Anonymous User
Clip Created Aug 21, 2012

Clip: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan Town Hall Meeting

Clipped from:Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan Town Hall Meeting
Aug 20, 2012

Clip from Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan Town Hall Meeting

17 minutes, 30 seconds | 5 views


Video Library clips and descriptions are created by MyC-SPAN users. These descriptions and clips are not the editorial selections of C-SPAN.
Click to report profane or abusive content.

00:00:00 I WILL TAKE THE NEXT ONE.
00:00:06 >> FIRST OFF, ISRAEL IS OUR STRONGEST ALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, LET'S TREAT THEM AS THAT THEY ARE OUR STRONGEST ALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
00:00:20 [APPLAUSE] WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE THE 1967 BORDERS THE PRECONDITION TO THE BEGINNING OF NEGOTIATIONS, IT CUT -- UNDERCUT OUR ALLY.
00:00:31 IN MADE IT HARDER FOR THE PEACE PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD, AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE NO PEACE PROCESS.
00:00:40 IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR ALLIES, THAT WE IMPROVE OUR RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS DETERIORATING SO MUCH, SO THAT OUR ALLIES IN THE REGION ARE NEGOTIATING FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH AND NOT BEING UNDERCUT BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO ARRIVE AT PEACE.
00:01:05 THAT IS CRITICAL. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE BOTH BEEN THERE AND TRAVELED IN THE REGION AND MET WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF ISRAEL.
00:01:11 WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT PERHAPS THE GREATEST THREAT IN THE WORLD TODAY IS AN IRAN WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITIES.
00:01:21 THIS IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO ISRAEL, AND A THREAT TO OUR OWN NATIONAL SECURITY.
00:01:27 WE NEED TO BE FIRM AND OUR RESOLVE AND PREVENTINGIN PREVENTING IRAN FROM A NUCLEAR CAPABILITY SO WE DO NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
00:01:44 [APPLAUSE] >> I AGREE.
00:01:47 BUT LET ME JUST ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS.
00:01:51 WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SPEAKS, SHE SPEAKS TOHE SPEAKS TO A CAREER FOR AUDIENCES.
00:02:02 ONE IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO HIM POLITICALLY.
00:02:06 NO.
00:02:07 2, WHEN HE SPEAKS, HE IS SPEAKING TO OUR ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD.
00:02:12 IF THEY SENSE IN A WEAKNESS ON THE PART OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT AND HIS COMMITMENT TO OUR FRIENDS, THEY BEGAN LOOKING AROUND TO SEE WHERE THEY CAN GET SUPPORT ELSEWHERE TO PROTECT THEIR OWN INTEREST.
00:02:24 HE IS ALSO SPEAKING IN A WAY THAT IS HEARD BY OUR FOES AROUND THE WORLD OR THOSE THAT ARE CONTRARY TO SOME OF OUR INTEREST.
00:02:32 IF THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS IN A WAY THAT SHOWS WEAKNESS, THAT EMBOLDENS THEM.
00:02:39 THEY TAKE ACTION THAT FURTHERS THEIR INTEREST AND CAUSES THE RETREAT OF OUR INTEREST AND THE RETREAT OF OUR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD.
00:02:46 FINALLY, HE IS HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR BY THE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN.
00:02:52 IF OUR PRESIDENT -- IF I'M PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I WOULD NEVER SAY ANYTHING TO BURN SUPPORT FOR THE FIRST GROUP, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, THAT IN ANY WAY HARMS OUR INTEREST WITH FRIENDS AND ALLIES, EMBOLDENED OUR ENEMIES OR DETRACTS FROM THE COMMITMENT OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM.
00:03:21 [APPLAUSE] LIKE PAUL, I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE TO TREAT YOUR FRIENDS LIKE FRIENDS.
00:03:28 IF YOU HAVE A DISAGREEMENT, LIKE YOU DO NOW AND THEN IN YOUR FAMILY, YOU HAVE THAT OUT AND YOUR FAMILY.
00:03:37 NEGOTIATING FOR ISRAEL, TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
00:03:41 WITH REGARDS TO IRAN, I GAVE A SPEECH FIVE YEARS AGO NOW AT THE CONFERENCE IN TULLIBEE.
