| 00:00:08 | MASSACHUSETTS. |
| 00:00:09 | >> WOW! THANK YOU. |
| 00:00:12 | OH, IT'S BEEN A BUSY COUPLE OF DAYS FOR MITT AND I. |
| 00:00:17 | AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING -- I THINK WE'VE PUT A WARNING SHOT ACROSS THE BOW OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE WE'RE COMING TO GET HIM. |
| 00:00:32 | [APPLAUSE] >> MANY OF YOU KNOW MITT AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A VERY LONG TIME. |
| 00:00:38 | WE ACTUALLY KNEW EACH OTHER WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN. |
| 00:00:41 | STARTED DATING IN HIGH SCHOOL. |
| 00:00:44 | HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 42 YEARS. |
| 00:00:47 | WE HAVE FIVE CHILDREN, FIVE DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW AND 16 GRANDCHILDREN. |
| 00:00:56 | I WAS THE ONE THAT ENCOURAGED MITT RECENTLY TO THINK ABOUT GETTING BACK IN THIS RACE. |
| 00:01:01 | NOW, I WILL TELL I LOVE MY CHILDREN, BUT ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, I LOVE MY GRANDCHILDREN A LOT MORE, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:01:14 | AND ABOUT THE DIRECTION IT'S GOING AND ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN. |
| 00:01:19 | WHICH IS WHY MITT AND I HAVE DECIDED TO GET IN THIS RACE AND TO BRING AMERICA BACK TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. |
| 00:01:36 | [APPLAUSE] I HAVE KNOWN MITT, AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, THROUGH THICK AND THIN. |
| 00:01:40 | I'VE HAD A FEW CHALLENGES OF MY OWN. |
| 00:01:44 | WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SOCCER LOWS -- SCLER ROSE IS, HE STOOD BY ME ME AND GAVE ME THE STRENGTH TO OVERCOME THAT ILLNESS. |
| 00:01:56 | HE WAS ALSO BY MY SIDE WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSISED WITH BREAST CANCER AND HE STOOD BY ME THROUGH THIN THICK AND THIN WITH THAT. |
| 00:02:05 | WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME GOOD TIMES AND SOME BAD TIMES, BUT THE ONE PERSON I KNOW THAT EVERYONE CALLS ON WHEN THERE'S A CRISIS, IT'S MITT ROMNEY. |
| 00:02:15 | HE KNOWS HOW TO FIX THING AND HOW TO PUT THINGS BACK ON TRACK AND HOW TO TURN THINGS AROUND, AND IF EVER THERE WAS A NEED IN THIS COUNTRY TO HAVE A TURNAROUND, IT'S RIGHT NOW. |
| 00:02:27 | SO MITT, IT'S UP TO YOU, SWEETIE. |
| 00:02:41 | [APPLAUSE] >> HEY, GUYS. |
| 00:02:43 | WOW, WHAT A GROUP. |
| 00:02:49 | WOW. |
| 00:02:50 | EXCITING. THANK YOU. |
| 00:02:52 | THAT IS A REMARKABLE WOMAN, ILL TELL YOU, RIGHT THERE. |
| 00:02:55 | SHE IS MY HERO IS A CHAMPION. |
| 00:02:58 | I'M HONORED TO BE WITH YOU. |
| 00:03:01 | WE'RE YOUNTED TONIGHT IN A LOT OF THINGS. |
| 00:03:03 | IN THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR THIS GREAT COUNTRY, IN OUR BELIEF IN THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE, WE'RE YOU KNOWED IN OUR BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. |
| 00:03:20 | [APPLAUSE] WE'RE UNITED IN OUR BELIEF IN AMERICA AND TONIGHT AS WE GATHER, WE'RE ALSO UNITED IN OUR CONCERN FOR AMERICA, BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY IS IN PEARL. |
| 00:03:31 | ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO -- PERIL. |
| 00:03:33 | ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AMERICANS DID THE KIND OF THINGS AMERICANS DO FROM TIME TO TIME. |
| 00:03:39 | WE ELECTED SOMEONE NEW TO BE PRESIDENT. |
