2012 Presidents' Forum2012
奥巴马在2012民主党全国代表大会上的提名演讲中英全文
奥巴马在2012民主党全国代表大会上的提名演讲（中英全文）英文原文：Thank you. -- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much.'Harder' Path to a 'Better Place'Describing himself as ―mindful of my own failings,‖ President Obama conceded the country’s continuing difficulties while defending his record and pleading for more time to carry out his agenda. He laid out a long-term blueprint for revival in an era obsessed with short-term expectations.Thank you.hank you so much. Thank you. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.Michelle, I love you so much.A few nights ago, everybody was reminded just what a lucky man I am.Malia and Sasha, we are so proud of you. And yes, you do have to go to school in the morning.And Joe Biden, thank you for being the very best vice president I could have ever hoped for -- and being a strong and loyal friend.Madam Chairwoman, delegates, I accept your nomination for president of the United States.Now, the first time I addressed this convention, in 2004, I was a younger man -- a Senate candidate from Illinois who spoke about hope, not blind optimism, not wishful thinking but hope in the face of difficulty, hope in the face of uncertainty, that dogged faith in the future which has pushed this nation forward even when the odds are great, even when the road is long.Eight years later that hope has been tested by the cost of war, by one of the worst economic crises in history and by political gridlock that's left us wondering whether it's still even possible to tackle the challenges of our time. I know campaigns can seem small, even silly sometimes.Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. The truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. And if you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me, so am I.One RequestThere is one request, above all, that the president is asking of Americans: patience. This passage is reminiscent of his words in his victory speech four years ago and his inauguration address: the challenges facing the nation are immense and change will be slow. - Jeff Zeleny, reporterBut when all is said and done, when you pick up that ballot to vote, you will face the clearest choice of any time in a generation. Over the next few years big decisions will be made in Washington on jobs, the economy, taxes and deficits, energy, education, war and peace -- decisions that will have a huge impact on our lives and on our children's lives for decades to come.And on every issue, the choice you face won't just be between two candidates or two parties. It will be a choice between two different paths for America, a choice between two fundamentally different visions for the future. Ours is a fight to restore the values that built the largest middle class and the strongest economy the world has ever known -- the values my grandfather defended as a soldier in Patton's army, the values that drove my grandmother to work on a bomber assembly line while he was gone. They knew they were part of something larger -- a nation that triumphed over fascism and depression, a nation where the most innovative businesses turn out the world's best products, and everyone shared in that pride and success from the corner office to the factory floor.My grandparents were given the chance to go to college and buy their home -- their own home and fulfill the basic bargain at the heart of America's story, the promise that hard work will pay off, that responsibility will be rewarded, that everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same rules, from Main Street to Wall Street to Washington, D.C.And I ran for president because I saw that basic bargain slipping away. I began my career helping people in the shadow of a shuttered steel mill at a time when too many good jobs were starting to move overseas. And by 2008 we had seen nearly a decade in which families struggled with costs that kept rising but paychecks that didn't, folks racking up more and more debt just to make the mortgage or pay tuition, put gas in the car or food on the table. And when the house of cardscollapsed in the Great Recession, millions of innocent Americans lost their jobs, their homes, their life savings, a tragedy from which we're still fighting to recover.Now, our friends down in Tampa at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America. But they didn't have much to say about how they'd make it right. They want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan. And that's because all they have to offer is the same prescriptions they've had for the last 30 years. Have a surplus? Try a tax cut. Deficit too high -- try another.A State DividedThis is Obama's hardest rhetorical trick: to acknowledge that his 2004 assertion -- there is no red and blue America -- does not hold. - Jodi Kantor, reporterFeel a cold coming on? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning.Now, I've cut taxes for those who need it -- middle-class families, small businesses. But I don't believe that another round of tax breaks for millionaires will bring good jobs to our shores, or pay down our deficit. I don't believe that firing teachers or kicking students off financial aid will grow the economy -- or help us compete with the scientists and engineers coming out of China. After all we've been through, I don't believe that rolling back regulations on Wall Street will help the small-businesswoman expand, or the laid-off construction worker keep his home.We have been there, we've tried that, and we're not going back. We are moving forward, America.Now, I won't pretend the path I'm offering is quick or easy. I never have. You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.And the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades. It'll require common effort, shared responsibility, and the kind of bold, persistent experimentation that Franklin Roosevelt pursued during the only crisis worse than this one.And by the way, those of us who carry on his party's legacy should remember that not every problem can be remedied with another government program or dictate from Washington.But know this, America: Our problems can be solved. Our challenges can be met. The path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place, and I'm asking you to choose that future.I'm asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country, goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security and the deficit, real, achievable plans that will lead to new jobs, more opportunity and rebuild this economy on a stronger foundation. That's what we can do in the next four years, and that is why I am running for a second term as president of the United States.We can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed, we're getting back to basics and doing what America's always done best. We are making things again. I've met workers in Detroit and Toledo who feared -- they'd never build another American car. And today they can't build them fast enough because we reinvented a dying auto industry that's back on the top of the world. I worked with business leaders who are bringing jobs back to America not because our workers make less pay, but because we make better products -- because we work harder and smarter than anyone else.I've signed trade agreements that are helping our companies sell more goods to millions of new customers, goods that are stamped with three proud words: "Made in America."And after a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last 2 1/2 years. And now you have a choice. We can give more tax breaks to corporations that shift jobs overseas ---- or we can start rewarding companies that open new plants and train new workers and create new jobs here in the United States of America. We can help big factories and small businesses double their exports. And if we choose this path, we can create a million new manufacturing jobs in thenext four years. You can make that happen. You can choose that future.You can choose the path where we control more of our own energy. After 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas. We have doubled our use of renewable energy, and thousands of Americans have jobs today building wind turbines and long-lasting batteries. In the last year alone, we cut oil imports by 1 million barrels a day, more than any administration in recent history. And today the United States of America is less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in the last two decades.So now you have a choice between a strategy that reverses this progress or one that builds on it.We've opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration in the last three years, and we'll open more. But unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan or endanger our coastlines or collect another $4 billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers. We're offering a better path.We're offering a better path where we -- a future where we keep investing in wind and solar and clean coal, where farmers and scientists harness new biofuels to power our cars and trucks, where construction workers build homes and factories that waste less energy, where -- where we develop a hundred-year supply of natural gas that's right beneath our feet. If you choose this path, we can cut our oil imports in half by 2020 and support more than 600,000 new jobs in natural gas alone.And yes, my plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet, because climate change is not a hoax. More droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke. They are a threat to our children's future.And in this election, you can do something about it. You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have.Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. It was -- it was the gateway for most of you. And now more than ever it is the gateway to a middle-class life.Given the ChanceImplicit message: don't envy us or our Harvard degrees; you can be like us, you deserve that chance. - Jodi Kantor, reporterFor the first time in a generation, nearly every state has answered our call to raise their standards for teaching and learning. Some of the worst schools in the country have made real gains in math and reading. Millions of students are paying less for college today because we finally took on a system that wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on banks and lenders.And now you have a choice. We can gut education, or we can decide that in the United States of America, no child should have her dreams deferred because of a crowded classroom or a crumbling school. No family should have to set aside a college acceptance letter because they don't have the money. No company should have to look for workers overseas because they couldn't find any with the right skills here at home. That's not our future. That is not our future.A government has a role in this. But teachers must inspire. Principals must lead. Parents must instill a thirst for learning. And students, you've got to do the work. And together, I promise you we can outeducate and outcompete any nation on earth.So help me. Help me recruit a hundred thousand math and science teachers within 10 years and improve early childhood education. Help give 2 million workers the chance to learn skills at their community college that will lead directly to a job. Help us work with colleges and universities to cut in half the growth of tuition costs over the next 10 years.We can meet that goal together. You can choose that future for America. That's our future.You know, in a world of new threats and new challenges, you can choose leadership that has been tested and proven. Four years ago I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and we have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al- Qaida is on the path to defeat and Osama bin Laden is dead.Withdrawal"In 2014, our longest war will be over." That is what President Obama said tonight about Afghanistan.Well, maybe. That is the deadline for pulling out all American and other foreign troops. But the White House has said that it envisions an "enduring force" in Afghanistan for years to come, one that some officials told me this year could amount to 10,000 to 15,000 troops. They would not be in combat, but they would be there to keep the Taliban from overtaking Kabul, and Pakistan from losing control of its 100 or so nuclear weapons. Combat may be over; it's less likely the war will be.The president's real goal, though, was to get to a line he has used often before: that he plans to "do some nation-building right here at home," spending on roads and schools and runways. It's a sure applause line, but again, it skips by a reality: American promised some nation-building in places like Afghanistan, and places like it, and gradually, it is walking away. - David E. Sanger, reporterAnd tonight we pay tribute to the Americans who still serve in harm's way. We are forever in debt to a generation whose sacrifice has made this country safer and more respected. We will never forget you, and so long as I'm commander in chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you've served us, because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job or a roof over their head or the care that they need when they come home.Around the world, we've strengthened old alliances and forged new coalitions to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. We've reasserted our power across the Pacific and stood up to China on behalf of our workers. From Burma to Libya to South Sudan, we have advanced the rights and dignity of allhuman beings -- men and women; Christians and Muslims and Jews.Closer Look at AlliancesAttitudes toward the United States are generally more positive now in other countries than they were in 2008, the last year of George W. Bush’s presidency — but they have slipped moderately since Mr. Obama took office in 2009, according to a 21-nation survey conducted this spring by the Pew Resear ch Center’s Global Attitudes Project.The countries that warmed most to the United States in that time were in Europe, the survey found. In France, Spain and Germany, the percentage of people with a positive view of the United States is at least 20 percentage points higher than it was in 2008. But in several strategically important Muslim nations, including Jordan and Pakistan, America’s already low image slipped further during the Obama presidency, it found. - Michael Cooper, reporterBut for all the progress that we've made, challenges remain. Terrorist plots must be disrupted. Europe's crisis must be contained. Our commitment to Israel's security must not waver, and neither must our pursuit of peace. The Iranian government must face a world that stays united against its nuclear ambitions. The historic change sweeping across the Arab world must be defined not by the iron fist of a dictator or the hate of extremists, but by the hopes and aspirations of ordinary people who are reaching for the same rights that we celebrate here today.Alliances, ContinuedThe report found that Mr. Obama consistently received higher ratings than Mr. Bush did in all the nations surveyed except Pakistan, but that ―global approval of President Barack Obama’s policies has declined significantly since he first took office.‖“There remains a widespread perception that the U.S. acts unilaterally and does not consider the interests of other countries,’’ the report found. ―In predominantly Muslim nations, American antiterrorism efforts are still widely unpopular. And in nearly all countries, there is considerable opposition to a major component of the Obama administration’s antiterrorism policy: drone strikes. In 17 of 20 countries, more than half disapprove of U.S. drone attacks targeting extremist leaders and groups in nations such as Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.‖- Michael Cooper, reporterSo now we have a choice. My opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy.But from all that we've seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost America so dearly.After all, you don't call Russia our number one enemy -- not al- Qaida, Russia -- unless you're still stuck in a Cold War mind warp.You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.My opponent -- my opponent said that it was tragic to end the war in Iraq. And he won't tell us how he'll end the war in Afghanistan. Well, I have, and I will. And while my opponent would spend more money on military hardware that our Joint Chiefs don't even want, I will use the money we're no longer spending on war to pay down our debt and put more people back to work -- rebuilding roads and bridges and schools and runways, because after two wars that have cost us thousands of lives and over a trillion dollars, it's time to do some nation building right here at home.Foreign Policy CredentialsFour years ago, Senator John McCain questioned Mr. Obama’s foreign policy credentials. Now it is Mr. Obama who is raising the same questions about his rivals. It is a strong line in the speech, particularly among Democrats inside the arena, but in an election that is expected to rise and fall on the e conomy, it is unlikely any voters will move to Mr. Obama’s side because of this. - Jeff Zeleny, reporterYou can choose a future where we reduce our deficit without sticking it to the middle class. Independent experts say that my plan would cut our deficit by $4 trillion. And last summer I worked with Republicans in Congress to cut a billion dollars in spending, because those of us who believe government can be a force for good should work harder than anyone to reform it so that it's leaner and more efficient and more responsive to the American people.I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 -- the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president, the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history and a whole lot of millionaires to boot.Now, I'm still eager to reach an agreement based on the principles of my bipartisan debt commission. No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. I want to get this done, and we can get it done.Anonymous OpponentAnd here's the answer to one of the night's questions: Once, in a 4,400-word speech. That's how many times President Obama mentions Mitt Romney by name, at least in the prepared remarks of his speech. The quote: "But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy -- well, you do the math," he said. "I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm president, I never will." - Adam Nagourney, reporterBut when Governor Romney and his friends in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficits by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy, well -- what'd Bill Clinton call it? You do the arithmetic. You do the math.I refuse to go along with that, and as long as I'm president, I never will. I refuse to ask middle-class families to give up their deductions for owning a home or raising their kids just to pay for another millionaire's tax cut. I refuse to ask students to pay more for college or kick children out of Head Start programs to eliminate health insurance for millions of Americans who are poor and elderly or disabled all so those with the most can pay less. I'm not going along with that.And I will never -- I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and the dignity that they have earned. Yes, we will reform and strengthen Medicare for the long haul, but we'll do it by reducing the cost of health care, not by asking seniors to pay thousands of dollars more.And we will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it, not by turning it over to Wall Street.This is the choice we now face. This is what the election comes down to. Over and over, we've been told by our opponents that bigger tax cuts and fewer regulations are the only way, that since government can't do everything, it should do almost nothing. If you can't afford health insurance, hope that you don't get sick. If a company releases toxic pollution into the air your children breathe, well, that's the price of progress. If you can't afford to start a business or go to college, take my opponent's advice and borrow money from your parents.You know what, that's not who we are. That's not what this country is about. As Americans, we believe we are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights, rights that no man or government can take away. We insist on personal responsibility, and we celebrate individual initiative. We're not entitled to success. We have to earn it. We honor the strivers, the dreamers, the risk- takers, the entrepreneurs who have always been the driving force behind our free enterprise system, the greatest engine of growth and prosperity that the world's ever known.But we also believe in something called citizenship -- citizenship, a word at the very heart of our founding, a word at the very essence of our democracy, the idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations.'Citizenship'"Citizenship." President Obama is reaching for an old-fashioned, civics-class term, but one that represents what he really believes. - Jodi Kantor, reporterWe believe that when a CEO pays his autoworkers enough to buy the cars that they build, the whole company does better.We believe that when a family can no longer be tricked into signing a mortgage they can't afford, that family's protected, but so is the value of other people's homes -- and so is the entire economy.We believe the little girl who's offered an escape from poverty by a great teacher or a grant for college could become the next Steve Jobs or the scientist who cures cancer or the president of the United States -- and it is in our power to give her that chance.We know that churches and charities can often make more of a difference than a poverty program alone. We don't want handouts for people who refuse to help themselves, and we certainly don't want bailouts for banks that break the rules.We don't think the government can solve all of our problems, but we don't think the government is the source of all of our problems -- any more than our welfare recipients or corporations or unions or immigrants or gays or any other group we're told to blame for our troubles -- because -- because America, we understand that this democracy is ours.We, the people -- recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which asks only, what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.As citizens, we understand that America is not about what can be done for us. It's about what can be done by us, together -- through the hard and frustrating but necessary work of self-government. That's what we believe.So you see, the election four years ago wasn't about me. It was about you. My fellow citizens -- you were the change.You're the reason there's a little girl with a heart disorder in Phoenix who'll get the surgery she needs because an insurance company can't limit her coverage. You did that.You're the reason a young man in Colorado who never thought he'd be able to afford his dream of earning a medical degree is about to get that chance. You made that possible.You're the reason a young immigrant who grew up here and went to school here and pledged allegiance to our flag will no longer be deported from the only country she's ever called home -- why selfless soldiers won't be kicked out of the military because of who they are or who they love, why thousands of families have finally been able to say to the loved ones who served us so bravely, welcome home. Welcome home. You did that. You did that. You did that.Staying With the PresidentA week after Mitt Romney tried to create a permission structure for ’08 Obama voters to give up on him, the president has a simple rebuttal: Permission denied. - Jeff Zeleny, reporterIf you turn away now -- if you turn away now, if you buy into the cynicism that the change we fought for isn't possible, well, change will not happen. If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void, the lobbyists and special interests, the people with the $10 million checks who are trying to buy this election and those who are trying to make it harder for you to vote, Washington politicians who want to decide who you can marry or control health care choices that women should be making for themselves. Only you can make sure that doesn't happen. Only you have the power to move us forward.Lessons LearnedMr. Obama is trying to remind people that he has learned lessons in the Oval Office and that trading presidents in midstream would be a risk. It may be the closest that Mr. Obama has come to acknowledging his own shortcomings. - Jeff Zeleny, reporterYou know, I recognize that times have changed since I first spoke to this convention. Times havechanged, and so have I. I'm no longer just a candidate. I'm the president.And -- and that's --And that -- and that means I know what it means to send young Americans into battle, for I've held in my arms the mothers and fathers of those who didn't return.Looming Jobs ReportPresidential candidates can usually count on luxuriating in a few days of warm feelings from their convention as they ride the high generated by impassioned supporters.But the party could come to an abrupt halt even before he breaks camp here Friday morning when the government releases its employment report for August, a blunt reminder of the forces working against Mr. Obama. - Jim Rutenberg, reporterI've shared the pain of families who've lost their homes, and the frustration of workers who've lost their jobs. If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.And while I'm proud of what we've achieved together -- I'm far more mindful of my own failings, knowing exactly what Lincoln meant when he said, "I have been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go."。
