[hershey]

That was worrisome...Mara and Mort being so positive about the speech. Alarm bells went off.

[saveliberty]

:) Caution is appropriate, but sometimes we are not at cross purposes. That's the fatal error that the Democrats continue to make.

Conservatives make the point that liberty (as defined by limiting the rights and responsibilities of government) is not only a political stabilizer, but a main avenue to mass prosperity.

Liberals and Middleoftheroaders have made the point that more government creates more liberty and that money brings prosperity and prosperity will trigger enlightenment and thus liberty.

In each case, both sides want liberty and prosperity. We define liberty differently and have vigorous disagreement about how to get there.

I think the problem the Left has is that it makes bad assumptions about what drives the Right.

I would not like to make the same mistake.

[OldFriend]

The media had the speech in advance but were prohibited from discussing it until AFTER the speech was given.

When I was listening I thought that it will be an excellent read.....and it was.

Everyone in the media had no doubt read it before it was delivered.