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It is true that president obama had a lot of problems not of his own making. But he also came in with one-party rule, and the chance to do everything of his own choosing. The obama economic agenda failed, not because it was stopped, but because it was passed.
The record is so uniformly bad that maybe youve noticed something: President obama himself almost never even uses the word record, that is, except when hes trying to trade on the record of bill clinton. In his convention speech, the president never once said that simple word, record.
He didnt say the word stimulus, either, because he wasted $831 billion of borrowed money. At a time of mass unemployment, he didnt even say unemployment, because were in the slowest recovery since the great depression. And by the way, he didnt use the word recovery, either never mind that recovery was what all america expected from barack obama.
Lately, the president has also been trying out sports comparisons. He compares this fourth year of his term to the fourth quarter of a basketball game.
You can expect more of this, because if theres anything the man can do, its talk a good game. The only problem is, the clock is running out and he still hasnt put any points on the board.
His whole case these days is basically asking us to forget what he promised four years ago, and focus instead on his new promises. Thats a fast move to get around accountability. He made those ringing promises to get elected.
Without them, he wouldnt be president. And now he acts as if it is unfair to measure his performance against his own words. But heres the question: If barack obamas promises werent good then, what good are they now?
If we renew the contract, we will get the same deal with only one difference: In a second term, he will never answer to you again.
In so many ways, starting with obamacare, re-electing this president would set in motion things that can never be called back. It would be a choice to give up so many other choices.
When all the new mandates of government-run healthcare come down, the last thing the regulators will want to hear is your opinion. When the obama tax increases start coming, nobody in washington is going to ask whether you can afford them or not.
When all the new borrowing brings our national debt to 20 trillion dollars, and then 25 trillion, nobodys going to ask you about the debt crisis, or even help you prepare for it. But we the people need to think ahead, even if our current president will not, to avoid that crisis while there is still time.
Everyone knows that president obama inherited a bad economy. And four months from now, when mitt romney is sworn in as president, he will inherit a bad economy.
But heres the difference. When a romney-ryan administration takes office, we will also take responsibility. Instead of dividing up the wealth, our new president will get america creating wealth again.
No politician is more skilled at striking heroic poses against imaginary adversaries. Nobody is better at rebuking nonexistent opinions. Barack obama does this all the time, and in this campaign we are calling him on it.
The president is given to lectures on all that we owe to government, as if anyone who opposes his reckless expansion of federal power is guilty of ingratitude and rank individualism.
Here we are, after four years of economic stewardship under these self-proclaimed advocates of the poor, and what do they have to show for it?
More people in poverty, and less upward mobility wherever you look.
Our opponents even have a new motto. They say, quote, government is the only thing that we all belong to.
i dont know about you, but ive never thought of government as something i belong to. As a matter of fact, on the seven occasions ive been sworn in as a member of congress, i have never taken an oath to the government.
The oath that all of us take is to support and defend the constitution of the united states, under which government is limited and the people are sovereign.
In the same way, we americans give ourselves to every kind of good cause. We do so for the simple reason that our hearts and conscience have called us to work that needs doing, to fill a place that sometimes no one else can fill.
Its like that with our families and communities, too. The whole life of this nation is carried forward every day by the endless unselfish things people do for one another, without even giving it much thought.
In books, they call this civil society. In my own experience, i know it as janesville, wisconsin a place, like ten thousand others, where a lot of good happens without government commanding it, directing it, or claiming credit for it.
Thats how life is supposed to work in a free country. And nothing undermines the essential and honorable work of government more than the abuse of government power.
Ladies and gentlemen, you would be hard pressed to find another group in america that does more to serve the health of women and their babies than the catholic church and catholic charities. And now, suddenly, we have obamacare bureaucrats presuming to dictate how they will do it.
As governor romney has said, this mandate is not a threat and insult to one religious group it is a threat and insult to every religious group. He and i are honored to stand with you people of faith and concerned citizens in defense of religious liberty.
And i can assure you, when mitt romney is elected, we will get to work on day one to repeal that mandate and all of obamacare.
Finally, when he tries to make big government sound reasonable and inclusive, president obama likes to say, were all in this together. and here, too, he has another handy straw man.
Anyone who questions the wisdom of his policies must be lacking in compassion. Who else would question him but those mean people who think that everybody has to go it alone and fend for themselves.
were all in this together it has a nice ring. For everyone who loves this country, it is not only true but obvious. Yet how hollow it sounds coming from a politician who has never once lifted a hand to defend the most helpless and innocent of all human beings, the child waiting to be born.
In the clinton years, the stated goal was to make abortion safe, legal and rare. but that was a different time, and a different president. Now, apparently, the obama-biden ticket stands for an absolute, unqualified right to abortion at any time, under any circumstances, and even at taxpayer expense.
For most of us, it was settled long ago that our rights come from nature and natures god, not from government.
A disregard for rights a growing government and a static economy a country where everything is free but us: This is where it is all tending.
Im not the only one who has told mitt that maybe he needs to talk more about himself and his life.
