Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ toledo __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__

it is good to be in toledo __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

obama __PUNCT__ obama __PUNCT__ obama __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

thank you so much __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ i got to sai thank you for kenyatta __PUNCT__ for that outstand introduct __PUNCT__

give kenyatta a big round of applaus __PUNCT__

i wa listen backstag __PUNCT__ and i thought i heard a littl preach go on there __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ folk in the crowd were go __PUNCT__ yeah __PUNCT__ wow __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so kenyatta can talk __PUNCT__ no doubt about it __PUNCT__

it is great to see so mani good_friend __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

it great to see so mani good friend who work so hard on behalf of work_famili everi dai __PUNCT__

we got sherrod_brown __PUNCT__ on of the best senat in the countri __PUNCT__

marci kaptur __PUNCT__ on of the best congresswomen in the countri __PUNCT__

we got my friend and your friend __PUNCT__ daughter of a teamster __PUNCT__ our secretari of labor __PUNCT__ hilda soli in the hous __PUNCT__

we got your outstand uaw presid bob king in the hous __PUNCT__

presid of the afl __PUNCT__ cio __PUNCT__ rich trumka is here __PUNCT__

and the presid of the nation_educ associ __PUNCT__ denni van roekel __PUNCT__

so we got some work_peopl in the hous here __PUNCT__

and to everybodi who is work_hard each and everi dai __PUNCT__ happi labor dai __PUNCT__

happi labor dai __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

we got your back __PUNCT__ obama __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ for those of you who have got a seat __PUNCT__ feel_free to take a seat __PUNCT__

i got some thing to sai __PUNCT__

i got some thing to sai here __PUNCT__

for those of you who don't have a seat __PUNCT__ make sure to bend your knee a littl bit __PUNCT__

we don't want you faint __PUNCT__

sometim __PUNCT__ folk ar stand too long __PUNCT__ thei drop off __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ we on our wai to our convent in charlott thi week __PUNCT__

but i want to stop here in toledo to spend thi dai with you __PUNCT__ a dai that belong to the work_men and women of america __PUNCT__ teacher and factori_worker __PUNCT__ construct_worker and student __PUNCT__ and famili and small __PUNCT__ busi_owner __PUNCT__

and i know we got some proud autowork in the hous help to bring toledo back __PUNCT__

after all __PUNCT__ it work folk like you who fought for job and opportun for gener of american_worker __PUNCT__

it work_peopl like you who help to lai the cornerston of middl_class secur __PUNCT__ thing that peopl now sometim take for grant __PUNCT__ but weren't alwai there __PUNCT__ the __NUM___hour work week __PUNCT__ weekend __PUNCT__ paid leav __PUNCT__ pension __PUNCT__ the minimum_wage __PUNCT__ health_care __PUNCT__ social_secur __PUNCT__ medicar __PUNCT__

those thing happen becaus work_peopl organ and mobil __PUNCT__

it is union like your that help to forg the basic bargain of thi countri __PUNCT__ the bargain that built the greatest middl_class and the most prosper countri and the most prosper economi that the world ha ever known __PUNCT__

and you know what that bargain is __PUNCT__ becaus it a simpl on __PUNCT__

it a bargain that sai if you work_hard __PUNCT__ if you respons __PUNCT__ then your work should be reward __PUNCT__

that if you put in enough effort __PUNCT__ you should be abl to find a job that pai the bill __PUNCT__

you should afford a home to call your own __PUNCT__

that you have health_care you can count on if you get sick __PUNCT__

that you can put awai enough to retir __PUNCT__ mayb take a vacat onc in a while __PUNCT__ noth fanci __PUNCT__ but you can enjoi your friend and your famili __PUNCT__

and most importantli __PUNCT__ then you can provid your children with an educ to make sure that thei do even better than you did __PUNCT__

it an american promis that sai no matter who you ar __PUNCT__ no matter what you look like __PUNCT__ no matter where you come from __PUNCT__ no matter what your last name is __PUNCT__ no matter who you love __PUNCT__ you can make it here if you try __PUNCT__

