Joann Binkley's Acceptance Speech

Thank you. Thank you so very much. I want to thank you for the privilege and honor you have bestowed on me by electing me your next President of the United States of America. I would not be here today without the support of my husband and children and God Almighty. I have treasured my family and faith my entire life, but never more than during this campaign. This has been a hard fought battle to get here, but get here we did. Tonight the voice of the American people was heard, and that voice stated very clearly we need to change the way we do things in Washington. I am not a person known to break my promises and I don't intend to start now. Sometimes being popular doesn't get the job done, and I don't care about being popular but I do care about getting the job done, which is getting this country flourishing again at every level.
Americans are losing their jobs and their homes at an all time record high. The economic and investment markets are either in deep trouble or collapsing altogether. Families sometimes have to make decisions on whether to put gas in the car or food on the table. These are choices? I think not and that is what will change under my Presidency. We are going to fix each and every one of these problems, but they weren't created overnight and it will take more than a day or so to fix them. First off, we will stop sending billions of dollars overseas to countries who don't like us very much anyway. They don't like or respect us, they obviously don't need our money. Keeping American dollars on American soil will be a good start to getting our country back on its feet. Next, I will stop outsourcing companies and jobs again overseas when we could employ American citizens and American companies for goods and services that we need. I intend to stop buying oil from other countries and paying huge amounts of money for that oil when we can use other natural resources. And yes, some of that could be for our own oil that is off of American shores. Hybrid and alternative powered cars should become the norm instead of the exception, and they also need to be affordable for all people. Employment? Any American that wants to work and is able to needs to have a job and be able to grab his own "American Dream". However, a system that enables men or women who don't wish to hold a job, but instead to live off the government must be reworked so that the people who do need assistance get it, and the people who don't can and must become employed.
Will these changes happen overnight. My friends, I am sorry to say that they will not. But, these changes will happen steadily and without fail under my Presidency. We won't have to make that choice of dinner or gas money. Or whether we will be able to keep our home. Or can we find a job to take care of our families. We will start these changes right here on our own soil. With our own dollars, our own resources and our own two hands. We will make it happen. Change is coming and it is coming now! Thank you.