It wouldnt hurt if voters knew more of those little things that reveal a mans heart and his character. This is a guy who, at the height of a successful business, turned the entire company into a search and rescue operation the moment he heard that a colleagues young daughter was missing.
Hes a man who could easily have contented himself with giving donations to needy causes, but everyone who knows him will tell you that mitt has always given himself.
Hes one of those guys who doesnt just exhort and oversee good works, but shows up and does the work.
Mitt romney is the type weve all run into in our own communities, the man whos there right away when theres need, but never first in line when praise and credit are being handed out. Hes a modest man with a charitable heart, a doer and a promise-keeper.
Hes the kind of person every community could use more of, and hell be the kind of president who brings out the best in our country.
Glenn first sat down with the Nixon Family, whose two sons, Reed and Rob, were paralyzed in a car crash on their way home from a youth event at their church. It was a horrific crash that landed the children in different hospitals, and it took six months for Reed and Rob to complete their rehab and return home. Soon after they got home, Stuart and Sheryl Nixon, Rob and Reeds parents, received a phone call from Mitt Romney. While the Nixons were not well acquainted with Romney, they knew one another through the Mormon community. Romney could have cut a check or sent some presents, but instead he asked to come over to the Nixons home. Mitt, Ann, and three of his sons, visited the Nixons on Christmas Eve, bringing along gifts for the entire family. It was a special moment, but it didnt stop there. Romney went on to regularly attended benefits and fundraisers for the boys, and ultimately paid for both Reed and Rob to attend the college of their choice. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this story has never made it in the headlines, but it says more about Romneys character than a policy or platform ever could.
Earlier this week on radio, Glenn previewed the story of Ken Smith, director of Boston veterans shelter, whose organization benefited from Romneys generosity. During his 1994 run for Senate in Massachusetts, Romney visited Smiths shelter to tour the property and get a better understanding of their financial situation. . . . Romney spent 45 minutes with Smith just looking at the organizations books before embarking on a tour of the facilities. There was a great deal of press at the walk through and on his way out, Romney asked Smith what his biggest problem was. Smith told Romney it was a lack of milk, to which Romney responded, Well maybe you should teach them [the veterans] how to milk cows. Needless to say, the press had a field day with the gaffe, and the following day Romney called Smith to apologize. The following Friday, the milkman arrived as usual with 7,000 pints of milk, only this time the bill for that milk was half price. When Smith inquired as to why the milk was less expensive, the man would not tell him. Two years later, on the milkmans last day before retirement, he finally told Smith that it was Romney who picked up the tab for the milk. Again, where is the medias coverage of a story like this?
For most of us, it was settled long ago that our rights come from nature and natures god, not from government.
A disregard for rights a growing government and a static economy a country where everything is free but us: This is where it is all tending.
As Ryan stated, there is story after story after story illustrating Mitt Romney's value system and character, all ignored by the mainstream media and therefore unknown to most of the public.
Another one:
Earlier this week on radio, Glenn previewed the story of Ken Smith, director of Boston veterans shelter, whose organization benefited from Romneys generosity. During his 1994 run for Senate in Massachusetts, Romney visited Smiths shelter to tour the property and get a better understanding of their financial situation. . . . Romney spent 45 minutes with Smith just looking at the organizations books before embarking on a tour of the facilities. There was a great deal of press at the walk through and on his way out, Romney asked Smith what his biggest problem was. Smith told Romney it was a lack of milk, to which Romney responded, Well maybe you should teach them [the veterans] how to milk cows. Needless to say, the press had a field day with the gaffe, and the following day Romney called Smith to apologize. The following Friday, the milkman arrived as usual with 7,000 pints of milk, only this time the bill for that milk was half price. When Smith inquired as to why the milk was less expensive, the man would not tell him. Two years later, on the milkmans last day before retirement, he finally told Smith that it was Romney who picked up the tab for the milk. Again, where is the medias coverage of a story like this?
As Ryan stated, there is story after story after story illustrating Mitt Romney's value system and character, all ignored by the mainstream media and therefore unknown to most of the public.
Another one:
Earlier this week on radio, Glenn previewed the story of Ken Smith, director of Boston veterans shelter, whose organization benefited from Romneys generosity. During his 1994 run for Senate in Massachusetts, Romney visited Smiths shelter to tour the property and get a better understanding of their financial situation. . . . Romney spent 45 minutes with Smith just looking at the organizations books before embarking on a tour of the facilities. There was a great deal of press at the walk through and on his way out, Romney asked Smith what his biggest problem was. Smith told Romney it was a lack of milk, to which Romney responded, Well maybe you should teach them [the veterans] how to milk cows. Needless to say, the press had a field day with the gaffe, and the following day Romney called Smith to apologize. The following Friday, the milkman arrived as usual with 7,000 pints of milk, only this time the bill for that milk was half price. When Smith inquired as to why the milk was less expensive, the man would not tell him. Two years later, on the milkmans last day before retirement, he finally told Smith that it was Romney who picked up the tab for the milk. Again, where is the medias coverage of a story like this?
That's a great story and I could not see Obama doing something like that in a million years.
As Ryan stated, there is story after story after story illustrating Mitt Romney's value system and character, all ignored by the mainstream media and therefore unknown to most of the public.
