | I ADVOCATE THAT WE CHANGE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION SO THAT YOU COULD -- YOU SHOULD BE LEARNING WHILE WE ARE PAYING. |
| 00:40:45 | WE SHOULD NEVER AGAIN GIVE PEOPLE IN 99 WEEKS OF MONEY FOR DOING NOTHING. |
| 00:40:53 | IN 99 WEEKS, YOU COULD EARN AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. |
| 00:41:09 | KEEPING ENERGY IN THE UNITED STATES WOULD STRENGTHEN THE DOLLAR AND CREATE SEVERAL MILLION AMERICAN JOBS. |
| 00:41:17 | IT WOULD INCREASE THE REVENUE FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS PEOPLE ARE PUT TO WORK. |
| 00:41:23 | I SAY THIS AS THE ONLY SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN YOUR LIFETIME TO AUTHOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE BALANCED BUDGET. |
| 00:41:32 | WE PAID OFF $105 BILLION IN DEBT. |
| 00:41:36 | IF WE ARE PREPARED TO CONTROL SPENDING AND WE ARE PREPARED TO REFORM GOVERNMENT, NOTHING IS A BIGGER STEP TO A BALANCED BUDGET THAN TO TAKE SOMEBODY OFF OF FOOD STAMPS AND OFF OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND OFF OF MEDICAID AND PUBLIC HOUSING AND PUT THEM BACK TO WORK PAID TAXES AND TAKING CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES. |
| 00:42:10 | FINALLY, HAVING AN AMERICAN ENERGY PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW US TO TAKE ALL OF THE ROYALTIES. |
| 00:42:19 | IF WE DEVELOP OUR CAPABILITY IN FEDERAL LAND AND OFFSHORE, ROYALTY PAYMENTS WOULD BE $16 TRILLION TO $18 TRILLION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:42:37 | IF WE WERE DISCIPLINED, WE COULD BALANCE THE BUDGET ON AN OPERATING FUND BASIS AND PUT ALL THE ROYALTIES INTO A DEBT REDUCTION FUND. |
| 00:42:46 | IN THE LIFETIME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE TODAY, WE WILL HAVE PAID OFF THE ENTIRE NATIONAL DEBT. |
| 00:43:03 | [APPLAUSE] THE RIGHT ENERGY PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW YOU TO STOP WORRYING ABOUT THE CHINESE. |
| 00:43:19 | THAT IS A STRATEGIC ENERGY PROGRAM THAT MAKES SENSE FOR AMERICA. |
| 00:43:25 | FOR ANYBODY WHO SAYS WE CANNOT GET THE PRICE OF GASOLINE DOWN, PRICES DROPPED FROM $7. |
| 00:43:39 | 90 A GALLON. |
| 00:43:40 | I AM BEING CAUTIOUS BY TRIED TO GET TO $2. |
| 00:43:47 | 50. THE SOYBEAN REASONABLE. |
| 00:43:55 | -- I AM BEING REASONABLE. |
| 00:44:00 | LET ME FOCUS ON THE CENTRAL THEME OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. |
| 00:44:04 | THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS COMES FROM OUR CREATOR, NOT OUR GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:44:14 | [APPLAUSE] IT IS ONE OF THE UNALIENABLE RIGHTS AND ALLUDED TO IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. |
| 00:44:27 | IT DOES NOT GRANT THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. |
| 00:44:31 | IT ACKNOWLEDGES THEIR PRE- EXISTING CONDITION. |
| 00:44:34 | THE FOUNDING FATHERS KNEW THIS FOR A PRACTICAL REASON. |
| 00:44:38 | WHEN BRITISH TROOPS ARRIVED ON LEXINGTON AND CONCORD EXPECTING TO FORCE THE PEASANTS INTO SURRENDER, SOMETHING THEY HAD DONE QUITE WELL IN IRELAND, SCOTLAND, WALES, AND ENGLAND, THEY FOUND THEY WERE NOT UP AGAINST PEASANTS. |
| 00:45:00 | THEY WERE UP AGAINST AMERICANS. |
| 00:45:03 | THEY WERE UP AGAINST TRAINED MILITIA. |
| 00:45:06 | THEY WERE UP AGAINST PEOPLE WHO WORK SURE THE LAND OF THE FREE OR THE HOME OF THE -- AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. |
| 00:45:16 | WITHOUT BEING THE HOME OF THE BRAVE, YOU WOULD NOT REMAIN THE LAND OF THE FREE. |
| 00:45:47 | [APPLAUSE] MANY OF YOU KNOW I LIKE WAYVER -- WAYNE VERY MUCH. |
| 00:45:57 | I THINK THE NRA HAS BEEN TOO DAMAGED. |
| 00:46:01 | THE GINGRICH PRESIDENCY WILL SUBMIT TO THE UNITED NATIONS A TREATY THAT EXTENDS THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS AS A HUMAN RIGHT FOR EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET BECAUSE EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET DESERVES THE RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM THOSE WHO WOULD OPPRESSED THEM, EXPLOIT THEM, RAPED THEM, OR KILL THEM. |
