I understand that Presidential speeches are assembled by professionals, but I also know they are reviewed and edited by the President ahead of time. President Bush gave a speech the other day to the American Conservative Union that was simply magnificant. A couple of points...
First, the President is dead on when he stated that conservatives have been proven right on the ISSUES time and time again...
>>>Conservatives were right that the Cold War was a contest of good and evil. And behind the Iron Curtain people did not want containment, they awaited for liberation.
Conservatives were right that the free enterprise system is the path to prosperity, and that free enterprise is the economic system consistent with human freedom and human dignity.
Conservatives were right that a free society is sustained by the character of its people, which means we must honor the moral and religious heritage of our great nation.
These convictions, once defended by a few, are now broadly shared by Americans. And I am proud to advance these convictions and these principles as I stand for reelection in 2004.<<<
And this was just funny...
>>>When the non-partisan National Journal did his ratings, they found that my opponent had the most liberal record of all 100 United States senators. That's a heck of a feat.
It isn't very easy to make Ted Kennedy the conservative senator from Massachusetts.<<<
On the economy...
>>>This economy is strong, and it is getting stronger. Last month, America added 288,000 new jobs. Manufacturing jobs have increased for three straight months. Since August, our economy has added more than 1.1 million new jobs.
In the first quarter of 2004, the economy grew at a strong rate of 4.2 percent. And over the past year, economic growth has been the fastest in nearly two decades.
Business investment is up, inflation is low, mortgage and interest rates are near historic lows, the home ownership rate in America is the highest ever.
America's economy is the fastest growing of any major industrialized nation. The tax relief we passed is working.<<<
On the war on terror...
>>>This nation is strong and confident in the cause of freedom. We know that freedom is not America's gift to the world. Freedom is the Almighty's gift to every man and woman in this world.
Because of our principled stand and clear speaking, today, no friend or enemy doubts the word of the United States of America. America and our allies gave an ultimatum to the terror regime in Afghanistan. The Taliban chose defiance, and the Taliban is no longer in power.
America and our allies gave an ultimatum to the dictator in Iraq. He chose defiance, and now, he sits in a prison cell.
September the 11th, 2001 taught a lesson I will never forget, and America must never forget. America must confront threats before they fully materialize.
In Iraq, my administration looked at the intelligence, and we saw a threat. Members of the United States Congress from both political parties looked at the intelligence, and they saw a threat. The United Nations Security Council looked at the intelligence, and it saw a threat. As a matter of fact, the previous administration and Congress looked at the intelligence, and made regime change in Iraq the policy of the United States.
In 2002, the U.N. Security Council, yet again, demanded a full accounting of Saddam Hussein's weapons programs. They remembered what we remember. They remembered he attacked countries in his neighborhood. They remembered that he paid suiciders to kill innocent Israelis. They remembered he had ties to terrorist organizations. They remembered that he used weapons of mass destruction against his own people. As he had for over a decade, Saddam Hussein refused to comply with the demands of the free world. So I had a choice to make: Either trust the word of a madman, or defend America. Given that choice, I will defend America every time.<<<
President Bush went on...
>>>On national security, Americans have a clear choice. My opponent says he approves of bold action in the world -- but only if other countries don't object.
I'm for united action. I believe in building coalitions. We have built coalitions in Afghanistan. We have built coalitions in Iraq. We have built coalitions to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. But I will never turn over America's national security decisions to leaders of other countries.
Some are skeptical that the war on terror is really a war at all. My opponent said, the war on terror is far less of a military operation, and far more of an intelligence-gathering, law enforcement operation. I disagree. Our nation followed this approach after the World Trade Center was bombed in 1993. The matter was handled in the courts, and thought by some to be settled. And yet, the terrorists were still training in Afghanistan; they were still plotting in other nations; they were still drawing up more ambitious plans. After the chaos and carnage of September the 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers. With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States of America -- and war is what they got.<<<
He is right time and time again, and that is part of what infuriates liberals into such hatred against him. Wishful thinking won't stop terrorist...taking more money from tax payers doesn't help the economy.
This election is about taking us forward or moving us back. Back to the days of weak defense, ignoring terrorists as they take shots at us until it is too late. Back to higher taxes and bloated bureaucracy. The graves of the victims of September 11th tell the truth: After 9/11/01 WE CAN NEVER GO BACK!
(Hat tip to Russ Lipton!)
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