美国第一夫人DNC2012演讲词
美国第一夫人DNC2012演讲词When it comes to give our children the education they deserve, Barack knows like me and like so many of you he never could’ve attended college without financial aid. And believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage. We were so young, so in love, and so in debt(当时我们那么年轻，那么相爱，还负责累累).That’s why Barack has fought so hard to increase student aid and keep interest rates down because he wants every young person to fulfill their promise(大展宏图) and be able to attend college without a mountain of debt. So in the end, for Barack, these issues aren’t political——they are personal. Because Barack knows what it means when a family struggles.He knows what it means to want something more for your kids and grandkids. Barack knows the American Dream because he’s lived it(因为他曾亲身经历), and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity no matter who we are, or where we’re from,or what we look like, or who we love(无论身份，无论家乡，无论种族，无论信仰和情感).And he believes that when you’ve worked hard, and done well, and walk through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you. You reach back and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed. So when people ask me whether being in the White House has changed my husband, I can honestly say that when it comes to this character, and his convictions, and his heart(不论他的品格，信仰还是内心), Barack Obama is still the same man I fell in love with all those years ago.He is the same man who started his career by turning down high paying jobs and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down, fighting to rebuild those communities and get folks back to work…because for Barack success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives. He is the same man who, when our girls were first born, would anxiously check their cribs every few minutes to ensurethey were still breathing, proudly showing them off to everyone we knew.That’s the man who sits down with me and our girls for dinner nearly every night, patiently answering their questions about issues in the news and strategizing about middle school friendships. That’s the man I see in those quiet moments late at night, hunched over his desk, poring over the letters people have sent him. The letter from the father struggling to pay his bills, from the woman dying of cancer whose insurance company won’t cover her care(保险公司弃之不管), from the young person with so much promise but so few opportunities(怀才不遇的年轻人).I see the concern in his eyes…and I hear the determination in his voice as he tells me, “You won’t believe what these folks are going through, Michelle…it’s not right. We’ve got keep working to fix this. We’ve got so much more to do.” I see how those stories- our collection of struggles and hopes and dreams, I see how that’s what drives Barack Obama every single day. And I didn’t think it was possible, but today, I lo vemy husband even more than I did four years ago, even more than I did 23 years ago, when we first met.I love that he’s never forgotten how he started(因为他不忘本). I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he’s going to do, even when it’s hard especially when it’s hard. I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as “us” and “them”(不分你我). He doesn’t care whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, o r none of the above, he knows that we all love our country…and he’s always ready to listen to good ideas, he’s always looking for the very best in everyone he meets. And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it, when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost.Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward, with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace. And he reminds me that we are playing a long game here(我们任重而道远), and that change is hard, and change is slow, and it never happens all at once. But eventually we get there, we always do.We get there because of folks like my Dad…folks like Barack’s grandmoth er...men and women who said to themselves, “I may not have a chance to fulfill my dreams, but maybe my children will…maybe my grandchildren will.” So many of us stand here tonight because of their sacrifice, and longing, and steadfast love, because time and again, they swallowed their fears and doubts and did what was hard. So today, when the challenges we face start to seem overwhelming or even impossible, let us never forget that doing the impossible is the history of this nation, it is who we are asAmer icans…it’s how this country was built.And if our parents and grandparents could toil and struggle for us, if they could raise beams of steel to the sky, send a man to the moon, and connect the world with the touch of a button, then surely we can keep on sacrificing and building for our own kids and grandkids. And if so many brave men and women could wear our country’s uniform. And sacrifice their lives for our most fundamental rights, then surely we can do our part as citizens of this great democracy to exercise those rights,surely we can get to the polls on Election Day and make our voices heard.If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire, if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores, if women could be dragged to jail for seeking the vote, if a generation could defeat a depression, and define greatness for all time, if a young preacher could lift us to the mountaintop with his righteous dream, and if proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love, then surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream.Because in the end, more than anything else, that is the story of this country- the story of unwavering hope grounded in unyielding struggle. That is what has made my story, and Barack’s story, and so many other American stories possible. And I say all of this tonight not just as First Lady…and not just as a wife. You see, at the end of the day, my most important title is still “mom-in-chief”(一个操心的妈妈), my daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world.But today, I have none of those worries from four years ago, about whether Barack and I were doing what’s best for our girls. Because today, I know from experience that if I truly want to leave a better world for my daughters, and for all sons and daughter, if we want to give all our children a foundation for their dreams and opportunities worthy of their promise, if we want to give them that sense of limitless possibility, hat belief that here in America, there’s always something better out there if you are willing to work for it, then we must work like never before and we must one again come together and stand together for the man we can trust to keep moving this great country forward, my husband, our President, President Barack Obama. Thank you. God bless you.。
2012美国大选第三场辩论-英文
2012美国大选第三场辩论国总统大选第三场、也是最后一场辩论22日在美国佛罗里达州博卡拉顿的林恩大学举行。
本场辩论以美国外交政策为主题。
由于总统奥巴马与共和党总统候选人罗姆尼在前两场辩论中战成平手，且目前选情胶着，第三场辩论的重要性大增，受关注程度更高。
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原文：BOB SCHIEFFER of CBS: Good evening from the campus of Lynn University here in Boca Raton, Florida. This is the fourth and last debate of the 2012 campaign, brought to you by the Commission on Presidential Debates. This one’s on foreign policy. I’m Bob Schieffer of CBS News. The questions are mine, and I have not shared them with the candidates or their aides.The audience has taken a vow of silence — no applause, no reaction of any kind except right now when we welcome President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. (Sustained cheers, applause.) Gentlemen, your campaigns have agreed to certain rules and they are simple. They have asked me to divide the evening into segments. I’ll pose a question at the beginning of each segment. You will each have two minutes to respond, and then we will have a general discussion until we move to the next segment.Tonight’s debate, as both of your know, comes on the 50th anniversary of the night that President Kennedy told the world that the Soviet Union had installed nuclear missiles in Cuba — perhaps the closest we’ve ever come to nuclear war. And it is a sobering remind er that every president faces at some point an unexpected threat to our national security from abroad. So let’s begin.The first segment is the challenge of a changing Middle East and the new face of terrorism. I’m going to put this into two segments, so y ou’ll have two topic questions within this one segment on that subject. The first question, and it concerns Libya, the controversy over what happened there continues. Four Americans are dead, including an American ambassador. Questions remain. What happened? What caused it? Was it spontaneous?Was it an intelligence failure? Was it a policy failure? Was there an attempt to mislead people about what really happened?Governor Romney, you said this was an example of an American policy in the Middle East that is unraveling before our very eyes. I’d like to hear each of you give your thoughts on that. Governor Romney, you won the toss. You go first.MITT ROMNEY: Thank you, Bob, and thank you for agreeing to moderate this debate this evening. Thank you to Lynn Uni versity for welcoming us here, and Mr. President, it’s good to be with you again. We were together at a humorous event a little earlier, and it’s nice to maybe be funny this time not on purpose. We’ll see what happens. (Laughter.)This is obviously an area of great concern to the entire world and to America in particular, which is to see a — a complete change in the — the — the structure and the — the environment in the Middle East. With the Arab Spring came a great deal of hope that there would be a change towards more moderation and opportunity for greater participation on the part of women and — and publiclife and in economic life in the Middle East. But instead we’ve seen in nation after nation a number of disturbing events. Of course, we see in Syria 30,000 civilians having been killed by the military there. We see in — in — in Libya an attack apparently by — well, I think we know now by terrorists of some kind against — against our people there, four people dead. Our hearts and minds go to them. Mali has been taken over, the northern part of Mali, by al-Qaida-type individuals. We have in — in Egypt a Muslim Brotherhood president.And so what we’re seeing is a — a — a pretty dramatic reversal in the kind of hopes we had for that region. Of course, the greatest threat of all is Iran, four years closer to a nuclear weapon. And —and we’re going to have to recognize that we have to do as the president has done. I congratulate him on — on taking out Osama bin Laden and going after the leadership in al-Qaida. But we can’t kill our way out of this mess. We’re —we’re going to have to put in place a very comprehensive and robust strategy to help the — the world of Islam and — and other parts of the world reject this radical violent extremism which is —it’s really not on the run. It’s certainly not hiding. This is a group that is now involved in 10 or 12 countries, and it presents an enormous threat to our friends, to the world, to America long term, and we must have a comprehensive strategy to help reject this kind of extremism.MR. SCHIEFFER: Mr. President.PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, my first job as commander in chief, Bob, is to keep the American people safe, and that’s what we’ve done over the last four years. We ended the war in Iraq, refocused our attention on those who actually killed us on 9/11. And as a consequence, al-Qaida’s core leadership has been decimated.In addition, we’re now able to transition out of Afghanistan in a responsible way, making sure that Afghans take responsibility for their own security, and that allows us also to rebuild alliances and make friends around the world to combat future threats. Now, with respect to Libya, as I indicated in the last debate, when we received that phone call, I immediately made sure that, number one, we did ever ything we could to secure those Americans who were still in harm’s way; number two, that we would investigate exactly what happened; and number three, most importantly, that we would go after those who killed Americans, and we would bring them to justice, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.But I think it’s important to step back and think about what happened in Libya. Now, keep in mind that I and Americans took leadership in organizing an international coalition that made sure that we were able to — without putting troops on the ground, at the cost of less than what we spent in two weeks in Iraq — liberate a country that had been under the yoke of dictatorship for 40 years, got rid of a despot who had killed Americans.And as a consequence, despite this tragedy, you had tens of thousands of Libyans after the events in Benghazi marching and saying, America's our friend. We stand with them. Now that represents the opportunity we have to take advantage of. And you know, Governor Romney, I'm glad that you agree that we have been successful in going after al-Qaida, but I have to tell you that, you know, your strategy previously has been one that has been all over the map and is not designed to keep Americans safe or to build on the opportunities that exist in the Middle East.MR. ROMNEY: Well, my strategy's pretty straightforward, which is to go after the bad guys, to make sure we do our very best to interrupt them, to -- to kill them, to take them out of the picture. But my strategy is broader than -- than that. That's -- that's important, of course, but the key that we're going to have to pursue is a -- is a pathway to -- to get the Muslim world to be able to rejectextremism on its own. We don't want another Iraq. We don't want another Afghanistan. That's not the right course for us. The right course for us is to make sure that we go after the -- the people who are leaders of these various anti-American groups and these -- these jihadists, but also help the Muslim world.And how we do that? A group of Arab scholars came together, organized by the U.N., to look at how we can help the -- the world reject these -- these terrorists. And the answer they came up was this.One, more economic development. We should key our foreign aid, our direct foreign investment and that of our friends -- we should coordinate it to make sure that we -- we push back and give them more economic development.Number two, better education.Number three, gender equality.Number four, the rule of law. We have to help these nations create civil societies.But what's been happening over the last couple years as we watched this tumult in the Middle East, this rising tide of chaos occur, you see al-Qaida rushing in, you see other jihadist groups rushing in.And -- and they're throughout many nations of the Middle East.It's wonderful that Libya seems to be making some progress, despite this terrible tragedy, but next door, of course, we have Egypt. Libya's 6 million population, Egypt 80 million population. We want -- we want to make sure that we're seeing progress throughout the Middle East. With Mali now having North Mali taken over by al-Qaida, with Syria having Assad continuing to -- or to kill -- to murder his own people, this is a region in tumult. And of course Iran on the path to a nuclear weapon. We've got real gaps in the region.MR. SCHIEFFER: We'll get to that, but let's give the president a chance.PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor Romney, I'm glad that you recognize that al-Qaida's a threat because a few months ago when you were asked, what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia -- not al-Qaida, you said Russia. And the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because, you know, the Cold War's been over for 20 years.But, Governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s, just like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s. You say that you're not interested in duplicating what happened in Iraq, but just a few weeks ago you said you think we should have more troops in Iraq right now.And the -- the challenge we have -- I know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. You said we should have gone into Iraq despite the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction. You said that we should still have troops in Iraq to this day. You indicated that we shouldn't be passing nuclear treaties with Russia, despite the fact that 71 senators, Democrats and Republicans, voted for it. You've said that first we should not have a timeline in Afghanistan then you said we should. Now you say maybe or it depends, which means not only were you wrong but you were also confusing and sending mixed messages both to our troops and our allies.So what -- what we need to do with respect to the Middle East is strong, steady leadership, not wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map. And unfortunately, that's the kind of opinions that you've offered throughout this campaign, and it is not a recipe for American strength or keeping America safe over the long term.MR. SCHIEFFER: I'm going to add a couple of minutes here to give you a chance to respond. MR. ROMNEY: Well, of course I don't concur with what the president said about my own record and the things that I've said. They don't happen to be accurate. But -- but I can say this: that we're talking about the Middle East and how to help the Middle East reject the kind of terrorism we're seeing and the rising tide of tumult and -- and confusion. And -- and attacking me is not an agenda. Attacking me is not talking about how we're going to deal with the challenges that exist in the Middle East and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. But I'll respond to a couple of the things you mentioned. First of all, Russia, I indicated, is a geopolitical foe, not --PRESIDENT OBAMA: Number one --MR. ROMNEY: Excuse me. It's a geopolitical foe. And I said in the same -- in the same paragraph, I said, and Iran is the greatest national security threat we face. Russia does continue to battle us in the U.N. time and time again. I have clear eyes on this. I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia or Mr. Putin, and I'm certainly not going to say to him, I'll give you more flexibility after the election. After the election he'll get more backbone.Number two, with regards to Iraq, you and I agreed, I believe, that there should have been a status of forces agreement. Did you -- PRESIDENT OBAMA: That's not true.MR. ROMNEY: Oh, you didn't -- you didn't want a status of forces agreement?PRESIDENT OBAMA: No, but what I -- what I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq that would tie us down. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East.MR. ROMNEY: I'm sorry, you actually -- there was a --PRESIDENT OBAMA: Here -- here is -- here is --MR. ROMNEY: There was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement. And I concurred in that and said we should have some number of troops that stayed on. That was something I concurred with.PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor --MR. ROMNEY: That was your posture. That was my posture as well.I thought it should have been 5,000 troops.PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor --MR. ROMNEY: I thought it should have been more troops. But you -- (inaudible). PRESIDENT OBAMA: This is just a few weeks ago.MR. ROMNEY: The answer was, we got no troop (through ?) whatsoever.PRESIDENT OBAMA: This is just a few weeks ago that you indicated that we should still have troops in Iraq.MR. ROMNEY: No, I didn't. I'm sorry, that's --PRESIDENT OBAMA: You made a major speech.MR. ROMNEY: I indicated -- I indicated that you failed to put in place a status of forces agreement at the end of the conflict that --MR. SCHIEFFER: Governor --PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor, here's -- here's one thing -- here's one thing -- here's one thing I've learned as commander in chief.MR. SCHIEFFER: Let him have -- (inaudible).PRESIDENT OBAMA: You've got to be clear, both to our allies and our enemies, about where you stand and what you mean. Now, you just gave a speech a few weeks ago in which you said weshould still have troops in Iraq. That is not a recipe for making sure that we are taking advantage of the opportunities and meeting the challenges of the Middle EastNow, it is absolutely true that we cannot just beat these challenges militarily, and so what I've done throughout my presidency and will continue to do, is, number one, make sure that these countries are supporting our counterterrorism efforts; number two, make sure that they are standing by our interests in Israel's security, because it is a true friend and our greatest ally in the region. Number three, we do have to make sure that we're protecting religious minorities and women because these countries can't develop unless all the population -- not just half of it -- is developing. Number four, we do have to develop their economic -- their economic capabilities. But number five, the other thing that we have to do is recognize that we can't continue to do nation building in these regions. Part of American leadership is making sure that we're doing nation building here at home. That will help us maintain the kind of American leadership that we need. MR. SCHIEFFER: Let me interject the second topic question in this segment about the Middle East and so on, and that is, you both mentioned -- alluded to this, and that is Syria. The war in Syria has now spilled over into Lebanon. We have, what, more than a hundred people that were killed there in a bomb. There were demonstrations there, eight people dead.Mr. President, it's been more than a year since you saw -- you told Assad he had to go. Since then 30,000 Syrians have died. We've had 300,000 refugees. The war goes on. He's still there. Should we reassess our policy and see if we can find a better way to influence events there, or is that even possible? And it's you -- you go first, sir.PRESIDENT OBAMA: What we've done is organize the international community, saying Assad has to go. We've mobilized sanctions against that government. We have made sure that they are isolated. We have provided humanitarian assistance, and we are helping the opposition organize, and we're particularly interested in making sure that we're mobilizing the moderate forces inside of Syria. But ultimately, Syrians are going to have to determine their own future. And so everything we're doing, we're doing in consultation with our partners in the region, including Israel, which obviously has a huge interest in seeing what happens in Syria, coordinating with Turkey and other countries in the region that have a great interest in this.Now, this -- what we're seeing taking place in Syria is heartbreaking, and that's why we are going to do everything we can to make sure that we are helping the opposition. But we also have to recognize that, you know, for us to get more entangled militarily in Syria is a serious step. And we have to do so making absolutely certain that we know who we are helping, that we're not putting arms in the hands of folks who eventually could turn them against us or our allies in the region. And I am confident that Assad's days are numbered. But what we can't do is to simply suggest that, as Governor Romney at times has suggested, that giving heavy weapons, for example, to the Syrian opposition is a simple proposition that would lead us to be safer over the long term.MR. SCHIEFFER: Governor.MR. ROMNEY: Well, let's step back and talk about what's happening in Syria and how important it is. First of all, 30,000 people being killed by their government is a humanitarian disaster. Secondly, Syria's an opportunity for us because Syria plays an important role in the Middle East, particularly right now. Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea. It's the route for them to arm Hezbollah in Lebanon, which threatens, of course, our ally Israel. And so seeing Syria remove Assad is a very high priority for us. Number two, seeing a -- a replacement government being responsible people is critical for us. And finally, we don't want to have militaryinvolvement there. We don't want to get drawn into a military conflict.And so the right course for us is working through our partners and with our own resources to identify responsible parties within Syria, organize them, bring them together in a -- in a form of -- of -- if not government, a form of -- of council that can take the lead in Syria, and then make sure they have the arms necessary to defend themselves. We do need to make sure that they don't have arms that get into the -- the wrong hands. Those arms could be used to hurt us down the road. We need to make sure as well that we coordinate this effort with our allies and particularly with -- with -- with Israel. But the Saudis and the Qatari and -- and -- and the Turks are all very concerned about this. They're willing to work with us. We need to have a very effective leadership effort in Syria, making sure that the -- the -- the insurgents there are armed and that the insurgents that become armed are people who will be the responsible parties.Recognize I believe that Assad must go. I believe he will go. But I believe we want to make sure that we have the relationships of friendship with the people that take his place such that in the years to come we see Syria as a -- as a friend and Syria as a responsible party in the Middle East. This -- this is a critical opportunity for America.And what I'm afraid of is that we've watched over the past year or so first the president saying, well, we'll let the U.N. deal with it, and Assad -- excuse me, Kofi Annan came in and -- and said, we're going to try -- have a cease-fire.That didn't work. Then it looked to the Russians and said, see if you can do something. we should. We should be playing the leadership role there, not on the ground with military --MR. SCHIEFFER: All right.MR. ROMNEY: -- by the leadership role.PRESIDENT OBAMA: We are -- we playing the leadership role. We organized the "Friends of Syria." We are mobilizing humanitarian support and support for the opposition. And we are making sure that that those we help are those who will be friends of ours in the long term and friends of our allies in the region over the long term.But you know, going back to Libya, because this is an example of -- of how we make choices, you know, when we went into Libya and we were able to immediately stop the massacre there because of the unique circumstances and the coalition that we had helped to organize, we also had to make sure that Moammar Gadhafi didn't stay there. And to the governor's credit, you supported us going into Libya and the coalition that we organized. But when it came time to making sure that Gadhafi did not stay in power, that he was captured, Governor, your suggestion was that this was mission creep, that this was mission muddle.Imagine if we had pulled out at that point. That -- Moammar Gadhafi had more American blood on his hands than any individual other than Osama bin Laden. And so we were going to make sure that we finished the job. That's part of the reason why the Libyans stand with us. But we did so in a careful, thoughtful way, making certain that we knew who we were dealing with, that those forces of moderation on the ground were ones that we could work with. And we have to take the same kind of steady, thoughtful leadership when it comes to Syria. That's exactly what we're doing.MR. SCHIEFFER: Governor, can I just ask you, would you go beyond what the administration would do? Like, for example, would you put in no-fly zones over Syria?MR. ROMNEY: I don't -- I don't want to have our military involved in -- in Syria. I don't think there's a necessity to put our military in Syria at -- at this stage.I don't anticipate that in the future.As I indicated, our objectives are to replace Assad and to have in place a new government which is friendly to us -- a responsible government, if possible. And I want to make sure the get armed and they have the arms necessary to defend themselves but also to remove -- to remove Assad. But I do not want to see a military involvement on the part of -- of our -- of our troops.And this isn't -- this isn't going to be necessary. We have -- with our partners in the region, we have sufficient resources to support those groups. But look, this has been going on for a year. This is a time -- this should have been a time for American leadership. We should have taken a leading role -- not militarily, but a leading role organizationally, governmentally, to bring together the parties there to find responsible parties.As you hear from intelligence sources even today, the insurgents are highly disparate. They haven't come together. They haven't formed a unity group, a council of some kind. That needs to happen. America can help that happen. And we need to make sure they have the arms they need to carry out the very important role, which is getting rid of Assad.MR. SCHIEFFER: Could we get a quick response, Mr. President, because I want to ask -- PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I'll -- I'll -- I'll be -- I'll be very quick. What you just heard Governor Romney said is he doesn't have different ideas, and that's because we're doing exactly what we should be doing to try to promote a moderate, Syrian leadership and a -- an effective transition so that we get Assad out. That's the kind of leadership we've shown. That's the kind of leadership we'll continue to show.MR. SCHIEFFER: May I ask you, you know, during the Egyptian turmoil, there came a point when you said it was time for President Mubarak to go.PRESIDENT OBAMA: Right.。
2012 美国总统大选 第二场辩论 完整版(中文字幕)
2012 美国总统大选第二场辩论完整版（中文字幕）
2012 美国总统大选第二场辩论完整版（中文字幕）
美国总统大选第二场电视辩论北京时间10月17日在纽约州霍夫斯特拉大学展开。
现任总统、民主党总统候选人奥巴马和共和党总统候选人罗姆尼再一次面对面过招，现场火药味十足。
与首场辩论不同，第二场辩论采取镇民会议的模式，由美国知名民调机构盖洛普公司遴选出尚未决定投票意向的选民参加，并在现场向总统候选人提出问题，问题涵盖内外政策。
美国前总统克林顿在2012美国民主党大会上的讲话
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. (Sustained cheers, applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.Now, Mr. Mayor, fellow Democrats, we are here to nominate a president. (Cheers, applause.) And I’ve got one in mind. (Cheers, applause.)I want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty. I want to nominate a man who ran for president to change the course of an already weak economy and then just six weeks before his election, saw it suffer the biggest collapse since the Great Depression; a man who stopped the slide into depression and put us on the long road to recovery, knowing all the while that no matter how many jobs that he saved or created, there’d still be millions more waiting, worried about feeding their own kids, trying to keep their hopes alive.I want to nominate a man who’s cool on the outside — (cheers, applause) — but who burns for America on the inside. (Cheers, applause.)I want — I want a man who believes with no doubt that we can build a new American Dream economy, driven by innovation and creativity, but education and —yes —by cooperation. (Cheers.)And by the way, after last night, I want a man who had the good sense to marry Michelle Obama. (Cheers, applause.)You know — (cheers, applause). I — (cheers, applause).I want — I want Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States. (Cheers, applause.) And I proudly nominate him to be the standard-bearer of the Democratic Party.Now, folks, in Tampa a few days ago, we heard a lot of talk — (laughter) — all about how the president and the Democrats don’t really believe in free enterprise and individual initiative, how we want everybody to be dependent on the government, how bad we are for the economy.This Republican narrative — this alternative universe — (laughter, applause) — says that every one of us in this room who amou nts to anything, we’re all completely self-made. One of the greatest chairmen the Democratic Party ever had, Bob Strauss — (cheers, applause) — used to say that ever politician wants every voter to believe he was born in a log cabin he built himself. (Laug hter, applause.) But, as Strauss then admitted, it ain’t so. (Laughter.)We Democrats —we think the country works better with a strong middle class, with real opportunities for poor folks to work their way into it — (cheers, applause) — with a relentless focus on the future, with business and government actually working together to promote growth and broadly share prosperity. You see, we believe that “we’re all in this together” is a far better philosophy than “you’re on your own.” (Cheers, applause.) It is.So who’s right? (Cheers.) Well, since 1961, for 52 years now, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats, 24. In those 52 years, our private economy has produced 66 million private sector jobs.So what’s the job score? Republ icans, 24 million; Democrats, 42 (million). (Cheers, applause.)Now, there’s — (cheers, applause) —there’s a reason for this. It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics. (Cheers, applause.) Why? Because poverty, discrimination and ignorance restrict growth. (Cheers, applause.) When you stifle human potential, when you don’t invest in new ideas, it doesn’t just cut off the people who are affected; it hurts us all. (Cheers, applause.) We know that investments in education and infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase growth. They increase good jobs, and they create new wealth for all the rest of us. (Cheers, applause.)Now, there’s something I’ve noticed lately. You probably have too. And it’s this. Maybe just because I grew up in a different time, but though I often disagree with Republicans, I actually never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate our president and a lot of other Democrats. I — (cheers, applause) — that would be impossible for me because President Eisenhower sent federal troops to my home state to integrate Little Rock Central High School. (Cheers, applause.) President Eisenhower built the interstate highway system.When I was a governor, I worked with President Reagan and his White House on the first round of welfare reform and with President George H.W. Bush on national education goals.(Cheers, applause.) I’m actually very grateful to — if you saw from the film what I do today, I have to be grateful, and you should be, too — that President George W. Bush supported PEPFAR. It saved the lives of millions of people in poor countries. (Cheers, applause.)And I have been honored to work with both Presidents Bush on natural disasters in the aftermath of the South Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the horrible earthquake in Haiti. Through my foundation, both in America and around the world, I’m working all the time with Democrats, Republicans and independents. Sometimes I couldn’t tell you for the life who I’m working with because we focus on solving problems and seizing opportunities and not fighting all the time. (Cheers, applause.)And so here’s what I want to say to you, and here’s what I want the people at home to think about. When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation. (Cheers, applause.) What works in the real world is cooperation, business and government, foundations and universities.Ask the mayors who are here. (Cheers, applause.) Los Angeles is getting green and Chicago is getting an infrastructure bank because Republicans and Democrats are working together to get it.(Cheers, applause.) They didn’t check their brains at the door. They didn’t stop disagreeing, but their purpose was to get something done.Now, why is this true? Why does cooperation work better than constant conflict?Because nobody’s right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day. (Cheers, applause.)And every one of us — every one of us and every on e of them, we’re compelled to spend our fleeting lives between those two extremes, knowing we’re never going to be right all the time and hoping we’re right more than twice a day. (Laughter.)Unfortunately, the faction that now dominates the Republican Pa rty doesn’t see it that way. They think government is always the enemy, they’re always right, and compromise is weakness. (Boos.) Just in the last couple of elections, they defeated two distinguished Republican senators because they dared to cooperate with Democrats on issues important to the future of the country, even national security. (Applause.)They beat a Republican congressman with almost a hundred percent voting record on every conservative score, because he said he realized he did not have to hate the president to disagree with him. Boy, that was a nonstarter, and they threw him out. (Laughter, applause.)One of the main reasons we ought to re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to constructive cooperation. (Cheers, applause.) Look at his record. Look at his record. (Cheers, applause.) Look at his record. He appointed Republican secretaries of defense, the Army and transportation. He appointed a vice president who ran against him in 2008. (Laughter, applause.) And he trusted that vice president to oversee the successful end of the war in Iraq and the implementation of the recovery act. (Cheers, applause.)And Joe Biden — Joe Biden did a great job with both. (Sustained cheers, applause.)He — (sustained cheers, applause) — President Obama — President Obama appointed several members of his Cabinet even though they supported Hillary in the primary. (Applause.) Heck, he even appointed Hillary. (Cheers, applause.)Wait a minute. I am — (sustained cheers, applause) — I am very proud of her. I am proud of the job she and the national security team have done for America. (Cheers, applause.) I am grateful that they have worked together to make us safer and stronger, to build a world with more partners and fewer enemies. I’m grateful for t he relationship of respect and partnership she and the president have enjoyed and the signal that sends to the rest of the world, that democracy does not have a blood —have to be a blood sport, it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest. (Cheers, applause.)Now — (sustained cheers, applause) — besides the national security team, I am very grateful to the men and women who’ve served our country in uniform through these perilous times. (Cheers,applause.) And I am especially grateful to Michelle Obama and to Joe Biden for supporting those military families while their loved ones were overseas — (cheers, applause) — and for supporting our veterans when they came home, when they came home bearing the wounds of war or needing help to find education or jobs or housing.President Obama’s whole record on national security is a tribute to his strength, to his judgment and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship. We need more if it in Washington, D.C. (Cheers, applause.)Now, we all know that he also tried to work with congressional Republicans on health care, debt reduction and new jobs. And that didn’t work out so well. (Laughter.) But it could have been because, as the Senate Republican leader said in a remarkable moment of candor two full years before the election, their number one priority was not to put America back to work; it was to put the president out of work. (Mixed cheers and boos, applause.) (Chuckles.) Well, wait a minute. Senator, I hate to break it to you, but we’re going to keep President Obama on the job. (Cheers, applause.)Now, are you ready for that? (Cheers, applause.) Are you willing to work for it. Oh, wait a minute.AUDIENCE MEMBERS: (Chanting.) Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!PRESIDENT CLINTON: In Tampa —AUDIENCE MEMBERS: (Chanting.) Four more years! Four more years!PRESIDENT CLINTON: In Tampa — in Tampa —did y’all watch their convention?I did. (Laught er.) In Tampa, the Republican argument against the president’s re-election was actually pretty simple — pretty snappy. It went something like this: We left him a total mess. He hasn’t cleaned it up fast enough. So fire him and put us back in. (Laughter, ap plause.)Now —(cheers, applause) —but they did it well. They looked good; the sounded good. They convinced me that — (laughter) — they all love their families and their children and were grateful they’d been born in America and all that — (laughter, applause) —really, I’m not being — they did. (Laughter, applause.)And this is important, they convinced me they were honorable people who believed what they said and they’re going to keep every commitment they’ve made. We just got to make sure the American people know what those commitments are — (cheers, applause) — because in order to look like an acceptable, reasonable, moderate alternative to President Obama, they just didn’t say very much about the ideas they’ve offered over the last two years.They couldn’t because they want to the same old policies that got us in trouble in the first place.They want to cut taxes for high- income Americans, even more than President Bush did. They want to get rid of those pesky financial regulations designed to prevent another crash and prohibit future bailouts. They want to actually increase defense spending over a decade $2 trillion more than the Pentagon has requested without saying what they’ll spend it on. And they want to make enormous cuts in the rest of the budget, especially programs that help the middle class and poor children.As another president once said, there they go again.(Laughter, cheers, applause.)Now, I like — I like —I like the argument for President Obama’s re-election a lot better. Here it is. He inherited a deeply damaged economy. He put a floor under the crash. He began the long, hard road to recovery and laid the foundation for a modern, more well- balanced economy that will produce millions of good new jobs, vibrant new businesses and lots of new wealth for innovators. (Cheers, applause.)Now, are we where we want to be today? No.AUDIENCE MEMBERS: No!PRESIDENT CLINTON: Is the president satisfied? Of course not.AUDIENCE MEMBERS: No!PRESIDENT CLINTON: But are we better off than we were when he took office? (Cheers, applause.)And listen to this. Listen to this. Everybody — (inaudible) — when President Barack Obama took office, the economy was in free fall. It had just shrunk 9 full percent of GDP. We were losing 750,000 jobs a month.Are we doing better than that today?AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Yes! (Applause.)PRESIDENT CLINTON: The answer is yes.Now, look. Here’s the challenge he faces and the challenge all of you who support him face. I get it. I know it. I’ve been there. A lot of Americans are still angry and frustrated about this economy. If you look at the numbers, you know employment is growing, banks are beginning to lend again. And in a lot of places, housing prices are even beginning to pick up.But too many people do not feel it yet.I had the same thing happen in 1994 and early ‘95. We could see that the policies were working, that the economy was growing. But most people didn’t feel it yet. Thankfully, by 1996 the economy was roaring, everybody felt it, and we were halfway through the longest peacetime expansion in the history of the United States. But —(cheers, applause) —wait, wait. The difference this time is purely in the circumstances. President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. Listen to me, now. No president —no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years. (Cheers, applause.)Now —but — (cheers, applause) —he has —he has laid the foundation for a new, modern, successful economy of shared prosperity. And if you will renew the president’s contract, you will feel it. You will feel it. (Cheers, applause.)Folks, whether the American people believe what I just said or not may be the whole election. I just want you to know that I believe it. With all my heart, I believe it. (Cheers, applause.)Now, why do I believe it?I’m fixing to tell you why. I believe it because President Obama’s approach embodies the values, the ideas and the direction America has to take to build the 21st-century version of the American Dream: a nation of shared opportunities, shared responsibilities, shared prosperity, a shared sense of community.So let’s get back to the story. In 2010, as the president’s recovery program kicked in, the job losses stopped and things began to turn around. The recovery act saved or created millions of jobs and cut taxes — let me say this again — cut taxes for 95 percent of the American people. (Cheers, applause.) And, in the last 29 months, our economy has produced about 4 1/2 million private sector jobs. (Cheers, applause.)We could have done better, but last y ear the Republicans blocked the president’s job plan, costing the economy more than a million new jobs.So here’s another job score. President Obama: plus 4 1/2 million. Congressional Republicans: zero. (Cheers, applause.)During this period — (cheers, applause) — during this period, more than 500,000 manufacturing jobs have been created under President Obama. That’s the first time manufacturing jobs have increased since the 1990s. (Cheers, applause.) And I’ll tell you something else. The auto industry restructuring worked. (Cheers, applause.) It saved — it saved more than a million jobs, and not just at GM, Chrysler and their dealerships but in auto parts manufacturing all over the country.That’s why even the automakers who weren’t part of the deal s upported it. They needed to save those parts suppliers too. Like I said, we’re all in this together. (Applause.)So what’s happened? There are now 250,000 more people working in the auto industry than on the day the companies were restructured. (Cheers, applause.)So — now, we all know that Governor Romney opposed the plan to save GM and Chrysler. (Boos.) So here’s another job score. (Laughter.) Are you listening in Michigan and Ohio and across the country? (Cheers.) Here —(cheers, applause) —here’s an other job score: Obama, 250,000; Romney, zero.AUDIENCE MEMBERS: (With speaker.) Zero. (Cheers, applause.)PRESIDENT CLINTON: Now, the agreement the administration made with the management, labor and environmental groups to double car mileage, that was a good deal too. It will cut your gas prices in half, your gas bill. No matter what the price is, if you double the mileage of your car, your bill will be half what it would have been. It will make us more energy independent. It will cut greenhouse gas em issions. And according to several analyses, over the next 20 years, it’ll bring us another half a million good new jobs into the American economy. (Cheers, applause.)The president’s energy strategy, which he calls “all of the above,” is helping too. The boom in oil and gas production, combined with greater energy efficiency, has driven oil imports to a near-20- year low and natural gas production to an all-time high. And renewable energy production has doubled.(Cheers, applause.)Of course, we need a lot more new jobs. But there are already more than 3 million jobs open and unfilled in America, mostly because the people who apply for them don’t yet have the required skills to do them. So even as we get Americans more jobs, we have to prepare more Americans for the new jobs that are actually going to be created. The old economy is not coming back. We’ve got to build a new one and educate people to do those jobs. (Cheers, applause.)The president — the president and his education secretary have supported community colleges and employers in working together to train people for jobs that are actually open in their communities — and even more important after a decade in which exploding college costs have increased the dropout rate so much that the percentage of our young people with four-year college degrees has gone down so much that we have dropped to 16th in the world in the percentage of young people with college degrees.So the president’s student loan is more important than ever. Here’s what it does —(cheers, applause) —here’s what it does. You need to tell every voter where you live about this. It lowers the cost of federal student loans. And even more important, it give students the right to repay those loans as a clear, fixed, low percentage of their income for up to 20 years. (Cheers, applause.)Now what does this mean? What does this mean? Think of it. It means no one will ever have to drop out of college again fo r fear they can’t repay their debt.And it means — (cheers, applause) — it means that if someone wants to take a job with a modest income, a teacher, a police officer, if they want to be a small-town doctor in a little rural area, they won’t have to turn those jobs down because they don’t pay enough to repay they debt. Their debt obligation will be determined by their salary. This will change the future for young America. (Cheers, applause.)I don’t know about you — (cheers, applause) — but on all these issues, I know we’re better off because President Obama made the decisions he did.Now, that brings me to health care. (Cheers, applause.) And the Republicans call it, derisively, “Obamacare.” They say it’s a government takeover, a disaster, and that if we’ll just elect them, they’ll repeal it. Well, are they right?AUDIENCE MEMBERS: No!PRESIDENT CLINTON: Let’s take a look at what’s actually happened so far.First, individuals and businesses have already gotten more than a billion dollars in refunds from insurance companies because the new law requires 80 (percent) to 85 percent of your premium to go to your health care, not profits or promotion. (Cheers, applause.) And the gains are even greater than that because a bunch of insurance companies have applied to lower their rates to comply with the requirement.Second, more than 3 million young people between 19 and 25 are insured for the first time because their parents’ policies can cover them.