| 00:03:44 | WE DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM BUT HE WAS EXTRAORDINARILY GIFTED AS A SPEAKER AND HIS TALK OF HOPE. |
| 00:03:54 | NOW WE HAVE MORE THAN RHETORIC TO GO BY. |
| 00:03:56 | WE HAVE HIS RECORD. |
| 00:03:58 | BARACK OBAMA HAS FAILED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 00:04:13 | [APPLAUSE] WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE, HIS NUMBER ONE JOB, IN ADDITION TO GETTING OUR TROOPS FROM OVERSEAS, WAS TO TURN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY AROUND. |
| 00:04:22 | HE SAID LOOK, I WANT TO BORROW $87 BILLION AND IF YOU LET ME BORROW THAT FROM CHINA AND OTHERS, I'LL GET THE EMPLOYMENT RATE TO BELIEVE 9%. |
| 00:04:39 | IT HASN'T GOTTEN BELOW THAT RATE. |
| 00:04:42 | TODAY WE HAVE 20 MILLION AMERICANS OUT OF WORK OR LOOKING FOR FULL-TIME JOBS. |
| 00:04:48 | WE STILL HAVE THREE YEARS LATER HOME FORECLOSURES AT RECORD LEVELS. |
| 00:04:54 | THREE YEARS LATER, WE HAVE DECLINING HOME PRICES. |
| 00:04:58 | THREE YEARS LATER WE HAVE DEBT PILING ON DEALT. |
| 00:05:01 | WE HAVE AS MUCH DEALT AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL ALMOST AS THE SIZE OF OUR TOTAL ECONOMY. |
| 00:05:09 | THIS PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN A FAILURE AND WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS? |
| 00:05:13 | HE SAYS I'M JUST GETTING STARTED. |
| 00:05:17 | NO, MR. |
| 00:05:24 | PRESIDENT, YOU'VE HAD YOUR TURN. |
| 00:05:25 | DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID TODAY ABOUT THE 9. |
| 00:05:29 | 1% OF UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS? |
| 00:05:30 | HE SAID THAT IS JUST A BUMP IN THE ROAD. |
| 00:05:33 | NO, MR. |
| 00:05:35 | PRESIDENT, THAT IS NOT A BALL. |
| 00:05:36 | THAT IS AMERICANS. |
| 00:05:38 | PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED ARE NOT JUST IT IS 6. |
| 00:05:42 | IF YOU HAVE THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED, YOU HAVE COLLEGE KIDS, FOR INSTANCE, THAT CANNOT EVEN GO TO COLLEGE. |
| 00:05:51 | YOU HAVE YOUNG MARRIED PEOPLE WHO WANT TO START A HOUSEHOLD CANNOT AFFORD TO DO SO. |
| 00:05:57 | YOU HAVE MARRIAGES THAT SOMETIMES BREAK UNDER THE STRAIN OF UNEMPLOYMENT. |
| 00:06:01 | YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE DUTY FIVE YEARS OLD, IN THE PRIME OF THEIR LIFE, OUT OF WORK, -- 55 YEARS OLD, WONDERING IF THEY WILL EVER GET ANOTHER JOB. |
| 00:06:11 | THIS IS A MORAL CRISIS THAT WE FACE IN THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:06:17 | WITH THIS CRISIS GOING ON, THE PRESIDENT IS IN THE MIDWEST TODAY TAKING A VICTORY LAP ABOUT HOW SUCCESSFUL HE HAS BEEN IN DEALING WITH THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY. |
| 00:06:28 | HE IS TAKING A VICTORY LAP AT THE VERY TIME WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT ARE OUT OF WORK. |
| 00:06:34 | IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY THING. |
| 00:06:37 | I DON'T THINK IT IS POSSIBLE TO SOLVE A CRISIS IF YOU CANNOT SEE A CRISIS, AND THIS PRESIDENT DOES NOT SEE A CRISIS, AND WE DO. |
| 00:06:48 | I ALSO THINK IT IS A MORAL TRAGEDY FOR US TO PILE UP MORE AND MORE DEBT THAT WE KNOW WE CANNOT POSSIBLY PAY OFF DURING OUR LIFETIMES, AND PUSHING THAT ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION. |
| 00:07:01 | I THINK IT IS TOTALLY INEXCUSABLE. |
