Mike Huckabee

thank you __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ star parker __PUNCT__ my dear friend and true support __PUNCT__

and thank all of you for be thi aliv and thi energet on a saturdai_morn __PUNCT__ earli __PUNCT__

it is sometim ask of me __PUNCT__ why is it that i a conserv __PUNCT__ after all __PUNCT__ i come from a state that doesn't have a whole lot of histori of conservat __PUNCT__ and certainli not republican __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ a lot of it is that __PUNCT__ as you know __PUNCT__ i get ask all these __PUNCT__ god __PUNCT__ question in the debat __PUNCT__

and i guess __PUNCT__ in a wai __PUNCT__ it appropri __PUNCT__ becaus my conservat is root in my understand of the scriptur __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ and here why __PUNCT__

ecclesiast chapter___NUM__ vers two __PUNCT__ sai that __PUNCT__ a wise man heart direct him toward the right __PUNCT__ but a foolish man heart direct him toward the left __PUNCT__

there you have it __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ let me explain some thing about the wai i grew up in south arkansa __PUNCT__ where there were no republican nativ to hempstead counti __PUNCT__

i came from the littl town of hope __PUNCT__

i know you heard of it befor __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ there wa anoth obscur __PUNCT__ unknown governor who couldn't win the presid who came from hope __PUNCT__ arkansa too __PUNCT__

but as i often said __PUNCT__ give us on more chanc __PUNCT__ folk __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i wa in an airplan and a gui sit next to me sever month_ago wa __PUNCT__ i think __PUNCT__ just try to throw up some convers __PUNCT__

so he turn to me and he said __PUNCT__ hei __PUNCT__ mister __PUNCT__ i got a joke i want to tell you __PUNCT__

it about thi politician from hope __PUNCT__ arkansa __PUNCT__

i said __PUNCT__ excus me __PUNCT__ sir __PUNCT__

i need to let you know someth befor you embarrass yourself __PUNCT__

i am a politician from hope __PUNCT__ arkansa __PUNCT__

he look over at me and he said __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ that all right __PUNCT__ son __PUNCT__

i tell it real slow __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__

when i grew up __PUNCT__ i came from a famili where there were three basic hero in our household __PUNCT__ jesu __PUNCT__ elvi and fdr __PUNCT__

like so mani kid of the south __PUNCT__ it wa sort of just inbr in us that we were all democrat __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ it wasn't becaus folk there were so much liber __PUNCT__ but there wa just thi sort of gravit toward it __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ there were onli seven republican that i knew of in my entir home counti __PUNCT__

everi on of them had move in from either kentucki __PUNCT__ indiana or illinoi __PUNCT__

none of them were nativ to hempstead counti __PUNCT__

there us to be a sai that __PUNCT__ there ar no republican here except the on that either move in or had been mess with __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ i wa on of those gui that at some point got mess with __PUNCT__ and here what happen __PUNCT__

as a teenag __PUNCT__ i went to work for a gentleman by the name of haskel jone __PUNCT__

he wa the manag of the local radio_station __PUNCT__ and he gave me a job __PUNCT__

i look back and i think what an incred thing __PUNCT__

here a gui that look at a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year __PUNCT__ old kid and saw someth in him and said __PUNCT__ i want you to work for me __PUNCT__

and he wa on of those seven republican who had move in from somewher __PUNCT__

he love thi countri __PUNCT__

he wa a great patriot __PUNCT__

he understood the bless of america __PUNCT__

and even though i had not grown up in a republican household __PUNCT__ i understood someth about the bless of america __PUNCT__

i wa rais to love thi countri __PUNCT__

i wa not allow to be unkind toward it __PUNCT__

my parent __PUNCT__ though __PUNCT__ thei were not well __PUNCT__ educ __PUNCT__ just hard __PUNCT__ work __PUNCT__ blue __PUNCT__ collar type that bare could make the rent payment on the littl rent hous we live in on __NUM___street in hope __PUNCT__ arkansa __PUNCT__ a father that work two job __PUNCT__ on as a fireman __PUNCT__ the other as a mechan __PUNCT__ the kind of dad who got grit and grime under hi fingernail everi singl_dai becaus he did the work of heavi lift and hard labor __PUNCT__ the kind of household where the onli soap we had in our hous wa lava soap __PUNCT__