(Cheers, applause.)Millions of seniors are receiving preventive care, all the way from breast cancer screenings to tests for heart problems and scores of other things. And younger people are getting them, too.Fourth, soon the insurance companies — not the government, the insurance companies — will have millions of new customers, many of them middle-class people with pre-existing conditions who never could get insurance before. (Cheers, applause.)Now, finally, listen to this. For the last two years —after going up at three times the rate of inflation for a decade, for the last two years health care costs have been under 4 percent in both years for the first time in 50 years. (Cheers, applause.)So let me ask you something. Are we better off because President Obama fought for health care reform? (Cheers, applause.) You bet we are.Now, there were two other attacks on the president in Tampa I think deserve an answer. First, both Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan attacked the president for allegedly robbing Medicare of $716 billion. That’s the same attack they leveled against the C ongress in 2010, and they got a lot of votes on it. But it’s not true. (Applause.)Look, here’s what really happened. You be the judge. Here’s what really happened. There were no cuts to benefits at all. None. What the president did was to save money by taking the recommendations of a commission of professionals to cut unwarranted subsidies to providers and insurance companies that were not making people healthier and were not necessary to get the providers to provide the service.And instead of raiding Medicare, he used the savings to close the doughnut hole in the Medicare drug program — (cheers, applause) — and — you all got to listen carefully to this; this is really important — and to add eight years to the life of the Medicare trust fund so it is solvent till 2024. (Cheers, applause.)So —(chuckles) —so President Obama and the Democrats didn’t weaken Medicare; they strengthened Medicare. Now, when Congressman Ryan looked into that TV camera and attacked President Obama’s Medicare savings as, quote, the biggest, coldest power play, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry — (laughter) —because that $716 billion is exactly, to the dollar, the same amount of Medicare savings that he has in his own budget. (Cheers, applause.) You got to get one thing — it takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you did. (Laughter, cheers, applause.)So — (inaudible) — (sustained cheers, applause) —now, you’re having a good time, but this is getting serious, and I want you to listen.(Laughter.) It’s important, because a lot of people believe this stuff.Now, at least on this issue, on this one issue, Governor Romney has been consistent. (Laughter.) He attacked President Obama too, but he actually wants to repeal those savings and give the money back to the insurance company. (Laughter, boos.)He wants to go back to the old system, which means we’ll reopen the doughnut hole and force seniors to pay more for drugs, and we’ll reduce the life of the Medicare trust fund by eight full years. (Boos.)So if he’s elected, and if he does what he promised to do, Medicare will now grow (sic/go) broke in 2016. (Boos.) Think about that. That means, after all, we won’t have to wait until their voucher program kicks in 2023 — (laughter) —to see the end of Medicare as we know it. (Applause.) They’re going to do it to us sooner than we thought. (Applause.)Now, folks, this is serious, because it gets worse. (Laughter.) And you won’t be laughing when Ifinish telling you this. They also want to block-grant Medicaid, and cut it by a third over the coming 10 years.AUDIENCE MEMBER: No!PRESIDENT CLINTON: Of course, that’s going to really hurt a lot of poor kids. But that’s not all. Lot of folks don’t know it, but nearly two-thirds of Medicaid is spent on nursing home care for Medicare seniors — (applause) — who are eligible for Medicaid.(Cheers, applause.) It’s going to end Medicare as we know it. And a lot of that money is also spent to help people with disabilities, including —(cheers, applause) —a lot of middle-class families whose kids have Down’s syndrome or autism or other severe conditions. (Applause.) And honestly, let’s think about it, if that happens, I don’t know what those families are going to do.So I know what I’m going to do. I’m going to do everything I can to see that it doesn’t happen. We can’t let it happen. (Cheers, applause.) We can’t. (Cheers, applause.) Now —wait a minute. (Cheers, applause.) Let’s look —AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!PRESIDENT CLINTON: Let’s look at the other big charge the Republicans made. It’s a real doozy. (Laughter.) They actually have charged and run ads saying that President Obama wants to weaken the work requirements in the welfare reform bill I signed that moved millions of people from welfare to work. (Jeers.) Wait, you need to know, here’s what happened. (Laughter.) Nobody ever tells you what really happened —here’s what happened.When some Republican governors asked if they could have waivers to try new ways to put people on welfare back to work, the Obama administration listened because we all know it’s hard for even people with good work histories to get jobs today. So moving folks from welfare to work is a real challenge.And the administration agreed to give waivers to those governors and others only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent, and they could keep the waivers only if they did increase employment. Now, did I make myself clear? The requirement was for more work, not less. (Cheers, applause.)So this is personal to me. We moved millions of people off welfare. It was one of the reasons that in the eight years I was president, we had a hundred times as many people move out of poverty into the middle class than happened under the previous 12 years, a hundred times as many. (Cheers, applause.) It’s a big deal. But I am telling you the claim that President Obama weakened welfare reform’s work requirement is just not true. (Applause.)But they keep on running the ads claiming it. You want to know why? Their campaign pollster said, we are not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers. (Jeers, applause.) Now,finally I can say, that is true. (Laughter, cheers, applause.) I — (chuckles) —I couldn’t have said it better myself. (Laughter.)And I hope you and every American within the sound of my voice remembers it every time they see one of those ads, and it turns into an ad to re-elect Barack Obama and keep the fundamental principles of personal empowerment and moving everybody who can get a job into work as soon as we can. (Cheers, applause.)Now, let’s talk about the debt. Today, interest rates are low, lower than the rate of inflation. People are practically paying us to borrow money, to hold their money for them.But it will become a big problem when the economy grows and interest rates start to rise. We’ve got to deal with this big long- term debt problem or it will deal with us. It will gobble up a bigger and bigger percentage of the federal budget we’d r ather spend on education and health care and science and technology. It —we’ve got to deal with it.Now, what has the president done? He has offered a reasonable plan of $4 trillion in debt reduction over a decade, with 2 1/2 trillion (dollars) coming from — for every $2 1/2 trillion in spending cuts, he raises a dollar in new revenues —2 1/2-to-1. And he has tight controls on future spending. That’s the kind of balanced approach proposed by the Simpson-Bowles Commission, a bipartisan commission.Now, I think this plan is way better than Governor Romney’s plan. First, the Romney plan failed the first test of fiscal responsibility. The numbers just don’t add up. (Laughter, applause.)I mean, consider this. What would you do if you had this problem? Som ebody says, oh, we’ve gota big debt problem. We’ve got to reduce the debt. So what’s the first thing you say we’re going to do? Well, to reduce the debt, we’re going to have another $5 trillion in tax cuts heavily weighted to upper-income people. So we’ll make the debt hole bigger before we start to get out of it.Now, when you say, what are you going to do about this $5 trillion you just added on? They say, oh, we’ll make it up by eliminating loopholes in the tax code.So then you ask, well, which loopholes, and how much?You know what they say? See me about that after the election. (Laughter.)I’m not making it up. That’s their position. See me about that after the election.Now, people ask me all the time how we got four surplus budgets in a row. What new ideas did we bring to Washington? I always give a one-word answer: Arithmetic. (Sustained cheers, applause.)If —arithmetic! If —(applause) —if they stay with their $5 trillion tax cut plan —in a debt。
中英对照-美国2012大选：奥巴马败象已现？
中英对照-美国2012大选：奥巴马败象已现？简介：伴随着美国大选的临近，奥巴马的支持率却在与日剧减，三场辩论让人们仿佛看到了两周后即将揭晓的那个举世瞩目的谜底···All three presidential debates are now in the books and the race to the White House is taking its final shape. Looking back, the first debate was undoubtedly the watershed moment of this campaign and the most powerful inflection point in the race to date.President Obama regained some lost ground in the next two debates, including Monday night's event, but the damage had already been done.Mitt Romney now carries the momentum into the home stretch.如今，三场总统辩论已经落下了帷幕，这场角逐的最终结果，也在渐渐揭去其神秘的面纱。
回首过去，奥巴马和罗姆尼之间的第一场总统辩论无疑是这场角逐的分水岭，也是此次总统大选的最大拐点。
在接下来的两场总统辩论中，尽管奥巴马弥补了一些失误，挽回了些许的优势，但无奈木已成舟。
在这场总统竞选的最后冲刺关头，罗姆尼势如破竹。
Like in the second debate, Obama came out Monday night moreaggressive and he threw more punches andlanded more punches, centering his attacks on trying to characterize Romney'sforeign policy as amateur and reckless. But there was an air of desperation inhis delivery. It was as if he knew he needed to not just defeat Romney, but todestroy him. He fell far short of that bar.在周一举行的第三场辩论中，奥巴马继续发扬其在第二场辩论中的风格，表现的更加积极主动。
2012年美国大选获胜后奥巴马东厅全国公开演说
Remarks by the PresidentEast Room1:08 P.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you very much, everybody. Everybody, please have a seat. (Applause.)Well, good afternoon, everybody. Now that those of us on the campaign trail have had a chance to get a little sleep -- (laughter) -- it’s time to get back to work. And there is plenty of work to do.As I said on Tuesday night, the American people voted for action, not politics as usual. You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. And in that spirit, I’ve invited leaders of both parties to the White House next week, so we can start to build consensus around the challenges that we can only solve together. And I also intend to bring in business and labor and civic leaders from all across the country here to Washington to get their ideas and input as well.At a time when our economy is still recovering from the Great Recession, our top priority has to be jobs and growth. That’s the focu s of the plan I talked about during the campaign. (Applause.) It’s a plan to reward small businesses and manufacturers that create jobs here, not overseas. It’s a plan to give people the chance to get the education and training that businesses are looking for right now. It’s a plan to make sure this country is a global leader in research and technology and clean energy, which will attract new companies and high-wage jobs to America. It’s a plan to put folks back to work, including our veterans, rebuilding our roads and our bridges, and other infrastructure. And it’s a plan to reduce our deficit in a balanced and responsible way.Our work is made that much more urgent because at the end of this year, we face a series of deadlines that require us to make major decisions about how to pay our deficit down -- decisions that will have a huge impact on the economy and the middle class, both now and in the future. Last year, I worked with Democrats and Republicans to cut a trillion dollars’ worth of spendin g that we just couldn’t afford. I intend to work with both parties to do more -- and that includes making reforms that will bring down the cost of health care so we can strengthen programs like Medicaid and Medicare for the long haul.But as I’ve said before, we can’t just cut our way to prosperity. If we’re serious about reducing the deficit, we have to combine spending cuts with revenue -- and that means asking the wealthiest Americans to pay a little more in taxes. (Applause.) That’s how we did i t in the 1990s, when Bill Clinton was President. That’s how we can reduce the deficit while still making the investments we need to build a strong middle class and a strongeconomy. That’s the only way we can still afford to train our workers, or help our kids pay for college, or make sure that good jobs in clean energy orhigh-tech manufacturing don’t end up in countries like China.Now, already, I’ve put forward a detailed plan that allows us to make these investments while reducing our deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade. I want to be clear -- I’m not wedded to every detail of my plan. I’m open to compromise. I’m open to new ideas. I’m committed to solving our fiscal challenges. But I refuse to accept any approach that isn’t balanced. I am not going to ask students and seniors and middle-class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me, making over $250,000, aren’t asked to pay a dime more in taxes. I'm not going to do that. (Applause.)And I just want to point out this was a central question during the election. It was debated over and over again. And on Tuesday night, we found out thatthe majority of Americans agree with my approach -- and that includes Democrats, independents, and a lot of Republicans across the country, as well as independent economists and budget experts. That’s how you reduce the deficit -- with a balanced approach.So our job now is to get a majority in Congress to reflect the will of the American people. And I believe we can get that majority. I was encouraged to hear Speaker Boehner agree that tax revenue has to be part of this equation -- so I look forward to hearing his ideas when I see him next week.And let me make one final point that every American needs to hear. Right now, if Congress fails to come to an agreement on an overall deficit reduction package by the end of the year, everybody’s taxes will automatically go up on January 1st -- everybody’s -- including the 98 percent of Americans who make less than $250,000 a year. And that makes no sense. It would be bad for the economy and would hit families that are already struggling to make ends meet.Now, fortunately, we shouldn’t need long negotiations or drama to solve that part of the problem. While there may be disagreement in Congress over whether or not to raise taxes on folks making over $250,000 a year, nobody -- not Republicans, not Democrats -- want taxes to go up for folks making under$250,000 a year. So let’s not wait. Even as we’re negotiating a broa der deficit reduction package, let’s extend the middle-class tax cuts rightnow. Let's do that right now. (Applause.)That one step -- that one step -- would give millions of families -- 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses -- the certainty that they need going into the new year. It would immediately take a huge chunk of the economic uncertainty off the table, and that will lead to new jobs and faster growth. Business will know that consumers, they're not going to see a big tax increase. They'll know that most small businesses won't see a tax increase. And so a lot of the uncertainty that you're reading about, that will be removed.In fact, the Senate has already passed a bill doing exactly this, so all we need is action from the House. And I’ve got the pen ready to sign the bill right away. I'm ready to do it. (Applause.) I'm ready to do it. (Applause.)The American people understand that we’re going to have differences and disagreements in the months to come. They get that. But on Tuesday, they said loud and clear that they won’t tolerate dysfunction. They won’t tolerate politicians who view compromise as a dirty word. Not when so manyAmericans are still out of work. Not when so many families and small business owners are still struggling to pay the bills.What the American people are looking for is cooperation. They're looking for consensus. They're looking for common sense. Most of all, they want action. I intend to deliver for them in my second term, and I expect to find willing partners in both parties to make that happen. So let’s get to work.Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. (Applause.)END1:15 P.M. ESTBlog posts on this issue∙November 19, 2012 5:00 PM ESTFirst Lady Honors National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award RecipientsFirst Lady Michelle Obama honors 12 of the n ation’s most outstanding arts and humanities programs for young people.∙November 19, 2012 3:00 PM ESTShop Small on Saturday, November 24th 2012Small Business Saturday is a date set aside to support the smallbusinesses that play a vital role in creating jobs and economicopportunities across the country.∙November 19, 2012 1:16 PM ESTPresident Obama Promises Support for the People of BurmaPresident Obama arrives in Rangoon and becomes the first sittingpresident ever to visit Burma.∙view all related blog postsStay Connected ∙Facebook∙Twitter∙Flickr∙Google+∙YouTube∙Vimeo∙iTunes∙LinkedIn。
普林斯顿2012毕业典礼演讲
普林斯顿2012毕业典礼演讲：不要吞吃命运的饼干演讲人：迈克尔·刘易斯（Michael Lewis），著名作家，其作品如Liar’s Poker、The Blind Side、Moneyball曾获奖或被拍成电影。
下面附上演讲视频和中英文讲稿。
Thank you. President Tilghman. Trustees and Friends. Parents of the Class of 2012. Above all, Members of the Princeton Class of 2012. Give yourself a round of applause. The next time you look around a church and see everyone dressed in black it’ll be awkward to cheer. Enjoy the moment.感谢Tilghman主席，各位校董和朋友们，2012年级的家长们，还有最关键的，普林斯顿2012年级的同学们。
请给自己一个掌声吧。
下一次你在一所教堂里看到大家都穿成黑色的时候，像这样欢呼就很尴尬了。
享受这一刻吧。
Thirty years ago I sat where you sat. I must have listened to some older person share his life experience. But I don’t remember a word of it. I can’t even tell you who spoke. What I do remember, vividly, is graduation. I’m told you’re meant to be excited, perhaps even relieved, and maybe all of you are. I wasn’t. I was totally outraged. Here I’d gone and given them four of the best years of my life and this is how they thanked me for it. By kicking me out.30年前，我坐在你所坐的地方。
2012美国总统大选辩论第三场-中文
2012美国大选第三场辩论国总统大选第三场、也是最后一场辩论22日在美国佛罗里达州博卡拉顿的林恩大学举行。
本场辩论以美国外交政策为主题。
由于总统奥巴马与共和党总统候选人罗姆尼在前两场辩论中战成平手，且目前选情胶着，第三场辩论的重要性大增，受关注程度更高。
现场，两人可谓开足火力，激烈碰撞。
主持人：大家晚上好，我们在佛罗里达州博卡拉顿的林恩大学，这次问题并没有和我们总统的候选人进行沟通，所以我们现在这次辩论当中观众不要喝彩或者是喝倒彩，欢迎奥巴马总统和罗姆尼州长。
罗姆尼：我们必须要确保我们能够把这些恐怖分子都绳之以法，这是最重要的，更重要的是我们必须要找到方法，让穆斯林国家能够反对激进主义，我们正确做法是让反美的，比如穆斯林的激进分子集团，让他们改变他们的做法，我们怎么样能够帮助世界来反对恐怖主义，我们现在应该让我们的外资援助，用这些方法能够来应对这些问题。
第二点就是教育。
第三点就是我们必须要有平等。
第四点就是法制。
我们必须要有一个法制的社会，那么在过去的几年当中，我们看到的是中东地区的动乱，我们看到了中东地区非常严重的动乱，还有基地组织，都扰乱了中东地区的和平，我们在这里看到中东地区是有一些进展，但是还是有很多的悲剧发生，我们看到埃及有8000万人口，我们希望能够确保在埃及还有中东地区能够有一些进展。
叙利亚问题，我们现在叙利亚总统阿萨德仍然在台上镇压民众，伊朗也是很重要的问题。
他也影响到了地区的安全和和平。
奥巴马：罗姆尼州长我非常高兴，你认为基地组织是一个威胁，你回答这个问题的时候是俄国并不是基地组织。
当我们说到外交政策的时候，你其实用的是90年代的外交政策，你当时说的是，你并不是很在乎在伊拉克发生的事情，但是在几个星期之前，你说我们应该现在在伊拉克增兵，现在我们所面临的一个挑战，当然我知道你现在也没有这个条件来实施外交政策，但是我想说的是你的外交政策上的观点是错误的。
比如说我们在大规模杀伤性武器问题上，你说我们现在应该在伊拉克增兵，你说我们应该通过和俄国的条约，你的答案并不是肯定的，你说可能要从阿富汗撤兵，这个要看清楚。
2012美国总统大选奥巴马加州演讲
Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event in Studio City, CaliforniaPrivate ResidenceStudio City, California7:30 P.M. PDTTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you! (Applause.) Good to see you, L.A.!(Applause.) Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, everybody.(Applause.) Please everybody have a seat. What a extraordinary evening. It is wonderful to be with all of you.A couple of people I want to acknowledge -- first of all, your outstanding Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is in the house. (Applause.) Where's Antonio? Right here. Also the Congressman of this district, somebody who knows foreign policy as well as anybody in Congress and who has just shown extraordinary leadership on so many issues -- Congressman Howard Berman is here. (Applause.)I want to thank Jeffery not just for this evening but for his tenacious support and advocacy since we started back in 2007. He has just been consistently been there for me through thick and throughthin. Sometimes the 2008 campaign gets romanticized and everybody says how perfect it was and I have to remind them, no, I was there.(Laughter.) And the only person I don't have to remind is Jeffery, because he was there through all the ups and downs. And occasionally he would call and say, Barack, I don't think things are working the way they're supposed to. (Laughter.) But no matter where we were and what phase we were in, in that campaign, he stuck with us. And over the last three and a half years he's remained just an extraordinary friend.So, Jeffery, thank you for everything you've done. (Applause.)And then I want to thank Clooney for letting us use his basketball court. (Laughter.) This guy has been talking smack about his basketball game -- (laughter) -- ever since I've known him. And we've actually known each other a while. It was wonderful, walking through the house, and the famous "Hope" poster from the 2008 campaign -- people don't realize that the photograph of me is actually me sitting next to George. Because George had come into D.C. to advocate on behalf of Darfur and to make sure that we were doing the right thing for so many people who were going through such horrific events, and we struck up a friendship. And this is the first time that George Clooney has ever been photo-shopped out of a picture. (Laughter andapplause.) Never happened before. (Laughter.) Never happened before, will never happenagain. (Laughter.)But the wonderful thing is the artist actually sent George -- some of you have seen this -- a print with my picture and his picture right next to each other with the same -- in the same format. Why he said at thebottom, "Dope and Hope" I don't know. (Laughter.) I don't think that's fair. That's not fair. That's not right. It ain't right. (Laughter.)But, look, I cannot take credit for this. Jeffery can take some credit. But let's face it, we raised a lot of money because everybody loves George. (Laughter.) They like me; they love him. (Laughter.) And rightfully so. Not only is he an unbelievable actor, but he is one of those rare individuals who is at ease with everybody, seems to just occupy a constant state of grace, and uses his extraordinary talents on behalf of stuff that's really important. And he takes time to actually figure out the facts and the issues. (Applause.) And so we couldn't be prouder of George. Thank you. (Applause.) And I couldn't be prouder of him as a friend.I see a lot of familiar faces in the audience, and I'm going to be joining each of you at your table, so I'm not going to take a long time to talk up here.As Jeffery said, we've gone through three and a half extraordinary years -- as tough as anything thatwe've experienced in our lifetimes.It turns out, though, the American people are tougher. So, yes, we lost almost 8 million jobs during the crisis in 2007-2008, 4 million before I took office, 800,000 the day I was sworn in -- or the month that I was sworn in. The auto industry was brought to its knees; the banking system locked up -- even as we were still in the midst of two wars and extraordinary terrorist threats from abroad.And yet despite all this, the American people are pulling through.And one of the great privileges of being President is you travel around the country and every day there's an affirmation of how decent and how strong and how caring the American people are. They're not always paying attention to the babble in Washington. They don't have the time to read big briefing books on the latest ideas for Medicare reform. But they have good instincts about what's right and what's true. And it's those instincts and it's that resilience that really has enabled this country to weather an extraordinary storm.And I've had the great privilege of seeing people in communities all across the country pull together, keep businesses open so that they don't have to lay off their employees, folks who are out of work supporting each other in places of worship and in community centers, raising their kids, making sure that they're getting off to a good