| 00:07:04 | I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A GENERATION PASS ALONG A TORCH TO THE NEXT GENERATION RATHER THAN PASSING ON A BILL FOR OUR EXCESSES. |
| 00:07:15 | WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT. |
| 00:07:16 | I SOMETIMES WONDER HOW IS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SO WRONG IN HIS GUIDANCE OF THE ECONOMY AND THE NATION. |
| 00:07:23 | I AM REMINDED OF WHAT RONALD REAGAN SAID. |
| 00:07:25 | HE SAID IT IS NOT THAT LIBERALS ARE IGNORANT, IT IS JUST THAT WHAT THEY KNOW IS WRONG. |
| 00:07:31 | AND HE HAS PROVEN THAT, HASN'T HE? |
| 00:07:34 | BUT THERE IS SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT. |
| 00:07:36 | WHETHER IT IS THE INSPIRATION THAT CAME FROM THE FACULTY LOUNGES HE HAS BEEN IN OR THE INSPIRATION THAT COMES FROM WATCHING THE POLICIES OF THE EUROPEANS, BUT MUCH OF WHAT HE HAS DONE IS SIMILAR TO THE POLICIES WE HAVE SEEN COME OUT OF EUROPE. |
| 00:07:49 | WITH OUR ECONOMY IN TROUBLE, HE DID WHAT THEY DID. |
| 00:07:52 | HE SPENT MORE MONEY AND BORROWED MORE MONEY. |
| 00:07:58 | HE PUSHED THE UNIONS AND SALUTED THE UNION BOSSES. |
| 00:08:02 | WITH HEALTH-CARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES, HE SAID LET'S HAVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKE IT OVER, JUST LIKE THE EUROPEANS DID. |
| 00:08:09 | WITH ENERGY CHALLENGES, HE PURSUED CAP AND TRADE. |
| 00:08:12 | HE THOUGHT HIGHER PRICES WOULD HELP US OUT. |
| 00:08:16 | THE EUROPEAN SOLUTIONS DO NOT WORK FOR EUROPE. |
| 00:08:19 | THEY SURELY ARE NOT GOING TO WORK FOR AMERICA. |
| 00:08:24 | [APPLAUSE] THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR AMERICA IS TO BELIEVE IN THE PRINCIPLES THAT MADE AMERICA AMERICA. |
| 00:08:30 | FOR INSTANCE, I BELIEVE IN AMERICAN FREE ENTERPRISE, AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY, AMERICAN FREEDOM AND LIBERTY. |
| 00:08:41 | MY DAD GREW UP FOR. |
| 00:08:44 | HIS DAD WENT BROKE MORE THAN ONCE. |
| 00:08:48 | MY DAD TO TAKE A HANDFUL OF NAILS, PUT THEM IN HIS MOUTH, SPIT THEM OUT POINTING FORWARD AND TELL THEM ONE BY ONE. |
| 00:08:59 | HE COULD NOT GET A COLLEGE DEGREE, BUT WHEN HE GOT MARRIED TO MY MOM, THAT WENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. |
| 00:09:07 | HE FILLED THE BACK OF THE TRUNK WITH ALUMINUM PAINT AND SOLD PAINT ALONG THE WAY TO PAY FOR GAS AND HOTELS. |
| 00:09:14 | HE BELIEVED IN AMERICA. |
| 00:09:16 | HE BELIEVED IN THE OPPORTUNITY THAT AMERICA REPRESENTED. |
| 00:09:20 | HE WAS OUT TO GO UP AND ULTIMATELY BECOME THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF AMERICA'S LEADING CAR COMPANIES. |
| 00:09:26 | HE ALSO BECAME THE GOVERNOR OF A STATE WHERE HE ONCE SOLD ALUMINUM PAINT. |
| 00:09:32 | THIS IS A NATION WHERE THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF YOUR BIRTH IS NO BARRIER TO YOUR ACHIEVEMENT, IF YOU DREAM. |
| 00:09:38 | THIS IS A GREAT LAND. |
| 00:09:46 | [APPLAUSE] I BELIEVE IN FREE ENTERPRISE AND CAPITALISM. |
| 00:09:49 | BY THE WAY, IN THIS CAMPAIGN WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN STAND UP FOR THOSE PRINCIPLES THAT CAN HELP US LEAD THE WORLD ECONOMICALLY. |
| 00:09:58 | I CAN DO THAT BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED THOSE PRINCIPLES. |
| 00:10:02 | I BELIEVE IN THE CONSTITUTION AND IN THE 10TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION WHICH LIMITS THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND RESERVES POWERS OF THE STATES. |