| 00:47:00 | [APPLAUSE] FAR FEWER TOWNS WOULD BE DISTORTED PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ON THE PLANET HAD THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, AND FAR FEWER DICTATORS WOULD SURVIVE IF PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS EVERYWHERE ON THE PLANET. |
| 00:47:20 | [APPLAUSE] LET'S TAKE THE GEORGE SOROSES AND HILLARY CLINTON'S HEAD ON. |
| 00:47:26 | THEY REPRESENT A WORLD IN WHICH THE ELITE'S DISARM THE REST OF US SO WE ARE HELPLESS WHEN THE LATEST TURN SOUR AND WHEN EVIL REAPPEARS. |
| 00:47:34 | WE REPRESENT A WORLD IN WHICH WE TRUST IN THE BASIC DECENCY OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES AND BE ARMED WITH SAFETY BECAUSE THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF THEIR LIFE BECAUSE GOD HAS MADE THEM SOVEREIGN, NOT GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:47:58 | [APPLAUSE] REMEMBER -- I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS AND PUT IT IN YOUR HEARTS. |
| 00:48:05 | OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE DID NOT SAY "WE AMERICANS. |
| 00:48:11 | " IT IS A UNIVERSAL DOCUMENT. |
| 00:48:15 | "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL," NOT ALL AMERICANS, "AND THAT THEY ARE IN DOUBT BY THEIR CREATORS," AND THE REFERENCE POINT IS TO ALL MEN, NOT AMERICANS. |
| 00:48:29 | WE DO NOT NEED TO GO ACROSS THE PLANET TRYING TO IMPOSE AMERICAN VALUES, BUT WE DO NEED TO GO ACROSS THE PLANET AND ADVOCATE HUMAN VALUES, AND THOSE VALUES ARE BEST CAPTURED IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE FEDERALIST PAPERS. |
| 00:48:48 | WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO REACH OUT TO OUR FELLOW HUMANS AND SAY TO THEM -- IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT. |
| 00:48:57 | IT COMES FROM GOD. |
| 00:48:58 | IF YOU HAD A GOVERNMENT WHICH RECOGNIZED YORK INHERENT RIGHTS, A GOVERNMENT WHICH REALIZE YOU ARE A CITIZEN NOT AN ENTITY, A GOVERNMENT WHICH REALIZES IT IS GOVERNMENT WHICH IS THE ENTITY, NOT PEOPLE, YOU, TOO, WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO PURSUE HAPPINESS, LIVE IN SAFETY, AND FIRE THOSE TO WHOM YOU LOAN POWER. |
| 00:49:21 | IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO WATCH PEOPLE MOVE FROM ONE DICTATORSHIP TO ANOTHER. |
| 00:49:28 | WHAT TO LIBYA, EGYPT, IRAQ, SYRIA LURCH FROM DISASTER TO DISASTER. |
| 00:49:34 | WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT PEOPLE, AND WE SHOULD HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR, AND WE SHOULD SAY THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS AN AMENDMENT FOR ALL MANKIND, AN AMENDMENT WHICH WILL IMPROVE ALL MANKIND. |
| 00:49:49 | WITH YOUR HELP, THIS IS STILL A MORE OPEN NOMINATING PROCESS THAN ANYONE IN THE ELITE MEDIA BELIEVES, AND WITH YOUR HELP, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT TO THEN LEAD AN EFFORT ACROSS THE PLANT TO INSURE THAT THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS BECOMES PERMANENT AND IS A HUMAN RIGHTS EVERYWHERE, WHICH WILL GUARANTEE ITS SAFETY HERE IN AMERICA. |
| 00:50:16 | THANK YOU. |
| 00:50:17 | GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS YOU. |
| 00:50:22 | [APPLAUSE] HOST: -- [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] |
| 00:50:28 | [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. |
| 00:50:41 | 2012] >> THANK YOU, MR. |
| 00:50:42 | SPEAKER. THE GINGRICH TREATY. |
| 00:50:43 | I LIKE THAT. |
| 00:50:45 | OUR NEXT SPEAKER SPENT 16 YEARS SERVING THE CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVANIA IN CONGRESS. |
| 00:50:51 | DURING HIS YEARS IN THE U. |
| 00:50:52 | S. HOUSE AND SENATE, HE VOTED AGAINST GUN BANS, MAGAZINE BANDS, AND WAITING PERIODS. |
| 00:50:57 | HE VOTED TO END THE RECKLESS LAWSUITS AGAINST GUN MAKERS AND REFORM THE OUT OF CONTROL ABUSES OF THE ATF. |
| 00:51:06 | HE IS A PROUD GUN OWNER AND HUNTER WHO SHARES OUR PROUD COMMITMENT TO DEFENDING OUR MOST CHERISHED VALUES. |
| 00:51:12 | I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO GO SHOOTING WITH HIM, AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THAT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SECOND AMENDMENT, HE NOT ONLY TALKS THE TALK -- HE DEFINITELY WALKS THE WALK. |
