Barack Obama

This speech titled 2012.10.08.791.San Francisco.CA originally had 3423 tokens. You can view the original text here.

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ san_francisco __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__ i love you back __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__ everybodi __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ there ar a coupl of peopl i want to acknowledg who ar here tonight __PUNCT__

first of all __PUNCT__ give it up for your mayor __PUNCT__ ed lee __PUNCT__ in the hous __PUNCT__

your attornei_gener __PUNCT__ kamala harri __PUNCT__ is here __PUNCT__

got a coupl of outstand member of congress __PUNCT__ barbara lee and pete stark __PUNCT__

it appear that john legend and michael franti did a pretti_good good_job fire you up __PUNCT__

and we got two san_francisco 49er __PUNCT__ alex smith __PUNCT__ your quarterback __PUNCT__ alex smith __PUNCT__ that tight end __PUNCT__ vernon davi __PUNCT__

i had a chanc to meet them __PUNCT__

thei seem like wonder young_men and just so impress and pois __PUNCT__

so i can't help but wish them the best of luck __PUNCT__ until thei plai my bear in week __NUM__ __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

what happen __PUNCT__ what happen __PUNCT__ come on __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ i know that wa quit a show __PUNCT__

you gui have been have fun __PUNCT__

but now we got to get down to busi __PUNCT__

we here becaus we got some work to do __PUNCT__

we here becaus we got an elect to win __PUNCT__

we here becaus everyth we fought for in __NUM__ is on the line in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

and i go to need your help to finish what we start __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ i made a few commit to you __PUNCT__

i told you i end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ and i did __PUNCT__

i said i end the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__ and we ar __PUNCT__

i said we refocu on the peopl who actual attack us on 9/11 __PUNCT__

and todai __PUNCT__ al qaida is on it heel __PUNCT__ and usama bin_laden is no more __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis to cut_tax for middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ and we have by __MONEY__

i promis to cut_tax for small __PUNCT__ busi_owner __PUNCT__ and we have __NUM___time __PUNCT__

we got back everi dime us to rescu the bank __PUNCT__ and we pass a law to end taxpay __PUNCT__ fund wall_street bailout for good __PUNCT__

we pass health_care_reform __PUNCT__ also known as __PUNCT__ a.k.a __PUNCT__ obamacar __PUNCT__

and we did so becaus i do care __PUNCT__

i care that folk with preexist condit can still get insur __PUNCT__

i care that your insur_compani don't jerk you around __PUNCT__

i care that we make sure that be a woman is not consid a preexist condit and an excus to pai_peopl more __PUNCT__

i told you that we would make sure that nobodi who serv thi countri so brave will ever be kick out of the militari becaus of who thei ar or who thei love __PUNCT__

we end __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__

when governor romnei said __PUNCT__ we should __PUNCT__ let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__ we said __PUNCT__ i don't think we go to take your busi advic __PUNCT__

we reinvent a dy auto_industri that now back on top of the world __PUNCT__

three year __PUNCT__ __NUM___year __PUNCT__ after the worst econom_crisi of our lifetim __PUNCT__ our busi have creat more than __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__

thi past fridai __PUNCT__ we found out that the unemploy_rate had fallen from a height of __NUM__ percent down to __NUM__ __PUNCT__ percent __PUNCT__ white_hous correct __PUNCT__ the lowest_level sinc i took offic __PUNCT__

manufactur ar come back to america __PUNCT__

home valu ar on the rise __PUNCT__

we ar not there yet __PUNCT__

we not where we need to be yet __PUNCT__

there ar still too mani american look for work __PUNCT__ too mani famili who ar have troubl pai the bill __PUNCT__ too mani home underwat __PUNCT__ too mani young_peopl burden with debt from go to school __PUNCT__

but if there on thing i know __PUNCT__ it is thi __PUNCT__ we have come too far to turn_back now __PUNCT__

the last thing we can afford __PUNCT__ california __PUNCT__ right now is __NUM___year of the veri same polici that led us into the mess in the first place __PUNCT__

we spent __NUM__ year clean it up __PUNCT__

we don't want anoth mess __PUNCT__

we can't allow that to happen __PUNCT__

i won't allow it to happen __PUNCT__

and that why i run for a second term for presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

i seen too much pain and too much struggl to let thi countri get hit with anoth round of top __PUNCT__ down econom __PUNCT__

