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let me first of all sai thank you to everyon in south_carolina who decid to be with us in chang washington __PUNCT__
calista and i ar particularli happi to have our daughter __PUNCT__ our son __PUNCT__ in __PUNCT__ law __PUNCT__ my two chief debat coach __PUNCT__ maggi and robert __PUNCT__ who ar both right here __PUNCT__
and we delight to have __PUNCT__ my sister ar here __PUNCT__ robbi and susan __PUNCT__ just terrif __PUNCT__
i also want to recogn sever peopl who were just extraordinarili import in south carolina make thi happen __PUNCT__
judg billi and deborah wilkin just realli took over and did a great job __PUNCT__
my former colleagu __PUNCT__ former congressman john nappier is such a terrif class act __PUNCT__
he did such a class act statewid put thing togeth __PUNCT__
hous_major major_leader kenni bingam came on board and realli help us with the statewid network __PUNCT__
speaker bobbi harrel wa tremend __PUNCT__
we travel the last sever dai togeth __PUNCT__
andr bauer made a big differ __PUNCT__
vivian wong wa tremend in help us all across the state __PUNCT__
peter mccoi wa remark __PUNCT__
and final i just want to sai we had a team on our staff who work endless hour week after week __PUNCT__
thei did a great __PUNCT__ great job __PUNCT__
there ar so mani thing __PUNCT__ calista and i have so mani memori from so mani part of the state __PUNCT__
everybodi __PUNCT__ includ peopl who by accid or misinform were for the other candid __PUNCT__ but everybodi wa nice to us everywher __PUNCT__
and i just want to sai that i think south_carolina show southern hospit as beautifulli as anyplac we been __PUNCT__
i also want to mention in particular gener livingston __PUNCT__ who is a congression medal of honor winner __PUNCT__ who gave me the great honor in yorktown of introduc me yesterdai __PUNCT__
and to a man of that courag __PUNCT__ that patriot and that dedic to freedom to come out and support us realli meant a great_deal __PUNCT__
and everybodi who went to the yorktown __PUNCT__ it wa a remark even and i just grate to everybodi for that moment of patriot __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ that is a __PUNCT__ the biggest thing i take from the campaign in south_carolina is that it is veri humbl and veri sober to have so mani peopl who so deepli want their countri to get back on the right track __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and so mani peopl who ar so concern about job __PUNCT__ about medic_cost __PUNCT__ about the everydai part of life and who feel that the elit in washington and new york have no understand __PUNCT__ no care __PUNCT__ no concern __PUNCT__ no reliabl and __PUNCT__ in fact __PUNCT__ do not repres them at all __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ in the two debat that we had here in myrtl beach and then in charleston where peopl react so strongli to the new media __PUNCT__ i think there wa someth veri fundament that i wish the power that be in the new media would take serious __PUNCT__
the american_peopl peopl_feel that thei have elit who have been try for a half __PUNCT__ centuri to forc to us quit be american and becom some kind of other system __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and their reaction __PUNCT__ peopl complet misunderstand what go on __PUNCT__
it not that i am a good debat __PUNCT__
it is that i articul the deepest felt valu of the american_peopl __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ thi is a remark system __PUNCT__
what make us differ from virtual everi other countri in the world is that we ar free __PUNCT__
and becaus we free __PUNCT__ we can produc leadership from an amaz rang of place __PUNCT__
now sometim that leadership is good __PUNCT__
we onc have an actor who made movi with chimpanze __PUNCT__
he turn out to be on of our greatest presid __PUNCT__ and end up with the disappear of the soviet_empir __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ we onc had a peanut farmer nuclear physicist __PUNCT__ he didn't turn out to be quit as good __PUNCT__
but the geniu of america is that you can come from ani background __PUNCT__
i watch tonight the fine speech of the other three candid on our side __PUNCT__ and i wa struck with how much thei reflect the open of the american_system __PUNCT__
you know __PUNCT__ rick_santorum show enorm courag in iowa when he had no monei __PUNCT__ nobodi cover him and he just kept campaign __PUNCT__
hi __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i rest my case __PUNCT__