00:03:48 I LAID OUT SEVEN THINGS THAT HAD TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO KEEP IRAN FROM PURSUING NUCLEAR FOLLY AND HAS TAKEN FOREVER FOR ANY OF THOSE THINGS TO BE DONE.
00:03:59 WE'RE JUST GETTING AROUND TO TOUGH SANCTIONS.
00:04:02 IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE AGES AGO.
00:04:04 BY THE WAY, WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAID THIS PAST WEEK ABOUT ISRAEL, I WILL NOT EVEN REPEAT IT.
00:04:11 THE AWFUL, OFFENSIVE THINGS HE SAID ABOUT ISRAEL SHOULD LEAD TO HIM BEING INDICTED UNDER THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION, PEOPLE BEING TREATED LIKE PARIAHS THEY ARE, HIS DIPLOMATS, AND WE SHOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IRAN BECOMING NUCLEAR IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND WE OF OPTIONS ON THE TABLE, BUT NOT AS ON THE TABLE BUT IN OUR HANDS.
00:04:36 WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO BECOME A NUCLEAR THREAT TO US OR OUR FRIENDS.
00:04:46 THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MY 15-YEAR-OLD BROTHER STARTED HIS OWN COMPANY AND MADE THE UPPER STICKERS FOR YOU GUYS -- THE BUMPBER STICKERS FOR YOU GUYS.
00:05:00 OBAMA'S RIGHT, WE DO NEED CHANGE, BUT MITT ROMNE2012VOTE MITT ROMNEY 2012.
00:05:16 >> HER BROTHER THE ENTREPRENEUR.
00:05:18 WHAT DOES THAT SAY?
00:05:22 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING TO MY WONDERFUL CAMPUS, A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS.
00:05:30 AS A JUNIOR, I AM LUCKY TO SAY I AM TAKING OUT MY FIRST LOAN BUT I'VE BEEN FACED WITH THE REALITY ABOUT HOW MUCH THAT I WILL HAVE AFTER GRADUATING YEAR AND EVENTUALLY LAW SCHOOL.
00:05:42 MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT WILL YOU DO TO HELP THE STUDENTS OF THIS CAMPUS, STEAK AND WONDERFUL COUNTRY WITH THEIR DEBT, AND WHAT WILL YOU HELP TO HELP MY GENERATION BECOME THIS COUNTRY'S FUTURE?
00:05:56 >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:05:57 I AM GLAD YOU RAISED THAT.
00:06:00 THERE ARE LOANS BEEN TAKEN OUT FOR YOU THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ABOUT, AND I WANT THAT ALSO TO BE ON YOUR LIST, BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU GET A PAYCHECK AFTER YOU GRADUATE, YOU WILL SEE A LINE IN THERE, WHICH AS MANY GOING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
00:06:16 THIS WILL BE PAYING FOR THE DEBTS IF YOU DID NOT KNOW YOU TOOK ON.
00:06:21 THOSE COME FIRST. THEY COME AFTER YOU FIRST.
00:06:25 IT IS A HUGE NUMBER.
00:06:27 I JUST TOLD YOU, OF OVER $500,000 PER HOUSEHOLD.
00:06:31 YOU WILL PAY THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL ON THAT ALL OF YOUR LIFE.
00:06:35 THE FIRST THING I WILL DO IS TO MAKE SURE WE DO NOT KEEP ADDING MORE AND MORE DEBT YOU DO NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT.
00:06:40 THAT IS NUMBER ONE.
00:06:42 NUMBER TWO, THE NEXT THING I WILL DO IS TO MAKE SURE WHEN YOU GRADUATE, YOU CAN GET A JOB.
00:06:56 [APPLAUSE] HALF OF THE KIDS COMING OUT OF COLLEGE THIS YEAR, HALF OF THEM CANNOT FIND A JOB OR A JOB THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE.
00:07:06 IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
00:07:09 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOUNG PEOPLE COMING INTO THE WORK FORCE CAN GET A JOB.
00:07:16 IT USED TO BE THE AMERICAN DREAM WAS OWNING YOUR OWN HOME.
00:07:20 NOW IT IS GETTING THE KIDS OUT OF THE HOME YOU OWN.
00:07:24 [LAUGHTER] I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET HOME OF YOUR OWN, THAT YOU GET A GOOD JOB AND PAY BACK THE DEBT.