the centerpiec of my oppon governor romnei econom_plan is a __MONEY___trillion tax_cut skew toward the wealthi __PUNCT__

he been pitch thi plan for almost __NUM___year now __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ he stood up on stage dure on of the primari debat __PUNCT__ proudli promis that he __PUNCT__ that hi tax_cut would includ the top___NUM___percent __PUNCT__

he promis thi __PUNCT__

but most of the economist who crunch the number said governor romnei plan would either blow up the deficit or rais_tax on the middl_class __PUNCT__

it on or the other __PUNCT__ that how arithmet work __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so a few week_ago __PUNCT__ you can start see he figur out __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ thi isn't mayb sell that well __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and then __PUNCT__ a few night ago __PUNCT__ suddenli a gui pretend to be mitt_romnei stood on a stage next to me __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and said he chang hi plan __PUNCT__

he is just go to pretend it doesn't exist __PUNCT__

what __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__ i don't know anyth about a __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__

don't pai ani attent to that tax cut behind the curtain __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ dure the debat he said __PUNCT__ there is no economist who can sai mitt_romnei tax_plan add __MONEY___trillion to the deficit if i sai i will not add to the deficit with my tax_plan __PUNCT__

thank for clear that up __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ we take your word for it __PUNCT__

thi wa almost as believ as when he said he bring down our deficit by go after what ha been the biggest driver of our debt and deficit over the last decad __PUNCT__ public televis __PUNCT__ pb __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ you didn't know thi __PUNCT__ but for all you mom and kid out there __PUNCT__ you should have confid that final somebodi is crack down on big bird __PUNCT__

elmo is __PUNCT__ ha been seen in a white suburban __PUNCT__

he drive for the border __PUNCT__

oscar is hide out in hi trashcan __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ we crack down on them __PUNCT__

governor romnei plan is to let wall_street run wild again __PUNCT__ but he go to bring the hammer down on sesam street __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ listen __PUNCT__ after the debat __PUNCT__ i had a bunch of folk come to me __PUNCT__ don't be so polit __PUNCT__ don't be so nice __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but i want everybodi to understand someth __PUNCT__ what wa be present wasn't leadership __PUNCT__ that salesmanship __PUNCT__

and we cannot afford anoth round of tax_cut for the wealthi __PUNCT__

we can't afford to gut invest in educ or clean_energi or research and technolog __PUNCT__

we can't afford to roll_back regul on wall_street_bank or major pollut or insur_compani __PUNCT__

that is not a job plan __PUNCT__

that not a plan to grow the economi __PUNCT__

that not chang we can believ in __PUNCT__

that a relaps __PUNCT__

we have been there __PUNCT__

we have tri that __PUNCT__

we ar not go back __PUNCT__ we ar move_forward __PUNCT__

that why you here __PUNCT__

that why i here __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

we have a differ vision about how you creat_job and prosper in america __PUNCT__

we have to chang our tax_code so it stop reward compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__

i want to reward small_busi and manufactur who ar invest and take root right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

we can creat more job control our own energi __PUNCT__

after __NUM___year of inact __PUNCT__ we rais fuel standard so that by the middl of the next decad __PUNCT__ your car and truck will go twice as far on a gallon of ga __PUNCT__

that good for our economi __PUNCT__

it good for our nation_secur __PUNCT__

it good for our environ __PUNCT__

and todai __PUNCT__ the unit_state of america is less depend on foreign_oil than at ani time in the last two decad __PUNCT__

so we don't want to revers that progress __PUNCT__

we got to build on it __PUNCT__

my plan would cut our oil import in half __PUNCT__

and we can invest in the clean_energi that creat thousand of job all across america right now __PUNCT__ wind_power and solar_power and clean_coal __PUNCT__ fuel __PUNCT__ effici car __PUNCT__ long __PUNCT__ last batteri __PUNCT__

we produc oil and natur_ga at record rate __PUNCT__

but we have to make sure that we also grab for the futur __PUNCT__

we can't cede that to somebodi els __PUNCT__

and unlik my oppon __PUNCT__ i will not allow oil_compani to collect anoth __MONEY___billion everi singl year in taxpay __PUNCT__ fund corpor_welfar __PUNCT__

