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Sep 4, 2008

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00:00:00 A STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND A NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS AT THE SAGE OF 27.
00:00:08 [APPLAUSE] >> I REPRESENT AN INTERCITY AREA OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, A DISTRICT THAT HAS NEVER ELECTED A REPUBLICAN.
00:00:18 >> FOUR YEARS AGO, I NEARLY DEFEATED A NET VAN INCUMBENT.
00:00:25 THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WAS THAT A DISTRICT THAT WAS MAJORITY DEMOCRAT, 1/4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HAS 20,000 PEOPLE ON FOOD STAMPS COULD NOT W BE ONE BY A REPUBLICAN.
00:00:37 BUT BY TRUMPETING THE TIMELESS PRINCIPLE OF OUR PARTY, WE TURNED CONVENTIONAL WISDOM UP SIDE DOWN.
00:00:44 I WON BY 235 VOTES.
00:00:52 [APPLAUSE] >> AFTER WINNING, I WORKED TIRELESSLY TO REACH OUT TO EVERY CONSTITUENT.
00:00:59 I WORKED TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS FOR THE MOST NEEDY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
00:01:04 OFTEN, I WOULD GET THE COMMENT, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
00:01:09 YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN.
00:01:11 AND I WOULD ALWAYS RESPOND -- THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY STANDS FOR.
00:01:17 A LEG UP, NOT A HAND OUT.
00:01:24 [APPLAUSE] >> HELPING IMPOVERISHED FOLKS TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, BY IMBODYING JOHN MCCAIN'S UNCONVENTIONAL WAY, I WAS RE-ELECTED WITH 39% OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE UP FROM JUST 4% TWO YEARS EARLIER.
00:01:45 [APPLAUSE] >> AS A CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS, I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING IN JOHN MCCAIN'S ARMY AND HELPING SPREAD OUR MESSAGE OF FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY TO ALL AMERICANS.
00:02:00 [APPLAUSE] TOGETHER BY DOING THIS, WE WILL ELECT JOHN MCCAIN THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:02:07 THANK YOU.
00:02:10 [APPLAUSE] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME OUR CANDIDATE ARE THE FIFTH DISTRICT FROM CONNECTICUT DAVID CAPIELLO.
00:02:26 [APPLAUSE] >> HELLO FELLO REPUBLICANS, I'M STATE SENATOR DAVID CAPIELLO.
00:02:34 AND I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS TO REPRESENT CONNECTICUT'S FIFTH DISTRICT.
00:02:40 [APPLAUSE] >> THE PEOPLE WHERE I LIVE SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS AS EVERY HARD-WORKING COMMUNITY IN AMERICA.
00:02:48 THEY DON'T ASK FOR MUCH, ONLY A GOVERNMENT THAT PROMISE AS MORE AFFORDABLE AMERICA TODAY AND A BETTER FUTURE FOR TOMORROW.
00:02:58 YET SO MANY POLITICIANS THINK THE ANSWER TO EVERY SINGLE PROBLEM IS TAXES, TAXES, AND MORE TAXES.
00:03:07 BUT THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT KNOW THAT WHEN TAXES GO UP, SO DOES THE COST OF THEIR GROCERIES AND THEIR GAS, THEIR BUDGETS ARE STRETCHED THINNER AND THINNER.
00:03:19 THEY WANT LOWER TAXES THAT ALLOW INDIVIDUAL ENGINUITY TO CREATE MORE JOBS.
00:03:30 WE NEED LEADERS THAT WILL WORK WITH ALL AMERICANS, INDEPENDENTS, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO GET RESULTS FOR OUR ECONOMY.
00:03:39 ONLY JOHN MCCAIN AND SARAH PALIN HAVE PROVEN BIPARTISAN EXPERIENCE IN PUTTING PEOPLE ABOVE PARTY.
00:03:51 [APPLAUSE] >> ONLY THE ORIGINAL MAVERICK AND THE ALASKAN MAVERICK CAN REFORM WASHINGTON THAT'S WHY I LOVE BEING PART OF THE PARTY OF REFORM.
00:04:03 BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, A PARTY OF ACTION.
00:04:05 THAT'S WHY I URGE ALL AMERICANS FROM EVERY STRIDE OF EVERY PARTY AND COALITION TO VOTE FOR JOHN MCCAIN AND SARAH PALIN THIS NOVEMBER.
00:04:18 THANK YOU.
00:04:21 [APPLAUSE] >> DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE, JOHN ENSEN FROM NEVADA.
[APPLAUSE] >>
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