start.And as a consequence, we're now at a place where we've created 4 million jobs in the last two years, 800,000 in the last six months -- or few months alone -- almost a million, actually, in the last six months. GM is the number-one automaker in the world and, not only that, but they're actually making good cars (applause) -- that people are buying. The banking system has worked through a lot of these issues and slowly things are coming back.But as Jeffery said, we still have so much work to do. There's still so many people out there who are hurting, too many folks who are looking for work, too many people whose homes are underwater, too many communities that aren’t sure about the future, that are anxious -- even if they're doing okay, they're anxious about whether the future is going to be better for their kids and for their grandkids.And so I always remind people that in 2008, I did not just run to get back to where we were in 2007. The crisis in a lot of ways was a manifestation of what had been going on for a decade or more -- a sense in which a few of us were doing really well but that that fundamental American promise that if you worked hard, no matter what you looked like, where you came from, what your last name was, who you loved, that you could make it if you tried; that everybody had a fair shot and everybody did their fair share and everybody played by the same rules. Those basic values had been dissipating for a decade or more.And so that's the reason why over the last three and a half years, even as we've managed crisis, even as we've ended a war and are in the process of ending another one, even as we went after al Qaeda and have decimated the ranks of their leadership, even as we got the auto industry back to a place where it can now compete internationally, and we unlocked the financial system so that businesses and families could get financing again -- even as we did all those things, we kept our eye on the basic promise of our 2008 campaign.That's why we worked on health care reform -- not because it was popular, but because it was right. And as a consequence, 30 million people will have health insurance that didn’t have it before. (Applause.) That's why we did Wall Street reform -- not because it was easy or popular, but because it was right, because we can't have a system in which the recklessness of a few can can bring down an entire economy.That's why we have taken on education, sometimes offending folks in our own party because the status quo of some communities where half the kids are dropping out and only one out of ten are reading at grade level -- we can't compete doing that.That's why we've doubled clean energy. That's why we doubled fuel efficiency standards oncars. That's why we've invested in science and research. That's why projects all across the country have been built putting construction workers back to work. All of this has been in pursuit of the goal that we originally talked about in 2008, and that was creating an America where everybody had a shot; where we create a platform where if you are willing to work hard, you can make it.And that requires us to do things together. And we're not finished.We've got a lot more work. And as we look forward towards this next campaign, the choice between the path that I've set for this country and that of my opponent could not be starker, and the stakes couldn't be higher. And I won't run through the differences in all the issues.What it comes down to is they have a different vision about how America works.See, I think we work best when we're all in it together, when we've all got a stake in eachother. (Applause.) And I've said this before-- I believe that -- Malia and Sasha are the most magical girls in the world. I don't worry about them. But I think their lives will be better if every child in America has opportunity and a good education and can go to college without worrying about being loaded up with tens of thousands of dollars worth of debt. That will be a stronger America for them.And Michelle and I -- people have commented on the fact that I've got gray hair now. There was a blog post about look how wrinkly Obama is getting. (Laughter.) It was sort of distressing. (Laughter.) George doesn’t have to go through these things.(Laughter.)MR. CLOONEY: Look at me!THE PRESIDENT: I like that in you, brother. (Laughter.)But Michelle and I will be okay after this is all done. But our lives are better if, when I'm walking down the street and I see some elderly couple holding hands and they're walking through a park, I know, you know what, they've got Medicare that they can count on, and they've got Social Security that they can count on. They're going to be able to pay the bills and enjoy their retirement.I remind people when folks talk about the free market, you won't find a bigger advocate for the free market than me, but I also understand the free market works when we've got rules so that folks who are engaging in fair dealing and providing good products and good customer service, that they're not being undercut by folks who are cutting corners and cheating and bilking consumers.And I'm reminded -- I just came from Seattle -- I told a roomful of folks, some of whom work for Microsoft, Bill Gates is a genius, Steve Jobs is a genius, Mark Zuckerberg, amazing what they've accomplishe d. But the Internet doesn’t exist unless all of us together make an investment in something called DARPA that helped develop the Internet.That was a common enterprise that created this platform for success-- for everybody.The other side has got a different view. Their attitude is you're on your own. If you're a kid born in a poor neighborhood in LA, tough luck, you're on your own. If you're a senior citizen who, because of bad luck, got laid off, or the company ended up dissolving without your pension being vested, toughluck. You didn’t plan well enough.That's not the America I believe in. That's not the America you believe in.And obviously yesterday we made some news, but -- (applause) -- but the truth is it was a logical extension of what America is supposed to be. It grew directly out of this difference in visions: Are we a country that includes everybody and gives everybody a shot and treats everybody fairly, and is that going to make us stronger? Are we welcoming to immigrants? Are we welc oming to people who aren’t like us? Does that make us stronger? I believe it does.And so that's what's at stake. Now, I will just close by saying that this is going to be harder than it was the last time. This is going to be harder than it was the last time -- not only because I'm older and grayer and your "Hope" posters are dog-eared -- (laughter) -- 2008 in some ways was lightening in abottle. That's not going to be replicated. And we shouldn’t expect it to -- I've been President for three and a half years. But part of the reason it's going to be harder is because folks are still hurting out there and those frustrations with Washington and the nonsense they see on the news is making them more cynical than they were in 2008. So we're going to have to fight against cynicism and a belief that maybethings can't happen and maybe the game is rigged, what's the point. That's what we're going to be fighting against this time.And that means we're going to have to work harder. That means we're going to have to be more determined. That means that that passion that we brought to bear in 2008 is going to have to express itself maybe not in such flashy form, it's going to have to be steady, but we're going to have to keep those fires burning all the way through November and beyond. Because I'm not interested in just winning the election; I'm also interested in making sure that we can finish what we started in 2008. We've still got a lot of work to do. (Applause.)So bottom line is I still believe in the Am erican people, and I still believe in you. And I hope you still believe in me. (Applause.) Because I'm as determined as I've ever been to make sure that this country stays on the right path -- we're moving forward; we're not going backwards.Thank you, everybody. (Applause.)。
2012奥巴马&罗姆尼慈善晚会 讲话
Remarks by President Obama at the 2012 Alfred E. Smith DinnerWaldorf TowersNew York, New YorkOctober 18, 2012奥巴马总统在2012年艾尔弗雷德·史密斯晚宴上的讲话纽约州纽约市2012年10月18日Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Everyone, please take your seats -- otherwise Clint Eastwood will yell at them.谢谢，谢谢，非常感谢，谢谢。
各位请坐在椅子上，要不然伊斯特伍德又会吼向椅子了。
Thank you to Al and Ann. To Your Eminence; Governor, Mrs. Romney; Governor Cuomo; Mayor Bloomberg; Senator Schumer; all the distinguished guests who are here.谢谢你们，阿尔和安。
主教阁下，罗姆尼州长及夫人，科莫州长，布隆伯格市长，舒默参议员，所有在座的各位嘉宾：In less than three weeks, voters in states like Ohio and Virginia and Florida will decide this incredibly important election -- which begs the question, what are we doing here? 还有不到三周，俄亥俄、弗吉尼亚、佛罗里达等几个周的选民就要决定这场至关重要的大选了，这就引出了一个问题，我们在这里做什么？Of course, New Yorkers also have a big choice to make -- you have to decide which one of us you want holding up traffic for the next four years.当然了，纽约人也要做出重大抉择——你们要决定我俩谁在未来四年出行时管制封锁你们的交通。
2012美国大选副总统辩论文字稿
Vice Presidential debate2012Transcript of the Oct.11debate between Vice President Biden and his Republican challenger, Rep.Paul Ryan of Wisconsin,moderated by Martha Raddatz of ABC News.Source:Federal News ServiceMARTHA RADDATZ:Good evening,and welcome to the first and only vice presidential debate of2012,sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates.I'm Martha Raddatz of ABC News,and I am honored to moderate this debate between two men who have dedicated much of their lives to public service.Tonight's debate is divided between domestic and foreign policy issues.And I'm going to move back and forth between foreign and domestic since that is what a vice president or president would have to do.We will have nine different segments.At the beginning of each segment,I will ask both candidates a question,and they will each have two minutes to answer.Then I will encourage a discussion between the candidates with follow-up questions.By coin toss,it has been determined that Vice President Biden will be first to answer the opening question.We have a wonderful audience here at Centre College tonight.You will no doubt hear their enthusiasm at the end of the debate and right now as we welcome Vice President Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan.(Applause.)Very nice to see you.Very nice to see you.VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN:How you doing?MS.RADDATZ:Hey,you got your little wave to the families in.That's great.Good evening,gentlemen.It really is an honor to be here with both of you.I would like to begin with Libya on a rather somber note.One month ago tonight,on the anniversary of9/11,Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other brave Americans were killed in a terrorist attack in Benghazi.The State Department has now made clear there were no protesters there.It was a pre-planned assault by heavily armed men.Wasn't this a massive intelligence failure,Vice President Biden?VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:What it was,it was a tragedy,Martha.It—Chris Stevens was one of our best.We lost three other brave Americans.And I can make absolutely two commitments to you and all of the American people tonight: One,we will find and bring to justice the men who did this.And secondly,we will get to the bottom of it,and whatever—wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us,w will make clear to the American public,because whatever mistakes were made will not be made again.When you're looking at a president,Martha,it seems to me that you should take a look at his most important responsibility.That's carrying forward the national security of the country.And the best way to do that is take a look at how he's handled he issues of the day.On Iraq,the president said he would end the ernor Romney said that was a tragic mistake;we should have left—that he ended it—Governor Romney said that was a tragic mistake;we should have left30,000troops there.With regard to Afghanistan,he said he will end the war ernor Romney said we should not set a date,number one,and number two,with regard to2014,it depends.When it came to Osama bin Laden,the president,the first day in office—I was sitting with him in the Oval Office.He called in the CIA and signed an order saying,my highest priority is to get bin Laden.Prior to the election,prior to the—him being sworn in,Governor Romney was asked a question about how he would proceed.He said,I wouldn't move heaven and earth to get bin Laden.He didn't understand it was more than about taking a—a murderer off the battlefield;it was about restoring America's heart and letting terrorists around the world know if you do harm to America,we will track you to the gates of hell,if need be.And lastly,the—the president of the United States has—has led with a steady hand and clear ernor Romney,the opposite.The last thing we need now is another war.MS.RADDATZ:Congressman Ryan.REP.PAUL RYAN:(Sighs.)We mourn the loss of these four Americans who were murdered. When you take a look at what has happened just in the last few weeks,they sent the U.N. ambassador out to say that this was because of a protest and a YouTube video.It took the president two weeks to acknowledge that this was a terrorist attack.He went to the U.N.,and in his speech at the U.N.he said six times—he talked about the YouTube video.Look,if we are hit by terrorists,we're going to call it for what it is,a terrorist attack.Our ambassador in Paris has a Marine detachment guarding him.Shouldn't we have a Marinedetachment guarding our ambassador in Benghazi,a place where we knew that there was an al-Qaida cell with arms?This is becoming more troubling by the day.They first blamed the YouTube video;now they're trying to blame the Romney-Ryan ticket for making this an issue.And with respect to Iraq,we had the same position before the withdrawal,which was we agreed with the Obama administration:Let's have a Status of Forces Agreement to make sure that we secure our gains.The vice president was put in charge of those negotiations by President Obama,and they failed to get the agreement.We don't have a Status of Forces Agreement because they failed to get one.That's what we are talking about.And when it comes to our veterans,we owe them a great debt of gratitude for what they've done for us,including your son Beau.But we also want to make sure that we don't lose the things we fought so hard to get.And with respect to Afghanistan and the2014deadline,we agree with a2014transition.But what we also want to do is make sure that we're not projecting weakness abroad,and that's what's happening here.This Benghazi issue would be a tragedy in and of itself.But unfortunately it's indicative of a broader problem,and that is what we are watching on our TV screens is the unraveling of the Obama foreign policy,which is making the world more—more chaotic and us less safe.MS.RADDATZ:I just want to talk to you about right in the middle of the ernor Romney—and you're talking about this again tonight—talked about the weakness,talked about apologies from the Obama administration.Was that really appropriate right in the middle of the crisis?REP.RYAN:On that same day,the Obama administration had the exact same position.Let's recall that they disavowed their own statement that they had put out earlier in the day in Cairo.So we had the same position,but we will—it's never to early to speak out for our values.We should have spoken out right away when the Green Revolution was up and starting,when the mullahs in Iran were attacking their people.We should not have called Bashar Assad a reformer when he was turning his Russian-provided guns on his own people.We should always stand up for peace,for democracy,for individual rights,and we should not be imposing these devastating defense cuts,because what that does when we equivocate on our values, when we show that we're cutting our own defense—VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:Am I going to get to say anything here?REP.RYAN:—it makes us more weak.It projects weakness,and when we look weak,our adversaries are much more willing to test us,they're more brazen in their attacks,and our allies are less willing to—VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:With all due respect,that's a bunch of malarkey.In fact—MS.RADDATZ:And why is that so?VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:Because not a single thing he said is accurate.First of all—MS.RADDATZ:Be specific.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:I will be very specific.Number one,the—this lecture on embassy security—the congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by$300million below what we asked for,number one.So much for the embassy security piece.Number two,Governor Romney,before he knew the facts,before he even knew that our ambassador was killed,he was out making a political statement which was panned by the media around the world.And this talk about this—this weakness,I—I don't understand what my friend's talking about here.We—this is a president who's gone out and done everything he has said he was going to do. This is the guy who's repaired our alliances so the rest of the world follows us again.This is the guy who brought the entire world,including Russia and China,to bring about the most devastating,most devastating—the most devastating efforts on Iran to make sure that they in fact stop with their—look,I—I—I just—I mean,these guys bet against America all the time.REP.RYAN:I—MS.RADDATZ:Can we talk about—let me go back to Libya.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:Yeah,sure.MS.RADDATZ:What were you first told about the attack?Why were people talking about protests?When people in the consulate first saw armed men attacking with guns,there were no protesters.Why did that go on for weeks?VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:Because that's exactly what we were told—MS.RADDATZ:By who?VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:—by the intelligence community.The intelligence community told us that.As they learned more facts about exactly what happened,they changed their assessment.That's why there's also an investigation headed by Tom Pickering,a leading diplomat in the—from the Reagan years,who is doing an investigation as to whether or not there were any lapses,what the lapses were,so that they will never happen again.But—MS.RADDATZ:And they wanted more security there.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:Well,we weren't told they wanted more security again.We did not know they wanted more security again.And by the way,at the time we were told exactly—we said exactly what the intelligence community told us that they knew.That was the assessment. And as the intelligence community changed their view,we made it clear they changed their view.That's why I said,we will get to the bottom of this.You know,usually when there's a crisis,we pull together.We pull together as a nation.But as I said,even before we knew what happened to the ambassador,the governor was holding a press conference—was holding a press conference.That's not presidential leadership.MS.RADDATZ:Mr.Ryan,I want to ask you about—the Romney campaign talks a lot about no apologies.He has a book called No Apologies.Should the U.S.have apologized for Americans burning Qurans in Afghanistan?Should the U.S.apologize for U.S.Marines urinating on Taliban corpses?REP.RYAN:Oh,gosh,yes.Urinating on Taliban corpses?What we should not apologize for —MS.RADDATZ:Burning Qurans(immediately?)?REP.RYAN:What—what we should not be apologizing for are standing up for our values. What we should not be doing is saying to the Egyptian people,while Mubarak is cracking down on them,that he's a good guy and then the next week say he ought to go.What we should not be doing is rejecting claims for—calls for more security in our barracks,in our Marine—we need Marines in Benghazi when the commander on the ground says we need more forces for security.There were requests for extra security.Those requests were not honored.Look,this was the anniversary of9/11.It was Libya,a country we knew we had al-Qaida cells there.As we know,al-Qaida and its affiliates are on the rise in northern Africa.And we did not give our ambassador in Benghazi a Marine detachment?Of course there is an investigation sowe can make sure that this never happens again.But when it comes to speaking up for our values,we should not apologize for those.Here is the problem.Look at all the various issues out there and that's unraveling before our eyes.The vice president talks about sanctions on Iran.They got—we've had four—MS.RADDATZ:Let's move to Iran.I'd actually like to move to Iran because there is really no bigger national security—REP.RYAN:Absolutely.MS.RADDATZ:—this country is facing.Both President Obama and Governor Romney have said they will prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon,even if that means military action. Last week former Defense Secretary Bob Gates said a strike on Iran's facilities would not work and,quote,could prove catastrophic,haunting us for generations.Can the two of you be absolutely clear and specific to the American people how effective would a military strike be? Congressman Ryan.REP.RYAN:We cannot allow Iran to gain a nuclear weapons capability.Now,let's take a look at where we've gone—come from.When Barack Obama was elected, they had enough fissile material,nuclear material,to make one bomb.Now they have enough for five.They're racing toward a nuclear weapon.They're four years closer toward a nuclear weapons capability.We've had four different sanctions at the U.N.on Iran,three from the Bush administration,one here.And the only reason we got it is because Russia watered it down and prevented the—the sanctions from hitting the central bank.Mitt Romney proposed these sanctions in2007.In Congress,I've been fighting for these sanctions since2009.The administration was blocking us every step of the way.Only because we had strong bipartisan support for these tough sanctions were we able to overrule their objections and put them in spite of the administration.Imagine what would have happened if we had these sanctions in place earlier.You think Iran's not brazen?Look at what they're doing.They're stepping up their terrorist attacks.They tried a terrorist attack in the United States last year when they tried to blow up the Saudi ambassador at a restaurant in Washington,D.C.And talk about credibility.When this administration says that all options are on the table,they send out senior administration officials that send all these mixed signals.And so in order solve this peacefully,which is everybody's goal,you have to have the ayatollahs change their minds.Look at where they are.They're moving faster toward a nuclear weapon.It's because this administration has no credibility on this issue.It's because this administration watered down sanctions,delayed sanctions,tried to stop us from putting the tough sanctions in place.Now we have them in place because of Congress.They say the military option's on the table but it's not being viewed as credible,and the key is to do this peacefully,is to make sure that we have credibility.Under a Romney administration,we will have credibility on this issue.MS.RADDATZ:Vice President Biden.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:Incredible.