Mitch
Plain language, good sense, and the calm insistence that this nation remains, even now, exceptional. Undramatic--even modest--but magnificent all the same.
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The President did not cause the economic and fiscal crises that continue in America tonight. But he was elected on a promise to fix them, and he cannot claim that the last three years have made things anything but worse....
Contrary to the President's constant disparagement of people in business, it's one of the noblest of human pursuits. The late Steve Jobs - what a fitting name he had - created more of them than all those stimulus dollars the President borrowed and blew. Out here in Indiana, when a businessperson asks me what he can do for our state, I say 'First, make money. Be successful. If you make a profit, you'll have something left to hire someone else, and some to donate to the good causes we love....'
It's absolutely so that everyone should contribute to our national recovery, including of course the most affluent among us. There are smart ways and dumb ways to do this: the dumb way is to raise rates in a broken, grossly complex tax system, choking off growth without bringing in the revenues we need to meet our debts. The better course is to stop sending the wealthy benefits they do not need, and stop providing them so many tax preferences that distort our economy and do little or nothing to foster growth....
Republicans will speak for those who believe in the dignity and capacity of the individual citizen; who believe that government is meant to serve the people rather than supervise them; who trust Americans enough to tell them the plain truth about the fix we are in, and to lay before them a specific, credible program of change big enough to meet the emergency we are facing. "We will advance our positive suggestions with confidence, because we know that Americans are still a people born to liberty. There is nothing wrong with the state of our Union that the American people, addressed as free-born, mature citizens, cannot set right. Republicans in 2012 welcome all our countrymen to a program of renewal that rebuilds the dream for all, and makes our 'city on a hill' shine once again.
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Jun '10
Re: Mitch
Lucy Pevensie
Crow's Nest
Brian Watt: .....
Gingrich, despite his oft-referenced baggage, is gaining traction because his words connect and resonate
Yes, Brian, but he's gaining that traction among Republican primary voters who, as both Jay Cost and Rush Limbaugh have pointed out in the past few days, are frustrated to the point of just wanting somebody anybody to give voice to their anger in a cathartic way.
I am getting really tired of this conceit. It isn't the anger. He could say the same things with a smile on his face (did when it came to the Disney "town meeting," in fact), and get the same reaction.
It is the content. He doesn't accept the premises of the news media, the Left, any questioner, anyone. He challenges their basic assumptions. It is NOT a question of frustration, or venting, and just because people say it over and over doesn't make it true. It is a question of being able to make a coherent, cohesive argument that expresses the truth. · 30 minutes ago
What Lucy said.
Apr '11
Re: Mitch
Same impression for me. If only Rubio and Obama had entered the Senate at the same time, Rubio would have been ready to run for president by now.