RNC chairman: If Obama wins, ‘we’re going to lose this country’

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus framed the presidential election as a moral "battle for the freedom in this country" in a fiery speech Friday to the Faith and Freedom Coalition.

Priebus, not known as a bomb-thrower, said the country is facing a stark choice in November between President Obama and Mitt Romney.

"It's time to end the Barack Obama presidency before this presidency ends our way of life," he said to loud cheers from the audience of religious right leaders and supporters. 

"We have to win this election, or we're going to lose this country,” Priebus said. “Collectivism will replace individualism, government agencies will replace free enterprise and the dreams of Obama will replace the vision of our Founding Fathers."

The RNC chairman said Obama is not "your daddy's Democrat" like John F. Kennedy or Bill Clinton, and would "rather bow to foreign leaders than stand up for America's greatness."

He also compared the battle between Obama and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to the battle for freedom fought in World War II. 

"We're in a battle for freedom in this country," he said, later ending his speech with an exhortation to beat Obama — or else.

"Elect Mitt Romney, fire Barack Obama and save America," he said.

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