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Well at least you made me go hhhmmmm, indeed something to think about.
Yep, that is a very good summation. Liberty, should always be the guiding principle and yes we are the United States of America not just America.
Interesting thesis. To qoute John Kerry, "Would that it were."
I hope you are right.
Excellent post! I agree with you -- the new term is going to see some SWEEPING changes.
I wish that really proved something.
This is hugh. Kerry is coming off as a Protectionist and GWB is a Global thinker!
There was Moses now there is George W Bush saying go this way, it is time to open our own eyes and see we are the light of the world, we have a devine duty to be the light of the world. A vote for Kerry would be like unscrewing the bulb!
XLNT Post, thank you
Because he used a theme of liberty in a speech, he's repealing the New Deal? I'm all for nice little pipe dreams, but yours is a bit far-fetched. GWB is the one who, instead of minimizing the Dept of Education, greatly raised its rate of budgetary growth. Then he followed up with an unprecendented entitlement program. The New Deal has little to fear from George W. Bush.
Contrary to our Clintonian/democrat indoctrination,
words HAVE meaning, but only when spoken by someone
who MEANS WHAT HE SAYS.
Our President has told us repeatedly since 9-11 what we
face, and how we stand. Pundits and liberals, so used to
duplicitious misrepresentation , put no weight or reliance
on "mere words" but I believe you are correct, there is
no need to parse words with this man, it is called plain
speaking.
In principle I agree with that. Given free reign to make changes, I think Bush would undo the whole New Deal ideology. But we have to take it for what it is, a beginning down the right road.
The socialist changes that were implemented in this country won't be fixed overnight, and the odds are that we won't see much in the way of enhancing personal freedom during Bush's second term. Changing the way people think takes time. Personally, I hope we can stay this course for a few decades straight. People say we have to be bipartisan... not in my book. The other side has been railroading this country for longer than I've been alive, and as far as I'm concerned "turnabout is fair play" and "payback's a B!t(h.)
The end of the new deal was the first thing I thought of after this speech. About time... Let's bury it and not look back!
Very interesting post. Lots to think about.
I absolutely believe he is right about trying to spread liberty in the greater Middle East. It's our duty to help protect Israel, and, hopefully, by spreading liberty throughout the ME, the peoples of that region will have something to live for, rather than something to die for.
I was enthralled by Bush's speech. He spoke in "large" terms emphasizing the iconic values that are traditionally American - freedom, liberty, character, idealism. He raised the standards to the highest and the best of who we are. These are ideals that we must strive to reach and are those that we have traditionally held with passion and celebrated as heroic. The President's speech had an optomistic momentum and tone. Most of all, he exuded confidence that these heroic values were good, regardless of international opinion, and that they were what gave America a unique and meaningful place among nations.
I found Kerry's speech self serving, self absorbed, selfish and very very "small" in comparison.
I agree with you 100% and I have been thinking about blogging on the same subject. Bush's speech was stealthy. There is more true conservatism in there than people realize. The theme of an "ownership society" could hardly be more in contrast to the social Marxism of the Democratic Party. Good post.
That's why discretionary domestic spending has increased 8.2 percent per year. That's why we hve the largest entitlement program in almost 40 years with President Bush's blessing. That's why we got masive agricultural subsideis, massive Federalization of education, and restrictions on free speech during election campaigns.
Thanks for that analysis....I love it!!!
They said of Bush 41 that he didn't "get" "the vision thing."
Well, his son, has the "vision thing" and a passion for it that is reminiscent of Reagan!
A wise book says that "without a vision, the people perish." America's Founders had it, and it brought forth a miracle that has lasted over 200 years.
Unfortunately, the forces of tyranny do not rest, and each new generation must articulate the ideas of liberty, or, within a generation or two, the people can be back in bondage.
Kerry-Edwards do not get it, or if they do, they prefer the counterfeit ideas that will surely put liberty at risk all over the world.