 | CARL PALADINO CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF NY POST PRIMARY ELECTION RALLY SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
IF WE LEARNED ANYTHING TONIGHT, IT’S THAT NEW YORKERS ARE MAD AS HELL, AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE! |
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. AND I’M HERE TO THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING ME AS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK STATE!
I WANT TO COMMEND RICK LAZIO FOR RUNNING A CLEAN CAMPAIGN AND ASK HIM TO JOIN US.
I WANT EVERYONE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO OPPOSED ME TO KNOW THIS: YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THIS PEOPLE’S CRUSADE.
COME ABOARD. YOU ARE BOTH WELCOME AND NEEDED.
IF WE UNITE, WE’LL WIN – AND WE’LL REBUILD NEW YORK.
ANDREW CUOMO THINKS THAT DESPITE A LIFETIME AS AN ALBANY INSIDER, HE CAN NOW MOUTH THE WORDS OF REFORM AND WE WILL BELIEVE HIM.
ANDREW CUOMO THINKS HE CAN TRADE IN HIS LIFETIME LIBERAL BELIEFS, HIJACK OUR AGENDA, AND THE VOTERS WON’T NOTICE.
ANDREW CUOMO THINKS HE CAN MAKE SHADY DEALS WITH THE PRO-TAX WORKING FAMILIES PARTY AND THE VOTERS WON’T CARE.
SADLY, ALL ANDREW OFFERS US IS THE STATUS CUOMO.
IT WAS JUST FIVE MONTHS AGO WHEN I STOOD HERE AND SHARED MY DECISION TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR WITH YOU.
FIVE MONTHS AGO. IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY.
THAT NIGHT, MY FAMILY AND I WERE ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMED BY THE SUPPORT OF THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS WHO MET HERE IN THIS HISTORIC BUILDING TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ALBANY.
YES, WE ARE MAD AS HELL. NEW YORKERS ARE FED UP.
AND TONIGHT THE RULING CLASS KNOWS THERE’S A PEOPLE’S REVOLUTION - EVERYDAY NEW YORKERS ARE JUST MAD ENOUGH TO FORCE CHANGE AT THE BALLOT BOX.
THE LIBERAL ELITE ARE CALLING ME EVERY NAME IN THE BOOK.
THEY SAY I’M TOO BLUNT. I AM, AND I DON’T APOLOGIZE FOR IT.
THEY SAY I’M AN ANGRY MAN – AND THAT’S TRUE, TOO.
WE’RE ALL ANGRY – NOT JUST BECAUSE WE WOKE UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED THIS MORNING.
WE ARE ANGRY ABOUT PAYING THE HIGHEST INCOME TAXES AND PROPERTY TAXES IN THE NATION AND GETTING LESS AND LESS FOR IT.
WE ARE ANGRY ABOUT OUR INCOMPETENT, DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT THAT PAYS NO ATTENTION TO THE DESIRES OF THE PEOPLE.
WE ARE ANGRY ABOUT THE CESSPOOL OF CORRUPTION AND CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS AND SELF-DEALING THAT IS ALBANY.
BUT HERE’S WHAT MY CRITICS DON’T QUITE UNDERSTAND: I KNOW THERE IS A WAY TO BRING OPPORTUNITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH BACK TO NEW YORK STATE.
AND I BELIEVE WE CAN. WE’RE NEW YORKERS AND AMERICANS – WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE SET OUR MINDS TO.
THOSE WHO SAY THAT NEW YORK’S BRIGHTEST DAYS ARE BEHIND US – THAT OUR STATE IS SO BROKEN IT CAN’T BE FIXED – THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO REBUILD NEW YORK - ARE DEAD WRONG.
YOU SEE, I BELIEVE OUR BRIGHTEST DAYS ARE YET TO COME.
I’VE TRAVELLED ACROSS NEW YORK STATE, FROM PLATTSBURG TO RIPLEY TO THE FAR REACHES OF LONG ISLAND AND STATEN ISLAND – AND I’VE LAID OUT A SPECIFIC AGENDA OF REFORM.
REAL REFORM IS POSSIBLE – BUT THERE MUST BE A CULTURAL CHANGE IN ALBANY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, I WILL BRING THE CHANGE THE TAXPAYERS ARE DEMANDING, AND WE’LL REBUILD NEW YORK TOGETHER:
- I’LL CUT TAXES BY TEN PERCENT IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF MY ADMINISTRATION.
- I’LL CUT SPENDING AND THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT BY TWENTY PERCENT IN MY FIRST YEAR.
