Palin accepts party's nomination

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[0:29]" And fellow citizens. I would be honored to accept your nomination for --"

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[0:55]" It. Can help our nominee for president to serve and defend America and and I accept the challenge of a tough fights in this election. Against confident opponents. At a crucial hour for our country. And I accept the privilege to. A Serbian with a man who has come through much harder missions. And met so far graver challenges. And knows how tough fights are won. The next president of the United States John S McCain."

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[5:40]" in April tied and I welcome to our littlest one into the world a perfectly beautiful baby boy named trig."

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[6:02]" Inside no family ever seems typical. And that's how it is with us our family has that same ups and downs of any other. The same challenges. And the same joy is sometimes even the greatest joy is bringing challenges. And children with special needs inspired. A very very special love. To the families and best."

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[6:45]" To the families of special needs children all across this country I have a message for you. For years you've sought to make America a more welcoming place for your Sons and Daughters. And I pledged TU that if where elected. You will have a friends and advocates in the White House. And -- of the story all by himself he's a lifelong commercial fisherman and a production operator in the oil fields of Alaska's north slope. And I'm proud member of the United steelworkers union and hi. And world champions still machinery served. -- do you think ethanol and says three in an all makes for quite a package and we. Nice -- all and two decades and five children later he's still my guy. Dad both worked at the elementary school in our small town. And among the many things I -- them is a simple lesson that I've learned. That this is America and every woman can walk through every door of opportunity -- my parents and I. Long ago a young farmer and a haberdasher from Missouri -- followed. And life. And unlikely path to the vice presidency. In a writer observed. We grow good people in our small towns with honesty and sincere -- and dignity. And I know just the kind of people that writer had in mind when he praised Harry Truman. I grew up with those people. They're the ones -- do some of the hardest work in America. Who grow our food and run our factories. And fighter wars. They love their country in good times and bad. And."

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[10:10]" It's a living most of my life in a small town. It was just your average hockey mom and signed up for the PTA. I. O'clock PM on -- know they say the difference between -- hockey mom in a -- well. Lipstick. The PTA because I wanted to make my kids public education even better. And when I ran for City Council. I didn't need to focus groups and voter profiles. Because I knew those voters and I knew their families to. That -- became governor of the great state of Alaska."

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[11:22]" And since our opponents in this presidential election seemed to look down on that experience. Let me explain to them what the job involved."

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[12:25]" I might add that in small towns we don't quite know what to make him a candidate who lavished his praise honor working people win their listening. And then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't."

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[12:50]" We -- preferred candidates you don't talk about this one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco."

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[15:06]" Yeah got to go to Washington and -- right reason and not just to mean goal with the right people. Politics. Isn't just a game of clashing parties in competing interests the right reason is to challenge the status quo. To assert the common good and to leave this nation better than we found it. No one expects the ball to agree on everything. But we are expected to govern with integrity and Goodwill and clear convictions. And a -- hearts. And I plans to all Americans. That I don't carry myself in this Spirit and vice president of the United States. And the governor's office. When I took on the old politics as usual and you know. When I stood up to the special interests and the lobbyists in the big oil companies in the good old boy is. Seven -- I realize that sudden and relentless reform never sits well with entrenched interests and power brokers. That's quite true reform is so hard to achieve. But what does support the citizens of Alaska we shook things up. And in short order we put -- government of our state back homicide of the people."

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[17:04]" I came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of self dealing. And today that ethics reform of the law. While I was -- I got rid of a few things in the governor's office that I didn't believe our citizens should have to pay for. That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay for. -- love to drive myself to work he. He and I thought we can muddle through without the governor's personal shaft. I'm no I gotta admit that sometimes my kids your miss her. I came to office. Promising to control spending by request of possible but by Vito if necessary. Then came all -- Keep promises to use the power beats no in defense of the public interest. And as a chief executive and I can assure you it works. And -- did it under control we have a surplus. And I have protected the taxpayers by Vito -- wasteful spending. Nearly half a billion dollars in vetoes."