i mean __PUNCT__ he ha made an impact __PUNCT__ right __PUNCT__ i mean __PUNCT__ here a gui who articul the valu of social_conservat __PUNCT__ who articul the import of manufactur and who mai have been as right about the danger of iran as anybodi in thi countri in the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and then as a further exampl of how wide_open our system is __PUNCT__ you have dr __PUNCT__ ron_paul __PUNCT__ who on the issu of monei and the feder_reserv ha been right for __NUM___year __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and while i disagre with him on mani other thing __PUNCT__ there is no doubt that a lot of hi critiqu of inflat __PUNCT__ of fiat_monei and of the feder_reserv is in fact absolut the right direct and is someth i can support strongli __PUNCT__
and final __PUNCT__ governor romnei __PUNCT__ with whom i disagre on mani issu __PUNCT__ is nonetheless a good exampl of america __PUNCT__
he hard_work __PUNCT__ he ha been veri success __PUNCT__ he ha organ larg system __PUNCT__ he did a terrif job at the winter olymp __PUNCT__
and the fact is if you look at the four of us __PUNCT__ we ar proof you can come from a wide_rang of background and in america you have a chanc to try to make your case no matter what the elit think in new york and washington __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ you sort of now just captur the heart of thi campaign __PUNCT__
the fact is we want to run not a republican campaign __PUNCT__ we want to run an american campaign __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ becaus we ar optimist about the futur __PUNCT__ becaus america ha alwai been optimist about the futur __PUNCT__ and we believ as our new sign __PUNCT__ which just got made todai __PUNCT__ point out __PUNCT__ that if we unleash the american_peopl __PUNCT__ we can rebuild the america that we love __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ i believ and callista and i decid to run becaus we __PUNCT__ after a year of convers __PUNCT__ conclud that thi is the most import elect of our lifetim __PUNCT__
if barack_obama can get re __PUNCT__ elect after thi disast __PUNCT__ right __PUNCT__ just think how radic he would be in a second term __PUNCT__
so i have a propos __PUNCT__
with your help __PUNCT__ we ar now move on to florida and beyond __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and i want you to know that if __PUNCT__ and by the wai __PUNCT__ anyon here who know anyon in florida __PUNCT__ pleas contact them by sometim tomorrow __PUNCT__ ok __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and my good_friend __PUNCT__ lui hasa __PUNCT__ know mani peopl in florida __PUNCT__ and i confid he have an impact __PUNCT__
but if i do becom your nomine __PUNCT__ and i think with your help i will becom your nomine __PUNCT__ but with your help __PUNCT__ togeth __PUNCT__ if that happen __PUNCT__ then it all up to all of us to work to make it happen __PUNCT__
if that happen __PUNCT__ then i will challeng presid_obama to seven three __PUNCT__ hour debat __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ to be fair __PUNCT__ to be fair __PUNCT__ i don't want to you be disappoint __PUNCT__ but i alreadi have conced that he can us a teleprompt if he want to __PUNCT__
after all __PUNCT__ if you had to defend obamacar __PUNCT__ wouldn't you want to be abl to us a teleprompt __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ there a number of kei_issu that we have to talk about with the presid __PUNCT__
i go to get there in a second __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i believ thi campaign come down to econom __PUNCT__ includ job __PUNCT__ econom_growth __PUNCT__ balanc the budget __PUNCT__ the valu of monei __PUNCT__ come down to nation_secur __PUNCT__ what threaten us and what we have to do about it __PUNCT__
but the centerpiec of thi campaign __PUNCT__ i believ __PUNCT__ is american_exception versu the radic of saul_alinski __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ there a lot to just do that becaus the fact is what we ar go to argu is that american_exception __PUNCT__ the american declar of independ __PUNCT__ the american_constitut __PUNCT__ the american federalist_paper __PUNCT__ the found_father of america ar the sourc from which we draw our understand of america __PUNCT__ he draw hi from saul_alinski __PUNCT__ radic_left __PUNCT__ winger __PUNCT__ and peopl who don't like the classic american __PUNCT__
