OR IS THAT BARACK O'CARTER?
WHATEVER...
TPM - 5/18/2008:
Obama's Carter Speech?"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK."... this sounds dangerously like the rhetoric of Carter circa 1979/1980 when said that Americans needed to get used to getting by with less. It seems to go against Obama's optimistic message of "positive change with better days ahead". He seems to be warning us that these are "vices" that we will have to be prepared to sacrifice underhis administration. Not all Americans have SUVs, but when you lay a guilt trip on them because they eat when they are hungry or cool themselves off when they are hot, I think you run the risk of rubbing the American public the wrong way.
-Senator Obama in a campaign speech today
- THE PROBLEM WITH THE WORLD IS NOT THAT THE USA CONSUMES TOO MUCH, BUT THAT THE THIRD WORLD PRODUCES AND CONSUMES TOO LITTLE.
- OBAMA THINKS YOUR TAXES ARE TOO LOW AND YOUR CAR AND HOUSE TOO BIG.
- HE'D RATHER YOU GOT ALONG WITH LESS.
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There are still those who believe America is weakening; that our glory was the brief flash of time called the 20th Century; that ours was a burst of greatness too bright and brilliant to sustain; that America's purpose is past.
My friends, I utterly reject those views. That's not the America we know. We were meant to be masters of destiny, not victims of fate. Who among us would trade America's future for that of any other country in the world? And who could possibly have so little faith in our America that they would trade our tomorrows for our yesterdays?
To hear them talk, you'd never know that the nightmare of nuclear annihilation has been lifted from our sleep. You'd never know that our standard of living remains the highest in the world. You'd never know that our air is cleaner than it was 20 years ago. You'd never know that we remain the one nation the rest of the world looks to for leadership.
It wasn't always this way. We mustn't forget – even if they would like to – the very different America that existed just 12 years ago; an America with 21 percent interest rates and back to back years of double digit inflation; an America where mortgage payments doubled, paychecks plunged, and motorists sat in gas lines; an America whose leaders told us it was our own fault; that ours was a future of scarcity and sacrifice; and that what we really needed was another good dose of government control and higher taxes.
It wasn't so long ago that the world was a far more dangerous place as well. It was a world where aggressive Soviet communism was on the rise and American strength was in decline. It was a world where our children came of age under the threat of nuclear holocaust. It was a world where our leaders told us that standing up to aggressors was dangerous – that American might and determination were somehow obstacles to peace.
But we stood tall and proclaimed that communism was destined for the ash heap of history. We never heard so much ridicule from our liberal friends. The only thing that got them more upset was two simple words: "Evil Empire."
But we knew then what the liberal Democrat leaders just couldn't figure out: the sky would not fall if America restored her strength and resolve. The sky would not fall if an American president spoke the truth. The only thing that would fall was the Berlin Wall.
Well I've said it before and I'll say it again – America's best days are yet to come. Our proudest moments are yet to be. Our most glorious achievements are just ahead. America remains what Emerson called her 150 years ago, "the country of tomorrow."
Ronald Reagan - 1992
God Bless RWR!
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