Posted on 03/01/2005 9:51:42 PM PST by doug from upland
Edited on 03/01/2005 10:17:15 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
For those who were not alive at the time, you read it in your history book. John Kennedy: Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.
In more recent times, we heard Ronald Wilson Reagan: Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.
And a little more than a month ago on a frigid day in Washington D.C., we heard the words of another man. Those words are destined to become among the most famous words in history. George W. Bush: Today, America speaks anew to the peoples of the world: All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: the United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you.
I am pleased to be able to say that I was there to hear those words. I heard them live. People longing from freedom around the world have heard them on tape and seen them on the internet. Those words are having a profound effect around the world.
George W. Bush will be remembered for those words, just as Kennedy and Reagan are remembered for the above citations.
As an aside, for what will Bill Clinton be remembered? I did not have sex with that woman. . . . That man wasted the eight years that he was given. Absolutely wasted them. As the evil Hillary Clinton does an extreme makeover to fool America, I hope that people will never forget the lesson taught by her husband -- never again trust a Clinton with foreign policy and with the quest for freedom.
The smell of freedom is in the air. People everywhere know that George W. Bush will never waiver. The left can protest in the street all they want. He has told strangers around the world that this nation stands with them. He means it, and the whole world now knows that he means it. We are blessed that this man of character and vision is in the White House. We are watching the world change as we never could have imagined.
"You better put some ice on that"
Yup. The mullahs won't let the euros shake em' down, so Vlad's all they got.
Yes, I remember your report now. 41 hours, wow!
What a difference it can make when a president has a good relationship with his wife as a partner rather than a dysfunctional one based on power.
"I will not forget this wound to our country or those who inflicted it. I will not yield; I will not rest; I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the American people.
The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them
BTTT!
"he really means them"
Yes, you're right - that is so refreshing.
Agreed. Unfortunately, the problems with Russia is that after 3/4 of a century of socialist rule, there is no useful industry except for various forms of organized crime. The Caspian was a disappointment. For a while, they glossed that over with illicit oil from Iraq, but now that's dried up, so Putin's striking a deal with Iran. If we DID have to go in, wanna bet there'll be a load of former Soviet generals hightailing out of Tehran at the last moment, while the news is reporting the Iranian army using Sov - I mean RUSSIAN - weapons and tactical?
Organized crime and thuggery is really the only thing Putin knows, despite whatever good intentions he thinks he has. He is NOT benefiting Mother Russia as much as he seems to think he is.
Sorry .. I don't believe that! Bush would have won - no matter who he was running against.
"We are the president!" --Hillary
Great post! Big BUMP!
Not as far as he's concerned. He thinks he had a great time - - lots of fun being President and everything....
And a little more than a month ago on a frigid day in Washington D.C., we heard the words of another man. Those words are destined to become among the most famous words in history. George W. Bush: Today, America speaks anew to the peoples of the world: All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: the United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you.
Excellent
Agreed. The country was tired of the terror tactics of the Clinton administration. If Algore hadn't run, the only difference would be that President Bush would have won by a wider margin.
Another brillant post by another brilliant FREEPER...
"by a wider margin"
Well .. depending on how much the dems were willing to cheat.
I totally agree on both counts
I'm already missing him.
You're defending your country, and protecting the innocent from harm. And wherever you go, you carry a message of hope -- a message that is ancient and ever new. In the words of the prophet Isaiah, "To the captives, 'come out,' -- and to those in darkness, 'be free.'"
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