| 00:51:23 | HE TOOK THAT FIGHT FOR OUR VALUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND AMERICANS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE JOINED HIM. |
| 00:51:29 | EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HIS DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WERE DISAPPOINTED, BUT HE HANDLED THE ANNOUNCEMENT WITH DIGNITY AND GRACE, AND I KNOW THIS MAN, AND I KNOW THAT HE WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR OUR AMERICAN VALUES. |
| 00:51:48 | I KNOW THAT HE, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR CHILDREN -- ESPECIALLY THEIR LITTLE GIRLS -- CONTINUE TO BE IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. |
| 00:51:59 | PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OUR FRIEND, RICK SANTORUM. |
| 00:52:15 | [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. |
| 00:52:16 | THANK YOU. |
| 00:52:18 | THANK YOU. |
| 00:52:21 | THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH CHRIS. |
| 00:52:24 | I GREATLY APPRECIATE THOSE VERY KIND WORDS. |
| 00:52:27 | IT IS SO GREAT TO SEE YOU AND GREAT TO BE HERE AGAIN AT ANOTHER NRA CONVENTION. |
| 00:52:33 | I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE BACK UNDER A LITTLE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES THAN WHEN I SIGNED UP TO COME HERE, BUT I WANTED TO COME, EVEN THOUGH, AS CHRIS MANCHIN, WE ARE NO LONGER IN THIS RACE FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012. |
| 00:52:51 | I WANTED TO SAY TWO THINGS, REALLY. |
| 00:52:57 | ONE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING AN ORGANIZATION AND A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO EVEN OUTSIDE OF THIS ORGANIZATION GO BACK OUT INTO YOUR COMMUNITIES AND FIGHT FOR THOSE RIGHTS THAT YOU HAVE HEARD THE TWO PREVIOUS SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT SO ELOQUENTLY, TALK ABOUT THOSE RIGHTS THAT ARE UNALIENABLE, TALK ABOUT THE RIGHTS THAT MAKE THIS COUNTRY THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. |
| 00:53:25 | THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION IS NOT JUST AN ASSOCIATION THAT PROTECT THE SECOND AMENDMENT. |
| 00:53:33 | I TO PROTECT FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS OF WHICH THE SECOND AMENDMENT GUARANTEES THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED. |
| 00:53:39 | THAT IS WHAT YOU FOLKS DO, AND I AM HERE TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. |
| 00:53:50 | [APPLAUSE] I WAS SUPPOSED TO COME TODAY WITH MY WIFE, KAREN, AS SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT A LUNCHEON EARLIER. |
| 00:53:59 | AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LITTLE PICK-UP OVER EASTER WEEKEND. |
| 00:54:03 | OUR YOUNGEST, OUR LITTLE GIRL, IS A BALLOT -- BELA -- ISABELLA, BELLA, ENDED UP BEING SICK AND ENDED UP IN HOSPITAL FOR A FEW DAYS. |
| 00:54:18 | SHE IS ON THE MEND, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR PRAYERS. |
| 00:54:26 | [APPLAUSE] SHE IS STILL NOT NEARLY 100%, SO KAREN DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE FLYING CROSS-COUNTRY TO BE AWAY, SO YOU GOT THE SHORT END OF THE STICK. |
| 00:54:34 | YOU JUST GOT ME INSTEAD OF ME AND KAREN. |
| 00:54:38 | WHEN IT COMES TO GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES, I HAVE TO SAY, I DO NOT HOLD A CANDLE TO MY WIFE. |
| 00:54:45 | I AM A HUNTER AND A GUN OWNER, BUT SHE OWNS WAY MORE GUNS THAN I DO. |
| 00:54:54 | [APPLAUSE] AND SHE GETS A CHANCE TO SHOOT THEM MORE OFTEN THAN I DO. |
| 00:54:59 | SO YOU WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE TO GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO HER AND TO HEAR HER PASSION. |
| 00:55:05 | LET ME ASSURE YOU -- IT IS A PASSION FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT. |
| 00:55:10 | WE ARE LIFE MEMBERS OF THE NRA, AND WE WANTED TO ANNOUNCE TODAY -- NOW BELLA IS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE NRA, TOO, AND I HOPE IT IS A LONG LIFE. |
| 00:55:26 | [APPLAUSE] I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, IT WAS REALLY FASCINATING -- WE GOT A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT AMERICAN VALUES. |