(Chuckles.)Look,imagine had we let the Republican Congress work out the sanctions.You think there's any possibility the entire world would have joined us,Russia and China,all of our allies?These are the most crippling sanctions in the history of sanctions,period,period.When Governor Romney's asked about it,he said,we got to keep these sanctions.When they said,well,you're talking about doing more,what are you—are you—you're going to go to war?Is that you want to do now?REP.RYAN:We want to prevent war!VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:(Inaudible)—and I—the interesting thing is,how they're going to prevent war.How are they going to prevent war if they say that there's nothing more that we—that they say we should do than what we've already done,number one?And number two,with regard to the ability of the United States to take action militarily,it is—it is not in my purview to talk about classified information.But we feel quite confident we could deal a serious blow to the Iranians.But number two,the Iranians are—the Israelis and the United States—our military and intelligence communities are absolutely the same exact place in terms of how close—how close the Iranians are to getting a nuclear weapon.They are a good way away.There is no difference between our view and theirs.When my friend talks about fissile material,they have to take this highly enriched uranium,get it from20percent up.Then they have to be able to have something to put it in.There is no weapon that the Iranians have at this point.Both the Israelis and we know we'll know if they start the process of building a weapon.So all this bluster I keep hearing,all this loose talk—what are they talking about?Are you talking about to be more credible?What—what morecan the president do?Stand before the United Nations,tell the whole world,directly communicate to the ayatollah:We will not let them acquire a nuclear weapon,period,unless he's talking about going to war.REP.RYAN:Martha,let's just—MS.RADDATZ:Congressman Ryan.REP.RYAN:—let's look at this from the view of the ayatollahs.What do they see?They see this administration trying to water down sanctions in Congress for over two years.They're moving faster toward a nuclear weapon;they're spinning the centrifuges faster.They see us saying,when we come into the administration,when they're sworn in,we need more space with our ally Israel.They see President Obama in New York City the same day Bibi Netanyahu is,and he's—instead of meeting with him goes on a—on a daily talk show.They see—when we say that these options are on the table,the secretary of defense walked them back. They are not changing their mind.That's what we have to do,is change their mind so they stop pursuing nuclear weapons,and they're going faster.MS.RADDATZ:How will you do it so quickly?Look,you both saw Benjamin Netanyahu hold up that picture of a bomb with the red line and talking about the red line being in spring.So can you solve this—if the Romney-Ryan ticket is elected,can you solve this in two months before spring and avoid nuclear—REP.RYAN:We—we can debate a timeline.MS.RADDATZ:(Inaudible.)REP.RYAN:We can debate the timeline,whether there's—it's that short a time or longer.I —I agree that it's probably longer.Number two,it's all about credibility.MS.RADDATZ:You don't agree with that bomb and what the Israelis—VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:No,look—(inaudible)—REP.RYAN:(Inaudible)—look,we—we both—(inaudible)—MS.RADDATZ:Vice President Biden.REP.RYAN:I don't want to go into classified stuff,but we both agree that to do this peacefully, you've got to get them to change their minds.They're not changing their minds,and look at what this administration does—MS.RADDATZ:But what do you do—(inaudible)—VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:Let me tell you what the ayatollah sees.REP.RYAN:You have to have credibility.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:The ayatollah sees his economy being crippled.The ayatollah sees that there are50percent fewer exports of oil.He sees the currency going into the tank. He sees the economy going into free fall,and he sees the world for the first time totally united in opposition to him getting a nuclear weapon.Now,with regard to Bibi,he's been my friend for39years.The president has met with Bibi a dozen times.He's spoken to Bibi Netanyahu as much as he's spoken to anybody.The idea that we're not—I was in a—just before he went to the U.N.,I was in a conference call with the—with the president,with him talking to Bibi,for well over an hour in—in—in—in—in stark relief and detail about what was going on.This is a bunch of stuff.Look,here's the deal —MS.RADDATZ:What does that mean,"a bunch of stuff"?VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:Well,it means it's simply inaccurate.REP.RYAN:It's Irish.(Chuckles.)VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:It is.(Laughter.)We Irish call it malarkey.MS.RADDATZ:Thanks for the translation.OK.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:No,we Irish call it malarkey.(Laughter.)But last thing:the secretary of defense has made it absolutely clear.He didn't walk anything back.We will not allow the Iranians to get a nuclear weapon.What Bibi held up there was when they get to the point where they can enrich uranium enough to put into a weapon,they don't have a weapon to put it into.Let's all calm down a little bit here.Iran is more isolated today than when we took office.It was on the ascendancy when we took office.It is totally isolated.MS.RADDATZ:Congressman Ryan—VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:I don't know what world you guys are in.MS.RADDATZ:Congressman Ryan—REP.RYAN:Thank—thank heavens we have these sanctions in place.It's in spite of their opposition.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:(Chuckles.)Oh,God.REP.RYAN:They have given20waivers to this sanction.And all I have to point to are the results.They're four years closer toward a nuclear weapon.I think that case speaks for itself.MS.RADDATZ:Can you tell the American people what's worse—VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:By the way,they're—no,no,they are not four years closer to a nuclear weapon.MS.RADDATZ:—another war in the Middle East or—VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:They're—they're closer to being able to get enough fissile material to put in a weapon if they had a weapon.But—MS.RADDATZ:You're acting a little bit like they don't want one,though.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:Oh,I didn't say—no,I'm not saying—(look?),facts matter, Martha.You're a foreign policy expert.Facts matter.All this loose talk about them—all they have to do is get to—enrich uranium in a certain amount and they have a weapon—not true. Not true.They are more—and if we ever have to take action,unlike where we took office,we will have the world behind us,and that matters.That matters.MS.RADDATZ:What about Bob Gates'statement?Let me read that again:"Could prove catastrophic,haunting us for generations."VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:He is right.It could prove catastrophic if we do—we do it with—(inaudible)—MS.RADDATZ:Congressman Ryan?REP.RYAN:And what it does is it—and it undermines our credibility by backing up the point when we make it that all options are on the table.That's the point.The ayatollahs see thesekinds of statements,and they think,I'm going to get a nuclear weapon.When—when we see the kind of equivocation that took place because this administration wanted a precondition policy—so when the Green Revolution started up,they were silent for nine days.When they see us putting—when they see us putting daylight between ourselves and our allies in Israel, that gives them encouragement.When they see Russia watering down any further sanctions —and the only reason we got a U.N.sanction is because Russia watered it down and prevented these—(there?)from being sanctions in the first place.So when they see this kind of activity,they are encouraged to continue,and that's the problem.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:Martha,let me tell you what Russia's—(inaudible)—MS.RADDATZ:What—let me ask you what's worse:war in the Middle East,another war in the Middle East,or a nuclear-armed Iran?REP.RYAN:I'll tell you what's worse.I'll tell you what's worse.MS.RADDATZ:Quickly.REP.RYAN:A nuclear-armed Iran,which triggers a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. This is the world's largest sponsor of—of terrorism.They've dedicated themselves—VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:That's the only thing my—REP.RYAN:—to wiping an entire country off the map.They call us the Great Satan.And if they get nuclear weapons,other people in the neighborhood will pursue their nuclear weapons as well.MS.RADDATZ:Vice President Biden.REP.RYAN:We can't live with that.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:War should always be the absolute last resort.That's why these crippling sanctions,what Bibi Netanyahu says we should continue—which,if I'm not mistaken, Governor Romney says we—we should continue.If I—I may be mistaken;he changes his mind so often,I could be wrong.But the fact of the matter is,he says they're working.And the fact is that they are being crippled by them.And we've made it clear,big nations can't bluff. This president doesn't bluff.MS.RADDATZ:Gentlemen,I want to bring the conversation to a different kind of national security issue,the state of our economy.The number one issue here at home is jobs.Thepercentage of unemployed just fell below8percent for the first time in43months.The Obama administration had projected that it would fall below6percent now after the addition of close to a trillion dollars in stimulus money.So will both of you level with the American people?Can you get unemployment to under6percent,and how long will it take?VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:I don't know how long it will take.MS.RADDATZ:Vice President Biden.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:We can and we will get it under6percent.Let's look at the—let's take a look at the facts.Let's look at where we were when we came to office.The economy was in free fall.We had—the Great Recession hit.Nine million people lost their job,1.7—$1.6trillion in wealth lost in equity in your homes,in retirement accounts from the middle class.We knew we had to act for the middle class.We immediately went out and rescued General Motors.We went ahead and made sure that we cut taxes for the middle class.And in addition to that,when that—and when that occurred,what did Romney do?Romney said,no,let Detroit go bankrupt.We moved in and helped people refinance their ernor Romney said,no,let foreclosures hit the bottom.But it shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says47percent of the American people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives.My friend recently,in a speech in Washington,said30%of the American people are takers.These people are my mom and dad, the people I grew up with,my neighbors.They pay more effective tax than Governor Romney pays in his federal income tax.They are elderly people who in fact are living off of Social Security.They are veterans and people fighting in Afghanistan right now who are,quote,not paying any taxes.I've had it up to here with this notion that47percent—it's about time they take some responsibility here.And instead of signing pledges to Grover Norquist not to ask the wealthiest among us to contribute to bring back the middle class,they should be signing a pledge saying to the middle class,we're going to level the playing field.We're going to give you a fair shot again.We are going to not repeat the mistakes we made in the past by having a different set of rules for Wall Street and Main Street,making sure that we continue to hemorrhage these tax cuts for the superwealthy.They're pushing the continuation of a tax cut that will give an additional$500billion in tax cuts to120,000families.And they're holding hostage the middle-class tax cut because they say,we won't pass—we won't continue the middle-class tax cut unless you give the tax cut for the superwealthy.It's about time they take some responsibility.MS.RADDATZ:Mr.Ryan.REP.RYAN:Joe and I are from similar towns.He's from Scranton,Pennsylvania.I'm from Janesville,Wisconsin.You know what the unemployment rate in Scranton is today?VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:I sure do.REP.RYAN:It's10percent.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:Yeah.REP.RYAN:You know what it was the day you guys came in?VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:No.REP.RYAN:Eight-point-five percent.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:Yeah.REP.RYAN:That's how it's going all around America.Look—VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:You don't read the statistics.That's not"how it's going."It's going down.MS.RADDATZ:(Inaudible)—two-minute answer,please.REP.RYAN:Look—(chuckles)—did they come in and inherit a tough situation?Absolutely.VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:(Chuckles.)REP.RYAN:But we're going in the wrong direction!Look at where we are.The economy is barely limping along.It's growing at1.3percent.That's slower than it grew last year,and last year was slower than the year before.Job growth in September was slower than it was in August,and August was slower than it was in July.We're heading in the wrong direction.。
2012美国总统大选奥巴马纽约演讲
For Immediate ReleaseMay 15, 2012Remarks by the President at a Campaign EventPrivate ResidenceNew York, New York5:56 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Well, first of all, let me thank Tony and Amie for hosting us here today. Describing what it's like to have people move furniture out of six of your rooms -- (laughter) -- and I've been assured that it will all be put back where it was. (Laughter.)I want to thank all of you for being here. And frankly, because this is a nice, intimate setting, I'm not going to spend a lot of time talking at the top; I want to spend most of the time answering your questions, taking your comments, having a conversation.I tell you, though, I couldn't make the argument too much better than Tony just made it. When I ran in 2008, it was based on the premise that America was built on the idea that anybody can make it if they try; that everybody gets a fair shot, everybody does their fair share, everybody plays by the same rules. And that idea had been slipping away for too long. So you'd seen a decade of sluggish job growth; incomes and wages had flatlined even as the cost of health care and college were going up. And the question was, how do we restore that sense of balance?Now, this is all before we had a sense that we were going to be experiencing the worst financial crisis and the worst economic crisis in our lifetimes. And over the last three and a half years, obviously we have had extraordinary challenges -- challenges unlike any that we've seen. And there are a lot of folks still hurting out there -- a lot of people who are still looking for work or underemployed; a lot of folks whose homes are still underwater; a lot of people who are fearful or anxious about the future.But we've made progress. The good news is, is that over the last two years we've created more than 4 million jobs -- a million jobs in the last six months -- close to the last six months alone. We have been able to restore the greatness of the U.S. auto industry at a time when a lot of folks thought it would liquidate. We've doubled clean energy production. We've been able to start seeing manufacturing come back to our shores in a way that a lot of people hadn't anticipated. The financial system, although it is still healing, is in obviously much better shape than it was back in 2007, 2008.So we've made some progress. Now, the reason I'm running is we haven't made enough yet. We still have a long way to go. And this election is going to present as stark a choice in terms of visions for the future as any election that we've seen in a very long time. I believe that the free market is the greatest wealth generator ever devised by man, and it's at the heart, at the core of who we are. I think risk-takers and innovators should be rewarded. I think all of us benefit from the freedom of free enterprise.But if you look at our history, what we also realize is that what makes our markets work and what allows us then to go out and pursue our individual dreams is that there are some things we've done in concert. There are some things that we've done as a common enterprise -- making sure that our schools are teaching our kids the skills that they need to compete in a new economy; making certain that we're investing in science and research so that the next medical breakthrough or the next great business idea takes root right here in the United States; making sure we're investing in roads and bridges and airports and broadband lines and wireless networks that allow -- that provide a platform for businesses and individuals to succeed; and making sure that we've got basic rules of the road in place so that the markets function in a transparent, clear way so that small investors have confidence if they invest on Wall Street they're not going to get bilked by somebody who has more information than them; that we make sure that our financial system is stable and that we're not going to tip over into a situation where, because of somebody's miscalculation or sometimes just because of panic, suddenly the whole system is at risk; making sure that we have a basic safety net so that seniors who have worked all their lives can count on Social Security and Medicare; that the most vulnerable among us are cared for through programs like Medicaid; and making sure that something like health care is not the luxury of a few, but is something that if people are playing by the rules and working hard they can count on, and they don't have to worry about losing their home because their child gets sick.And in this campaign, what's going to be tested is whether that view, which says, yes, we believe in individual initiative and we believe in risk-taking and we believe in markets and entrepreneurship, but we also believe in doing some things together, because all of us prosper from that -- whether that's a better idea or the better idea is just, everybody is on their own; we slash taxes more for those of us who have been incredibly fortunate and blessed by this system; slowly those rungs on the ladder to upward mobility start to fray; people are left to fend for themselves. There is a theory that that, somehow, is going to unleash the kind of growth that we imagine for this country. And my argument is, is that we tried it and it doesn't work. It's not good for the markets. It's not good for business. It's not good for consumers. It's not good for our kids. It's not good for our future.And that's ultimately what this election is going to be about. When you cut through all the other stuff -- there's going to be a lot of noise and a lot of day-to-day skirmishes and arguing -- but ultimately it's going to come down to, whose vision do you believe? And I think we've got the facts and the evidence on our side. And the fact that you're all here today tells me that you're interested in that same kind of vision -- one in which our kids succeed but, you know what, other people's kids succeed, too. Because I think that will be a better America and a better world for our kids as well.This is going to be a tough election. This is going to be a close election precisely because there are folks out there who are still hurting. But I'm pretty confident that if we work hard, if we stay true to that vision, that it's the one that the American people believe in as well.So I'm grateful for your help. I'm looking forward to your questions. And I hope you are ready to get to work. All right, thank you. (Applause.)END6:04 P.M. EDT。
2012美国总统大选辩论(第一场)
美国2012总统大选首场辩论JIM LEHRER: Good evening from the Magness Arena at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. I'm Jim Lehrer of the PBS NewsHour, and I welcome you to the first of the 2012 presidential debates between President Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee.This debate and the next three — two presidential, one vice- presidential — are sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates.Tonight's 90 minutes will be about domestic issues, and will follow a format designed by the commission. There will be six roughly 15-minute segments, with two-minute answers for the first question, then open discussion for the remainder of each segment.Thousands of people offered suggestions on segment subjects of questions v ia the Internet and other means, but I made the final selections, and for the record, they were not submitted for approval to the commission or the candidates.The segments, as I announced in advance, will be three on the economy and one each on health care, the role of government, and governing, with an emphasis throughout on differences, specifics and choices. Both candidates will also have two-minute closing statements.The audience here in the hall has promised to remain silent. No cheers, applause, boos, hisses — among other noisy distracting things — so we may all concentrate on what the candidates have to say. There is a noise exception right now, though, as we welcome President Obama and Governor Romney. (Cheers, applause.)Gentlemen, welcome to you both.Let's start the economy, segment one. And let's begin with jobs. What are the major differences between the two of you about how you would go about creating new jobs? You have two minutes — each of you have two minutes to start. The coin toss has determined, Mr. President, you go first.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Well, thank you very much, Jim, for this opportunity. I want to thank Governor Romney and the University of Denver for your hospitality.There are a lot of points that I want to make tonight, but the most important one is that 20 years ago I became the luckiest man on earth because Michelle Obama agreed to marry me. (Laughter.) And so I just want to wish, Sweetie, you happy anniversary and let you know that a year from now, we will not be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. (Laughter.)You know, four years ago we went through the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Millions of jobs were lost. The auto industry was on the brink of collapse. The financial system had frozen up. And because of the resilience and the determination of the American people, we've begun to fight our way back.Over the last 30 months, we've seen 5 million jobs in the private sector created. The auto industry has come roaring back and housing has begun to rise. But we all know that we've still got a lot of work to do. And so the question here tonight is not where we've been but where we're going. Governor Romney has a perspective that says if we cut taxes, skewed towards the wealthy, and roll back regulations that we'll be better off.I've got a different view. I think we've got to invest in education and training. I think it's important for us to develop new sources of energy here in America, that we change our tax code to make sure that we're helping small businesses and companies that are investing here in the United States, that we take some of the money that we're sav ing as we wind down two wars to rebuild America and that we reduce our def icit in a balanced way that allows us to make these critical investments.Now, it ultimately is going to be up to the voters, to you, which path we should take. Are we going to double down on the top-down economic policies that helped to get us into this mess, or do we embrace a new economic patriotism that says, America does best when the middle class does best? And I'm looking forward to having that debate.MR. LEHRER: Governor Romney, two minutes.MR. ROMNEY: Thank you, Jim. It's an honor to be here with you, and I appreciate the chance to be with the president. I am pleased to be at the University of Denver, appreciate their welcome and also the presidential commission on these debates.And congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your anniversary. I'm sure this was the most romantic place you could imagine here —here with me, so I —(laughter) —congratulations.This is obviously a very tender topic. I've had the occasion over the last couple of years of meeting people across the country. I was in Dayton, Ohio, and a woman grabbed my arm, and she said, I've been out of work since May. Can you help me?Ann yesterday was a rally in Denver, and a woman came up to her with a baby in her arms and said, Ann, my husband has had four jobs in three years, part-time jobs. He's lost his most recent job, and we've now just lost our home. Can you help us?And the answer is yes, we can help, but it's going to take a different path, not the one we've been on, not the one the president describes as a top-down, cut taxes for the rich. That's not what I'm going to do.My plan has five basic parts. One, get us energy independent, North American energy independent. That creates about four million jobs. Number two, open up more trade, particularly in Latin America; crack down on China if and when they cheat. Number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed and the best schools in the world. We're far away from that now. Number four, get us to a balanced budget. Number five, champion small business.It's small business that creates the jobs in America. And over the last four years small-business people have decided that America may not be the place to open a new business, because new business startups are down to a 30-year low. I know what it takes to get small business growing again, to hire people.Now, I'm concerned that the path that we're on has just been unsuccessful. The president has a view very similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago, that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more —if you will, trickle-down government would work. That's not the right answer for America. I'll restore the vitality that gets America working again.Thank you.MR. LEHRER: Mr. President, please respond directly to what the governor just said about trickle-down — his trickle-down approach. He's — as he said yours is.PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, let me talk specifically about what I think we need to do. First, we've got to