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Eva Longoria: Mitt Romney wants to take us back to yesterday

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    Actress addresses the Democratic National Convention

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-- -- Yeah.

A lot of stand and in my life but not as important as this one.

I am honored to be here as well -- can't president Obama's reelection campaign.

I don't like it to be standing on the stage tonight and I never could have imagined it growing up.

I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas.

A three.

Girls including my oldest sister -- US special needs.

My mom special education teacher and my dad worked on the army base.

-- -- -- -- But we were determined to succeed.

Because in my family there was one cardinal priority.

Education.

Collins was not an option it was mandatory.

So we -- we didn't have a lot of money we made it work.

I signed up our financial -- -- grants work study anything I kind.

And just like our president and First Lady but I took out loans to pay for school.

I changed the oil and a mechanic shop I flip burgers at windy.

I got -- -- -- and I went on -- to -- those loans back.

And like a lot of Eli did whatever it -- and four years later I got my degree.

Okay.

More important only.

I got a key to American opportunity.

Because that's who we are a nation that rewards ambitions with opportunity.

-- hard -- can lead to success no matter where you starts.

As I travel the country the president I see Americans of every background fighting to succeed.

They're optimistic.

They're ambitious they're hardworking.

But they also want to note that their hard work will -- off.

And were lucky.

That our president understands the value of American opportunity because he's lived yet.

He's finding the help of seventy -- He's fighting to make college more affordable he's cut taxes for every working American he's helping small businesses get my.

Around and it -- their taxes -- teeny tiny yeah.

And -- -- Gordon.

I'll tell you why because small businesses -- you out of every three new jobs in America.

It's the suburban avenue realizes his neighbors and meet the dry cleaner but it -- -- -- an hour's.

But blood is -- -- -- health clinic and -- the wanna tell the next or it's the high school sophomore who's building Facebook's competitor they paint.

Ideology of minorities driving the American economy not Mitt Romney's outsourcing pioneers.

-- Ronnie would raise taxes on middle class families to cut his own and mine.

And that's not who we are as a nation and let me tell you why.

Because Eva Longoria who -- -- -- flipping burgers.

He didn't tax break.

But and some movies -- does not.

A okay.

It's exciting and that well the economy from the -- out.

And help all Americans succeed.

Jobs education.

Health -- the DREAM Act.

President -- a lot of us aren't with the opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow.

Mitt Romney want to take us back to yesterday.

And that's not gonna work because America and build my optimized.

Optimists like my friend Amanda who recently started a small business she win.

To our web site addressed her first and last name is she somebody already -- it wasn't using it.

Some might -- now the owner of the site and she asked if she in my.

The owner wrote back.

She's a thirteen year old girl who shares demand his name is -- I really it's that she could not give up the web site.

I.

Because the younger man had planned to be president of the United States one day.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Around thirteen years -- who believed that she can build her American dream and here's a president.

Who's building an America where that -- is possible.

We'll let's.

You know all of our and we did -- relapse President Obama.

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