| 00:00:15 | >> | THANK YOU, THANK YOU CINDY, AND THANK YOU AND WON'T YOU MAKE A GREAT FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I WANT TO THANK -- [CHANTING] OKAY. PAL. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE'LL DO T. AND ALSO, COULD I AGAIN SAY HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE ENORMOUS SERVICE TO THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND THE NATION OF OUR BELOVED PETE DOMENICI. THANK YOU, PETE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, PEAT. [MY, AND ALSO, I, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE STRAIGHT TALK THIS MORNING, AND PART OF IT, MY FRIENDS, WE NEED TO TO AND WE CAN AND WE WILL WIN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO ON NOVEMBER THE 4th. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DO IT. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DO IT. WE NEED YOU. MY FRIENDS, AS YOU KNOW, THE LESS THAN A MONTH, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL MAKE A CHOICE. ANDWHERE AT THE SAME POINT THIS COUNTRY TO GO AND WHO THEY TRUST TO LEAD US IN A TIME OF WAR AND ECONOMIC CRISIS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THE TIME FOR DEBATING AND EELECTIONEERING IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE BUT BY THE WAY DID YOU FEEL SORRY FOR JOE BIDEN THE OTHER NIGHT? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SARAH PALIN DO A HECKF A JOB? SHE WAS REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB, WASN'T SHE? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] FORANYMORE LEADERSHIP AND A GREAT GOVERNOR VERSUS BUSINESS AS USUAL. BUT ANYWAY, MY FRIENDS, AS YOU KNOW, SOON IT WILL BE THE TIME FOR CHOOSING. TODAY WE'VE SEEN A REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT CHOICE. THE ACTION THAT CONGRESS TOOK LAST WEEK TO ADDRESS OUR FINANCIAL CROESUS -- CRISIS, IT WAS A TOURNIQUET BUT NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION. TODAY WE'RE SEEING THE STOCK MARKET FALL AND THE CREDIT CRISIS SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. OUR ECONOMY IS STILL HURTING. WORKING FAMILIES ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE PRICE OF GROCERIES, THE PRICE OF GAS, KEEPING THEIR JOBS AND PAYING THEIR MORTGAGE. FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED AND MUST BE DONE. WE NEED TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN OUR ECONOMY AND IN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND I HAVE THE LEADERSHIP AND THE EXPERIENCE AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND OF THE JUDGMENT TO DO THAT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] FRIENDS, WASHINGTON'S STILL ON THE WRONG TRACK, AND WE NEED CHANGE. THE STATUS QUO IS NOT ON THE BALLOT. WE'RE GOING TO SEE CHANGE IN WASHINGTON. THE QUESTION IS, IN WHAT DIRECTION DO WE GO? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CHANTING] WILL OUR COUNTRY BE A BETTER PLACE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NEXT PRESIDENT? A MORE SECURE PROSPEROUS JUST SOCIETY? WILL YOU BE BETTER OFF IN THE JOBS YOU HOLD NOW AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HOPE FOR? WILL YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS GROW UP IN THE KIND OF COUNTRY YOU WISH FOR THEM? RISING IN THE WORLD AND FINDING IN THEIR OWN LIVES THE BEST OF AMERICA. AND WHICH CANDIDATE'S EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT AND IN LIFE MAKES HIM A MORE RELIABLE LEADER FOR OUR COUNTRY AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF FOR OUR TROOPS? WHICH ONE? [ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WHO'S READY TO LEAD? [[CHEERING] IN TIME OFL TROUBLE AND DANGER FOR OUR COUNTRY, WHO WILL PUT OUR COUNTRY FIRST? [CHEERING] MY FRIENDS, I SETS OUT ON MY ON IN CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT MANY MONTHS AGO. I PROMISED AT THE BEGINNING TO BE STRAIGHT WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOWING THAT EVEN THOSE WHO DON'T AGREE WITH ME ON EVERYTHING