and on of the issu __PUNCT__ on of the issu we go to address head __PUNCT__ on __PUNCT__ she would be a great first ladi and with your help __PUNCT__ she will be a great first ladi __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ on of __PUNCT__ on of the kei_issu __PUNCT__ and i prepar to take thi straight at the presid and __PUNCT__ frankli __PUNCT__ straight at the elit_media __PUNCT__ on of the kei_issu is the grow anti __PUNCT__ religi bigotri of our elit __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and if you get a chanc __PUNCT__ if you go to __URL__ my campaign site __PUNCT__ there a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ page paper there on the balanc of power put the judiciari back in it proper_role and elimin dictatori religi bigots,such as judg barri in san_antonio __PUNCT__ who issu a rule that if the student __PUNCT__ not onli could the student not prai at their graduat __PUNCT__ if thei us the word benedict __PUNCT__ the word invoc __PUNCT__ the word god __PUNCT__ ask the audienc to stand or ask for a moment of silenc __PUNCT__ he would put the superintend in jail __PUNCT__
now we don't have speech dictatorship in america by anti __PUNCT__ religi bigot __PUNCT__ period __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ the second big theme __PUNCT__ frankli __PUNCT__ is on that everi south carolinian understand __PUNCT__ it job __PUNCT__ econom_growth __PUNCT__ balanc the budget __PUNCT__ have stabl monei __PUNCT__
let be veri clear __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ again __PUNCT__ thi make some of the elit_media nervou __PUNCT__
presid_obama ha been histor the most effect food_stamp presid in american_histori __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i work with ronald_reagan to creat_job __PUNCT__ and __NUM___million_job were creat by the american_peopl in the 1980 __PUNCT__
i work with bill_clinton __PUNCT__ a democrat __PUNCT__ to creat_job __PUNCT__ and __NUM___million_job were creat by the american_peopl dure the four year that i wa speaker __PUNCT__
i would like to be the best paycheck presid in american_histori __PUNCT__ and i want to go into everi neighborhood of everi ethnic background in everi part of the countri and sai to peopl veri simpli __PUNCT__ if you want your children to have a life of depend and food_stamp __PUNCT__ you have a candid __PUNCT__ it barack_obama __PUNCT__
if you want your children to have a life of independ and paycheck __PUNCT__ you have a candid and it newt_gingrich and i bet you we have vote everywher __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ part of the job in the economi __PUNCT__ frankli __PUNCT__ is to shrink the power of washington __PUNCT__
i just talk tonight with governor rick_perri __PUNCT__ who is deepli commit __PUNCT__ and i wa veri gener for hi endors thi week __PUNCT__
hi passion is implement the __NUM___amend __PUNCT__
we ar go to work with him to return_power to the state __PUNCT__ to local_govern __PUNCT__ to get it out of washington __PUNCT__ d.c __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ the on reason that i ask to you be with me and not just for me __PUNCT__ if we shrink the washington bureaucraci __PUNCT__ we have to grow citizenship back_home to fill the vacuum __PUNCT__
i also commit to get back to a balanc_budget and sinc i the onli speaker of the hous in your lifetim to have help creat four consecut balanc budget __PUNCT__ i think i can tell you __PUNCT__ as presid i will work veri hard to get back to a balanc budget as rapidli as possibl and then to run a surplu to pai down the debt __PUNCT__ so no chines leverag exist on the unit_state by have our debt __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ part of our long __PUNCT__ term nation_secur ha to be have an american_energi energi_polici __PUNCT__
i want america to becom so energi_independ that no american_presid ever again bow to a saudi king __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and let me give you an exampl of a common_sens conservat that solv_problem __PUNCT__
you have well over __MONEY___billion of natur_ga offshor __PUNCT__
if __PUNCT__ and as presid i will author on the veri first dai the develop of it __PUNCT__
that natur ga offshor will creat_job that in louisiana averag __MONEY__ apiec __PUNCT__
in addit __PUNCT__ it gener royalti __PUNCT__
part of the royalti should be us to modern the port of charleston __PUNCT__ which affect on out of everi five job in south_carolina __PUNCT__
but it not __PUNCT__ it not enough just to find the monei __PUNCT__
the corp of engin current bureaucraci is so long and so stupid that thei current take eight year to studi __PUNCT__ not to do the project __PUNCT__ to studi the project __PUNCT__
we fought the entir second world_war in three year and eight month __PUNCT__
now if you can beat nazi_germani __PUNCT__ fascist itali and imperi japan in three year and eight month __PUNCT__ it is almost unimagin that it now take eight year to studi the project __PUNCT__