00:07:30 I KNOW IT IS VERY TEMPTING AS A POLITICIAN TO GO OUT AND SAY I WILL GIVE YOU SOME MONEY.
00:07:36 AND I WILL JUST GIVE YOU MONEY.
00:07:42 THAT IS JUST TAKING MONEY FROM YOUR OTHER POCKET AND GIVING IT TO YOUR OTHER POCKET.
00:07:48 I WILL NOT PROMISE ALL SORTS OF THREE THINGS THAT I KNOW YOU WILL PAY FOR.
00:07:52 WHAT I WANT TO DO IS GIVE YOU A GREAT JOB SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PAY BACK YOURSELF.
00:08:03 [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO GET THE GOVERNMENT OFF YOUR BACK SO YOU CAN KEEP MORE OF WHAT YOU EARNED.
00:08:14 THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I WILL TELL YOU ONE OTHER THING, WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA TALKS ABOUT THE ISSUES, HE MAKES ALL THESE PROMISES.
00:08:21 HE CUT THE FUNDING IN TWO YEARS.
00:08:24 IT IS CALLED A BUDGET GIMMICK.
00:08:26 EMPTY PROMISES.
00:08:29 WE HAVE TO LOOK AT TUITION INFLATION AS WELL.
00:08:32 TUITION INFLATION IS MUCH FASTER THAN OTHER INFLATION.
00:08:35 WHEN WOULD YOU -- WHEN WE ARE SPENDING ON THE RIGHT HAND, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT FEELING ON THE LEFT HAND.
00:08:42 DID TO MAKE SURE YOUR EDUCATION DOLLARS STRETCH FURTHER THAN THE HAVE IN THE PAST, AND WE NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY SO THE EDUCATORS -- LIKE THE GREAT SCHOOL OF CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION -- I WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL FOR EIGHT YEARS.
00:08:56 A GREAT EDUCATION.
00:08:58 [APPLAUSE] WE WANT THEM TO COMPETE FOR YOUR BUSINESS AS A STUDENT BASED ON OUTCOME, EQUALITY, AND AFFORDABILITY.
00:09:07 BUT COMPETITION WORKS EVERYWHERE.
00:09:11 -- THAT KIND OF COMPETITION WORKS EVERYWHERE.
00:09:19 WHEN I GREW UP, EDUCATION INFLATION WAS NOT QUITE WHAT IT IS TODAY.
00:09:27 IT IS DOUBLE DIGIT SOME CASES.
00:09:29 WE NEED TO ATTACK THE ROOT CAUSE OF EDUCATION AT INFLATION, COMBINED WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH AND A DEBT-FREE NATION.
00:09:37 THAT IS HOW IN THIS GENERATION WE MAINTAIN THE LEGACY OF LEAVING THE NEXT GENERATION BETTER OFF.
00:09:46 [APPLAUSE] >> THIS GOES AGAINST MY NATURE.
00:09:49 THIS GOES AGAINST MY NATURE ARE RIGHT.
00:09:54 [LAUGHTER] THIS BETTER BE A GOOD QUESTION FOR A YANKEE FAN.
00:10:00 I HAVE TO TELL YOU A STORY, I WAS AT THE CITADEL IN SOUTH CAROLINA GIVING A SPEECH.
00:10:08 ALL OF THE CADETS WERE LINED UP.
00:10:12 SITTING AT ITS ATTENTION.
00:10:16 I TELL A JOKE OR TWO.
00:10:19 THEY LOOK DOWN THE AISLE.
00:10:21 I CANNOT ALLOW OUT OF THEM.
00:10:25 FINALLY, I TOOK QUESTIONS FROM AUDIENCES.
00:10:29 MOST OF THE PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THEIR QUESTIONS ON A CARD, AND NO CARD.
00:10:33 THEY READ THE QUESTION, AND I WOULD RESPOND TO IT.
00:10:36 ONE GUY SAID WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE RED SOX HAVING TRADED JOHNNY DAMON TO THE YANKEES?
00:10:46 EVERYONE WAS ASTOUNDED SOMEONE ASKED THE QUESTION.
00:10:50 IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
00:10:52 I SAID IT PROVES ONE THING, WE ALL HATE YANKEES.
00:11:01 [LAUGHTER] BUT NOT YOU, SIR, WE LOVE YOU.