Another one:
That's a great story and I could not see Obama doing something like that in a million years.
The difference between Romney and Obama is that what Obama does, he makes sure there is press there to report it and make him look good. Romney doesn't do that. He does his charity in private and does not call attention to it nor speak of it to others. But as story after story after story is now coming out, years after the fact in many cases, it is obvious that this is a man who lives his convictions and there is nothing phony about him.
Obama supporters and their surrogate media take every opportunity to criticize Romney's wealth and hold it up as a badge of contempt. But there is not a single story in which Romney enriched himself at the expense of somebody else or in which the Romneys wallow in a lavish lifestyle. His critics love to point to the jobs he eliminated when he was fixing an ailing entity or corporation, but they never point out the tenfold more jobs that were created as a result of his efforts.
Conversely, where is the criticism of the Obamas enriching themselves at the expense of the taxpayer and their lavish lifestyle that we pay for?
That's a great story and I could not see Obama doing something like that in a million years.
The difference between Romney and Obama is that what Obama does, he makes sure there is press there to report it and make him look good. Romney doesn't do that. He does his charity in private and does not call attention to it nor speak of it to others. But as story after story after story is now coming out, years after the fact in many cases, it is obvious that this is a man who lives his convictions and there is nothing phony about him.
Obama supporters and their surrogate media take every opportunity to criticize Romney's wealth and hold it up as a badge of contempt. But there is not a single story in which Romney enriched himself at the expense of somebody else or in which the Romneys wallow in a lavish lifestyle. His critics love to point to the jobs he eliminated when he was fixing an ailing entity or corporation, but they never point out the tenfold more jobs that were created as a result of his efforts.
Conversely, where is the criticism of the Obamas enriching themselves at the expense of the taxpayer and their lavish lifestyle that we pay for?
How much enrichment did obama made off of the very poor. How much did he bilk poor people out of.
Look up Parc Grove and get back to me.
Paul Ryan said:Finally, when he tries to make big government sound reasonable and inclusive, President Obama likes to say, Were all in this together. And here, too, he has another handy straw man.
Anyone who questions the wisdom of his policies must be lacking in compassion. Who else would question him but those mean people who think that everybody has to go it alone and fend for themselves.
Were all in this together it has a nice ring. For everyone who loves this country, it is not only true but obvious.
Paul Ryan said:Finally, when he tries to make big government sound reasonable and inclusive, President Obama likes to say, Were all in this together. And here, too, he has another handy straw man.
Anyone who questions the wisdom of his policies must be lacking in compassion. Who else would question him but those mean people who think that everybody has to go it alone and fend for themselves.
Were all in this together it has a nice ring. For everyone who loves this country, it is not only true but obvious.
Where is the straw man he refers to? His own words and the words of his idol bespeak the truth that "we're all in this together" (which I assume his ilk would deride as "collectivism) is not at all obvious to some.
I find it somewhat odd that this is the kind of thinking that appeals to the "Values Voter Summit." But then I suppose it's just a name.
Paul Ryan said:Finally, when he tries to make big government sound reasonable and inclusive, President Obama likes to say, “We’re all in this together.” And here, too, he has another handy straw man.
Anyone who questions the wisdom of his policies must be lacking in compassion. Who else would question him but those mean people who think that everybody has to go it alone and fend for themselves.
“We’re all in this together” – it has a nice ring. For everyone who loves this country, it is not only true but obvious.
Where is the straw man he refers to? His own words and the words of his idol bespeak the truth that "we're all in this together" (which I assume his ilk would deride as "collectivism) is not at all obvious to some.
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I find it somewhat odd that this is the kind of thinking that appeals to the "Values Voter Summit." But then I suppose it's just a name.
Where do you tie Ayn Rand to that speech? Are you opposed to everything Ayn Rand taught? Or is it possible for two people with explictly opposing values on some things can also embrace the same values on others? Are you suggesting that if somebody does this, then he can't also do that?
Where do you tie Ayn Rand to that speech? Are you opposed to everything Ayn Rand taught? Or is it possible for two people with explictly opposing values on some things can also embrace the same values on others? Are you suggesting that if somebody does this, then he can't also do that?
Rand taught a narcissistic atheist philosophy whose moral structure is predicated on the non-existence of God. From this she was able derive a whole social-political worldview built around the divinity of the self-indulgent individual. The opposite of "we're all in this together" and most of the precepts of Christianity. Rand's is a philosophy Ryan has not only embraced, but one he requires all of his interns to study!
Is it possible that some folks somehow arrive at Rand's dark conclusions without embracing the world view that justifies it? I suppose anything is possible. But where they then get the stones to call themselves "Values Voters" I'll never know.
You are saying that Ryan and Romney base their philosophy on a moral structure predicated on the non-existance of God? Surely not. Nobody, and I mean nobody is that ignorant of Ryan and Romney's religious beliefs.
And yes, thinking people take the truth they can learn from any teacher, including Ayn Rand, and disregard what they cannot accept as truth. One can embrace the truths that Ayn Rand taught without embracing the whole.