| 00:10:17 | IF I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE PRESIDENT, I AM GOING TO GO OVER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TAKE DOZENS OF PROGRAMS AND RETURN THEM TO THE STATES AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHERE THEY BELONG. |
| 00:10:32 | THE MOTHER OF ALL POWER GRAB, I WILL ALSO RETURN OBAMACARE. |
| 00:10:39 | WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF THAT. |
| 00:10:46 | [APPLAUSE] I BELIEVE IN THE PRINCIPLE OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:10:50 | GOVERNMENT IS TO BE. |
| 00:10:51 | DO YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH GOVERNMENT AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVEL NOW ACCOUNTS FOR IN OUR ECONOMY? |
| 00:11:00 | ABOUT 40% OF THE TOTAL U. |
| 00:11:02 | S. ECONOMY IS ACCOUNTED FOR BY GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:11:05 | THE FEDERAL SHARE OF THAT IS ABOUT 25% OF THE TOTAL ECONOMY OF THE GDP. |
| 00:11:10 | IN MY VIEW, WHAT I WOULD DO IF I AM PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO LIMIT FEDERAL SPENDING TO 20% OF GDP AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO RAISE TAXES, AND WE ARE GOING TO FINALLY BALANCE OUR BUDGET AND KEEP AMERICA WITHIN ITS MEANS. |
| 00:11:36 | I BELIEVE IN AMERICA. |
| 00:11:38 | I BELIEVE IN FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY. |
| 00:11:40 | I BELIEVE IN FREE ENTERPRISE AND CAPITALISM. |
| 00:11:44 | I BELIEVE IN THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 00:11:46 | I BELIEVE THE LIMITED GOVERNMENT, AND I BELIEVE IN THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA. |
| 00:11:50 | WHEN THIS PRESIDENT WENT AROUND A WORLD AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS ADMINISTRATION AND APOLOGIZED FOR AMERICA, I WAS APPALLED. |
| 00:11:57 | THIS IS THE GREATEST NATION IN HISTORY OF THE EARTH. |
| 00:12:00 | THE SACRIFICE OF OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS IS UNEQUALED IN WORLD HISTORY. |
| 00:12:07 | THIS IS THE SACRIFICE MADE TO PRESERVE LIBERTY FOR OURSELVES AND FOR OTHERS. |
| 00:12:11 | THIS IS A GREAT NATION AND THERE IS NO REASON TO BE ASHAMED OR TO APOLOGIZE FOR AMERICA. |
| 00:12:16 | WE ARE PROUD OF AMERICA. |
| 00:12:24 | [APPLAUSE] I ALSO BELIEVE IN THE GREATNESS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 00:12:29 | UNNOTICED FASHION WILL IN SOME CORNERS TO GET A LITTLE DISCOURAGED SOMETIMES ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE OTHER AMERICANS DO. |
| 00:12:34 | IN PART -- I KNOW IS FASHIONABLE IN SOME CORNERS TO GET A LITTLE DISCOURAGED ABOUT WHAT IS THE OTHER AMERICANS DO. |
| 00:12:44 | I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO GO AROUND THE COUNTRY IN A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. |
| 00:12:48 | YOU GET TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND LEARN ABOUT THEM. |
| 00:12:51 | I HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS 25 YEARS OF MY LIFE. |
| 00:12:54 | I JOKED THAT I SPENT 25 YEARS IN BUSINESS. |
| 00:12:59 | I WAS ONLY A GOVERNOR FOR FOUR YEARS. |
| 00:13:03 | I NEVER INHALE. I AM STILL A PRIVATE SECTOR GUY. |
| 00:13:06 | I GET TO MEET PEOPLE IN THE REAL WORLD. |
| 00:13:09 | THEN I WENT TO THE OLYMPICS AND GOT TO MEET YOUNG PEOPLE FROM OUR COUNTRY AND ALL OVER THE WORLD. |
