Continue the momentum we have built with the economy. Finish what we started in Iraq. Continue to hunt down terrorists. Reign in spending and get the deficit under control. Restore the “We the People” from the “We the Judges”, who have usurped the rights of the people through their judicial activism.
Aye, this was all I ever commented upon (before getting sidetracked). Personally, I think it's healthy. I think we should provide a united front to the opposition but to ignore where we are weak among ourselves is folly.
Since the conception of our nation, America and American's embody the desire for freedom. Our founding document, the Declaration of Independence, stated a bold and revolutionary idea - that men are not granted rights from other men or from pieces of paper. All of us are granted our rights by our Creator. The desire to live free and unchained is written on not just the hearts of Americans, but on every man, woman, and child throughout the world. No one has the right to deny freedom to any living soul. Throughout our history, our nation has not been perfect. However, we attempt to live up to our ideals and purpose not just by what we say but also by what we do. We have suffered Civil War to free a segment of our citizens. We have fought the barons of industry by creating laws that freed our children from harmful working conditions. We sailed across two oceans to return freedom to nations under the heel of tolitarian regimes. We engaged an evil empire that enslaved nations. We fought for freedoms that certain citizens were denied in our own country. In all these battles, at times we stumbled but the vision never wavered, the goal that people were able to live in freedom to choose their own path. Now, we face an enemy that threatens not only our own freedoms, but the freedom of other nations. The United States is the land of freedom and we must lead to ensure that the American Dream - the dream of freedom - becomes the reality of the world.
Anyway, something along those lines. Thise was just off the top of my head.
(Take your pick.) -- All periods of history are unique, but the period of history our nation is now in is truly extraordinary. The tragedy foisted upon the nation on 9/11/01, and our collective response to that tragedy, have caused us all to reconsider our national values, and the defense and advance of those values in the world. Our response to today's challenges will shape the course of this nation and our place in the world for the next century. We live in extraordinary times, and we require extraordinary leadership. George W. Bush is providing that leadership.
After 9/11, it would have been easy for this nation to roll over into a fetal position and question ourselves in a stupor of self-doubt and guilt. The fact we didn't is due solely to George W. Bush. The rest of world may wallow in self-doubt, but we cannot afford to. President Bush said during his State of the Union address that America will not ask permission from the international community to protect America’s security. He has faced-down the appeasers in the UN in a way that no one, not even Ronald Reagan, was able to do. He has been unafraid to go-it-alone when the vital interests of the United States are at stake, because our values are right, and our purposes in the world are just. Will we clearly stand for the unique American values of liberty for all, and for democracy’s advance around the world, or will we follow the likes of France and become a tired and morally ambivalent society? President Bush has already answered that question.
In his speech to the National Endowment for Democracy in November, President Bush declared that the promotion of freedom and democracy would be the cornerstone of US foreign policy. This is a break with the past 50 years where we compromised those principles in the interest of counter-balancing Soviet communism worldwide. The US is the sole superpower in the world, but our power doesn’t come from our military might. Our superpower status comes from our values. President Bush understands this.
We’re a nation deeply divided on a variety of cultural issues. The most important cultural objective to the welfare of the nation is to bring faith back into the mainstream of American society. President Bush’s support of faith-based social programs to meet real human needs will do much to bring faith back into the center of our national life. President Bush is probably the most sincere and public believer in God we’ve had in the White House. We live in dark days, and simple political ideology will not get us through them. The light of honest and real faith in God, a faith and allegiance to One higher than ourselves, will, more than any political philosophy, dispel the darkness. This is an important aspect of what President Bush brings to the Presidency, and why his re-election is vital to the future of this nation.
Just because we didn't write a paragraph and post it on FR doesn't mean we didn't "get" it. We could have actually sent the paragraphs to Peggy at the WSJ site, which is what the instructions say to do.
I didn't, but I'm also not going to try to encapsulate the spirit of President Bush's presidency while I'm trying to get ready for work in the morning.