i not go to let china win the race for clean_energi energi_technolog __PUNCT__

i want to see those technolog_develop right here in california __PUNCT__ right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

and as i said at the convent __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ my plan will continu to reduc carbon pollut becaus climat chang is not a hoax __PUNCT__

drought __PUNCT__ flood __PUNCT__ wildfir __PUNCT__ thei not a joke __PUNCT__

thei a threat to our kid __PUNCT__ futur __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

i believ we got to have the best educ_system in the world __PUNCT__

that will creat_job __PUNCT__

that good for busi __PUNCT__ make sure that everybodi ha the skill thei need to compet and to be good citizen __PUNCT__

educ is the reason i stand here todai __PUNCT__

it why michel wa abl to do everyth she done in her life __PUNCT__

it true for so mani of all the folk here __PUNCT__

so now we got a choic __PUNCT__

we can gut educ to pai for tax_break that we don't need __PUNCT__

or we can recruit __NUM__ new math and scienc_teacher __PUNCT__ focu on earli_childhood childhood_educ __PUNCT__ provid job_train for __NUM___million more worker in our commun_colleg __PUNCT__ help to lower tuition cost for our student go to colleg __PUNCT__

we can meet those goal __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

that what at stake in the next __NUM___dai __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term as presid __PUNCT__

i want to us some of the monei we save from end the war in iraq and wind down our effort in afghanistan to pai down our deficit __PUNCT__ put_peopl back to work all across america rebuild road and bridg __PUNCT__ airport and school __PUNCT__

infrastructur __PUNCT__ that what i talk about __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i pitch __PUNCT__ you catch __PUNCT__

governor romnei __PUNCT__ he ha a differ view __PUNCT__

he said it wa __PUNCT__ tragic __PUNCT__ to end the war in iraq __PUNCT__

in a speech todai __PUNCT__ he doubl down on that belief __PUNCT__

he said end the war wa a mistak __PUNCT__

i disagre __PUNCT__

bring our troop_home wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

and everi brave american who wear the uniform of thi countri should know that as long as i command in chief __PUNCT__ we will sustain the strongest militari the world ha ever known __PUNCT__

and when our troop take off their uniform __PUNCT__ we will serv them as well as thei serv us __PUNCT__ becaus nobodi who ha fought for us should have to fight for a job or a roof over their head when thei come home __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ we need to cut our deficit and reduc our debt __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

i love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__ but we do have to reduc our debt and our deficit __PUNCT__

and i put_forward a __MONEY___trillion plan to get it done over the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

we alreadi work with democrat and republican to cut a trillion_dollar in spend __PUNCT__

i am readi to do more __PUNCT__

but we cannot just cut our wai to prosper __PUNCT__

we cannot get thi done unless we ask the wealthiest household to pai higher_tax on incom over __MONEY__ the same_rate we had when bill_clinton wa presid __PUNCT__

we creat___NUM__ __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ went from deficit to surplu __PUNCT__ creat a whole lot of millionair and success small_busi as well __PUNCT__

governor romnei sai it fair that he pai a lower_tax tax_rate than a teacher or an autowork who make___MONEY__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ i refus to ask middl_class class_famili to give up their deduct for own a home or rais their kid to pai for a tax_cut we don't need __PUNCT__

i refus to pai for a tax cut for millionair and billionair by ask those student who ar here todai to pai more for colleg or kick kid off of head_start or elimin health_insur for million of american who ar poor or elderli or disabl __PUNCT__

that is not what ha built thi countri __PUNCT__

that is not what we believ __PUNCT__

that is not what go to happen __PUNCT__

we ar go to go forward __PUNCT__ not backward __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ san_francisco __PUNCT__ california __PUNCT__ thi is the choic we now face __PUNCT__

it what the elect come down to __PUNCT__

over and over __PUNCT__ we ar told by oppon that sinc govern can't do everyth __PUNCT__ it should do almost noth __PUNCT__

basic philosophi is __PUNCT__ you on your own __PUNCT__

if you can't afford health_insur __PUNCT__ hope you don't get sick __PUNCT__

compani ar releas pollut that our kid ar breath __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ that just the price of progress __PUNCT__

you can't afford to start a busi or go to colleg __PUNCT__ just borrow_monei from your parent __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that not who we ar __PUNCT__