so i want to fundament overhaul the entir feder_govern at everi level to produc a modern __PUNCT__ lean __PUNCT__ effect feder govern __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ let me also sai that the presid decis to veto the keyston pipelin __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ you have to wonder how out of touch with realiti thi administr is __PUNCT__
it on thing to sai that thei can't plai chess at the white_hous __PUNCT__
it anoth thing to sai thei can't plai checker at the white hous __PUNCT__
but if thei can't plai tic __PUNCT__ tac __PUNCT__ toe __PUNCT__ the presid sai __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ we don't want you to build a pipelin from central canada __PUNCT__ straight down with no mountain interven __PUNCT__ to the largest petrochem center in the world __PUNCT__ houston __PUNCT__ so that we would make_monei on the pipelin __PUNCT__ we make monei on manag the pipelin __PUNCT__ we make monei on refin the oil and we make monei in the port of houston and galveston ship the oil __PUNCT__
oh __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ we don't want to do that becaus barack_obama is take care of hi extremist left __PUNCT__ wing friend in san_francisco __PUNCT__
thei think that will realli stop the oil from get out __PUNCT__
no __PUNCT__ what prime_minist harper __PUNCT__ who by the wai is a conserv and pro __PUNCT__ american __PUNCT__ what he ha said is he go to cut a deal with the chines __PUNCT__ and thei build a pipelin straight across the rocki to vancouv __PUNCT__
we get none of the job __PUNCT__ none of the energi __PUNCT__ none of the opportun __PUNCT__
now __PUNCT__ an american_presid who can creat a chines __PUNCT__ canadian partnership is truli a danger to thi countri __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ but it get wors __PUNCT__
last sundai the saudi announc thei were sign a deal with the chines to build nuclear_energi facil in saudi_arabia __PUNCT__
so the saudi ar now sai we so distrust the obama_administr __PUNCT__ we rather reli on the chines __PUNCT__
the iranian for two week taunt us with exercis aim at close the strait of hormuz __PUNCT__ and the obama administr answer is to cancel militari exercis with israel becaus we don't want to provok the iranian __PUNCT__ presid_obama is a presid so weak that he make jimmi_carter look strong __PUNCT__
let me just sai that i believ the debat we go to have with presid_obama over the next eight or nine month __PUNCT__ the outlin of the two america __PUNCT__ the america of the declar of independ __PUNCT__ the america of saul_alinski __PUNCT__ the america of paycheck __PUNCT__ the america of food_stamp __PUNCT__ the america of independ __PUNCT__ the america of depend __PUNCT__ the america of strength in foreign_polici __PUNCT__ the america of weak in foreign polici __PUNCT__ those two choic i believ will give the american_peopl a chanc to decid perman whether we want to remain the histor america that ha provid opportun for more peopl of more background than ani countri in histori __PUNCT__ or whether __PUNCT__ in fact __PUNCT__ we prefer to becom a brand __PUNCT__ new secular __PUNCT__ european __PUNCT__ style bureaucrat socialist_system __PUNCT__
i agre with you __PUNCT__
i run becaus callista and i have look at the futur for maggi and robert and we decid __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ we not go to go the rout of obama and these kind of radic idea __PUNCT__
__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ so in order to carri out thi great debat __PUNCT__ to ralli the american_peopl to reassert their belief in america __PUNCT__ to win the elect decis thi fall __PUNCT__ to profoundli chang washington start on dai on __PUNCT__ when __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ we abolish all the white_hous czar __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ to do that __PUNCT__ to do that we need to build on thi victori by go to florida __PUNCT__
i need your help in reach out to peopl in florida __PUNCT__ i need your help in find anybodi who believ in what we do and tell them to go to __URL__ just my first name __PUNCT__ to sign up __PUNCT__ to donat __PUNCT__ to get involv __PUNCT__
we don't have the kind of monei that at least on of the candid ha __PUNCT__ but we do have idea and we do have peopl and we have prove here in south_carolina that peopl power __PUNCT__ with the right idea __PUNCT__ beat big_monei __PUNCT__
and with your help we go to prove it again in florida __PUNCT__
thank you __PUNCT__