that mean i wa in colleg befor i found out it not suppos to hurt when you take a shower __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__

my father never graduat high_school __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ no male upstream from me in my entir famili lineag had ever graduat high school __PUNCT__

i would be the first __PUNCT__ and the first to ever go into colleg __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ my mother wa the oldest of seven children and grew up in a household where her earli_childhood wa spent with dirt floor __PUNCT__ no electr __PUNCT__ outdoor toilet __PUNCT__

i a gener awai from the abject_poverti that plagu so mani peopl of the deep_south who went through the great_depress and world_war __PUNCT__ but a part of what we often call the greatest_gener __PUNCT__ becaus thei did not live for their own comfort __PUNCT__

thei live so their children would have a better life than them __PUNCT__

and that why mani of us live better todai than we ever could have dream __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ becaus of what thei and other like them in their gener instil in me __PUNCT__ i grew up believ that no matter where you start in thi countri __PUNCT__ it wasn't where you had to stop __PUNCT__

and that wa the great of america is that we had individu_freedom __PUNCT__ that our freedom wa not ti to the group to which we were automat or arbitrarili connect __PUNCT__

our freedom wa ti to our own individu soul __PUNCT__

it wa a gift from god __PUNCT__ not our govern __PUNCT__

and therefor __PUNCT__ no on could take it from us becaus no on gave it to us __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ it wa instil in me that becaus freedom is individu __PUNCT__ person_respons is also individu and wa upon me and that i could not expect somebodi or the govern to do for me what i wa suppos to do for myself __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ when i went to work for haskel jone __PUNCT__ thi great patriot and republican __PUNCT__ he began to help me crystal what i understood wa part of a greater movement __PUNCT__

thi wa in the 1960 __PUNCT__ in __NUM__ and __NUM__ and thi countri wa liter burn with riot and dissent __PUNCT__

and we rememb the democrat_nation nation_convent __PUNCT__ when the whole world wa watch __PUNCT__ and thei were __PUNCT__

and there wa a real definit choic that year __PUNCT__ a choic __PUNCT__

would we be a countri of law and order or law of mayhem __PUNCT__ and that further help crystal my view that i believ in law and order __PUNCT__ not mayhem __PUNCT__

i believ that some thing were right and some thing were wrong __PUNCT__ and when we went with the right __PUNCT__ we had strength __PUNCT__

and when we saw that there wa no moral center and there wa noth that realli ever could be defin a moral_absolut __PUNCT__ then we were lost and confus __PUNCT__

i also wa hand a book by haskel jone when i wa a teenag __PUNCT__

it wa a book that wa call __PUNCT__ it a choic __PUNCT__ not an echo __PUNCT__ written by phylli schlafli __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and that book had a tremend impact on me as a teenag __PUNCT__

quit frankli __PUNCT__ that book remind me that in all of our live __PUNCT__ we should not simpli be echo the sentiment of other __PUNCT__ but make deep person choic about what we believ and __PUNCT__ most importantli __PUNCT__ why we believ it __PUNCT__

i realiz that it is not polit_correct to sai what i about to sai __PUNCT__ but i believ it sinc i wa a teenag __PUNCT__ and i will not recant it now __PUNCT__

the reason that america is a great_nation is becaus america is a special nation __PUNCT__

and the reason america is a special nation is becaus it wa found by peopl who were first on their knee befor thei were on their feet __PUNCT__

we ar a nation root in our faith __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ i had the incred privileg and joi to have visit almost __NUM___countri across the world __PUNCT__

i seen some magnific thing __PUNCT__ experienc some dramat and exot cultur __PUNCT__ tast some delici food __PUNCT__ experienc the hospit and the warmth of mani peopl __PUNCT__ of mani nation __PUNCT__

i sat and visit with head of state __PUNCT__ with head of compani __PUNCT__ and with ordinari_peopl in virtual everi part of thi world __PUNCT__ whether iraq __PUNCT__ afghanistan __PUNCT__ syria __PUNCT__ lebanon __PUNCT__ turkei __PUNCT__ egypt __PUNCT__ nine time to israel __PUNCT__ to russia __PUNCT__ to all part of asia __PUNCT__ europ __PUNCT__ central_america __PUNCT__

