CNN 2011-12-25

I take it you're not with John or Mitch,you don't,you wouldn't vote to extend the payroll¹ tax cut for another year.No,no,I wouldn't,look,I believe in the social security system.We got a fixed² social security system,so it's there and it's solvent³ and it's there for future generations,and we've,so many years,I've heard we are taking the social security tax dollars and spending it on other things.Here we are,_social security tax dollars and spending it on other things.In this case,a tax cut for Americans,that's a good thing to spend it on,but it either is social security trust fund,it either is money to pay for social security benefits,and it's lovely for that purposes or it's not and in this case,you see,the President advocating and pushing to undermine the stability of the social security system and I'm against that.What is Ron Paul bringing to this race that's exciting a lot of the potential caucus⁴ goers in Iowa? A lot of money.He's been running,been here in Iowa for 2 weeks and there's a commercial break that passes that Ron Paul doesn't have an ad and of course he has a lawyer follow him,he's got a very grassroot organization and really nobody's talking about it.All the negative ads from governor Perry and from Mitt⁵ Romney have been focused on Newt Gingrich.I think the point is that this ad,this poll was taken as a lot of these other polls were taken before the last debate and I think both Michele Bachmann and I did a pretty good job of showing how dangerous Ron Paul would be as a nominee⁶ for our party where he would be in the position where he be to the left,in fact,far to the left to President Obama on the issue of national security.It would be a great thing if you're running as a liberal democrat⁷ but he's not,he's running as a republican.I think more people who see the clear contrast of someone like myself who has been out there,who understands the threats that face this country,someone who has a clear idea how we can make America safer and it isn't by guarding our defense⁸ department and making us a third world,third great power in the world.There're a lot of folks who are very concerned that between Michele Bachmann and myself,we're gonna split the conservative vote and someone like Gingrich and Romney now even a poll could end up winning the Iowa caucuses⁹ and we could be left with someone who's not particularly conservative as the standard bearer of the party.There was a lot of conversations.Several people called me and saidwould you consider,maybe,getting out,or supporting someone else and we're gonna call the other candidates to do the same.My response to that is you know,let the people of Iowa vote,this race is gonna be over after one caucus.This is a long process,let the people there decide who the best person that carrys the conservative banner is;I believe that they are gonna select me,I feel very confident about that,but you know what,if it's someone else,that's fine.We have to trust the voters instead of some deal being made between the candidates,I rejected that and thankfully so did all the other candidates rejected that.It's just people good intention as it was and I think it was good intention because they're concerned about their issues being front-and-center in this debate,but It was just not,it was not a proper idea.

1 payroll   

n.工资表，在职人员名单，工薪总额

参考例句：

• His yearly payroll is $1.2 million.他的年薪是120万美元。
• I can't wait to get my payroll check.我真等不及拿到我的工资单了。

2 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

3 solvent   

n.溶剂；adj.有偿付能力的

参考例句：

• Gasoline is a solvent liquid which removes grease spots.汽油是一种能去掉油污的有溶解力的液体。
• A bankrupt company is not solvent.一个破产的公司是没有偿还债务的能力的。

4 caucus   

n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议

参考例句：

• This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
• It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

5 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

6 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

7 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 caucuses   

n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议

参考例句：

• Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。 来自互联网