00:11:08 >> I BACK WINNERS, WHICH IS WHY I AM BACKING YOU.
00:11:18 [APPLAUSE] >> ISN'T IT TIME TO AUDIT THE FEDERAL RESERVE?
00:11:23 TO GO THE ANSWER IS YES TO THAT.
00:11:25 VERY PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
00:11:27 THE FEDERAL RESERVE SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE.
00:11:30 WE SHOULD SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
00:11:31 I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK THAT A LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN GOVERNMENT.
00:11:36 I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING WITH THE BUDGET.
00:11:40 I THINK PEOPLE WOULD FIND IT INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY HAS GONE INTO THE COMPANIES THAT ARE OWNED BY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS OF HIS.
00:11:49 IT STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN.
00:11:51 I AM HAPPY AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE FED AUDITED.
00:11:56 I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE CONGRESS RUN THE FED.
00:11:58 I WANT TO KEEP IT INDEPENDENT.
00:12:00 THERE ARE VERY FEW GROUPS OF WOULD NOT WANT TO GET THE KEYS TO, AND ONE OF THEM IS CONGRESS.
00:12:06 I WANT TO SAY THIS, I AM TOLD YOU ALL HAVE TO GO TO WORK.
00:12:12 SOME HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL.
00:12:14 BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP TODAY, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SPEND TIME WITH PAUL AND ME.
00:12:23 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND PASSION FOR AMERICA.
00:12:26 I KNOW YOU ARE NOT HERE BECAUSE I AM YOUR BEST BUDDY OR PAUL IS OR DIE-HARD REPUBLICANS.
00:12:32 YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COUNTRY, CONCERNED ABOUT AMERICA.
00:12:36 THIS COUNTRY WE LOVE IS FACING SOME REAL CHALLENGES.
00:12:43 [APPLAUSE] IT IS A CRITICAL TIME FOR US.
00:12:46 WE'RE DECIDING WHAT KIND OF A COUNTRY WHICH WILL BE, THE SOUL OF AMERICA AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN.
00:12:52 I AM AN AMERICAN WHO BELIEVES IN FREEDOM, OPPORTUNITY.
00:12:56 I BELIEVE PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE WERE LOOKING FOR AN AMERICA WHERE THEIR CHILD WOULD HAVE THE BETTER FUTURE THAN EVEN WHAT THEY HAVE HAD.
00:13:04 RIGHT NOW THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DO NOT BELIEVE THAT.
00:13:06 I DO BELIEVE IT.
00:13:08 I BELIEVE IF WE GET OFF THE TRACK PRESIDENT, HAS PUT US ON YOU WILL SEE THE ECONOMY COME ROARING BACK.
00:13:14 I THINK YOU WILL SEE BRIGHTER DAYS IN AMERICA.
00:13:16 I AM CONVINCED OUR KIDS WILL HAVE A BRIGHTER AND MORE PROMISING FUTURE.
00:13:23 WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER.
00:13:26 WE WILL GET THIS COUNTRY BACK.
00:13:29 AMERICA WILL REMAIN THE HOPE OF THE EARTH AND THE SIGNING -- SHINING CITY ON THE HILL.
00:13:33 THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
00:13:34 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:13:37 [APPLAUSE] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE]
00:13:39 [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP.
00:15:28 2012] (music) (music) CALM, FACING DANGER, LOST LIKE AN UNKNOWN STRANGER.
00:15:39 GRATEFUL, FOR MY TIME WITH NO REGRETS CLOSE TO MY DESTINATION, TIRED, FRAIL AND ACHIN', WE AITIN' PATIENTLY FOR THE SUN TO SET AND WHEN IT IS DONE, BELIEVE THAT I WILL GIVE A LIFT FROM THAT MOUNTAIN -- WILL YELL IT FROM THAT MOUNTAIN HIGH.
00:16:12 I WAS BORN FREE I WAS BORN FREE I WAS BORN FREE, BORN FREE (music) AND I WILL ABOUT TO SHINING SEASON AND CELEBRATE GOBD'S GRACE ON ME I WAS BORN FREE I WAS BORN FREE I WAS BORN FREE, BORN FREE (music) OH, OH, OH, OH, OH (music) >> GOP
Loading...