but in all of my travel and all of the wai in which i touch other part of the world __PUNCT__ i yet to find ani countri __PUNCT__ as enchant as i wa with it __PUNCT__ for which i would even consid for a moment give up my citizenship in the unit_state of america to trade it for resid anywher els on earth __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ we ar a special nation __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and we ar a special nation becaus __PUNCT__ throughout our histori __PUNCT__ we have been peopl who have made choic rather than simpli echo the voic of other __PUNCT__

i know that there wa some specul that i might come here todai to announc that i would be get out of the race __PUNCT__

but i want to make sure you understand __PUNCT__

am i quit __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ let get that settl right now __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ i not __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ and the reason is simpl __PUNCT__ becaus i go back to that which help crystal in me a conserv viewpoint as a teenag when it wasn't easi or popular to be a republican or a conserv in my hometown __PUNCT__ becaus i do believ that america is about make_choic __PUNCT__ not simpli echo that of other __PUNCT__

let other join the __PUNCT__ me __PUNCT__ too __PUNCT__ crowd __PUNCT__

but i didn't get where i am todai and i didn't fight the battl in a state that __PUNCT__ when i becam it governor __PUNCT__ wa __NUM__ percent democrat __PUNCT__ by simpli echo the voic of other __PUNCT__

i did it by stake out a choic __PUNCT__ state that choic __PUNCT__ make that choic and fight for that choic __PUNCT__ to believ that some thing were right __PUNCT__ some thing were wrong __PUNCT__ and it better to be right and even to not win than it is to be wrong and to be a part of the crowd __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ when i wa a teenag __PUNCT__ there wa a phrase that came late in the __PUNCT__ 60 and earli __PUNCT__ 70 that sort of wa a mantra for mani of us as conserv __PUNCT__

and quit frankli __PUNCT__ i rememb it on bumper strip __PUNCT__

it said __PUNCT__ my countri __PUNCT__ right or wrong __PUNCT__

and i guess mani of us subscrib to that view that it is my countri __PUNCT__ right or wrong __PUNCT__

but the real histori of that statement goe back to the 1800 __PUNCT__ when a senat from missouri name carl schurz __PUNCT__ who serv from __NUM__ to __NUM__ a german immigr who came to thi countri __PUNCT__ later elect to the u. __PUNCT__ senat __PUNCT__ onc serv in a presid cabinet after that __PUNCT__ di in the earli_1900 __PUNCT__

but the point of context of the statement is thi __PUNCT__

he said __PUNCT__ my countri __PUNCT__ right or wrong __PUNCT__

when it right __PUNCT__ we will keep it right __PUNCT__

and when it wrong __PUNCT__ we will make it right __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer __PUNCT__

and ladi and gentlemen __PUNCT__ that ought to be the heart cry of everi conserv __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ when it is right __PUNCT__ we will keep it right __PUNCT__

but when it is wrong __PUNCT__ we will make it right __PUNCT__

i want to sai again that freedom doe not exist in a vacuum __PUNCT__

it ha to have moral_clariti __PUNCT__

we have to believ that murder __PUNCT__ ly __PUNCT__ steal ar wrong or freedom doesn't work __PUNCT__

freedom ha to alwai oper in the context in which respons is the other wing of the airplan on our individu_freedom and choic __PUNCT__

if we __PUNCT__ as a nation __PUNCT__ ever fail to understand that __PUNCT__ then we will disintegr and becom like mani of the cultur that we todai have to confront and __PUNCT__ in fact __PUNCT__ fight __PUNCT__ who do not believ that it is wrong to murder __PUNCT__ even to murder on own child for the sake of the polit caus of islamo __PUNCT__ fascism __PUNCT__

what separ us from that veri cultur out to destroi us is that it never would be conceiv to us that we would strap a bomb to the belli of our own children and march our own child into a room full of innoc_peopl to deton the bomb in order to make a polit point __PUNCT__ becaus we believ some thing ar right and some thing ar wrong __PUNCT__

and we would believ it wrong to kill our own children for a purpos beneath that __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ but we also believ that there ar some thing that ar right __PUNCT__