and that what we fight for __PUNCT__ toledo __PUNCT__

that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ last week __PUNCT__ the other parti gave their sale_pitch at their convent down in florida __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__

and i have to sai __PUNCT__ it wa someth to see __PUNCT__

despit all the challeng that we face in thi new centuri __PUNCT__ we saw __NUM__ straight dai of an agenda out of the last centuri __PUNCT__

it wa a rerun __PUNCT__

you might as well have watch it on black __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ white tv with some rabbit ear on there __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ it should have been on __PUNCT__ nick at nite __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ if you didn't dvr it __PUNCT__ let me give you a basic recap of what thei said __PUNCT__

the economi is bad __PUNCT__

it all obama fault __PUNCT__

and governor romnei ha the secret to creat_job and grow the economi __PUNCT__

that a basic summari __PUNCT__

thei spent the most time on me __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ thei were talk about me __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and there wa a lot of __PUNCT__ hard truth __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ bold choic __PUNCT__ thei said __PUNCT__ but nobodi ever bother to tell you what thei realli were __PUNCT__

and when governor romnei had hi chanc to let you in on the secret sauc of job_creation __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ he did not offer you a singl new idea __PUNCT__

it wa just a retread of the same old polici that have been stick it to the middl_class for year __PUNCT__

and then __PUNCT__ after the convent __PUNCT__ governor romnei came here to ohio __PUNCT__ and he said he go to be the coach that lead america to a __PUNCT__ win season __PUNCT__

the problem is everybodi ha alreadi seen hi econom playbook __PUNCT__

we know what in it __PUNCT__

on first down __PUNCT__ he hike tax by nearli __MONEY__ on the averag_famili with kid in order to pai for a massiv tax_cut for multimillionair __PUNCT__

that on first down __PUNCT__

it sound like unnecessari rough to me __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ on second down __PUNCT__ he call an audibl and undo reform that ar there to prevent anoth financi_crisi and bank_bailout __PUNCT__

he want to get rid of rule that ar there to protect our air and our water and worker __PUNCT__ right and protect to make sure health_care is there for you when you get sick __PUNCT__

and then __PUNCT__ on third down __PUNCT__ he call for a hail mari __PUNCT__ end medicar as we know it by give senior a voucher that leav them to pai ani addit cost out of their pocket __PUNCT__

there a flag on the plai __PUNCT__ loss of up to an addit___MONEY__ a year for the same benefit you get now __PUNCT__

that their playbook __PUNCT__

that their econom_plan __PUNCT__

and i got on piec of advic for you about the romnei __PUNCT__ ryan game plan __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ punt it awai __PUNCT__ it won't work __PUNCT__

it won't win the game __PUNCT__

you don't need that coach __PUNCT__

that a lose season __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ there wa on person at governor romnei convent last week who wasn't entir on script __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ becaus while thei were busi tell folk how bad everyth is __PUNCT__ your governor __PUNCT__ john kasich __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

john kasich stood up there and told everybodi that ohio is now number on in the midwest in job_creation __PUNCT__ fourth best in america __PUNCT__ which got folk kind of confus __PUNCT__ becaus if it all obama fault and noth is go right __PUNCT__ what go on in ohio __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ i guess the theori wa that it all the governor do __PUNCT__

but i think we need to refresh hi memori __PUNCT__ becaus a lot of those job ar autowork job like your __PUNCT__

the american auto_industri support on in eight job in thi state __PUNCT__

and just a few year_ago __PUNCT__ when the auto_industri wa flatlin __PUNCT__ what wa in hi and governor romnei playbook __PUNCT__ let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__

you rememb that __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ think about what that would have meant not just for ohio __PUNCT__ but for america __PUNCT__

if we had turn our back on you __PUNCT__ if america had thrown in the towel like that __PUNCT__ gm and chrysler wouldn't exist todai __PUNCT__

the supplier and the distributor that get their busi from these compani would have di off __PUNCT__ too __PUNCT__

