Posted on 02/24/2009 3:47:21 PM PST by Califreak
Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 24, 2009
The White House today released a preliminary excerpt of the President’s address to the joint session of Congress tonight. Also, listed below are the names of the Americans who will be seated in the First Lady’s box during the President’s remarks.
Excerpt
But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.
The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this nation. The answers to our problems don’t lie beyond our reach. They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our factories; in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs and the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth. Those qualities that have made America the greatest force of progress and prosperity in human history we still possess in ample measure. What is required now is for this country to pull together, confront boldly the challenges we face, and take responsibility for our future once more.
(Excerpt) Read more at c-span.org ...
(available in pdf link)
http://www.c-span.org/pdf/whitehouse_022409.pdf
Congress passed and Obama signed into law a record $787 billion mix of tax cuts, job-creating projects and aid to struggling states.
The president pledged up to $275 billion in federal aid to help stem a tidal wave of home foreclosures.
The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve announced financial-rescue steps that could send up to $2 trillion coursing through the economy.
In all, the plans would raise the federal portion of the U.S. economy to some 31 percent, more than twice the level after eight years of FDR’s historic New Deal spending.
Dow tanks 300+ inside of the 1st hour of trading tomorrow.
“Governor Jim Douglas (Montpelier, VT)
Governor Douglas has been serving the people of Vermont for more than thirty years. Over the course of his career, Governor Douglas, a Republican, has received more votes than any other person in Vermont’s history, a testament to his appeal to voters of all political persuasions. In his current role as the vice chairman of the National Governors Association, Governor Douglas played a pivotal role in garnering early support for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.”
Republican???? Uh......I don’t think so.....(unless in sheep’s clothing)...
I know what he’s going to say. I am your leader; your only leader. Do as I say.
We told you....What did people think they were getting when they voted for him ?
So much that even hedgehogs are yawning.
Rebuild? He talks like it's WWII and he's Winston Churchill.
SSDD.
I think he meant the US government.
All Ive seen is a lot of high priced dinners and partying and spending EXTREME on the part of liberals.
They certainly live the high life while USING the poor, the disadvantaged and those who want some freebies.
(Yes, I’m generalizing to an extent.)
For those of you unaccustomed to “DC Speak,” let me translate:
“But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.”
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BOHICA
Just like the nomenklatura and the commissars.
You know your history. ;-))
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