for exampl __PUNCT__ as conserv __PUNCT__ we believ that it is right to protect the sovereignti of the unit_state and to make sure that we never __PUNCT__ ever __PUNCT__ for ani circumst __PUNCT__ under ani purpos __PUNCT__ ever yield on ounc of our sovereignti over to some intern tribun __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ that why we have to fight __PUNCT__ continu applaus __PUNCT__ that why we need to fight against the law of the sea_treati and make sure that it get a good burial at sea __PUNCT__

that why we should sai no to kyoto __PUNCT__ becaus it not give over __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ our sovereignti __PUNCT__

and it why ani time some unit_state judg who ha taken an oath to the constitut of the unit state should invok some intern_law as a basi upon which to make a decis __PUNCT__ he should be summarili impeach for have done so __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ it is right to have a strong militari __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ on of the mistak that we have made is we have allow ourselv to believ that the peac dividend of the clinton_administr is someth that is anyth less than ha becom now the war deficit __PUNCT__ becaus we have fail to keep our militari_spend up to the level at which we can have the troop strength that we desper need __PUNCT__

that why __PUNCT__ in the next elect_cycl __PUNCT__ and hopefulli in the next administr __PUNCT__ we will return to the kind of at least gdp spend that we had dure the reagan_year __PUNCT__ becaus __PUNCT__ quit frankli __PUNCT__ the quickest path and the surest path to peac is to make sure that we have the kind of militari that no on on earth want to engag in a battl __PUNCT__ know full well thei don't stand a chanc __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ it is right for us to be on the offens against islamo __PUNCT__ fascism and not wait until thei attack us __PUNCT__

and on thi __PUNCT__ we need to salut the presid for the fact that he ha not been will to wait until thei attack us again on our soil __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ unlik ani war we have ever fought in thi nation __PUNCT__ thi is not a war for soil __PUNCT__

thi is a war for our soul __PUNCT__

we will either win it or we will lose it __PUNCT__

and thi nation must ralli to the point where we recogn there is no compromis __PUNCT__

there is no altern __PUNCT__

we must win __PUNCT__

thei must lose __PUNCT__

islamo __PUNCT__ fascism must disappear from the face of the earth or we will __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ it is right for us to believ in a govern that give to us lower_tax and less govern and control_spend __PUNCT__

and i know that you believ that that is the what __PUNCT__

but let me share with you the why __PUNCT__ becaus i think sometim in the polit_debat of todai we miss the point __PUNCT__

thi goe not to the heart just of a polit_argument but to a moral on __PUNCT__

when govern take more from us and confisc more of our earn than it ha a right to confisc for the basic purpos of govern __PUNCT__ which is not to provid for us but mere to protect us so that we mai provid for ourselv __PUNCT__ then it ha rob us of our capac to rais our own famili and to engag in what give us strength econom __PUNCT__ and that is a free __PUNCT__ market_system __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ the reason that our tax_system is irrepar broken is becaus in thi citi it is not realli run anymor by __NUM___member of congress but the __NUM__ lobbyist __PUNCT__ __NUM__ to on to the member of congress __PUNCT__ who manipul the tax_code and creat winner and loser __PUNCT__

the reason that i am a strong_support of the fair_tax is that it end __NUM__ page of gobbledi __PUNCT__ gook in the name of the ir tax_code __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ and it end __PUNCT__ onc and for all __PUNCT__ the complet nonsens concept that we ar to penal product while subsid irrespons __PUNCT__

that is counterintuit to a strengthen economi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i talk to a man in manchest __PUNCT__ new hampshir who wa a machinist at the machin shop i wa tour __PUNCT__

he told me of hi daughter who wa go to cornel grad school at the cost of __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__ which my first thought wa __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__ god __PUNCT__ my daughter doesn't want to go to cornel grad school __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__

but then he told me __PUNCT__ he said __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ i work a second shift so i can help my daughter __PUNCT__

but the problem is __PUNCT__ work the second shift ha put me in a whole new tax bracket __PUNCT__

most of what i make in the second shift __PUNCT__ the govern take awai from me in higher_tax __PUNCT__