then even ford could have gone down as well __PUNCT__

product shut down __PUNCT__

factori shutter __PUNCT__

onc proud compani chop up and sold off in scrap __PUNCT__

and all of you __PUNCT__ the men and women who built these compani with your own hand __PUNCT__ you would have been bench for good __PUNCT__

that not a good plai __PUNCT__

we didn't run that plai __PUNCT__

more than __NUM___million_american across the countri would have lost their job in the middl of the worst econom_crisi sinc the great_depress __PUNCT__

in commun across the midwest __PUNCT__ it would have been anoth great depress __PUNCT__

and it not just the worker themselv __PUNCT__ think about everybodi who depend on you __PUNCT__ schoolteach __PUNCT__ small __PUNCT__ busi_owner __PUNCT__ the server in the diner who know your order befor you walk in __PUNCT__ the bartend who know your order befor you walk in __PUNCT__

their livelihood were at stake as well __PUNCT__ and so wa someth els __PUNCT__

how mani autowork here work the assembl_line __PUNCT__ but your dad and your granddad __PUNCT__ mayb your mom __PUNCT__ grandma work on that same line __PUNCT__ how mani peopl ar second or third or fourth_gener __PUNCT__ how mani of you have son and daughter who hope to work on those same assembl_line __PUNCT__ these job ar worth more than just a paycheck __PUNCT__

thei a sourc of pride __PUNCT__

thei a ticket into a middl_class class_life __PUNCT__

these compani ar worth more than just the car that thei build __PUNCT__

thei a symbol of america innov __PUNCT__

thei a sourc of our manufactur might __PUNCT__

if that is not worth fight for __PUNCT__ then what is __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ we not about to take a knee and do noth __PUNCT__

we weren't go to give up on your job and your famili and your commun __PUNCT__

we weren't go to let detroit go bankrupt or lordstown go bankrupt or toledo go bankrupt __PUNCT__

i stood with american_worker __PUNCT__

i stood with american_manufactur __PUNCT__

i believ in you __PUNCT__

i bet on you __PUNCT__

i make that bet ani dai of the week __PUNCT__

and becaus of that bet __PUNCT__ __NUM___year later __PUNCT__ that bet is pai off for america __PUNCT__

three year later __PUNCT__ the american auto_industri ha come roar back __PUNCT__ nearli __NUM__ new job __PUNCT__

so it a littl funni watch governor romnei and governor kasich and other just try to rewrit histori now that you back on your feet __PUNCT__

these ar the folk who said __PUNCT__ if we went forward with our plan __PUNCT__ then __PUNCT__ i quot here __PUNCT__ you can kiss the american automot industri goodby __PUNCT__

now thei sai it wa their idea all along __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ serious __PUNCT__

or what thei sai is __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ the problem is that you __PUNCT__ the worker __PUNCT__ made out like bandit in thi whole thing __PUNCT__ that we did what we did becaus it wa all about pai_back union __PUNCT__

realli __PUNCT__ i mean __PUNCT__ even by the standard of polit_campaign __PUNCT__ that a lot of you know what __PUNCT__

worker made some of the biggest sacrific __PUNCT__

about __NUM__ retire saw a reduct in the health_benefit thei had earn __PUNCT__

hour were reduc __PUNCT__ pai and wage scale_back __PUNCT__

you gave up promis made to you over the year for the sake and the surviv of your fellow worker and their famili and the compani __PUNCT__

you made sacrific __PUNCT__

which is why i don't understand why these folk have the nerv to talk about you like you some greedi special_interest that need to be beaten down __PUNCT__

after all that union have done to build and protect the middl_class __PUNCT__ thei were stand up there at their convent sai you respons for the problem we face __PUNCT__