| 00:55:36 | NOT JUST TALK ABOUT THEM, BUT TRY TO DEMONSTRATE THEM. |
| 00:55:40 | I REALLY ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR RIGHTS. |
| 00:55:48 | ONE OF THEM WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AND WE DID SEVERAL HUNTING TRIPS. |
| 00:55:54 | A COUPLE OF THEM IN IOWA. |
| 00:55:56 | WE HAD THE NATIONAL MEDIA TRAILING ALONG WITH US AS WE WENT ON A BIRD HUNT IN CENTRAL IOWA, RIGHT BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUSES. |
| 00:56:08 | IT WAS VERY EXCITING. |
| 00:56:09 | MY SON, MY 19-YEAR-OLD WAS OUT ON HIS FIRST AS AN HON. |
| 00:56:13 | FIRST THERE THAT CAME UP, HE KNOCKED IT RIDE OUT OF THE AIR, AND IT WAS ON FOX NEWS WITHIN TWO HOURS. |
| 00:56:22 | WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE IN A VERY IMPORTANT SINCE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS TRADITION AND THESE RIGHTS IN OUR COUNTRY. |
| 00:56:34 | I ALSO TOOK HIM TO SOME SHOOTING RANGES AND DOING SOME TARGET PRACTICE AS PART OF A TOWN HALL MEETING. |
| 00:56:41 | WE HAD SEVERAL OF THOSE SCHEDULED AND REALLY ENJOY DOING THAT. |
| 00:56:46 | AGAIN, TRYING TO DRIVE HOME THE POINT THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS, AN IMPORTANT PART OF SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE SHOWCASED, NOT HIDDEN, BUT SHOWCASE OF HOW IMPORTANT THESE RIGHTS ARE AND HAVE TO BE PROTECTED. |
| 00:57:04 | WE HAD A GREAT TIME ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THAT FOR WHAT THEY DID TO SUPPORT ME. |
| 00:57:13 | AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES, DOING 385 TEL HALL MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF IOWA, GOING TO OVER 1000 OF THOSE MEETINGS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, WHAT I TALKED ABOUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL -- I TALKED ABOUT THOSE FOUNDATIONAL FREEDOMS AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 00:57:34 | HOW OUR RIGHTS DID COME FROM A CREATOR. |
| 00:57:36 | THEY DID NOT COME FROM THE SUPREME COURT OR THE PRESIDENT OR THE CONGRESS. |
| 00:57:42 | WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND TALKED ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE FAMILY AND HOW WE HAD TO HAVE BOTH CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, FAITH, AND FAMILY BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, THE ONE THAT IS THE TRUMP WHICH ALL RIGHTS COME FROM, IS THE FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE, THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION, AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT AND HOW ALL THESE OTHER RIGHTS SPRING FROM THAT RIGHT. |
| 00:58:07 | IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE, BUT YOU CANNOT SAY OR A SYMBOL FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, THEN THOSE ARE HOLLOW RIGHTS. |
| 00:58:18 | I TALK ABOUT THE INTEGRITY AND IMPORTANCE OF THE FAMILY IN AMERICA, THAT WE HAD TO HAVE A FAMILY THAT WAS STRONG, FAMILIES THAT WERE STRONG TO IMPART THOSE VALUES TO THE NEXT GENERATION. |
| 00:58:30 | THOSE VALUES OF FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS A VIRTUE THAT IS NECESSARY FOR A GOOD AND WHOLESOME SOCIETY, AND TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THIS GOOD AND DECENT AMERICA IN ORDER TO HAVE LIMITED GOVERNMENT BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HAVE LIMITED GOVERNMENT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE STRONG FAMILIES. |
| 00:58:52 | YOU CANNOT HAVE LIMITED GOVERNMENT IT PEOPLE ARE NOT BEHAVING WELL. |
| 00:58:55 | THE GOVERNMENT GETS BIGGER AND FAMILIES BREAK DOWN AND THEN SOCIETY BREAKS DOWN BECAUSE THERE IS A LACK OF VIRTUE IN IT. |
| 00:59:03 | THOSE ARE SIMPLE THINGS THAT AS I CROSS THIS COUNTRY AND TALK TO PEOPLE LIKE THE FOLKS HERE IN THIS ROOM -- I GOT A LOT OF NODDING OF HEADS, AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION. |
| 00:59:15 | YET, WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THIS COUNTRY WHO RUN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE WHO TALK IN THOSE VERY PLAIN TERMS. |
