ladies, gentlemen, please welcome the former governor, massachusetts, the honorable paul mitt romney.

thank you so much. thank you so very much. i thank you. thank so much. and. and i love you all. we have a deep feeling in our hearts for you. we respect here for the values you have and the and the vision we have for america together. thank you so much, our dear friends. we sure love you.

thank you. you know. for decades now, the washingtons one has been rising in the east, you see washing, jordan has been looking to the eastern elites, to the editorial pages of the times and the post and to the broadcasters from from the coast. yeah. if america really wants to change, it's time. look for the sun in the west because it's about to rise and shine from arizona and alaska. last week, last week, the democratic convention talked change. but what do you think is washington now libre or

conservative? let me ask you some questions. is a supreme court decision liberal or conservative, though, towards guantanamo terrorists with constitutional rights? it's liberal is a government, liberal or conservative that puts the interests of the teachers union ahead of the needs of our it's liberal is a congress liberal or conservative that stops nuclear power plants and offshore drilling making us more and more dependent on middle eastern tyrants? it's liberal is government spending. putting aside inflation, liberal or conservative, if it doubles since 1980, it's liberal. we need change all, right? change from a liberal washing zone to a conservative. washington.

we have a prescription for every american who wants change in washington. throw out the big government, liberals and elect john mccain and sarah palin. it's the same prescription, a stronger economy. i spent 25 years in the private sector. i've done business in many foreign countries, know why jobs come and, why they go away. and i know that liberals don't a clue that they are. they think that we have the biggest and strongest economy in the world because of our government. they're wrong. america is strong because of the ingenuity and entrepreneurship and hard work of the american people. the american people have always been the source of our nation's strength, and they always will be.

we we strengthen our people and our economy when. we preserve and promote opportune d opportunity is what let's hope become reality. opportunity expands when excellence and choice in education and when taxes are lowered. when every citizen has affordable portable health, portable health insurance, and what constitutional freedoms are preserved opportunity rises when children are raised in homes and schools that are free from pornography and promiscuity and drugs, where there are homes that are blessed with family values in the presence of a mom and a dad. in america, america cannot long lead the family of nations. if we fail the family here at home. you see liberals would replace

opportunity with dependency, government largesse. they grow and raise taxes to put more people on medicaid to take work out of welfare and grow the ranks of those who pay no taxes at all. dependency is to initiative to risk taking an opportunity. it's time to stop spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is. you know, it's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of big brother. our economy is under attack. china's acting like adam smith on steroids buying from the world's worst and selling nuclear technology.

russia and the oil states are siphoning more than hundred billion dollars a year from us in what could become the greatest transfer of economic wealth in the history of the world. this is no time for timid, liberal, empty gestures. our economy slowed down this year and a lot of people are hurting. what happened? mortgage money was handed out like and speculators bought homes for free. and when this mortgage mania finally broke, it slammed the economy and stratospheric gas prices made things even worse. democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for higher taxes, bigger government and less trade with other nations. it's the same path. europe took a few decades ago. it leads to moribund growth and double digit unemployment. the right course is the one championed by ronald reagan 30 years ago and by john mccain and. sarah palin today.

the right course is to rein in government spending, lower, take a weed whacker to excessive regulation and mandates, put a stop to tort windfalls, and to stand up to the tyrannosaurus appetite of government unions. the right course. the right course is to pursue every source of energy security, from new efficiencies to renewables and from coal to non co2 producing nuclear. and for the immediate drilling for more oil off our shores. and i have. i have one more recommendation for energy. let's al gore's private jet on the ground.

last week. last week, did you hear any democrats talk about the threat from radical, violent jihad? no. you see, republicans believe that there is good and evil in the world. ronald reagan called out the evil empire. george bush labeled the terrorist sponsor, states exactly what they are. the axis evil. and at saddleback, after barack obama dodged and ducked every direct question, john mccain hit the nail on the head. radical, violent islam is evil and. he will defeat it.

this party. is for sure. you're hearing it here. you're hearing it here. they're hearing it across the country. you see in this party, in this room and all over america, people our party prefer straight talk to politically correct talk. republicans led by john mccain and sarah palin will fight to preserve the values are preserved. the nation will strengthen economy and keep us from being held hostage. putin, chavez and ahmadinejad had and we will never allow

america to retreat the face of evil extremism. just like you, just like you. there's never been a day when i was not proud to be an american. we. we, americans inherited the greatest nation in the history of the earth. it's our burden and our

privilege to preserve it, to renew it, spirit so that it's noble, past is prolog to its glorious future. to this we're all dedicated and i firmly believe by the providence the almighty that we will succeed president mccain and vice president palin will keep america as it has always been the hope of the earth. thank and god bless america.