their plan sai the best wai to help worker is to roll_back worker __PUNCT__ right __PUNCT__ to overturn law that make sure construct_worker get a fair_wage __PUNCT__ to blame teacher and firefight and polic_offic and other public_servant for our econom challeng instead of what happen on wall_street and a histor financi_collaps __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ toledo __PUNCT__ what you need to know is thi __PUNCT__ when thei try to take your collect_bargain right awai __PUNCT__ when thei try to pass so __PUNCT__ call __PUNCT__ right to work __PUNCT__ law that realli mean right to work for less and less __PUNCT__ you should know thi isn't about econom __PUNCT__

thi is about polit __PUNCT__

thi notion that we should have let the auto_industri die and that we should pursu antiwork polici in the hope that union like your will unravel __PUNCT__ it part of the same old you __PUNCT__ on __PUNCT__ your __PUNCT__ own __PUNCT__ top __PUNCT__ down philosophi that sai we should just leav everybodi to fend for themselv __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ on thursdai night __PUNCT__ i go to offer you what i believ is a better path forward __PUNCT__ a path that go to grow thi economi and creat more good_job and strengthen the middl_class __PUNCT__

and the good new is __PUNCT__ start on __DATE__ ohio get it sai becaus you get to vote earli __PUNCT__

you can choos which path we take __PUNCT__

you could choos their plan __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

you can choos to give massiv new tax_cut to folk who have alreadi made it __PUNCT__

or you can choos my plan __PUNCT__ to keep tax low for everi american who is in the middl_class and everi american who is strive to get into that middl class __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis to cut_tax by a total __PUNCT__ for middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ and i have cut_tax by a total of about __MONEY__ for the typic famili __PUNCT__

and now i run to make sure that tax aren't rais a singl dime on the first __MONEY__ of ani famili_incom __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ that __NUM__ percent of american __PUNCT__

it mai be __NUM__ percent of thi auditorium __PUNCT__

your tax won't go up __PUNCT__ becaus my belief is you need relief __PUNCT__

i don't need relief __PUNCT__

mitt_romnei doesn't need relief __PUNCT__

he need it less than me __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but that a choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

you can choos whether we give up new job and new industri to countri like china __PUNCT__ or whether we fight to keep those job in state like ohio __PUNCT__

unlik my oppon __PUNCT__ i want to stop give tax_break to compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__

i want to give those tax_break to compani that ar invest right here in toledo __PUNCT__ right here in the unit_state __PUNCT__ all across ohio __PUNCT__ all across the midwest __PUNCT__

you can decid whether borrow_monei from your parent is an answer when a young_person ask how thei go to go to colleg __PUNCT__

you heard about that __PUNCT__ right __PUNCT__ thi young colleg_student sai __PUNCT__ how can i get some help go to colleg __PUNCT__ he sai __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ you need to borrow_monei from your parent __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ i guess that on path __PUNCT__

that on approach __PUNCT__

i got a differ approach that sai let make sure american onc again lead the world in educ our kid and train our worker for the job of tomorrow __PUNCT__

and that mean let hire more great teacher __PUNCT__ especi in math and scienc __PUNCT__

let help more folk go to commun_colleg to get train in the skill that employ ar hire for right now __PUNCT__

becaus the truth is __PUNCT__ some sort of higher_educ __PUNCT__ whether it __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year or a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year technic school __PUNCT__ some form of higher educ __PUNCT__ that not a luxuri anymor __PUNCT__

that is an econom necess that everi famili should be abl to afford __PUNCT__

and that what i go to be fight for __PUNCT__

that what i go to be fight for __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ you can choos an energi plan like the other gui is offer that written by and for the oil_compani __PUNCT__

or you can choos an all __PUNCT__ of __PUNCT__ the __PUNCT__ abov strategi for american_energi __PUNCT__ which mean we drill for more oil __PUNCT__ we mine for more coal __PUNCT__

but it also mean that we go after the new energi_sourc of the futur __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ my oppon said renew_energi energi_sourc ar imaginari __PUNCT__