| 00:59:22 | I GOT THOSE PLAIN TERMS BY TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY CLEARLY AND PLAINLY EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, HOW IMPORTANT THESE BASIC AMERICAN VALUES -- THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT NOT FROM THE TOP DOWN, NOT BY PLANNERS AND EXPERTS DESIGNING SYSTEMS THAT WERE IN AMERICA. |
| 00:59:45 | NO, THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT FROM THE BOTTOM UP BY PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING IN THE SHARES IN THIS ROOM WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD A GREAT COUNTRY ONE FAMILY, ONE CHURCH, ONE COMMUNITY, 1 CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AT A TIME. |
| 01:00:04 | THAT IS WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT. |
| 01:00:05 | WE ARE A BOTTOM-UP SOCIETY, NOT A TOP-DOWN SOCIETY. |
| 01:00:10 | IF THERE IS ANYTHING AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION, IT IS JUST THAT, WHETHER WE WILL BE A COUNTRY THAT WILL BE RULED FROM ON HIGH, OR ARE WE GOING TO BE A COUNTRY THAT, LIKE OUR FOUNDERS DID BACK IN 1776 WHEN FACED WITH THE TYRANNY OF THOSE ON HIGH ROLLING THEM, SAID, "WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS. |
| 01:00:36 | WE WILL DECLARE OUR INDEPENDENCE, AND WE WILL FIGHT . |
| 01:00:40 | " I AM HOPEFUL THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WILL ENGAGE IN THE FIGHT OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO MAKE SURE WE DEFEAT BARACK OBAMA IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. |
| 01:01:00 | [APPLAUSE] I WOULD JUST LIKE TO AFFIRM WHAT YOU ARE DOING. |
| 01:01:04 | I WANT TO THANK YOU AND A FIRM IT. |
| 01:01:07 | WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL, TALKING ABOUT FREEDOM AND THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF WHAT MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT. |
| 01:01:13 | YOU ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN A BEACON -- A BEACON -- ON THIS ISSUE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. |
| 01:01:22 | THIS IS ABOUT AMERICA'S FREEDOMS, AND THERE IS NO ORGANIZATION I KNOW OUT THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT IT AND FOCUSES ON IT AND DOES A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING THIS THAN THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. |
| 01:01:35 | I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU, AS SOMEONE WITH NO CHANCE OF EVER EVEN MAKING A BLIP ON THE POLITICAL SCENE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO -- EVERYONE SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME FOR? |
| 01:01:50 | YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY MONEY. |
| 01:01:52 | NO ONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE. |
| 01:01:54 | " BUT WHAT I FOUND IS THAT THIS COUNTRY IS STILL AN AMAZING COUNTRY AND THAT OPPORTUNITY IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL IN THIS COUNTRY. |
| 01:02:02 | WHY? |
| 01:02:03 | BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO HUNGER -- WHO HUNGER FOR AN AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN WHAT MADE US GREAT. |
| 01:02:17 | RONALD REAGAN, WHEN HE LEFT OFFICE, IN HIS CLOSING ADDRESS ISSUED A WARNING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, AND THE WARNING WAS HIS CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER AMERICANS GOING FORWARD WERE LEARNING ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS. |
| 01:02:35 | WHAT IT MEANT TO BE AN AMERICAN. |
| 01:02:41 | YOU SEE IN THIS ADMINISTRATION A DELIBERATE EFFORT TO TRY TO REDEFINE HISTORY. |
| 01:02:46 | WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID, "THE DEBATE IS NOT ABOUT THE FUTURE. |
| 01:02:50 | IT IS ABOUT THE PAST. |
| 01:02:52 | " WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THIS PRESIDENT IS REDEFINING AMERICA AS A COUNTRY THAT IS BROKEN AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, A COUNTRY THAT IS UNFAIR, THAT THERE IS NOT ANY EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, A COUNTRY THAT HAS DONE HORRIBLE THINGS AROUND THE WORLD THAT WE HAVE TO GO AND APOLOGIZE FOR. |
