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There is only one man
who can rid the politics...
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...of this state of the evil domination
of Boss Jim Gettys.
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I am speaking of Charles Foster Kane,
the fighting liberal...
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...the friend of the workingman,
the next governor of this state...
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...who entered upon this campaign....
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...with one purpose only:
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To point out
and make public the dishonesty...
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...the downright villainy
of Boss Jim W. Gettys' political machine...
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...now in complete control
of the government of this state.
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I made no campaign promises...
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...because, until a few weeks ago,
I had no hope of being elected.
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Now, however, I have something more
than a hope.
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Jim Gettys has something less
than a chance.
1:01:04
Every straw vote...
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...every independent poll shows
that I will be elected.
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Very well.
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Now I can afford to make some promises.
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The workingman and the slum child...
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...know they can expect
my best efforts in their interests.
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The decent, ordinary citizens know
that I'll do everything in my power...
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...to protect the underprivileged,
the underpaid, and the underfed.
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- Mother, is Pop governor yet?
- Not yet, Junior.
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I'd make my promises now...
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...if I weren't too busy
arranging to keep them.