the folk here in toledo manufactur solar_panel might disagre with that __PUNCT__

these job aren't a fad __PUNCT__ thei not imaginari __PUNCT__

thei our futur __PUNCT__

and unlik my oppon __PUNCT__ i want to stop give a __MONEY___billion a year taxpay_subsidi to big_oil oil_compani that ar make_monei everi time you go to the pump and i want to us that monei to invest in homegrown energi_sourc that have never been more promis and ar creat_job right here in ohio __PUNCT__

it up to you whether we go back to the old health_care_system that let insur_compani decid when to cover you and when to cover you and drop you when you need it most __PUNCT__

but i think we should keep move_forward with the new health_care law that alreadi cut_cost and cover more peopl and save_live __PUNCT__

thei call it obamacar __PUNCT__

it true __PUNCT__ i care __PUNCT__

it true __PUNCT__

i guess the other side plan is the __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__ doesn't __PUNCT__ care __PUNCT__ plan __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but now is not the time to refight the battl of the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__

we need to move_forward __PUNCT__

you get to decid what the futur of the war in afghanistan is __PUNCT__

last week __PUNCT__ did you notic governor romnei did not sai a word about our troop who ar in harm wai over there __PUNCT__ and becaus of my plan __PUNCT__ __NUM__ of them will have come home by the end of thi month __PUNCT__

he said end the war in iraq wa tragic __PUNCT__

i think it wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

i said we end that war __PUNCT__ and we did __PUNCT__

i said we go after al qaida __PUNCT__ we did __PUNCT__

i said we take out bin_laden __PUNCT__ we did __PUNCT__

our troop ar out of iraq __PUNCT__

we bring them home from afghanistan __PUNCT__

and as long as i command in chief __PUNCT__ we will serv our veteran as well as thei serv us __PUNCT__ becaus nobodi who fight for thi countri should have to fight for a job or a roof over their head when thei come home __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term __PUNCT__

so we got some big choic we got to make __PUNCT__

and the other side is go to spend the next __NUM___month __PUNCT__ thei fight_back with everyth thei got __PUNCT__

thei go to give you an avalanch of attack_ad and insult and distract __PUNCT__

and thei mai massag the truth a littl bit __PUNCT__

and it will be support with __MONEY___million check from wealthi donor __PUNCT__

and thei know that even if you don't bui into their plan __PUNCT__ even if you don't vote for them __PUNCT__ thei think __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ mayb we discourag peopl __PUNCT__

we get folk so disillus by all these neg_ad __PUNCT__ all thi neg __PUNCT__ that you just decid to sit thi on out __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

but you know what __PUNCT__ i count on someth differ __PUNCT__

i count on you __PUNCT__

i count on you __PUNCT__

if you not regist to vote __PUNCT__ then you got to go to __URL__

now __PUNCT__ that not __PUNCT__ __URL__ __PUNCT__

thi is __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ __URL__ __PUNCT__

if you want to find out how to vote earli __PUNCT__ start on __DATE__ then you need to go to __URL__

that not __PUNCT__ __URL__ __PUNCT__ that __PUNCT__ gotta vote __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ gotta regist __PUNCT__ gotta vote __PUNCT__ becaus we got a whole lot of more work to do __PUNCT__

we got more good_job to creat __PUNCT__

we got more good car to build __PUNCT__

we got more school to upgrad and more great teacher to hire and more young_peopl to send to colleg __PUNCT__

and we got more troop we got to bring_home and more veteran we got to take care of and more door of opportun that we got to open up for everybodi who is will to walk through them __PUNCT__

that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

that why i ask for your vote __PUNCT__

that why i need you to knock on door __PUNCT__

that why i need you to get on the phone __PUNCT__

i need you to talk to your friend __PUNCT__

i need you to talk to your neighbor __PUNCT__

i need you to stand with me __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__

and if we win toledo __PUNCT__ we will win ohio __PUNCT__

and if we win ohio __PUNCT__ we win thi elect __PUNCT__

and if we win thi elect __PUNCT__ we will finish what we start __PUNCT__ and we will remind the world why the unit_state of america is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

and god_bless_america __PUNCT__