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Obama, Barack - President
Hello, Virginia! (Applause.) Are you fired up? |
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AUDIENCE, -
Yes! |
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Obama, Barack - President
Are you ready to go? |
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AUDIENCE, -
Yes! |
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Obama, Barack - President
I'm sorry -- are you fired up? |
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AUDIENCE, -
Yes! |
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Obama, Barack - President
Are you ready to go? |
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AUDIENCE, -
Yes! |
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Obama, Barack - President
Let's begin by giving it up for your outstanding United States Senator, Mark Warner. (Applause.) And the man who's going to join him in the United... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Tim Kaine. (Applause.) These guys are great friends of mine. They were great governors of this great commonwealth, and they will be an extraordinary... |
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Obama, Barack - President
You also have a great Congressman coming out of Virginia, Bobby Scott, in the house. (Applause.) Your Mayor, Dwight Jones, is here. (Applause.) ... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Now, you may have noticed that my voice sounds just a little hoarse. (Laughter.) We are right in the middle of our 48-hour fly-around campaign extravaganza.... |
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Obama, Barack - President
I can't tell you who I'm voting for because it's a secret ballot. (Laughter.) But the good news is Michelle said she voted for me. (Applause.) She... |
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Obama, Barack - President
You've now seen three debates, months of campaign events, and way too many TV commercials. |
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AUDIENCE, -
Yes! |
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Obama, Barack - President
So you've heard what the argument is about here. You understand what the choice is. You've heard Governor Romney's sales pitch. He's been running... |
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AUDIENCE, -
Booo -- |
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Obama, Barack - President
No, no, don't boo -- vote! (Applause.) |
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Obama, Barack - President
He's been running around saying he's got a five-point plan for the economy -- turns out it's a one-point plan. (Laughter.) Folks at the very top get... |
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Obama, Barack - President
That was his philosophy in the boardroom; that was his philosophy as governor. And if it sounds familiar, it's because that's exactly what we tried... |
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Obama, Barack - President
We have now been working for four years to clean up the mess those policies left behind. (Applause.) And now Governor Romney wants to take us back... |
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Obama, Barack - President
He’s hoping you won’t remember that his economic plan is more likely to create jobs in China than it is in America -- because it actually rewards... |
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Obama, Barack - President
He’s hoping that you’ll come down with a severe case of -- |
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AUDIENCE, -
Romnesia! |
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Obama, Barack - President
-- Romnesia before you cast your ballot. But, Richmond, I want you all to know this. This is a curable disease. If you feel any symptoms coming on,... |
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AUDIENCE, -
Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! |
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Obama, Barack - President
Richmond, I want to explain something. We joke about this, but this goes to a pretty serious issue, the most serious issue of any presidential contest,... |
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AUDIENCE, -
Yes! |
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Obama, Barack - President
You know I say what I mean, and I mean what I say. (Applause.) We haven’t finished all the work we set out to do in 2008 just yet, but every single... |
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Obama, Barack - President
I told you we’d end the war in Iraq -- we did. (Applause.) I said we’d end the war in Afghanistan -- we are. I said we’d refocus on the terrorists... |
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Obama, Barack - President
I was proud and humbled to learn that we have Colin Powell’s support in this campaign. (Applause.) I’m grateful to him for his lifetime of service... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Those are promises I’ve kept. Four years ago, I promised to cut middle-class taxes for families and small businesses -- and we have. I promised... |
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Obama, Barack - President
I promised we’d repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell.” (Applause.) Today, you can’t be kicked out of our military because of who you love. |
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Obama, Barack - President
I said I’d make sure that Americans don’t go bankrupt when they get sick -- and we passed Obamacare, and it was the right thing to do. (Applause.) |
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Obama, Barack - President
I promised that we’d get help to young people so they could afford college -- and we have. (Applause.) I bet on American workers and American ingenuity,... |
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Obama, Barack - President
After losing 9 million jobs in the Great Recession, our businesses have now added more than 5 million new jobs in the last two and a half years. The... |
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Obama, Barack - President
We’ve got a long way to go, Virginia, but we’ve come too far to come back now. (Applause.) We can’t afford to go backwards to the same policies... |
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Obama, Barack - President
I’ve got a plan that will actually create jobs, not just talk about creating jobs; a plan that will actually create middle-class security, not just... |
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Obama, Barack - President
If you want to take a careful look at it, go to BarackObama.com/plans. I want you to share it with your friends and your neighbors and your co-workers.... |
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Obama, Barack - President
The first thing in my plan -- I want to end tax breaks for companies that are shipping jobs overseas. I want to give those tax breaks to companies... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Number two, I want to cut our oil imports in half by 2020, so we control more of our own energy. (Applause.) Because of what we’ve done to increase... |
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Obama, Barack - President
We passed regulations to make sure that fuel standards on cars and trucks are doubled, so that you’ll go twice as far on a gallon of gas. And that... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Number three, I want to make it a national mission to educate our young people, to train our workers. (Applause.) I want to recruit 100,000 math and... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Number four, my plan will cut the deficit by $4 trillion over the next 10 years in a balanced way. Yes, we’re going to cut spending we don’t need... |
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Obama, Barack - President
And you know what -- I think we’ve seen again this week -- I don’t think any male politician should be making health care decisions for women. ... |
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Obama, Barack - President
That’s why the health care law we passed puts those choices in your hands, where they belong. That’s where they are to stay as long as I’m President... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Finally, I’ll use the savings from ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to put our people back to work to do some nation-building here at home... |
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Obama, Barack - President
This is the plan we need, Virginia. This is how you build a strong, sustainable economy. This is how you create good, middle-class jobs. This is... |
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Obama, Barack - President
But it’s up to you, Virginia. You’re going to have to make a choice. It’s up to the young people here to decide what kind of future you want... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Sure, we can choose the top-down policies that got us into this mess -- but I think we have to choose the policies that are getting us out of this mess.... |
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Obama, Barack - President
You can choose to turn back the clock 50 years for women, and immigrants, and gays -– or in this election, you can stand up for that basic principle,... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Virginia, we’ve been through some tough times, but we always bounce back -- because the American people are always tougher than any tough times. ... |
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Obama, Barack - President
That’s why I’m asking for your vote in this election. (Applause.) That’s why I’m asking for your vote. And I promise you, if you give me... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Virginia, I believe in you. I’m asking you to keep believing in me. (Applause.) And if you’re willing to roll up your sleeves with me, and work... |
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Obama, Barack - President
God bless you. Thank you, Virginia. God bless America. (Applause.) |