| 01:03:09 | HE IS TRYING TO REDEFINE WHO WE ARE AND POSITIVE GOVERNMENT AS A SOLUTION TO THOSE PROBLEMS. |
| 01:03:23 | WHAT WE AS AMERICAN CITIZENS HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IS TO TELL THE REAL HISTORY OF AMERICA, THE REAL STORY OF AMERICA, WHICH IS A STORY THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA, LOOKING AT PAUL RYAN'S BUDGET A YEAR AGO, LOOKED AT ALL THESE PROGRAMS FROM WELFARE TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND SAID THIS, "AMERICA IS A BETTER COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THESE ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS. |
| 01:03:55 | I WILL GO ONE STEP FURTHER -- AMERICA WAS NOT A GREAT COUNTRY UNTIL THESE PROGRAMS. |
| 01:04:00 | " YOU KNOW, LADIES GENTLEMEN, THAT AMERICA WAS NOT A GREAT COUNTRY BECAUSE GOVERNMENT CREATED PROGRAMS TO RUN YOUR LIFE. |
| 01:04:12 | AMERICA WAS A GREAT COUNTRY BECAUSE IT WAS FOUNDED GREAT IN GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS AND FREE PEOPLE. |
| 01:04:45 | [APPLAUSE] AND THAT FREEDOM IS AT STAKE, AS GOVERNOR ROMNEY TALKED ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO THE SUPREME COURT. |
| 01:04:52 | A 5-4 COURT. |
| 01:04:56 | IF THAT PRESIDENT IS REELECTED, THAT MAYBE 5-FOR THE OTHER WAY, AND THE THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED IN AMERICA WILL NO LONGER BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED. |
| 01:05:06 | DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OF DOUBT -- ANY DOUBT OF WHAT THE DECISION WOULD BE IF PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD FIVE VOTES ON THAT COURT? |
| 01:05:19 | REMEMBER JUSTICE GINSBURG, WHO WAS ASKED THE QUESTION WHETHER SHE WOULD RECOMMEND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION FOR A COUNTRY STARTING AND TRY TO DRAFT A NEW CONSTITUTION, AND HER ANSWER WAS SHE WOULD NOT? |
| 01:05:33 | SHE WOULD RECOMMEND THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION BECAUSE IT WAS MORE UPDATED. |
| 01:05:38 | SHE ALSO GAVE A LECTURE NOT LONG AGO WHERE SHE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE COURT CASES THAT SHE WOULD OVERTURN OR THAT WOULD BE OVERTURNED IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THAT FIFTH VOTE. |
| 01:05:51 | SHE LISTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM BUT SPENT MOST OF THE TIME TALKING ABOUT ONE CASE, AND THAT, OF COURSE, WAS THE HELLER DECISION. |
| 01:06:00 | SHE SPENT HER TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT CASE AS THE PRINCIPAL CASE SHE WOULD LIKE TO OVERTURN. |
| 01:06:07 | THIS ELECTION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN YOUR LIFETIME. |
| 01:06:11 | IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS, AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE VERY FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF OUR COUNTRY. |
| 01:06:22 | SO I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL IN. |
| 01:06:28 | THE REASON I DROVE AROUND IOWA IN A PICKUP TRUCK WITH A GUY NAMED SHOCK FOR MONTHS ON END WITH NO CHANCE OF WINNING IS BECAUSE KAREN AND I AND OUR FAMILY FELT THAT WE HAD TO BE ALL IN. |
| 01:06:48 | AND THIS WAS NOT A RACE DEPUTY OFFICER MICHAEL ZACK. |
| 01:09:24 | [APPLAUSE] [NO AUDIO] |
| 01:11:48 | >> THANK GOVERNMENT SEIZED PERSONAL FIREARMS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY. |
| 01:12:00 | I KNOW THE LEGISLATION I SIGNED CLEARLY STATED THAT NO PART OF OUR GOVERNMENT CAN SUSPEND OUR SECOND AMENDMENT FREEDOM, ESPECIALLY IN A TIME OF EMERGENCY OR NATURAL DISASTER. |
| 01:12:16 | THAT BILL WAS ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR IS UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHAT WAS AT STAKE. |
| 01:12:28 | APRIL 15 HAPPENS TO BE THE BIRTHDAY OF MY FAVORITE FOUNDER. |
| 01:12:34 | HE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY. |
| 01:12:38 | THOMAS JEFFERSON KNEW WHAT REAL LIBERTY WAS ALL ABOUT. |
| 01:12:42 | AND HE CELEBRATED THE FACT THAT THE U. |
| 01:12:47 | S. CONSTITUTION AND MOST STATE CONSTITUTIONS, IN HIS WORDS, "ALL POWER IS IN -- IS INHERENT IN THE PEOPLE. |
| 01:12:58 | IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO BE AT ALL TIMES ARMED. |
