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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.03,0:00:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Off voice] Please welcome Kal Penn, actor and political activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.72,0:00:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Applause and cheers, also interspersing the whole of Kal Penn's speech]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.26,0:00:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Kal Penn] Hello! Thank you - thank you guys
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.27,0:00:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nice! See you're like that: thank you very much
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.73,0:00:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am honored to accept your nomination for president of the United States!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.78,0:00:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait, this is not my speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.27,0:00:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prompter guy, can we pull up my speech, please?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.31,0:00:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is awkward
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.80,0:00:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while we’re waiting:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.68,0:00:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess I should have a message,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.85,0:00:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a special message for those of you at home who have recently turned 18.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.31,0:00:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good news. I can now legally register you to vote.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.54,0:01:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I’ve worked on a lot of fun movies,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.00,0:01:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my favorite job was having a boss who gave the order to take out bin Laden
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.16,0:01:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who’s cool with all of us getting gay-married.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.51,0:01:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, thank you, invisible man in the chair, for that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.51,0:01:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for giving my friends access to affordable health insurance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.35,0:01:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doubling funding for the Pell grants.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.32,0:01:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I started volunteering for Barack Obama back in 2007.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.25,0:01:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nothing compares to what I saw behind the scenes at the White House,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.82,0:01:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I had the honor to serve for two years
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.61,0:01:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as President Obama’s liaison to young Americans.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.56,0:01:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw how hard he fights for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.50,0:01:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the most special days was a Saturday in 2012.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.26,0:01:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Senate had repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell,”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.19,0:02:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that anyone can serve the country they love, regardless of whom they love.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.30,0:02:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that same day, the Dream Act was blocked.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.05,0:02:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That bill would give immigrant children
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.16,0:02:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-who’ve never pledged allegiance to any flag but ours -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.94,0:02:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the chance to earn their citizenship. Simple. Important.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.10,0:02:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was in a small office on the second floor of the West Wing with eight other staffers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.36,0:02:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we had worked our hearts out
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.50,0:02:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cared very deeply about what this would mean for other young people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.37,0:02:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There wasn’t a dry eye in the room, tears of joy for the history that was made,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.57,0:02:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also tears of sadness because some American dreams would still be deferred.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.20,0:02:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And about five minutes later, President Obama walked in, sleeves rolled up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.47,0:02:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said to us, “This is not over. We’re gonna keep fighting. I’m gonna keep fighting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.33,0:02:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need young people to keep fighting.”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.45,0:02:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s why we’re here!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.96,0:03:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few months later, President Obama fought to keep taxes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.97,0:03:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from going up on middle-class families.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.70,0:03:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Republican friends said, “Sure you can do that.”
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.03,0:03:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one of the things they were willing to trade
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.65,0:03:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a little item called the college tax credit,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.97,0:03:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which today is saving students up to $10,000 over four years of school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.52,0:03:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, President Obama paid off his own student loans not too long ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.85,0:03:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he remembers what that's like.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.64,0:03:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said that making it easier to go to college and get technical training
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.56,0:03:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is exactly how we grow our economy and create jobs and out-compete the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.33,0:03:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he stood firm. And that tuition tax credit is still there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.90,0:03:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here is the thing: if we don’t register, if we don’t vote, it won’t be.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.78,0:03:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I volunteered in Iowa in 2007 because, like you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.62,0:03:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had friends serving in Iraq, I had friends who were looking for jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.81,0:04:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,others who couldn’t go to the doctor because they couldn’t afford it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.62,0:04:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt that had to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.11,0:04:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I knocked on some doors.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.93,0:04:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I registered voters.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.25,0:04:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I’m volunteering again
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.12,0:04:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my friend Matt got a job at a Detroit car company that still exists,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.51,0:04:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Lauren can get the prescription that she needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.74,0:04:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m volunteering because Josiah is back from Iraq,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.96,0:04:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris is finishing college on the GI Bill,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.19,0:04:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and three weeks ago, my buddy Kevin’s boyfriend was able to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.75,0:04:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch him graduate from Marine Corps training.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.55,0:04:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s change!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.99,0:04:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can’t turn back now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.91,0:04:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So before I close
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.72,0:04:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and as I wonder which Twitter hash tags you’ll start using when I’m done talking,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.45,0:04:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hash tag #sexyface? -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.21,0:04:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask all of you young people to join me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.31,0:04:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don’t even have to put pants on.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.52,0:04:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go to commit.barackobama.com and register right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.07,0:05:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what? the oldies out there, you guys can do it too, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.84,0:05:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let’s keep fighting for a president who has never stopped fighting for us!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.30,0:05:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go online.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.34,0:05:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find your local campaign office.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.34,0:05:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Call your friends. Call some strangers. Volunteer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.49,0:05:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s how we’re going to win this thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.45,0:05:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I really, really enjoyed listening to Rahm’s speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.22,0:05:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he’s a mayor now, so he can’t use four-letter words.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.14,0:05:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I’m no mayor. So I’ve got one for you:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.92,0:05:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vote.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.33,0:05:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.35,0:05:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(English captions based on the script in http://www.demconvention.com/pressrelease/2012-democratic-national-convention-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-kal-penn-actorproducer-former-associate-director-of-the-white-house-office-of-public-engagement/)