| 00:13:14 | WHEN I BECAME GOVERNOR I APPLAUD SOME OF THE SAME PRINCIPLES THAT I HAD APPLIED IN BUSINESS. |
| 00:13:22 | I WAS PROUD THAT WE BALANCE THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR FOR FOUR YEARS. |
| 00:13:26 | WE LOWERED TAXES 19 TIMES. |
| 00:13:28 | WE PUT IN PLACE A RAINY DAY FUND OF OVER $2 BILLION. |
| 00:13:34 | THAT WOULD HELP, WOULDN'T IT? |
| 00:13:38 | WHAT I DREW MOST FROM THESE EXPERIENCES IT WAS THE CONFIDENCE I HAVE IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 00:13:43 | AND THE GREATNESS OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. |
| 00:13:47 | I REMEMBER ONE DAY I WAS IN MY OFFICE SERVING AS GOVERNOR, TOWARD THE END OF MY TERM. |
| 00:13:52 | WE GOT A CALL FROM THE AIRPORT. |
| 00:13:55 | THEY SAID THAT A SOLDIER'S BODY WAS BEING RETURNED TO OUR STATE, COMING IN ON A U. |
| 00:14:01 | S. AIR FLIGHT, BUT THAT THE FAMILY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE NOTIFIED IN TIME TO GET THERE TO RECEIVE THE BODY AND THEY HAD ASKED IF I WOULD COME TO THE AIRPORT TO RECEIVE THAT BODY. |
| 00:14:11 | OF COURSE I SAID YES. |
| 00:14:12 | WE DROVE FERVOR TO THE AIRPORT AND THE POLICE CAR TOOK ME OUT ON THE TARMAC -- WE DROVE OVER TO THE AIRPORT. |
| 00:14:19 | THE LUGGAGE CAME DOWN THE CONVEYOR, AND FINALLY THE CASKET CAME DOWN A CONVEYOR. |
| 00:14:25 | THE STATE TROOPERS ALSO LOOTED AND I PUT MY HAND ON MY HEART. |
| 00:14:29 | I HAPPENED TO GLANCE UP AT THE TERMINAL. |
| 00:14:32 | THERE IS A BIG WALL OF GLASS AT THE TERMINAL WHERE THE PLANE HAD COME IN AND THE PEOPLE COMING OFF THE PLANE HAD SEEN ALL THE COP CARS. |
| 00:14:41 | THEY LINED UP TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. |
| 00:14:43 | PEOPLE WALKING DOWN THE HALL SO THE PEOPLE AGAINST THE GLASS SO THEY PULLED IN BEHIND THEM. |
| 00:14:48 | A HUGE CROWD AS I LOOKED UP THERE. |
| 00:14:51 | EVERY SINGLE PERSON I SAW HAD THEIR HAND ON THEIR HEART. |
| 00:14:56 | I COULD NOT SEE THE TEARS THROUGH THE GLASS, BUT I COULD SEE THE FACES. |
| 00:15:01 | THE SINCERITY AND APPRECIATION AND LOVE FOR THE SACRIFICE OF THAT SOLDIER. |
| 00:15:06 | WE ARE PATRIOTIC PEOPLE. |
| 00:15:08 | THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RISE TO THE OCCASION. |
| 00:15:11 | THEY ASKED FOR ONE THING, A LEADER THAT WILL TELL THEM THE TRUTH, WHO WILL LIVE WITH INTEGRITY, AND ACTUALLY LEAD THEM IN THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO TO PRESERVE THIS GREAT UNION. |
| 00:15:21 | WE HAVE LOST A COUPLE OF YEARS BUT WE HAVE NOT LOST OUR WAY. |
| 00:15:24 | THE PRINCIPLES THAT MADE AMERICA THE HOPE OF THE EARTH OR THE PRINCIPLES THAT WILL KEEP US THE GREAT, SHINING CITY ON THE HILL. |
| 00:15:32 | IT IS TIME FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND CARRY OUR MESSAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WE ARE TAKING BACK AMERICA. |
| 00:15:40 | WE BELIEVE IN AMERICA. |
| 00:15:42 | WE ARE WRONG TO KEEP AMERICA STRONG, WERE THE OF THE GREAT SACRIFICE OF THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SACRIFICED FOR US EVEN TODAY. |
| 00:15:53 | THANK YOU SO MUCH. |
| 00:15:54 | IT IS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. |
| 00:16:00 | [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. |
| 00:17:49 | (music) (music) (music) >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COLORADO STATE AND FREEDOM COALITION, |
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