WOULD EXPECT AT LEAST THAT MUCH. I DIDN'T JUST SHOW UP OUT OF NOWHERE. [LAUGHTER] [CHEERING] AFTER ALL, AMERICA KNOWS ME. YOU KNOW MY STRENGTHS AND MY FAULTS. YOU KNOW MY STORY AND MY CONVICTIONS. FAMILIARITY AND POLITICS CAN BE A BOTH HELPFUL TO A CANDIDATE OR NOT SO HELPFUL, IT DOESN'T -- IT DOES AT LEAST FILL OUT THE PICTURE AND ANSWER THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND WHERE THE CANDIDATE CAME FROM AND WHAT HE OR SHE BELIEVES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE IT'S TIME TO CHOOSE. IN 21 MONTHS, MY FRIENDS, DURING HUNDREDS OF SPEECHES, TOWN HALLS, AND DEBATES, I'VE KEPT MY PROMISE TO LEVEL WITH YOU ABOUT MY PLANS TO REFORM WASHINGTON AND GET THIS COUNTRY MOVING AGAIN. AS A SENATOR, I'VE SEEN THE CORRUPT WAYS OF WASHINGTON AND WASTEFUL SPENDING AND OTHER ABUSES OF POWERER, AND PRESIDENT I'M GOING TO END THEM, WHATEVER IT TAKES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] US, US, I'LL PROPOSE AND SIGN INTO LAW REFORMS TO BRING TAX RELIEF TO THE MIDDLE CLASS AND TO HELP THE BUSINESSES SO THEY CAN CREATE JOBS. I'LL GET THE RISING COST OF FOOD AND GAS UNDER CONTROL. I'LL HELP FAMILIES KEEP THEIR HOME AND HELP STUDENTS STRUGGLING TO PAY FOR COLLEGE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I'LL MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE. I'M -- I'LL IMPOSE A SPENDING FREEZE ON ALL BUT THE POST VITAL FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I'LL REVIEW EVERY AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND IMPROVE THOSE THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED AND ELIMINATE THOSE THAT AREN'T WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I'LL CONFRONT THE $10 TRILLION DEBT, THE $10 TRILLION DEBT ON YOU. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS RUN UP. AND I'LL BALANCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET BY THE END OF MY TERM IN OFFICE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THIS IS THE AGENDA THAT I HAVE SET BEFORE MY FELLOW CITIZENS. AND THE SAME STANDARDS OF CLARITY AND CANDOR MUST NOW BE APPLIED TO MY OPPONENT. EVEN AT THIS LATE HOUR IN THE CAMPAIGN, THERE ARE -- [THERE ARE ESSENTIAL THINGS WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT SENATOR OBAMA OR THE RECORD THAT HE BREAKS TO THIS CAMPAIGN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE'VE ALL HEARD WHAT HE SAID BUT IT'S LESS CLEAR WHAT HE'S DONE OR WHAT HE WILL DO. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WHAT SENATOR OBAMA SAYS TODAY AND WHAT HE'S DONE IN THE PAST ARE OFTEN TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. HE'S OFTEN CHANGED HIS POSITIONS IN THIS CAMPAIGN, AND THE BEST WAY TO DETERMINE WHERE HE WOULD REALLY TAKE THIS COUNTRY IS TO EXAMINE WHERE HE'S TRIED TO TAKE IT IN THE PAST. MY OPPONENT HAS INVITED SERIOUS QUESTIONING BY ANNOUNCING A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT HE WOULD QUOTE TAKE OFF THE GLOVES. SINCE THEN, WHENEVER I'VE QUESTIONED HIS POLICIES OR HIS RECORD, HE'S CALLED MY A LIAR. RATHER -- [BOOING] RATHER THAN ANSWER THIS CRITICS SENATOR OBAMA WILL TRY TO DISTRACT YOU FROM NOTICING THAT HE NEVER ANSWERS THE SERIOUS AND LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS HE'S BEEN ASKED. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BUT LET ME, LET ME REPLY IN THE PLAINEST TERMS THAT I KNOW. I DON'T NEED LESSONS ABOUT TELLING THE TRUTH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND WERE I EVER TO NEED ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THAT REGARD, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T SEEK ADVICE FROM A CHICAGO POLITICIAN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, MY OPPONENT'S TOUCHYNESS EVERY TIME HE'S QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS RECORD SHOULD MAKE US ONLY MORE CONCERNED FOR A GUY WHO'S ALREADY AUTHORED TWO MEMOIRS HE'S NOT EXACTLY AN OPEN BOOK. [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, IT'S AS IF SOMEHOW THE USUAL RULES