- I’LL CUT MEDICAID BY TWENTY BILLION DOLLARS IN MY FIRST YEAR.
- TO CREATE JOBS, I’LL SLASH BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND CUT BUSINESS TAXES AND END BUREAUCRATIC HARASSMENT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
- AND I’LL REFORM ALBANY. I’LL CLEAN UP THE CESSPOOL OF CORRUPTION SO OUR GOVERNMENT SERVES THE PEOPLE ONCE AND FOR ALL.
IF WE REBUILD NEW YORK, IF WE RESTORE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, I BELIEVE WE’LL SEE GREAT THINGS.
- A GROWING ECONOMY.
- SCHOOLS THAT GRADUATE OUR CHILDREN AND PREPARE THEM FOR A FULFILLING LIFE.
- JOBS FOR OUR CHILDREN, NOT JUST ONE-WAY BUS TICKETS TO RALEIGH OR PHOENIX.
- JOBS FROM COMPANIES INVESTING IN OUR STATE, NOT MOVING AWAY.
- AND A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE.
I’VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I’LL SAY IT AGAIN – IT TAKES STRONG LEADERSHIP TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN CRISIS.
AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE ARE IN CRISIS TODAY – A CRISIS WE CAN AND WILL SOLVE.
TOMORROW MORNING BEGINS THE TOUGHEST PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN, THE LONGEST HAUL, THE HEAVIEST LIFT. AND I’M GOING TO NEED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO WORK EVEN HARDER AND FIGHT HARDER THAN WE’VE EVER FOUGHT BEFORE.
WE’RE GOING TO REBUILD NEW YORK TOGETHER!
YOU. AND YOU! AND YOU!
REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS AND ALL NEW YORKERS WHO ARE FED UP - ALL OF YOU HERE, ALL OF YOU WATCHING AND LISTENING ACROSS OUR GREAT STATE.
TOGETHER, WE WILL WIN IN NOVEMBER, TAKE BACK OUR GOVERNMENT, REBUILD NEW YORK, RESTART OUR ECONOMY, RESTORE OUR PRIDE AND FULFILL THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF OUR FOREBEARS.
I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN DREAM BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED THE AMERICAN DREAM.
I SEE A NEW YORK WHERE THERE IS NO BARRIER TO THE GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL OF EVERY NEW YORKER.
I SEE A NEW YORK WHERE EVERYONE WHO WANTS A GOOD JOB CAN FIND ONE.
I SEE A NEW YORK WHERE THE PEOPLE CAN BELIEVE IN A GROUNDED GOVERNMENT AGAIN.
I SEE A NEW YORK WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK CAN GET BACK ON THE ROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY, A JOB AND DIGNITY.
I SEE A NEW YORK THAT IS ONCE AGAIN THE EMPIRE STATE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY WIFE, CATHY, AND MY CHILDREN, BILLY, DANIELLE AND SARAH – MY WHOLE FAMILY WHO HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE THESE PAST MONTHS.
AND WE ALL KNOW MY SON PATRICK HAS AND CONTINUES TO BE WITH US.
I WANT TO THANK MY CAMPAIGN TEAM, MY RUNNING MATE TOM OGNIBENE, WHO HAD THE COURAGE TO JOIN THIS CAMPAIGN FOR REFORM.
I WANT TO THANK COUNTY EXECUTIVE CHRIS COLLINS AND CONGRESSMAN CHRIS LEE FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
PARTY CHAIRS LIKE NICK LANGWORTHY, RALPH LORIGO, ED MORGAN WERE WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR YOUR COURAGE.
I WANT TO THANK MICHAEL CAPUTO, NICK SINATRA, JOHN HAGGERTY, RUS AND JUL THOMPSON, DONNA HENRY, AND SO MANY MORE. I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
I WANT TO THANK MY CAMPAIGN POLLSTER TONY FABRIZIO FOR HIS SOLID GUIDANCE ON THE PATH TO VICTORY.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT WHO BELIEVED IN OUR CAMPAIGN AND HELPED US GET OUR MESSAGE OUT.
SO PLEASE - SAY A PRAYER FOR OUR SOLDIERS OVER THERE WHO LIVE AND DIE TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO VOTE AND LIVE FREE TODAY.
SAY A PRAYER EVERY SINGLE DAY UNTIL THEY ALL COME HOME.
AND I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR ANDREW CUOMO TONIGHT. I CHALLENGE YOU TO A SERIES OF DEBATES. I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS I WANT TO ASK YOU. LET’S STAND TOE TO TOE IN AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE.
AND THANK YOU ALL.
GOD BLESS NEW YORK STATE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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