improve our education system. And we've made enormous progress drawing on ideas both from Democrats and Republicans that are already starting to showgains in some of the toughest-to- deal-with schools. We've got a program called Race to the Top that has prompted reforms in 46 states around the country, raising standards, improving how we train teachers. So now I want to hire another hundred thousand new math and science teachers and create 2 million more slots in our community colleges so that people can get trained for the jobs that are out there right now. And I want to make sure that we keep tuition low for our young people.When it comes to our tax code, Governor Romney and I both agree that our corporate tax rate is too high. So I want to lower it, particularly for manufacturing, taking it down to 25 percent. But I also want to close those loopholes that are giving incentives for companies that are shipping jobs overseas. I want to provide tax breaks for companies that are investing here in the United States.On energy, Governor Romney and I, we both agree that we've got to boost American energy production.And oil and natural gas production are higher than they've been in years. But I also believe that we've got to look at the energy source of the future, like wind and solar and biofuels, and make those investments.So, all of this is possible. Now, in order for us to do it, we do have to close our deficit, and one of the things I'm sure we'll be discussing tonight is, how do we deal with our tax code, and how do we make sure that we are reducing spending in a responsible way, but also how do we have enough revenue to make those investments? And this is where there's a difference because Governor Romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut, on top of the extension of the Bush tax cuts, so that's another $2 trillion, and $2 trillion in additional military spending that the military hasn't asked for. That's $8 trillion. How we pay for that, reduce the deficit and make the investments that we need to make without dumping those costs on the middle-class Americans I think is one of the central questions of this campaign.MR. LEHRER: Both of you have spoken about a lot of different things, and we're going to try to get through them in as specific a way as we possibly can.But first, Governor Romney, do you have a question that you'd like to ask the president directly about something he just said?MR. ROMNEY: Well, sure. I'd like to clear up the record and go through it piece by piece. First of all, I don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. I don't have a tax cut of a scale that you're talking about. My view is that we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. But I'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high- income people. High-incomepeople are doing just fine in this economy. They'll do fine whether you're president or I am.The people who are having the hard time right now are middle- income Americans. Under the president's policies, middle-income Americans have been buried. They're — they're just being crushed. Middle-income Americans have seen their income come down by $4,300. This is a — this is a tax in and of itself. I'll call it the economy tax. It's been crushing. The same time, gasoline prices have doubled under the president, electric rates are up, food prices are up, health care costs have gone up by $2,500 a family.Middle-income families are being crushed. And so the question is how to get them going again, and I've described it. It's energy and trade, the right kind of training programs, balancing our budget and helping small business. Those are the — the cornerstones of my plan.But the president mentioned a couple of other ideas, and I'll just note: first, education. I agree, education is key, particularly the future of our economy. But our training programs right now, we got 47 of them housed in the federal government, reporting to eight different agencies. Overhead is overwhelming. We got to get those dollars back to the states and go to the workers so they can create their own pathways to getting the training they need for jobs that will really help them.The second area: taxation. We agree; we ought to bring the tax rates down, and I do, both for corporations and for individuals. But in order for us not to lose revenue, have the government run out of money, I also lower deductions and credits and exemptions so that we keep taking in the same money when you also account for growth.The third area: energy. Energy is critical, and the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gas in the U.S. is up. But not due to his policies. In spite of his policies. Mr. President, all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not on government land. On government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and license in half. If I'm president, I'll double them. And also get the — the oil from offshore and Alaska. And I'll bring that pipeline in from Canada.And by the way, I like coal. I'm going to make sure we continue to burn clean coal. People in the coal industry feel like it's getting crushed by your policies. I want to get America and North America energy independent, so we can create those jobs.And finally, with regards to that tax cut, look, I'm not looking to cut massive taxes and to reduce the — the revenues going to the government. My — my number one principle is there'll be no tax cut that adds to the deficit.I want to underline that — no tax cut that adds to the deficit. But I do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle-income Americans. And I — and to do that that also means that I cannot reduce the burden paid by high-income Americans. So any — any language to the contrary is simply not accurate.MR. LEHRER: Mr. President.PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I think — let's talk about taxes because I think it's instructive. Now, four years ago when I stood on this stage I said that I would cut taxes for middle-class families. And that's exactly what I did. We cut taxes for middle-class families by about $3,600. And the reason is because I believe we do best when the middle class is doing well.And by giving them those tax cuts, they had a little more money in their pocket and so maybe they can buy a new car. They are certainly in a better position to weather the extraordinary recession that we went through. They can buy a computer for their kid who's going off to college, which means they're spending more money, businesses have more customers, businesses make more profits and then hire more workers.Now, Governor Romney's proposal that he has been promoting for 18 months calls for a $5 trillion tax cut on top of $2 trillion of additional spending for our military. And he is saying that he is going to pay for it by closing loopholes and deductions. The problem is that he's been asked a — over a hundred times how you would close those deductions and loopholes and he hasn't been able to identify them.But I'm going to make an important point here, Jim.MR. LEHRER: All right.PRESIDENT OBAMA: When you add up all the loopholes and deductions that upper income individuals can — are currently taking advantage of — if you take those all away — you don't come close to paying for $5 trillion in tax cuts and $2 trillion in additional military spending. And that's why independent studies looking at this said the only way to meet Governor Romney's pledge of not reducing the deficit — or — or — or not adding to the deficit, is by burdening middle-class families.The average middle-class family with children would pay about $2,000 more. Now, that's not my analysis; that's the analysis of economists who have looked at this. And — and that kind of top — top-down economics, where folks at the top are doing well so the averageperson making 3 million bucks is getting a $250,000 tax break while middle- class families are burdened further, that's not what I believe is a recipe for economic growth.MR. LEHRER: All right. What is the difference?MR. ROMNEY: Well —MR. LEHRER: Let's just stay on taxes for —MR. ROMNEY: But I — but I — right, right.MR. LEHRER: OK. Yeah, just — let's just stay on taxes for a moment.MR. ROMNEY: Yeah. Well, but — but —MR. LEHRER: What is the difference?MR. ROMNEY: — virtually every — virtually everything he just said about my tax plan is inaccurate.MR. LEHRER: All right, go —MR. ROMNEY: So — so if — if the tax plan he described were a tax plan I was asked to support, I'd say absolutely not. I'm not looking for a $5 trillion tax cut. What I've said is I won't put in place a tax cut that adds to the deficit. That's part one. So there's no economist can say Mitt Romney's tax plan adds 5 trillion (dollars) if I say I will not add to the deficit with my tax plan.Number two, I will not reduce the share paid by high-income indiv iduals. I — I know that you and your running mate keep saying that, and I know it's a popular things to say with a lot of people, but it's just not the case. Look, I got five boys. I'm used to people saying something that's not always true, but just keep on repeating it and ultimately hoping I'll believe it — (scattered laughter) — but that — that is not the case, all right? I will not reduce the taxes paid by high-income Americans.And number three, I will not, under any circumstances, raise taxes on middle-income families. I will lower taxes on middle-income families. Now, you cite a study. There are six other studies that looked at the study you describe and say it's completely wrong. I saw astudy that came out today that said you're going to raise taxes by 3(,000 dollars) to $4,000 on — on middle-income families. There are all these studies out there.But let's get to the bottom line. That is, I want to bring down rates. I want to bring down the rates down, at the same time lower deductions and exemptions and credits and so forth so we keep getting the revenue we need.And you think, well, then why lower the rates? And the reason is because small business pays that individual rate. Fifty-four percent of America's workers work in businesses that are taxed not at the corporate tax rate but at the individual tax rate. And if we lower that rate, they will be able to hire more people.For me, this is about jobs.MR. LEHRER: All right. That's where we started.MR. ROMNEY: This is about getting jobs for the American people.MR. LEHRER: Yeah.Do you challenge what the governor just said about his own plan?PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, for 18 months he's been running on this tax plan. And now, five weeks before the election, he's saying that his big, bold idea is "never mind." And the fact is that if you are lowering the rates the way you describe, Governor, then it is not possible to come up with enough deductions and loopholes that only affect high-income indiv iduals to avoid either raising the deficit or burdening the middle class. It's —it's math. It's arithmetic.Now, Governor Romney and I do share a deep interest in encouraging small-business growth. So at the same time that my tax plan has already lowered taxes for 98 percent of families, I also lowered taxes for small businesses 18 times. And what I want to do is continue the tax rates — the tax cuts that we put into place for small businesses and families.But I have said that for incomes over $250,000 a year that we should go back to the rates that we had when Bill Clinton was president, when we created 23 million new jobs, went from deficit to surplus and created a whole lot of millionaires to boot.And the reason this is important is because by doing that, we can not only reduce the deficit, we can not only encourage job growth through small businesses, but we're also able to make the investments that are necessary in education or in energy.And we do have a difference, though, when it comes to definitions of small business. Now, under — under my plan, 97 percent of small businesses would not see their income taxes go up. Governor Romney says, well, those top 3 percent, they're the job creators. They'd be burdened.But under Governor Romney's definition, there are a whole bunch of millionaires and billionaires who are small businesses. Donald Trump is a small busine ss. And I know Donald Trump doesn't like to think of himself as small anything, but — but that's how you define small businesses if you're getting business income. And that kind of approach, I believe, will not grow our economy because the only way to pay for it without either burdening the middle class or blowing up our deficit is to make drastic cuts in things like education, making sure that we are continuing to invest in basic science and research, all the things that are helping America grow. And I think that would be a mistake.MR. LEHRER: All right.MR. ROMNEY: Jim, let me just come back on that — on that point.MR. LEHRER: Just for the — just for the record —MR. ROMNEY: These small businesses we're talking about —MR. LEHRER: Excuse me. Just so everybody understands —MR. ROMNEY: Yeah.MR. LEHRER: — we're way over our first 15 minutes.MR. ROMNEY: It's fun, isn't it?MR. LEHRER: It's OK. It's great.PRESIDENT OBAMA: That's OK.MR. LEHRER: No problem. No, you don't have — you don't have a problem, I don't have a problem, because we're still on the economy, but we're going to come back to taxes and we're going to move on to the deficit and a lot of other things, too.OK, but go ahead, sir.MR. ROMNEY: You bet.Well, President, you're — Mr. President, you're absolutely right, which is that with regards to 97 percent of the businesses are not — not taxed at the 35 percent tax rate, they're taxed at a lower rate. But those businesses that are in the last 3 percent of businesses happen to employ half — half — of all of the people who work in small business. Those are the businesses that employ one quarter of all the workers in America. And your plan is take their tax rate from 35 percent to 40 percent.Now, I talked to a guy who has a very small business. He's in the electronics business in — in St. Louis. He has four employees.He said he and his son calculated how much they pay in taxes. Federal income tax, federal payroll tax, state income tax, state sales tax, state property tax, gasoline tax — it added up to well over 50 percent of what they earned.And your plan is to take the tax rate on successful small businesses from 35 percent to 40 percent. The National Federation of Independent Businesses has said that will cost 700,000 jobs. I don't want to cost jobs. My priority is jobs. And so what I do is I bring down the tax rates, lower deductions and exemptions — the same idea behind Bowles-Simpson, by the way. Get the rates down, lower deductions and exemptions to create more jobs, because there's nothing better for getting us to a balanced budget than having more people working, earning more money, paying — (chuckles) — more taxes. That's by far the most effective and efficient way to get this budget balanced.PRESIDENT OBAMA: Jim, I — you may want to move on to another topic, but I would just say this to the American people. If you believe that we can cut taxes by $5 trillion and add $2 trillion in additional spending that the military is not asking for — $7 trillion, just to give you a sense, over 10 years that's more than our entire defense budget — and you think that by closing loopholes and deductions for the well-to-do, somehow you will not end up picking up the tab, then Governor Romney's plan may work for you.But I think math, common sense and our history shows us that's not a recipe for jobgrowth.Look, we've tried this —we've tried both approaches. The approach that Governor Romney's talking about is the same sales pitch that was made in 2001 and 2003. And we ended up with the slowest job growth in 50 years. We ended up moving from surplus to deficits. And it all culminated in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.Bill Clinton tried the approach that I'm talking about. We created 23 million new jobs. We went from deficit to surplus, and businesses did very well.So in some ways, we've got some data on which approach is more likely to create jobs and opportunity for Americans, and I believe that the economy works best when middle-class families are getting tax breaks so that they've got some money in their pockets and those of us who have done extraordinarily well because of this magnificent country that we live in, that we can afford to do a little bit more to make sure we're not blowing up the deficit.MR. LEHRER: OK. (Inaudible) —MR. ROMNEY: Jim, the president began this segment, so I think I get the last word, so I'm going to take it. All right? (Chuckles.)MR. LEHRER: Well, you're going to get the first word in the next segment.MR. ROMNEY: Well, but — but he gets the first word of that segment. I get the last word of that segment, I hope. Let me just make this comment.PRESIDENT OBAMA: (Chuckles.) He can — you can have it. He can —MR. ROMNEY: First of all —MR. LEHRER: That's not how it works.MR. ROMNEY: Let me — let me repeat — let me repeat what I said — (inaudible). I'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. That's not my plan. My plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. That's point one. So you may keep referring to it as a $5 trillion tax cut, but that's not my plan.PRESIDENT OBAMA: OK.MR. ROMNEY: Number two, let's look at history. My plan is not like anything that's been tried before. My plan is to bring down rates but also bring down deductions and exemptions and credits at the same time so the revenue stays in, but that we bring down rates to get more people working. My priority is putting people back to work in America. They're suffering in this country. And we talk about evidence — look at the ev idence of the last four years. It's absolutely extraordinary. We've got 23 million people out of work or stop looking for work in this country.MR. LEHRER: All right.MR. ROMNEY: It's just — it's — we've got — we got — when the president took office, 32 million people on food stamps; 47 million on food stamps today. Economic growth this year slower than last year, and last year slower than the year before. Going forward with the status quo is not going to cut it for the American people who are struggling today.MR. LEHRER: All right. Let's talk — we're still on the economy. This is, theoretically now, a second segment still on the economy, and specifically on what do about the federal deficit, the federal debt. And the question — you each have two minutes on this — and, Governor Romney you go first because the president went first on segment one. And the question is this: What are the differences between the two of you as to how you would go about tackling the deficit problem in this country?MR. ROMNEY: Well, good. I'm glad you raised that. And it's a — it's a critical issue. I think it's not just an economic issue. I think it's a moral issue. I think it's, frankly, not moral for my generation to keep spending massively more than we take in, knowing those burdens are going to be passed on to the next generation. And they're going to be paying the interest and the principle all their lives. And the amount of debt we're adding, at a trillion a year, is simply not moral.So how do we deal with it? Well, mathematically there are — there are three ways that you can cut a deficit. One, of course, is to raise taxes. Number two is to cut spending. And number three is to grow the economy because if more people work in a growing economy they're paying taxes and you can get the job done that way.The presidents would — president would prefer raising taxes. I understand. The problem with raising taxes is that it slows down the rate of growth and you could never quite get the job done. I want to lower spending and encourage economic growth at the same time. What things would I cut from spending? Well, first of all, I will eliminate all programs by this test — if they don't pass it: Is the program so critical it's worth borrowing money fromChina to pay for it? And if not, I'll get rid of it. "Obamacare" is on my list. I apologize, Mr. President. I use that term with all respect.PRESIDENT OBAMA: I like it.MR. ROMNEY: Good. OK, good. (Laughter.) So I'll get rid of that. I'm sorry, Jim. I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I'm going to stop other things. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you too. But I'm not going to — I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it. That's number one.Number two, I'll take programs that are currently good programs but I think could be run more efficiently at the state level and send them to state.Number three, I'll make government more efficient, and to cut back the number of employees, combine some agencies and departments. My cutbacks will be done through attrition, by the way.This is the approach we have to take to get America to a balanced budget. The president said he'd cut the deficit in half. Unfortunately, he doubled it. Trillion-dollar deficits for the last four years. The president's put it in place as much public debt — almost as much debt held by by the public as all prior presidents combined.MR. LEHRER: Mr. President. two minutes.PRESIDENT OBAMA: When I walked in the Oval Office, I had more than a trillion dollar deficit greeting me, and we know where it came from. Two wars that were paid for on a credit card. Two tax cuts that were not paid for, and a whole bunch of programs that were not paid for. And then a massive economic crisis.And despite that, what we've said is, yes, we had to take some initial emergency measures to make sure we didn't slip into a Great Depression. But what we've also said is, let's make sure that we are cutting out those things that are not helping us grow.So, 77 government programs — everything from aircrafts that the Air Force had ordered but weren't working very well. Eighteen government —18 government programs for education that were well- intentioned but weren't helping kids learn. We went after medical fraud in Medicare and Medicaid very aggressively — more aggressively than ever before, and have saved tens of billions of dollars. Fifty billion dollars of waste taken out of the system.。
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温家宝总理在2012年夏季达沃斯论坛上的致辞Professor Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum,Ladies and Gentlemen,尊敬的克劳斯·施瓦布主席，女士们，先生们：I am delighted to meet you, friends old and new here today. Let me first express warm congratulations on the opening of the sixth Annual Meeting of the New Champions, or the Summer Davos, and extend a sincere welcome to all the distinguished guests present.今天在这里与新老朋友相聚，我感到非常高兴！首先对第六届夏季达沃斯论坛的召开表示热烈祝贺！对各位嘉宾的到来表示诚挚欢迎！The Summer Davos Forum, inaugurated in China in 2007, has become a global forum with extensive influence. The theme of the forum for this year – "Creating the Future Economy" is highly relevant and practical. It reflects your vision on sustainable development and meets the high expectation for a bright future of the world economy.夏季达沃斯论坛2007年在中国首次举办，迄今已经走过六个年头，成为具有广泛国际影响力的世界性论坛。
2012年奥巴马在哥伦比亚大学毕业典礼上的演讲.
2012奥巴马在巴纳德学院毕业典礼上的讲话Remarks by President Obama at Barnard College Commencement Ceremony Barnard CollegeColumbia UniversityNew York, New YorkMay 14, 2012美国总统奥巴马在巴纳德学院毕业典礼上的讲话纽约州纽约市哥伦比亚大学巴纳德学院2012年 5月 14日巴纳德学院简介:巴纳德学院 (Barnard College 是美国的一所私立女子高等学校, 1889年于纽约市创办,以原哥伦比亚学院院长费雷德里克·巴纳德的名字命名。
1900年并入哥伦比亚大学, 仍保留独立的学校董事会和财政机构, 有自己的教师、图书馆和与哥伦比亚大学共同享有的设备, 但学士学位由哥伦比亚大学授予。
课程涉及人文学、社会科学和自然科学,亦提供音乐、戏剧等方面的专门课程。
学生可参加哥伦比亚大学的许多活动,亦可到哥伦比亚大学听课。
Thank you so much. (Applause. Thank you. Please, please have a seat. Thank you. (Applause.非常感谢大家。
(掌声谢谢大家,请入座。
谢谢大家。
(掌声Thank you, President Spar, trustees, President Bollinger. Hello, Class of 2012! (Applause. Congratulations on reaching this day. Thank you for the honor of being able to be a part of it.谢谢你们,斯巴院长 [译者注:中文名石德葆 ]、各位校董、伯林格校长。
2012届毕业生,你们好 !(掌声祝贺你们迎来了这一天。
感谢你们让我有幸来参加这个活动。
(推荐)海天英语课外补充阅读资料
海天英语课外补充阅读资料（1）（2013年4月10日——4月20日）【注意事项】：本文通过2012年美国总统大选中候选人针对贫困阶层政策的讨论，系统描述和分析当今美国社会的贫困问题。
本文有大量经典长难句、地道英文表达、美国文化和社会背景介绍、经济学和政治学专业词汇，篇幅较长，难度略高于考研真题。
同学们在完成当周讲义学习和之前讲义复习的基础上，可以进行阅读。
但也要按照课堂的要求进行精读。
切记不要为了阅读此文而忽略讲义内容，不可主次不分；也不可泛泛而读，否则起不到补充训练的效果。
本文有任何细节不懂，也可以随时向我提问。
另，本文最后附有对部分生僻背景知识的注释。
————海天英语老师赵南望The poor in America美国的贫困阶级America’s poor were little mentioned in Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. They deserve better巴拉克·奥巴马的连任竞选几乎没有提到美国的穷人们。
这对他们来说很不公平。
(2012年11月10日，《经济学人》)You do what you can尽力而为When Barack Obama first ran for president, Emma Hamilton was part of that politically crucial cohort, the white working class. A tall woman with tawny hair, broad shoulders, a firm handshake and a forthright, direct manner, Ms Hamilton worked as a loader at a factory in Sumter, a modest city of 40,000 in east-central South Carolina. In July 2008, however, after seven years on the factory floor, she mangled her hand between two heavy rollers. The accident was to leave her unable to work.在巴拉克·奥巴马第一次竞选总统时，艾玛·汉密尔顿（Emma Hamilton）还在工作。
2012年美国总统大选民主党竞选人奥巴马获胜演讲.