| 01:13:08 | LIBERAL ELITES, TRY AS THEY MIGHT WILL NEVER CHANGE THE BRILLIANT TROOPS THOMAS JEFFERSON PROCLAIMED AND OUR ANCESTORS FOUGHT FOR. |
| 01:13:22 | OUR NEXT SPEAKER HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SUPPORT FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT'S. |
| 01:13:31 | -- SECOND AMENDMENT. |
| 01:13:33 | HE EARNED AN A RATING FROM THE POLITICAL VICTORY FUND. |
| 01:13:48 | HE WENT ON TO WIN THE ELECTION TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE. |
| 01:13:54 | HE WAS HELPING FIGHT OFF ANTI- GUN SHOW REGULATIONS AND STRENGTHENING OUR HUNTING HERITAGE. |
| 01:14:08 | I CAN TELL YOU PERSONALLY OUR NEXT SPEAKER TRULY BELIEVES IN TRANSFERRING RESPECTS FOR THE SECOND COMMITMENT TO THE NEXT GENERATION. |
| 01:14:27 | I CAN TELL YOU MY FATHER IS A TRUE OUTDOORSMAN. |
| 01:14:34 | HE TAUGHT ME TO HUNT, HOW TO BE SAFE WITH A FIREARM, AND HOW TO SHOOT. |
| 01:14:47 | MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING EACH GENERATION. |
| 01:14:56 | LET ME INTRODUCE MY FATHER, ROY BLUNT. |
| 01:15:12 | [APPLAUSE] >> WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BE HERE. |
| 01:15:17 | I WAS HERE LAST NIGHT, AND I KEPT BEING INTRODUCED AS MATT BLUNT'S FATHER, AND THERE ARE WORSE THINGS THAT COULD BE SAID ABOUT YOU THAN THAT. |
| 01:15:31 | HE IS DOING A GREAT JOB. |
| 01:15:32 | IF THERE IS A BOARD MEMBER, I AM PROUD TO JOIN HIM. |
| 01:15:37 | I ALREADY TOLD MY GOOD FRIEND -- IF YOU COME BACK AGAIN, WE ARE ONLY PROUD OF THE ATTENDANCE RECORDS YOU ARE SETTING THIS YEAR. |
| 01:15:50 | THIS COMES FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING IN ST. |
| 01:15:54 | LOUIS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP. |
| 01:15:56 | ONE OF THE GREAT ENDORSEMENT DAYS OF OUR SENATE CAMPAIGN IN AN INCREDIBLY COMPETITIVE STATE IS THE DAY THAT CHRIS COX SPENT WITH ME. |
| 01:16:14 | THE BEST SINGLE ENDORSEMENT AND THEN I HAVE HAD ANYWHERE IS AT THEIR LOCATION IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI. |
| 01:16:27 | ANOTHER HANDFUL OF LOCATIONS -- A BIG DAY WITH CHRIS AND WAYNE. |
| 01:16:40 | AND WE REALIZE WE WOULD HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT WHEN MISSOURI MATTERS. |
| 01:16:51 | THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AT A CRITICAL TIME WHEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEFEND CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. |
| 01:16:57 | THERE WAS A VERY WELL-RECEIVED SPEECH AT CPAC IN WASHINGTON PEOPLE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY COME HERE. |
| 01:17:08 | HE WAS QUOTING RISK GAIDAR -- RUTH BADER GINSBERG. |
| 01:17:17 | WHEN ASKED ABOUT A COUNTRY THAT WAS TO FORM A CONSTITUTION, HER ADVICE WAS "IF I WAS YOU, I WOULD NOT LOOK AT THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. |
| 01:17:28 | I WOULD LOOK AT THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH AFRICA. |
| 01:17:32 | " I HEARD EARLIER SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS WHO SERVES US ON THE SUPREME COURT, AND THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CONSTITUTION IS OUR CONSTITUTION, AND IT MEANS WHAT IT SAYS, AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT IT AND WE HAVE TO DEFEND IT. |
| 01:17:56 | [APPLAUSE] AND THE OWES THE THAT I TAKE AS A SENATOR AND THE OATH THAT THEY TAKE AS THE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION MEANS JUST EXACTLY THAT. |
| 01:18:07 | IT DOES NOT MEAN TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 01:18:11 | IT DOES NOT MEAN TO STAKE OUT SOMETHING YOU LIKE BETTER. |
| 01:18:16 | IT MEANS TO DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION. |
| 01:18:20 | THE CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN THE COUNTRY TODAY ALMOST HAS CEASED TO FUNCTION. |
| 01:18:26 | THIS IS A BIG GENERATIONAL ELECTION, A BIG DEBATE ABOUT WHO WE'RE GOING TO BE FOR A LONG TIME. |
| 01:18:36 | I AM IN THE MINORITY IN THE SENATE. |
| 01:18:39 | I WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THE MAJORITY OF THE SENATE. |
| 01:18:43 | WE'RE LOOKING AT PROGRAMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DONE FOR 1000 DAYS. |