i hate to tell him __PUNCT__ but the truth is if he get in that higher tax_break __PUNCT__ there other issu as well __PUNCT__

if he save the monei __PUNCT__ we tax it __PUNCT__

if he invest it __PUNCT__ we tax the dividend from the stock_market __PUNCT__

if he bui and sell __PUNCT__ we tax the capit_gain __PUNCT__

and if the poor gui keel over dead from work too hard __PUNCT__ we tax him at hi death __PUNCT__

no wonder peopl ar frustrat __PUNCT__

you know __PUNCT__ there on wai he can get some feder help for hi daughter __PUNCT__

he can quit work altogeth __PUNCT__ sit home and watch espn all dai __PUNCT__ and then she qualifi for assist __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ can anybodi tell me that make_sens __PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ i got a better idea __PUNCT__

i got a better idea than the nonsens __PUNCT__ a better idea than the nonsens of that __NUM__ __PUNCT__ page tax_code that cost american_busi __MONEY__ __PUNCT__ billion __PUNCT__ to __MONEY___billion a year in complianc cost __PUNCT__ that choke the life out of small_busi __PUNCT__

it a shame that the republican_parti us to be the champion of a small_busi busi_owner __PUNCT__

and we need to be again __PUNCT__ becaus the fact is __PUNCT__ __NUM__ percent of our job come from there __PUNCT__ __NUM__ percent of our new job __PUNCT__ and even big_busi start out as small_busi __PUNCT__

most big_busi depend on the suppli from small_busi __PUNCT__

and todai the reason mani small busi_owner find it hard to surviv and compet is becaus the competit that thei face the fiercest is not from their competitor __PUNCT__

it from their own govern __PUNCT__ with excess taxat __PUNCT__ regul __PUNCT__ and the threat of litig __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ we can chang that __PUNCT__

i like to be the presid that put the ir out of busi __PUNCT__ nail the __PUNCT__ go out of busi __PUNCT__ sign on their front_door __PUNCT__ and take these tax form like thi and sai to everi american __PUNCT__ goodby __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ chant of __PUNCT__ we like mike __PUNCT__ we should demand transpar and account from our govern __PUNCT__

i would propos that everi time the feder_govern govern_make ani expenditur __PUNCT__ it post it on the internet within __NUM___hour so you could find out exactli where everi dollar of the feder_budget goe __PUNCT__ down to what it cost to mow the courthous lawn in your hometown __PUNCT__

wouldn't that shock some peopl to find out exactli how our tax_monei come in and how it goe out __PUNCT__ i believ that it right to demand that govern should facilit and not complic the free __PUNCT__ market_system __PUNCT__

i think it right to believ that mother and father rais better kid than govern do __PUNCT__ and we don't need govern tell us how to rais our kid and grow our famili __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ and i believ it right for us to understand someth that come from the veri heart of our found __PUNCT__ and that is that life is sacr and should be celebr and elev __PUNCT__

and ladi and gentlemen __PUNCT__ i know that there ar some __PUNCT__ even in the conserv_movement __PUNCT__ who think that the issu such as the sanctiti of life don't belong in the discuss __PUNCT__ but let me tell you why thei do and why __PUNCT__ under no circumst __PUNCT__ will i ever be abl to do anyth less than not just support but to be will to lead a human_life amend to the unit_state state_constitut __PUNCT__

and hear me out as to why __PUNCT__

from the begin of thi countri __PUNCT__ our found_father said it in eloqu word when __NUM___men put their signatur on a document and thei said __PUNCT__ we hold these truth to be self __PUNCT__ evid __PUNCT__ that all men ar creat_equal and ar endow by their creator with certain inalien right __PUNCT__ among these __PUNCT__ life __PUNCT__ liberti and the pursuit of happi __PUNCT__

at the heart of that statement is thi radic idea for __NUM__ that flew in the face of everyth that had been a part of their cultur __PUNCT__ in which ancestri __PUNCT__ last name and net_worth were what made a person have worth or not __PUNCT__

thei said we all equal __PUNCT__

todai i stand here becaus of their willing to put their blood on the line to give a kid like me the opportun to be as equal as the aristocrat __PUNCT__

none of us would probabl be sit here talk about our freedom had it not been for their courag in recogn the equal of all of us __PUNCT__