Election 2012: Text Of President Obama’s Victory SpeechThank you. Thank you. Thank you so much.Tonight more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward.It moves forward because of you. It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the heights of hope. The belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams, we are an American family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people.Tonight in this election, you, the American people, remind us while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back, and we know in our hearts that the united states of America – the best is yet to come.[cheering] I want to thank every American who participated in this election [CHEERING] Whether you voted for the very first time or waiting in line for a very long time.By the way, we need to fix that. Whether you pounded the pavement or picked up the phone. Whether you held an Obama sign or a Romney sign, you mad your voice heard.And you made a difference. I just got off the phone with Governor Romney and I congratulated him and Paul Ryan on a hard-fought campaign. [CHEERING] We may have fought fiercely, but it’s only because we love this country deeply. And we care so stronly about its future.From George to Lenore to their son Mitt, the Romney family has chosen to give back to Americans through public service. And that is a legacy that we honor and applaud tonight. [CHEERING] In the weeks ahead, I also look forward to sitting down with Governor Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward. [CHEERING] I want to thank my friend and partner for the last four years, America’s happy warrior, the best vice president anybody could ever hope for: Joe Biden.I want to thank my friend and partner of the las t 4 year s, America’s happy warrior, the best Vice President anyone could ever hope for: Joe Biden. And I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me twenty years ago. Let say this publicly, Michelle I have never loved you more. I have never been prouder to watch the rest of America fall in love with you too as our nation’s first lady.Sasha and Malia before our very eyes you are growing up to become two strong smart beautiful young women, just like your mom. And im so proud of you guys. But I will say that for now one dog is probably enough. To the best campaign team and volunteers in the history of politics. The best. The best ever. Some of you were this time around.Some of you were new this time around and some of you have been at my side since the very beginning but all of you are family.No matter what you do or where you go from here, you will carry the memory of the history we made together and you will have the life long appreciation of a grateful president.Thank you for believing all the way, through every hill, through every valley. [applause] You lifted me up the whole way and I will always be grateful for everything that you’ve done and all the incredible work that you’ve put in. [applause]I know that political campaigns can sometime seem small, even silly, and that provides plenty of fodder for the cynics who tell us that politics is nothing more than a contest of egos or the domain of special interests.But if you ever get the chance to talk to folks who turn out at rallies and crowded out along a rope-line in a high school gym or saw folks working late at a campaign office in some tiny county far away from home, you’ll discover something else; you’ll hear the determination in the voice of a young field organizer who is working his way through college and wants to make sure every child has that same opportunity. [applause]You’ll hear the pride in the voice of a volunteer who is going door to door because her brother was finally hired when the local auto plant added another shift. [applause]You’ll hear the deep patriotism in the voice of a military spouse who is working the phones late at night to make sure that no one who fights for this country every has to fight for a job or a roof over their head when they come home. [applause]That’s why we do this. That’s what politics can be. That’s why elections matter. It’s not small, it’s big. It’s important. Democracy in a nation of 300-million can be noisy and messy and complicated. We have our own opinions, each of us has deeply held beliefs.And when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country; it necessarily stirs passions, stirs up controversy. That won’t change after tonight and it shouldn’t . These arguments we have are a mark of our liberty.We can never forget that as we speak, people in distant nations are risking their lives right now just for a chance to argue about the issues that matter [applause] The chance to cast their ballots like we did today.But despite all our differences, most of us share ce rtain hopes for America’s future. We want our kids to grow up in a country where they have access to the best schools and the best teachers. [applause] A country that lives up to its legacy as the global leader intechnology and discovery and innovation; with all the good jobs and new businesses that follow.A country that lives up to its legacy as a global leader in technology, discovery and innovation. With all the good jobs and businesses that follow, to live in America that isn’t bu rdened by debt, that isn’t weakened by inequality. That isn’t threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet. We want to pass on a country that is saved and respected and admired around the world. A nation that is defended by the strongest military on earth and the best troops this world has ever known. But also a country that moves with confidence beyond this time of war to shape a peace. That is built on the promise of dignity of every human being.We believe in a generous America, in a compassionate America, in a tolerant America, open to the dreams of an immigrants daughter that studies in our schools and pledges to our flag. To the young boy on the south side of Chicago, who sees a light beyond the nearest street corner. To the furniture workers child in North Carolina who wants to become a engineer or a scientist. And engineer or an entrepreneur. A diplomat or even a president, that’s the future we hope for. That’s the vision we share, that’s where we need to go. Forward. That’s where we need to go.Now we will disagree sometimes fiercely on how to get there, as it has for more then two centuries, progress will come in fits and starts, it’s not always a straight line or a smooth path. By itself a recognition of our common hopes and dreams won’t end the gridlock. Or solve all our problems or substitute for the hard work of building consensus. And making the difficult compromises needed to move the country forward but that common bond is where we must begin. Our economy is recovering, our decade of war is ending. A long campaign is now over. [applause]And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you. I have learned from you and you have made me a better President. With your stories and your struggles, Ireturned to the White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead [applause] Tonight, you voted for action, not politics as usual. You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours.And in the coming weeks and months, I am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together: reducing our deficit, reforming our tax code, fixing our immigration system, freeing ourselves from foreign oil, we’ve got more work to do.But that does n’t mean your work is done. The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote. America’s never been about what could be done for us, it’s about what can be done by us, together, through the hard and frustrating but necessary work of self-gov ernment. That’s the principle we were founded on.This country has more wealth than any nation, but that’s not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military in history but that’s not what makes us strong. Our university, our culture, are all the e nvy of the world but that’s not what keeps the world coming to our shores. What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on Earth, the belief that our destiny is shared, that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and the future generations so that the freedom so many Americans have fought forand died for comes with responsibilities as well as rights, and among those are love, and charity, and duty and pa triotism. That’s what mak es America great.I am hopeful tonight because I have seen that spirit at work in America. I’ve seen it in the family business whose owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbors, and in the workers who would rather cut back their hours than see a friend lose a job.I’ve seen it in the soldiers who re-enlist after losing a limb, and in those SEALS who charged up the stairs into darkness and danger because they knew their was a buddy behind them watching their back.I’ve seen it on the s hores of New Jersey and New York where leaders from every party and level of government have swept aside their differences to help a community rebuild from the wreckage of a terrible storm.And I saw it just the other day, in Mentor, Ohio where a father told the story of his eight-year-old daughter who’s long battle with leukemia nearly cost their family everything had it not been for health care reform passing just a few months before. The insurance company was about to stop paying for her careI had an opportunity to not just talk to the father but meet this incredible daughter of his, and when he spoke to the crowd listening to that father’ story, every parent in that room had tears in their eyes because we knew that little girl could be our own. And Ikn ow that every American wants her future to be just as bright. That’s who we are. That’s the country I’m so proud to lead as your president.And tonight, despite all the hardship we’ve been through, despite all the frustration s of Washington, I’ve never be en more hopeful about our futureI’ve never been more hopeful about America. And I ask you to sustain that hope.I’m not talking about blind optimism. The kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the road blocks that stand in our p ath. I’m not talking about the wishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight.I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside of us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching to keep working, to keep fighting.America, I believe we can build on the progress we made and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunity and new security for the middle classI believ e we can keep the promise of our founder. The idea that if you’re willing to work hard, it doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or where you love, it doesn’t matter if you’re black or whi te or Hispanic or Asian, or native American, or young or old,or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight, you can make it.I believe we can seize this future together. Because we are not as divided as our politics suggest. We’re not as cynical as th e pundits believe. We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions.And we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America. With your help and God’s grace, we will continue our j ourney forward. And remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on Earth.Thank you, America. God bless you. God bless these United States.” [CHEERING]。
2012年 美国总统奥巴马连任演讲 英文原版
President Barack Obama's speech in Chicago after his re-election Tuesday night, as transcribed by Roll Call:———Thank you so much.Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward.It moves forward because of you. It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope, the belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams, we are an American family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people.Tonight, in this election, you, the American people, reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back, and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America the best is yet to come.I want to thank every American who participated in this election, whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time. By the way, we have to fix that. Whether you pounded the pavement or picked up the phone, whether you held an Obama sign or a Romney sign, you made your voice heard and you made a difference.I just spoke with Gov. Romney and I congratulated him and Paul Ryan on a hard-fought campaign. We may have battled fiercely, but it's only because weAdvertisementlove this country deeply and we care so strongly about its future. From George to Lenore to their son Mitt, the Romney family has chosen to give back to America through public service and that is the legacy that we honor and applaud tonight. In the weeks ahead, I also look forward to sitting down with Gov. Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward.I want to thank my friend and partner of the last four years, America's happy warrior, the best vice president anybody could ever hope for, Joe Biden.And I wouldn't be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago. Let me say this publicly: Michelle, I have never loved you more. I have never been prouder to watch the rest of America fall in love with you, too, as our nation's first lady. Sasha and Malia, before our very eyes you're growing up to become two strong, smart beautiful young women, just like your mom. And I'm so proud of you guys. But I will say that for now one dog's probably enough.To the best campaign team and volunteers in the history of politics. The best. The best ever. Some of you were new this time around, and some of you have been at my side since the very beginning. But all of you are family. No matter what you do or where you go from here, you will carry the memory of the history we made together and you will have the lifelong appreciation of a grateful president. Thank you for believing all the way, through every hill, through every valley. You lifted me up the whole way and I will always be grateful for everything that you've done and all the incredible work that you put in.I know that political campaigns can sometimes seem small, even silly. And that provides plenty of fodder for the cynics that tell us that politics is nothing more than a contest of egos or the domain of special interests. But if you ever get the chance to talk to folks who turned out at our rallies and crowded along a rope line in a high school gym, or saw folks working late in a campaign office in some tiny county far away from home, you'll discover something else.You'll hear the determination in the voice of a young field organizer who's working his way through college and wants to make sure every child has that same opportunity. You'll hear the pride in the voice of a volunteer who's going door to door because her brother was finally hired when the local auto plant added another shift. You'll hear the deep patriotism in the voice of a military spouse who's working the phones late at night to make sure that no one who fights for this country ever has to fight for a job or a roof over their head when they come home.That's why we do this. That's what politics can be. That's why elections matter. It's not small, it's big. It's important. Democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated. We have our own opinions. Each of us has deeply held beliefs. And when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country, it necessarily stirs passions, stirs up controversy.That won't change after tonight, and it shouldn't. These arguments we have are a mark of our liberty. We can never forget that as we speak people in distant nations are risking their lives right now just for a chance to argue about the issues that matter, the chance to cast their ballots like we did today.But despite all our differences, most of us share certain hopes for America's future. We want our kids to grow up in a country where they have access to the best schools and the best teachers. A country that lives up to its legacy as the global leader in technology and discovery and innovation, with all the good jobs and new businesses that follow.We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet. We want to pass on a country that's safe and respected and admired around the world, a nation that is defended by the strongest military on earth and the best troops this—this world has ever known. But also a country that moves with confidence beyond this time of war, to shape a peace that is built on the promise of freedom and dignity for every human being.We believe in a generous America, in a compassionate America, in a tolerant America, open to the dreams of an immigrant's daughter who studies in our schools and pledges to our flag. To the young boy on the south side of Chicago who sees a life beyond the nearest street corner. To the furniture worker's child in North Carolina who wants to become a doctor or a scientist, an engineer or an entrepreneur, a diplomat or even a president—that's the future we hope for. That's the vision we share. That's where we need to go—forward. That's where we need to go.Now, we will disagree, sometimes fiercely, about how to get there. As it has for more than two centuries, progress will come in fits and starts. It's not always a straight line. It's not always a smooth path. By itself, the recognition that we have common hopes and dreams won't end all the gridlock or solve all our problems or substitute for the painstaking work of building consensus and making the difficult compromises needed to move this country forward. But that common bond is where we must begin.Our economy is recovering. A decade of war is ending. A long campaign is now over. And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, I have learned from you, and you've made me a better president. And with your stories and your struggles, I return to the White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead.Tonight you voted for action, not politics as usual. You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. And in the coming weeks and months, I am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. Reducing our deficit. Reforming our tax code. Fixing our immigration system. Freeing ourselves from foreign oil. We've got more work to do.But that doesn't mean your work is done. The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote. America's never been about what can be done for us. It's about what can be done by us together through the hard and frustrating, but necessary work of self-government. That's the principle we were founded on.This country has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military in history, but that's not what makes us strong. Our university, our culture are all the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth. The belief that our destiny is shared; that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations. The freedom which so many Americans have fought for and died for come with responsibilities as well as rights. And among those are love and charity and duty and patriotism. That's what makes America great.I am hopeful tonight because I've seen the spirit at work in America. I've seen it in the family business whose owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbors, and in the workers who would rather cut back their hours than see a friend lose a job. I've seen it in thesoldiers who reenlist after losing a limb and in those SEALs who charged up the stairs into darkness and danger because they knew there was a buddy behind them watching their back.I've seen it on the shores of New Jersey and New York, where leaders from every party and level of government have swept aside their differences to help a community rebuild from the wreckage of a terrible storm. And I saw just the other day, in Mentor, Ohio, where a father told the story of his 8-year-old daughter, whose long battle with leukemia nearly cost their family everything had it not been for health care reform passing just a few months before the insurance company was about to stop paying for her care.I had an opportunity to not just talk to the father, but meet this incredible daughter of his. And when he spoke to the crowd listening to that father's story, every parent in that room had tears in their eyes, because we knew that little girl could be our own. And I know that every American wants her future to be just as bright. That's who we are. That's the country I'm so proud to lead as your president.And tonight, despite all the hardship we've been through, despite all the frustrations of Washington, I've never been more hopeful about our future. I have never been more hopeful about America. And I ask you to sustain that hope. I'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. I'm not talking about the wishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight.I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.America, I believe we can build on the progress we've made and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunity and new security for the middle class. I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or where you love. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight, you can make it here in America if you're willing to try.I believe we can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. We're not as cynical as the pundits believe. We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions, and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.And together with your help and God's grace we will continue our journey forward and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on Earth.Thank you, America. God bless you. God bless these United States.。
2012年奥巴马在竞选总部发表胜选演讲
2012年奥巴马的胜选演讲谢谢，非常感谢各位。
今晚，是在一个曾经的殖民地在赢得自己主权200多年之后，我们来到这里，不断前行，这主要是因为你们坚信这个国家能够实现永恒的希望，实现移民的梦想。
每一个人都可以独立的争取自己的未来，我们将会作为一个国家共同起落。
今晚，在选举的过程当中，你们——美国的人民，让我们记得我们的道路是非常艰辛的，我们的道路是漫长的，我们重新站了起来，我们也从内心知道，美国还没有迎来最好的时代。
我想要感谢每一个参与选举的美国人。
无论你们是第一次投票，还是(排队)等了很长的时间才投上一票——顺便说一下我会解决这个问题。
无论你是自己去投票站投的票，还是打电话投的票；无论你是投给奥巴马，还是投给罗姆尼，你都是为我们国家带来转变的力量。
我刚刚同罗姆尼通过电话，我祝贺他和保罗·瑞安这次竞选所取得的成绩。
我们的选战也许非常激烈，但这正是因为我们深爱着这个国家，并且我们十分在意它的未来。
罗姆尼整个家庭，孙子辈，孩子辈，整个家庭都献给了美国，这种精神我们将永远铭记。
几周之后我将会同罗姆尼坐在一起，讨论我们怎么样推动国家未来的发展。
我也感谢在过去四年辛苦奉献的搭档，也是美国最好的副总统，拜登先生。
我(之所以)成为现在的我，必须要感谢20年前与我结婚的女人。
我想公开地表达：米歇尔，我从来没有像现在这样爱你！我为你感到非常非常的骄傲，我相信我们的国家也非常爱你，你是我们非常热爱的美国第一夫人。
萨莎和玛莉亚，我挚爱的女儿，你们两个是非常坚强也非常聪明的女性，就像你们的母亲一样，我对你们感到非常的骄傲，但是目前我觉得给你们养一条宠物狗就够了。
我还要感谢我的竞选团队和志愿者，他们是最好的，最棒的，而且是史上最棒的。
有些人是第一次来听我的演说，有些人四年前就听了我的获胜演说，但是每个人对我来讲都是我的一分子，不管你做了什么，不管你去了哪里，你一定会记得我们今天晚上所创的历史，你会一生都感激今晚这个时刻，而且你们会一直记得有一个心怀感激的总统，谢谢你们一路以来对我的信任，我要感谢你们所做的每一件事情。
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中国工程机械工业协会工业车辆分会
Changes in the Proportion of IC and Electric Trucks 内燃与电动比例变化情况
Domestic国内 Electric trucks 电动车 IC trucks 内燃车 Proportation of Electric trucks 电动车比例 Proportation of IC trucks 内燃车比例 Total Sales 总销量 2007 21,677 89,985 19.41% 80.59% 111,662 2008 23,033 85,684 21.19% 78.81% 108,717 2009 21,198 92,921 18.58% 81.42% 114,119 2010 35,616 156,517 18.54% 81.46% 192,133 2011 48,119 185,996 20.55% 79.45% 234,115 2012YTD 2012年累计 33,491 116,676 20.30% 77.70% 150,167
加大技术改造和技术创新投入力度，实现可持续发展
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Concentrate on stabilizing overall price level, put effort into safeguard and improve people's livelihood to ensure harmony and stability of the society. 着力稳定物价总水平,大
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China’s Economic Growth Path 中国经济发展方向
力保障和改善民生,保障社会和谐稳定
2.中国工业车辆发展状况
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Under the dual-pressure of weak economy activity and possible price rise, the current macro control in China is progressing along a narrow balance beam. In this situation, the decision maker must balance the relation between stable growth and inflation control with proper policies, and strengthen the coordination and cooperation among currency, finance and industry policies. 在经济活跃度依然羸弱，而物价则可能再次抬头的双重压力下，目前中国的宏观调控正行 迚在一条狭窄的平衡木上，这要求决策者一方面在政策力度上需要更好地把握稳增长与控 通胀之间的关系，另一方面在政策组合上，加强货币、财政和产业政策的协调配合。
中国经济机遇பைடு நூலகம்挑战并存
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China’s Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) 中国 采购经理人指数（PMI）
去产能、 消化金融风险、 转变增长方式需要时间
The consumption growth is hard, profit in most enterprises is poor, 消费增长乏力，企业盈利不佳的情况普遍存 在 Number of employees in industrial enterprises keep decreasing. 工业企业用工人数同比增速持续下滑。
世界工业车辆：2010年开始恢复后，2011年基本回到了金融危机前的水平，2012年上半年各洲均 略有增长，美洲增长好于其他各州。
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China’s economy is in the medium phase of deleveraging and has not reached the bottom, thus the development may take longer than expectation. 中国经济正处于去杠杆化中期，探底过 程尚未结束，时间可能会比想象的长。
宏观调控,实施积极的财政政策和稳健的货币政策，促迚经济平稳 较快发展
• Press ahead to optimize and upgrade the industrial structure and energy saving and emission reduction, increase the investment in technology renovation and innovation to realize sustainable development. 推迚产业结构优化升级和节能减排，
Due to the overall moderate policy of China, the further growth trend is not visible. 中国总体政策偏稳健，迚一步积极的特性幵 不显著。 It takes time to reduce the production capacity, conquer financial risk, and change economic growth mode.
Lu Daming 陆大明
Oct, 2012, Kyoto Japan 2012年10月 日本 京都
中国工程机械工业协会工业车辆分会
AGENDA本次演讲内容：
I. 2012 Macro-economic Development in China 2012年中国宏观经济形势 II. Industrial Truck Market in China 中国工业车辆发展状况
Affected by economic slowdown in China, the domestic sales of powered industrial trucks in 1st half of 2012 dropped significantly compared to the previous two years, which represents a decrease of 9.11% compared to the same period last year. 受中国经济增长放缓的影响，境内机动工业车辆销售量相比前两年的增长下滑明显，2012 年上半年相比去年同期下降9.11%。
2012年中国宏观经济形势
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The European debt crisis, the hard landing for emerging market, the recent turbulence in Middle East and North Africa. 欧债危机、新兴市场“硬着陆”以及中东北非局势动荡
III. Characteristics of China’s Industrial Truck Market in Recent Years and the Development Prospects 中国工业车辆行业近年的市场特点和发展前景
I. 2012 Macro-economic Development in China
2012 Presidents’ Forum 2012年主席论坛
President, CITA 中国工程机械工业协会工业车辆分会 会长 President, Beijing Materials Handling Engineering & Research Institute 北京起重运输机械设计研究院 院长
In the developed countries, the general Macro-economy policy tends to be flexible. 发达国家：宏观经济政策普遍趋于宽松 In the emerging market, “spur growth” policy is clearer. 新兴市场：“保增长”的政策主调更加明确 发达国家 新兴市场 Global economy recovery is still lack of energy, the economy grew at low speed. 世界经济复苏动能依然缺乏，经济将呈现低速增长态势