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[18:43]" We suspended the state fuel tax and championed reform to win the abuses of the earmarks spending by congress. I told the congress. Thanks but no things on the bridge to nowhere. Eighths want to build a bridge. We -- going to build it ourselves. Well gas prices went up dramatically in filled up the state treasury. I sent a large share of that revenue back where it belonged directly to the people of Alaska. -- fierce opposition from oil company lobbyists who kinda like things the way that they work. We broke their monopoly on power and re sources. As governor I insisted on competition. And basic fairness to end their control of our state in return it to the people. I got to bring about the largest private sector infrastructure project in north American history. And when that deal was struck. We began -- nearly forty billion dollar natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence."

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[20:22]" Flying when the last section is weighed -- valves are opened. Will lead America out one step farther away from dependence on dangerous foreign powers they do not have our interests at heart. This stakes for our nation could not be higher. When hurricane strikes in the Gulf of Mexico. This country should not be so dependent on imported oil there were forced to drop from our strategic petroleum reserve. -- families. Cannot throw more and more of their paychecks. On gas and heating oil. With the -- just. -- to control of vital pipeline in the caucuses. And to divide and intimidate our European allies by using energy as a weapon and we cannot leave ourselves at the mercy of foreign suppliers."

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[21:23]" You confront the threat that I ran might seek to cut off nearly a fifth. Of the world's energy supplies. Or that terrorists might strike again add add cake facility in Saudi Arabia. -- that Venezuela might shut off its oil discoveries. And its deliveries of that source. Americans we need to produce more of our own oil and gas. And."

[21:50]" Now who knows the -- slope of Alaska. We got lots of both."

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[22:14]" Our opponents say again and again next. Drilling will not solve all of America's energy problems is if we didn't know that already. The drilling -- won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all."

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[22:39]" Started in January in a McCain Palin administration and we're going to lay more pipelines and build more nuclear plants and create jobs with clean coal. And move -- On solar wind and geothermal. And other alternative sources."

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[23:09]" Resource says we need American energy -- you -- American ingenuity and produced by American workers."

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[23:26]" And now I notice a pattern with our opponent and maybe you have to. We've all heard his dramatic speeches before devoted followers. And Mary is much too light in admire about our opponents. But let's do speak it's easy to forget that. This man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or even a reform. This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting. And never use the word victory except he's talking about his own campaign."

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[24:33]" When the cloud of rhetoric his past. When the roar of the crowd fades away. When the stadium lights go out. And those styrofoam Greek columns are -- back to some studio lot."

[24:53]" And when that happens what exactly is our opponents plan. What does the actually seek to accomplish. After he's done turning back the waters in healing the planet."

[25:15]" It. The answer is to make government bigger. And take more of your money and give you more orders from Washington. And to re -- the strain of America in a dangerous world. American needs more energy our opponent is against producing -- Victory in our racket finally insights. And he wants to forfeit. To parents stayed. Are seeking nuclear weapons without delay. He wants to meet them without preconditions. Al Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict. Catastrophic harm on America. And he's worried that someone won't read them their rights."

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[26:23]" It. Governments. Is to BA. He wants to grow it. Congress spends too much money he promises more. Taxes are too high eight and he wants to raise them. His tax increases -- the fine print in his economic plan. To let me be specific. The democratic nominee for president. Supports plans to raise income taxes. And raise payroll taxes and raise investment income taxes. And raising the death tax. And -- business taxes. And increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars. My sister and -- in her husband. They just build the service station is now open for business like millions of others who run small businesses. How -- Going to be better off if taxes go up. Or maybe you are trying to keep your job at a plant in Michigan or in Ohio."

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[31:14]" Only one more reason to take it maverick. Out of the Senate put him in the White House. My fellow citizens. The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery."

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