but at the heart of understand that is that if we ar inde equal __PUNCT__ then it mean that all of us have intrins valu and worth __PUNCT__ and no on ha more than anoth __PUNCT__

and noth extern give us greater or less worth __PUNCT__ not our abil or disabl __PUNCT__ not our net worth __PUNCT__ not our job posit __PUNCT__ not our last name or ancestri __PUNCT__ not our race __PUNCT__ not our gender __PUNCT__

not on thing make us more or less equal __PUNCT__

i believ that the sanctiti of a human_life is root in who we ar as a cultur and a civil __PUNCT__

and should we turn our back on thi fundament truth __PUNCT__ we have turn our back on the veri essenc and foundat of who we ar as a peopl that ha alwai given us that understand that we leav no man on the battlefield __PUNCT__

and even when a boi_scout is lost in the wood of north_carolina __PUNCT__ we go look for him __PUNCT__ becaus we believ hi life ha valu and mean __PUNCT__ and we care as if it were our own __PUNCT__

that what make us a great __PUNCT__ wonder __PUNCT__ god __PUNCT__ bless nation __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ let me also sai that it is right for our countri __PUNCT__ in believ in our sovereignti __PUNCT__ to demand that we have someth that everi nation on earth accept and __PUNCT__ in fact __PUNCT__ assum would be a part of it nation essenti __PUNCT__ a secur border __PUNCT__

how we can ever believ that we can be a sovereign_nation or a free_nation without secur our border is beyond me __PUNCT__

and ladi and gentlemen __PUNCT__ our nation_govern ha miser fail to do someth that most of us all across thi countri realiz __PUNCT__

thi is a great_nation that welcom peopl __PUNCT__

we not hostil __PUNCT__

we alwai been a nation of immigr __PUNCT__

most of us come from ancestor who immigr here from somewher __PUNCT__

but we also a nation of law __PUNCT__ and we believ that if you knock on our front_door and you hungri __PUNCT__ chanc ar we ask you to sign the guest book and we try to feed you and help you __PUNCT__

but if you break through the window in the middl of the night __PUNCT__ god help you __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ the sad thing is when our own govern put the ladder up against the window __PUNCT__

it a littl hard to blame the person climb up the ladder as much as it is the govern who put the ladder and sai __PUNCT__ go ahead and climb __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ let fix what wrong __PUNCT__

i had a boyhood pastor who us to tell me __PUNCT__ if you don't stand for someth __PUNCT__ you fall for anyth __PUNCT__

and i believ that that perhap true now more than ever __PUNCT__

you know __PUNCT__ i want to just conclud todai by share with you that sometim __PUNCT__ in the cours of elect __PUNCT__ a lot of thing get said __PUNCT__

peopl question other peopl motiv or mayb their qualif or their credenti __PUNCT__

and mine certainli have been question from time to time as to whether i wa a true_conserv __PUNCT__

let me tell you __PUNCT__ the critic who have been sai some of those thing weren't with me when i wa be put in the back of __PUNCT__ parad __PUNCT__ in arkansa becaus i had the audac to be a conserv in a state that didn't realli welcom it __PUNCT__

thei weren't there when my door wa nail shut upon my elect as lieuten govern in __NUM__ __PUNCT__ nail shut by the democrat in the state_capitol __PUNCT__ who kept it nail shut for the first __NUM___dai that i wa in offic __PUNCT__

and i get on an elev __PUNCT__ thei get off __PUNCT__

i walk down the hall __PUNCT__ thei turn the other wai __PUNCT__ or the time when i go into cafe and restaur to campaign and peopl refus to shake my hand becaus i had the audac to be a republican in a state where that just wasn't accept __PUNCT__

believ me __PUNCT__ i understand what it is to go into a state_capitol where there never been a gener broad __PUNCT__ base tax_cut in __NUM___year and propos on __PUNCT__ and three month later sign it into law __PUNCT__ and __NUM___time after that sign tax_cut into law in a state that didn't know how to handl that befor __PUNCT__