| 01:18:49 | THE REGULATORS ARE FULLY FUNCTIONAL. |
| 01:18:52 | I DO NOT KNOW ANYWHERE IN THE STATE OR THE COUNTRY WHERE I DO NOT HEAR ABOUT RAISING OUR UTILITY BILLS OR THE SILLY REGULATION THE LABOR DEPARTMENT RECENTLY PROPOSED FOR THE LABOR DEPARTMENT WAS GOING TO DECIDE WHAT FORM KIDS TO DO ON A FARM. |
| 01:19:10 | MY MOM AND DAD WERE DAIRY FARMERS, AND AS I RECALL, THE RULE WAS I TO DO ANYTHING I WAS BIG ENOUGH TO DO AS LONG AS MY MOM OR DAD SAID I WAS BIG ENOUGH TO DO. |
| 01:19:26 | -- BIG ENOUGH TO DO ITS. |
| 01:19:30 | AND ANOTHER RULE -- I DID DO THINGS THAT I DID NOT WANT TO DO YET, IF THEY THOUGHT I WAS BIG ENOUGH TO DO IT. |
| 01:19:37 | WE DO NOT NEED THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DECIDING WHETHER FARM KIDS ARE BIG ENOUGH TO DRIVE A TRACTOR ON THE FARM. |
| 01:19:47 | THERE IS ONE RULE ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER THE LIVESTOCK. |
| 01:19:50 | I DO NOT RECALL MY FATHER EVER SAYING "LET'S GO GATHER THE LIVESTOCK. |
| 01:19:58 | YOU COULD NOT GATHER THE LIVESTOCK UNTIL YOU'RE 18. |
| 01:20:03 | MOSTLY, THEY ARE READY TO BE GATHERED BY SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT 18 YET, OR WE WERE NOT ABLE TO EMOTIONALLY GATHER THEM. |
| 01:20:14 | AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF EPA NOT ONLY HAS WILL AFTER WILL THAT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO DO THE RIGHT THING FROM THE ENVIRONMENT -- FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO, THEY TALKED FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT FUGITIVE DUST, WHERE FARMERS COULD NOT LET THE DUST FROM THEIR FARM GO TO THE NEXT FARM. |
| 01:20:36 | JUST ONE LEVEL OF -- FAST AND FURIOUS, BY THE WAY, WOULD BE A FAST AND FURIOUS EXAMPLE OF THE REGULATORS. |
| 01:20:47 | THE REGULATORS ARE NOT ONLY FULLY FUNCTIONAL, THEY ARE BEYOND HYPER FUNCTIONAL. |
| 01:20:52 | IN THAT GREAT MOVIE "SPACEBALLS" THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN MORE THAN ONCE, AND I HAVE, TOO, AND THERE IS A SCENE AT ABOUTHYPERSP -- ABOUT HYPERSPEED. |
| 01:21:14 | SOMEONE JUST SAID "IT IS LUDICROUS SPEED. |
| 01:21:19 | " THE REGULATORS ARE AT LUCRE SPEED, AND WE NEED TO GET THEM UNDER CONTROL. |
| 01:21:26 | ABOUT ONCE EVERY GENERATION, WE DECIDE WHO WE ARE GOING TO BE FOR A LONG TIME. |
| 01:21:32 | THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES. |
| 01:21:33 | MATT MENTIONED THOMAS JEFFERSON EARLIER. |
| 01:21:39 | WHEN THOMAS JEFFERSON SAW THE GOVERNMENT DIFFERENT THAN ADAMS AND WASHINGTON HAD. |
| 01:21:45 | THAT WAS A BIG MOMENT. |
| 01:21:48 | AND SUCH A BIG MOMENT FOR A GENERATION WHERE 28 YEARS AFTER THAT, WE REFER TO THE COUNTRY, IF YOU REMEMBER YOUR HIGH- SCHOOL HISTORY, AS JEFFERSONIAN AMERICA. |
| 01:21:59 | IT WAS NOT JUST AN IDEA ABOUT WHO WE WERE GOING TO BE IN GOVERNMENT, BUT IT WAS AN IDEA ABOUT WHO WE WERE GOING TO BE OVERALL. |
| 01:22:08 | THERE ARE TOUCH POINTS IN HISTORY THAT ONCE IN A GENERATION, WE HAVE A BIG DEBATE. |
| 01:22:17 | JACKSON, LINCOLN, ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, LYNDON JOHNSON, RONALD REAGAN, AND THAT CLOCK HAS COME AROUND AGAIN. |
| 01:22:26 | IN FACT, PRESIDENT OBAMA WHEN HE WAS SENATOR OBAMA SAID ALMOST EXACTLY FOUR YEARS AGO, HE SAID "REAGAN WAS A MUCH MORE CONSEQUENTIAL PRESIDENT THEN CLINTON. |
| 01:22:40 | " NOW, THE CLINTON FOLKS DID NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL, BUT IT HAPPENS TO BE THE ONE STATEMENT THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS MADE THAT I AGREE WITH MOST COMPLETELY. |
| 01:22:50 | REAGAN WAS A MORE CONSEQUENTIAL PRESIDENT, PARTLY BECAUSE HE WAS REAGAN AND HE WAS GOING TO BE CONSEQUENTIAL. |
| 01:22:57 | BUT PARTLY BECAUSE 1980 WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHEN WE DECIDED TO WE WERE GOING TO BE FOR A LONG TIME. |
| 01:23:03 | AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. |
| 01:23:05 | NO MATTER WHO WAS PRESIDENT, WHETHER IT IS REAGAN OR PRESIDENT BUSH OR PRESIDENT CLINTON OR PRESIDENT BUSH AGAIN, THE SIDE PANELS OF WHO WE WERE GOING TO BE |
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