"He not only has my support, he has my undying gratitude for his leadership and service to the nation. I think he will probably be the best president of my lifetime, and that goes back a fair piece. The only two to rival him for the quality of the man and the presidency IMO are RR and Ike. Ike had much less understanding and respect for economics, particularly tax policy, than GWB, and Ike promised to cut taxes from the high rates of WWII and then renegged. I loved RR and he was a great president. He still had to deal with the Soviets and the nuke standoff, but he didn't have to fight hot wars as W has. No need for further comparison. W has represented my agenda very well, and I shudder to think of where we would be without him (and with Gore/Kerry and their ilk in charge). It's time for Republicans to stop running for the tall grass, and to stand tall with our president. "
Was a "new America" part of your agenda?
We are now one of the largest Spanish-speaking nations in the world. We're a major source of Latin music, journalism and culture. Just go to Miami, or San Antonio, Los Angeles, Chicago or West New York, New Jersey ... and close your eyes and listen. You could just as easily be in Santo Domingo or Santiago, or San Miguel de Allende. For years our nation has debated this change -- some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America. As I speak, we are celebrating the success of democracy in Mexico. George Bush from a campaign speech in Miami, August 2000. |
Here is an excerpt of a good critique of that speech:
In equating our intimate historic bonds to our mother country and to Canada with our ties to Mexico, W. shows a staggering ignorance of the civilizational facts of life. The reason we are so close to Britain and Canada is that we share with them a common historical culture, language, literature, and legal system, as well as similar standards of behavior, expectations of public officials, and so on. My Bush Epiphany By Lawrence Auster