that a conserv __PUNCT__ folk __PUNCT__ against the head wind that weren't easi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ to reform_welfar in a state that believ that it wa an entitl __PUNCT__ and to take half the peopl off and get them into job __PUNCT__ not just take them off welfar but to get them emploi __PUNCT__ and to see the lowest unemploy number in our state and the highest employ number and the largest_number of new job and a __NUM___percent_increas in per capita_incom and the cut capit_gain gain_tax and the elimin of the marriag penalti and the doubl of the child_care tax_credit and the index of the incom_tax for inflat and the freez of properti_tax for elderli peopl so thei did not lose their home becaus govern made them end up have to move awai __PUNCT__

i understand someth about the necess of that __PUNCT__

i rememb when legisl were on the capitol step have new confer everi dai call for __PUNCT__ demand that we have a special session to rais_tax __PUNCT__

and i final creat the tax me more fund __PUNCT__

i said __PUNCT__ there noth in the law that sai you can't pai more tax if you feel like you not pai enough __PUNCT__

and i had envelop print __PUNCT__

everywher i made a speech __PUNCT__ i hold them up __PUNCT__

i sai __PUNCT__ if you feel like you not pai enough __PUNCT__ here an envelop __PUNCT__

would you like to fill it up __PUNCT__ here __PUNCT__ take on __PUNCT__

eighteen_month later __PUNCT__ __MONEY__ wa all the peopl of arkansa thought thei had been undertax __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__

a thousand of that wa given by a liber senat who start the whole process of __PUNCT__ scream __PUNCT__ at it __PUNCT__

i spent __NUM__ and a half_year __PUNCT__ term as governor fight the corrupt of a on __PUNCT__ parti_polit polit_machin that i happen to know a littl bit about __PUNCT__ becaus i the onli person who ever run against the clinton polit machin and beat it four time __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer __PUNCT__

and if you think we got an easi race thi year __PUNCT__ let me assur you we don't __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ i stand in thi race and i stai in thi race not to be a fly in the ointment __PUNCT__ becaus i believ __PUNCT__ as phylli schlafli book taught me in the 1960 __PUNCT__ that our parti __PUNCT__ that our countri __PUNCT__ is about a choic __PUNCT__ not an echo __PUNCT__

if peopl want an echo __PUNCT__ thei can get it from somewher els __PUNCT__

if thei want a choic __PUNCT__ i plan to give it to them __PUNCT__

there ar onli a few state that have vote __PUNCT__

twenti __PUNCT__ seven have not __PUNCT__

peopl in those __NUM___state deserv more than a coron __PUNCT__

thei deserv an elect __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ thei deserv the opportun to have their voic and their vote heard and count __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i know the pundit and i know what thei sai __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ the math doesn't work out __PUNCT__

folk __PUNCT__ i didn't major in math __PUNCT__

i major in miracl __PUNCT__ and i still believ in those too __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__ a few night ago __PUNCT__ when the tornado tore through the south __PUNCT__ on of those tornado hit the commun of brandenburg __PUNCT__ kentucki __PUNCT__

i got an e __PUNCT__ mail yesterdai from a ladi name lisa young in brandenburg __PUNCT__ kentucki __PUNCT__

it a pretti remark stori __PUNCT__ becaus that tornado didn't just hit her town __PUNCT__

it hit her hous __PUNCT__

but she e __PUNCT__ mail to sai that despit the damag to her home __PUNCT__ she said there wa on thing that wa pretti remark __PUNCT__ and she want to make sure that i heard about it __PUNCT__ and i did __PUNCT__

she said she had a yard sign __PUNCT__ a mike_huckabe yard sign __PUNCT__ up in her yard __PUNCT__

and she said when the tornado had gone through __PUNCT__ she said what wa amaz to her wa __PUNCT__ stand pristin __PUNCT__ without a hint of damag or even lean __PUNCT__ she said wa that yard sign still stand in her yard __PUNCT__

she said __PUNCT__ mike __PUNCT__ i don't know what that mean __PUNCT__ but all i know is that in brandenburg __PUNCT__ kentucki __PUNCT__ you still stand __PUNCT__

and folk __PUNCT__ i want you to know __PUNCT__ across america __PUNCT__ everywher there still a vote to be cast __PUNCT__ i still stand __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

thank you veri much __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ cheer and applaus __PUNCT__