that not what thi countri is about __PUNCT__

here in america __PUNCT__ we believ in individu initi __PUNCT__

we believ that we can't help folk who don't want to try to help themselv __PUNCT__ but we also believ in opportun __PUNCT__

we also believ we all in thi togeth __PUNCT__

we also understand that america is not about what can be done for us __PUNCT__

it about what can be done by us __PUNCT__ togeth __PUNCT__ as on nation __PUNCT__ as on peopl __PUNCT__

that what you all understood in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

that what chang wa about __PUNCT__ you __PUNCT__ all of us __PUNCT__ come togeth __PUNCT__

you the reason there a littl girl somewher here in california who is go to get the care she need becaus an insur_compani can't impos some sort of lifetim limit on her coverag __PUNCT__

you the reason a factori_worker who lost hi job in toledo or lordstown __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ is back on the line build some of the best car in the world __PUNCT__

you the reason that a student right here ha help pai for a colleg_educ or a veteran can go to school on the new gi_bill __PUNCT__

you the reason a young immigr who grew up here and went to school here __PUNCT__ pledg_allegi to our flag __PUNCT__ will no longer be deport from the onli countri she ever call home __PUNCT__

you the reason why a soldier who ha serv us so brave will not be kick out of the militari becaus of who thei love __PUNCT__

you made that happen __PUNCT__

you the reason that soldier can come home to hi love on and hear those word __PUNCT__ welcom home __PUNCT__

you made that happen __PUNCT__

and so i need you in thi elect __PUNCT__

the next __NUM___dai __PUNCT__ we cannot afford to be complac __PUNCT__ and we cannot afford to be cynic __PUNCT__

we got to look back at the progress we made __PUNCT__ and that should give us confid __PUNCT__

but we have to understand __PUNCT__ we got a lot more to do __PUNCT__

and if we don't do it __PUNCT__ then chang won't happen __PUNCT__

your voic will make a differ __PUNCT__

and if you don't make that differ __PUNCT__ then other peopl will fill the void __PUNCT__

lobbyist and special_interest and the folk who write the __MONEY___million check to try to win thi race and the on who ar try to make it harder for peopl to vote __PUNCT__ the politician in washington who somehow think that thei got a better idea than women about women_health health_care choic __PUNCT__ those ar the folk that ar go to be make_decis if you ar not make those decis __PUNCT__

onli you can make sure those thing don't happen __PUNCT__

onli you got the power to move us forward __PUNCT__

i will be there with you __PUNCT__ but thi is a team __PUNCT__ peopl __PUNCT__

from the dai we began thi campaign __PUNCT__ i alwai said that chang take time __PUNCT__

we alwai said that it would take more than on term or even on presid __PUNCT__

we said it would take more than on parti __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ it doesn't just take me __PUNCT__

that not the deal __PUNCT__

the deal is it take all of us __PUNCT__

that the deal __PUNCT__

it won't happen if you got somebodi who write off half the nation even befor he take offic __PUNCT__

but it also won't happen if half the nation write off itself by not particip or doesn't vote __PUNCT__

in __NUM__ percent of the countri didn't vote for me __PUNCT__

but on the night of the elect __PUNCT__ i said to all those american __PUNCT__ i mai not have won your vote __PUNCT__ but i hear your voic __PUNCT__

i need your help __PUNCT__

i be your presid too __PUNCT__

i don't know how mani of you will be with me thi time around __PUNCT__ but i be with you __PUNCT__

i be there fight for you becaus i not fight to creat democrat job or republican job __PUNCT__

i fight to creat american_job __PUNCT__

i not fight to improv school in red_state or blue_state __PUNCT__

i fight to improv school in the unit_state __PUNCT__

i not fight for red valu or white valu or black valu or latino valu or gai or straight valu __PUNCT__

i fight for american valu __PUNCT__

thei belong to all of us __PUNCT__

san_francisco __PUNCT__ we ar not as divid as our polit would suggest __PUNCT__

we got more in common than our pundit believ __PUNCT__

i still believ in you __PUNCT__

i ask you to keep believ in me __PUNCT__

i ask for your vote __PUNCT__

i ask you to knock on door __PUNCT__

i ask you to make phone_call __PUNCT__

and if you do __PUNCT__ we will win thi elect __PUNCT__

we finish what we start __PUNCT__ and we remind the world why the unit_state of america is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__