DON'T APPLY. AND WHERE OTHER CANDIDATES HAVE TO EXPLAIN THEMSELVES IN THEIR RECORDS, SENATOR OBAMA SEEMS TO THINK HE'S ABOVE ALL THAT. WHORB THE QUESTION, WHATEVER THE ISSUE, THERE'S ALWAYS A BACK STORY WITH SENATOR OBAMA. ALL PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW IS, WHAT HAS THIS MAN EVER ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED IN GOVERNMENT. [. WHAT DOES HE PLAN FOR AMERICA? IN SHORT, WHO IS THE REAL BARACK OBAMA? BUT, BUT MY FRIENDS, YOU, YOU ASK SUCH QUESTIONS, AND ALL YOU GET IN RESPONSE IS ANOTHER ANGRY BARRAGE OF INSULTS. OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS IS A GOOD POINT -- CASE IN POINT. WHAT WAS HIS ACTUAL RECORD IN THE YEARS BEFORE THE GREAT ECONOMIC CRISIS OF OUR LIFETIME? THIS, THIS, THIS CRISIS STARTED IN OUR HOUSING MARKET IN THE FORM OF SUBPRIME LOANS THAT WERE PUSHED ON PEOPLE. WHO COULDN'T FORD THEM, -- AFFORD THEM, BAD MORTGAGES, BAD MORGUE JSS WERE BEING BACKED BY FREDDIE MAC AND FANNIE MAE AND IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A CONTANGEANT OF UNSUSTAINABLE DEBT BEGAN TO SPREAD. THIS CORRUPTION WAS ENCOURAGED BY DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS AND ABETTED BY SENATOR OBAMA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] INTERESTINGLY, INTERESTINGLY, SENATOR OBAMA HAS ACCUSED ME OF OPPOSING REGULATION AVERT THIS CRISIS. I GUESS HE BELIEVES THAT IF A LIE IS BIG ENOUGH AND REPEATED OFF ENOUGH IT'LL BE BELIEVE BUT THE TRUTH IS I WAS THE ONE THAT CALLED AT THE TIME FOR TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS ON FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND IT COULD HAVE HELPED 3RE VENT THIS CRISIS FROM HAPPENING -- HELPED PREVENT THIS CRISIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. SENATOR OBAMA WAS SILENT ON THE REGULATION OF FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC AND HIS DEMOCRATIC ALLIES IN CONGRESS OPPOSED EVERY EFFORT TO REIGN THEM IN, EVERY SINGLE ONE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THAT'S A MATTER OF RECORD. AS RECENTLY THEY DID, AS RECENTLY AS SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, HE SAID THAT SOME SUBPRIME LOANS, HAVE BEEN, QUOTE A GOOD IDEA. WELL, SENATOR OBAMA, THAT GOOD IDEA IS NOW PLUNGED THIS COUNTRY INTO THE WORST FINANCIAL CRISIS SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. YOU KNOW, TO HEAR HIM, TO HEAR HIM TALK NOW, TO HEAR HIM TALK NOW, YOU'D THINK HE'S ALWAYS OPPOSED THE DANGEROUS PRACTICES AT THESE INSTITUTIONS. BUT THERE IS ABSLUTLY NOTHING IN HIS RECORD TO SUGGEST HE DID. NOTHING. ZERO. ZIPPO. NADA. [LAUGHTER] BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, HE WAS SURELY FAMILIAR WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CREATING THE PROBLEM. THE EXECUTIVES OF FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC HAVE ADVISED HIM AND THEY ARE TAKING HIS MONEY FOR HIS CAMPAIGN. SHE HAS -- HE HAS RECEIVED MORE MONEY FROM FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC THAN ANY OTHER SENATOR IN HISTORY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COMMITTEE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING IT. WHILE FRIENDS HE HAS TAKEN THAT MONEY DID HE EVER TALK TO THE EXECUTIVES OF FANNIE AND FREDDIE OF THESE RECKLESS LOANS? DID HE EVER DISCUSS WITH THEM THE STRONGER OVERSIGHT/ I PROPOSED? YOU KNOW, IF SENATOR OBAMA'S SUCH A CHAMPION OF FINANCIAL REGULATION, WHY DIDN'T HE SUPPORT THESE REGULATIONSES THAT COULD'VE PREVENTED THIS CRISIS IN THE FIRST PLACE. YOU KNOW, HE WON'T TELL YOU BUT YOU DESERVE AN ANSWER. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] EVEN, EVE FR AFTER HE REFUSED TO LIFT A FINGER TO PREVENT THE CRISIS, WHEN THE CRISIS HIT, HE WAS MISSING IN ACTION. HE DIDN'T EVEN START MAKING CALLS TO ROUND UP VOTES UNTIL AFTER THE RESCUE BILL FAILED IN THE HOUSE AND THE MARKETS CRASHED. WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE PRICE TOF DELAY TODAY AS THE MARKETS CONTINUE TO FALL. TODAY THE DOW HAS FALLEN BELOW 10,000. AND YET, MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY SAID THEY FELT NO PRESSURE TO VOTE FOR THE BILL. WHY DIDN'T SENATOR OBAMA WORK TO PASS THIS BILL FROM THE START? WHY DID HE LET IT FAIL AND DRAG OUT THIS CRISIS FOR A FULL WEEK BEFORE DOING A THING TO HELP PASS IT? I SUSPENDED MY CAMPAIGN. I WENT BACK TO WASHINGTON MY FRIENDS, BECAUSE I WAS PUT IN MY COUNTRY FIRST. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AGAIN, ON TAXES, WE SEE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT SENATOR OBAMA SAYS TODAY, WHAT HE SAID YESTERDAY, AND WHAT HE'S ACTUALLY DONE. OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAMPAPE HE'S HAD MANY DIFFERENT PLANS TO RAISE YOUR TAXES. DURING THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, HE PROMISED TO DOUBLE TAX US ON EVERY AMERICAN WITH A DIVIDEND OR AN INVESTMENT. HE PROMISED TO RAISE PAYROLL TAXES. HE PROMISED HIGHER TAXES ON ELECTRICITY. NOW SENATOR BALMA CLAIMS HE WILL GIVE 95% OF AMERICANS FAX RELIEF. -- TAX RELIEF. HE ACTUALLY PROMISED THE SAME THING WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR SENATE IN ILLINOIS, BUT ONCE ELECTED, HE NEVER INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO DO SO. INSTEAD, HE VOTED FOR THE DEMOCRATIC BUDGET RESOLUTION THAT PROMISED TO RAISE TAXES ON PEOPLE MAKING JUST $42,000 A YEAR. [BOOING] AT THE TIME HE EVEN SAID HIS VOTE WAS INENDED TO GET, QUOTE, OUR NATION'S PRIORITIES BACK ON TRACK. TO RAISE YOUR TAXES? YOU KNOW, IF HE'S SUCH A DEFENDER OF THE MIDDLE CLASS, WHY DID HE VOTE TO RAISE THEIR TAXES? WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE TAX RELIEF HE PROMISED THEM WHEN HE WAS A CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE AND WHY SHOULD MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS TRUST HIM TO KEEP PROMISES THAT HE'S ALREADY BROKEN? SENATOR OBAMA AND I HAVE DIFFERENCES WITH HOW PRESIDENT BUSH HAS HANDLED THE ECONOMY. HE THINKS TAXES ARE TOO LOW, AND I THINK SPENDING IS TOO HIGH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THE GOVERNMENT'S OUT OF CONTROL, SPENDING HAS RESULT NAD WEAKER DOLLAR, -- IN A WEAKER DOLLAR RAISING THE COSTS OF GROCERIES AND GASOLINE, AND KILLING JOBS I WILL VETO PORK BARREL LEGISLATION AND CUT WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT SPENDING. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SENATOR OBAMA HAS -- SENATOR OBAMA HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN. ACCORDING TO THIRD-PARTY ESTIMATES, HE WILL INCREASE GOVERNMENT SPENDING BY OVER $860 BILLION. YOU KNOW HE'S DENIED IT BUT HE REFUSES TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH HE DOES PLAN TO SPEND? WHAT IS THE TOTAL OF HIS INCREASE SPENDING? YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW. AMERICANS DESERVE TO KNOW JUST HOW MUCH OF THEIR MONEY SENATOR OBAMA INTENDS TO SPEND, AND HOW MUCH MORE DEBT HE PLANS TO BURDEN THEM WITH. ESTIMATE OBAMA A HAS CRITICIZED EARMARK SPENDING THE PORK BARREL PROJECTS STUCK IN SPENDING BILLS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT YET DESPITE HIS CAMPAIGN TRAIL HIS RECORD IS FULL OF EARMARK REQUESTS. IN HIS THREE SHORT YEARS IN THE SENATE HE HAS REQUESTED NEARLY A BILLION DOLLARS IN PORK BARREL PROJECTS FOR HIS STATE, LITERALLY A MILLIAN DOLLARS FOR EVERY YEAR HE'S BEEN IN OFFICE. FAR FROM FIGHTING EARMARKS FROM CONGRESS, SENATOR OBAMA HAS HAS BEEN AN EAGER PARTICIPATE -- PARTICIPANT IN THIS CORRUPT SYSTEM. IN ONE INSTANCE, MY FRIENDS, HE SOUGHT MORE THAN $3 MILLION FOR A NEW PROJECTOR AT A PLANETARIUM IN HIS HOME TOWN. COINCIDENTALLY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT PLANETARIUM PLEDGE TODAY RAISE MORE THAN $200,000 FOR SENATOR OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN. [BOOIN YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW IF HE EVER DISCUSSED THE MONEY FOR THE PLANETARIUM AND NO ONE HAS ASKED SENATOR OBAMA BUT EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF THIS KIND OF INSIDER DEALING DUSTGUSTESS AMERICANS. -- DISGUSTS AMERICANS. I'M GOING TO PUT A STOP TO THAT, MY FRIENDS, IF I'M PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND YOU CAN COUNT ON T. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I HAVE MADE EVERY SINGLE DONER TO MY COMPAIN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WHILE SENATOR OBAMA HAS TAKEN OVER $200 MILLION FROM UNDISCLOSED SOURCES. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE POTENTIAL FOR FRAUD BECAUSE OF HIS REFUSAL TO DISCLOSE HIS DONORS. HIS FUND HAD TO RETURN ILLEGAL FOREIGN FUNDS FROM PALESTINIAN DONORS. [BOOING] AND THIS WEEKEND, WE FOUND OUT ABOUT ANOTHER 28,000 IN ILLEGAL DONATIONS. WHY HAS SENATOR OBAMA REFUSED TO DISCLOSE THIS PEOPLE WHO ARE FUNDING HIS CAMPAIGN? YOU DESERVE TO KNOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE ANSWERS, AND THEY DESERVE TO KNOW. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ON HEALTH CARE, ON HEALTH CARE, AS ON OTHER THINGS, SENATOR OBAMA'S MINMISLEADING YOU ABOUT MY PLAN TO GIVE YOU MORE MONEY FOR HEALTH CARE. HE'S BEEN MISLEADING YOU FOR HIS PLAN. HE SAID HIS GOAL IS A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM WHERE GOVERNMENT IS IN CHARGE OF HEALTH CARE AND BUREAUCRACIES STAND BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR. [BOOING] UNDER THE PLAN HE HAS FOR POZED HE WILL FIND FAMILIES, -- UNDER THE PLAN HE HAS PROPOSED HE WILL FINE FAMILIES, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE POLICY HE THINKS YOU SHOULD HE WILL FINE FAMILIES WHO DON'T HAVE THE PLAN THEY THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE. HE WILL FINE EMPLOYERS WHO DON'T OFFER THE HEALTH INSURANCE HE THINKS TLAISH OFFER. [BOOING] WHAT HE DOESN'T SAY AND WHAT NOBODY HAS ASKED IS HOW BIG HIS FINES WILL BE. WHAT HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW IS WITH A SMALL FINE HIS PLAN WILL ENCOURAGE COMPANIES TO JUST PAY THE FINE. DROP EXISTING HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES, AND LEAVE THEM WITH ONLY ONE REAL OPTION, GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE. [BOOING] WHICH IS HIS GOAL. NOW WHO, WHO, NOW WHO IS THE -- WHO IS THE REAL SENATOR OBAMA? IS HE, IS HE THE QUAND DT WHO PROMISES TO CUT THE -- CANDIDATE WHO PROMISES TO CUT MIDDLE-CLASS TAXES OR THE POLITICIAN WHO VOTED TO RAISE MIDDLE-CLASS TAXES? IS HE THE CANDIDATE WHO TALKS ABOUT REGULATION OR THE POLITICIAN WHO TOOK MONEY FROM FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC ASK TURN ADBLIND EYE AS THEY RAN OUR ECONOMY INTO THE DITCH? WHICH ONE IS IT? IS HE THE CANDIDATE WHO PROMISES CHANGE OR IS HE THE POLITICIAN WHO HAS BROUGHT INTO EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH WASHINGTON AND HE'S BRAUT BOUGHT INTO IT BIG TIME. WE CAN'T CHANGE THE SYSTEM WITH SOMEONE WHO'S NEVER FOUGHT THE SYSTEM. HE'S NEVER TAKEN ON THE LEADER OF HIS PARTY ON ANY SINGLE ISSUE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WASHINGTON'S ON THE WRONG TRACK, AND I WILL SET IT RIGHT. THE AMERICAN -- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW MY RECORD. THEY KNOW I'M GOING TO CHANGE WASHINGTON BECAUSE I I'VE DONE IT BEFORE. THEY KNOW I'M GOING TO REFORM OUR BROKEN INSTITUTIONS IN WASHINGTON AND WALL STREET BECAUSE I'VE DONE IT BEFORE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THEY KNOW I'M GOING TO DELIVER RELIEF TO THE MIDDLE CLASS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOPE THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE WHEN YOU VOTE FOR ME AND SARAH PALIN. YOU KNOW THINGS WILL CHANGE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR CHANGE IN WASHINGTON MY WHOLE CAREER. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] FRIENDS, I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR YOU MY WHOLE LIFE. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FIGHT FOR YOU AND PUT THE GOVERNMENT BACK ON THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE. I NEED YOUR VOTE IN NOVEMBER. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] (music) |