I truly enjoyed watching the President deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. He was earnest, straight-forward, and communicated the message clearly. One might think, given all the hot air from Kennedy and Kerry lately, that our country was in a shambles. It is not. The President's speech simply served to reinforce to the American people what many of us have known all along. This country is outperforming ourselves year after year lately. We have much to be proud of and there is no shame in acknowledging that!
President Bush was gracious in thanking Congress for confirming Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. He showed his fairness by referring a number of times to important actions that have been taken over the past year by both parties in times of urgency. For all the talk about President Bush being "a divider, not a uniter," it's time to call it what it is. Hypocrisy. To call the President a divider is simply the pot calling the kettle black, folks. They continue to divide the American people with the hate and the negative tactics that have become the cornerstone of the Democrat party. President Bush has gone way above and beyond the call of duty in trying to mend fences. I want to applaud his patience but I also get very frustrated with the number of times his hand is bitten every time he tries to feed those dogs.
The President even managed to boil the squabble over the Patriot Act down into its simplest terms: "If there are people inside our country who are talking with Al Qaida, we want to know about it, because we will not sit back and wait to be hit again."
Amen! I understand that the Patriot Act has been renewed by Congress on a short-term basis until it can be further squabbled over... Nice. Here's the reality of it all: NO Democrat wants another attack on his/her conscience so the Patriot Act will stand and will stand as long as we're at war against Islamo-fascism. Anyone care to mark those words?
What struck me as appalling during the speech was the Democrats who cheered when the President said, "Congress did not act last year on my proposal to save Social Security, yet the rising cost of entitlements is a problem that is not going away..."
I ask you, what is there to cheer about when the Democrats refuse to acknowledge a problem and offer constructive ideas to resolve it? How in the world is it that they found that a statement to cheer about? Rather than participating in the process, they sit back and bad-mouth every idea that comes their way. Rather than face reality and act now to prevent others from suffering in the future, they cheer their own lack of action. How ludicrous!
My favorite part of his speech on Tuesday night was this:
"In the coming year, I will continue to reach out and seek your good advice. Yet there is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success and defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure. Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy. "
I don't know that anyone could have said that any better. Indeed. I hope some reasonable Liberals allowed that bit to sink in and make sense. It's been long overdue.
President Bush was gracious in thanking Congress for confirming Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. He showed his fairness by referring a number of times to important actions that have been taken over the past year by both parties in times of urgency. For all the talk about President Bush being "a divider, not a uniter," it's time to call it what it is. Hypocrisy. To call the President a divider is simply the pot calling the kettle black, folks. They continue to divide the American people with the hate and the negative tactics that have become the cornerstone of the Democrat party. President Bush has gone way above and beyond the call of duty in trying to mend fences. I want to applaud his patience but I also get very frustrated with the number of times his hand is bitten every time he tries to feed those dogs.
The President even managed to boil the squabble over the Patriot Act down into its simplest terms: "If there are people inside our country who are talking with Al Qaida, we want to know about it, because we will not sit back and wait to be hit again."
Amen! I understand that the Patriot Act has been renewed by Congress on a short-term basis until it can be further squabbled over... Nice. Here's the reality of it all: NO Democrat wants another attack on his/her conscience so the Patriot Act will stand and will stand as long as we're at war against Islamo-fascism. Anyone care to mark those words?
What struck me as appalling during the speech was the Democrats who cheered when the President said, "Congress did not act last year on my proposal to save Social Security, yet the rising cost of entitlements is a problem that is not going away..."
I ask you, what is there to cheer about when the Democrats refuse to acknowledge a problem and offer constructive ideas to resolve it? How in the world is it that they found that a statement to cheer about? Rather than participating in the process, they sit back and bad-mouth every idea that comes their way. Rather than face reality and act now to prevent others from suffering in the future, they cheer their own lack of action. How ludicrous!
My favorite part of his speech on Tuesday night was this:
"In the coming year, I will continue to reach out and seek your good advice. Yet there is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success and defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure. Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy. "
I don't know that anyone could have said that any better. Indeed. I hope some reasonable Liberals allowed that bit to sink in and make sense. It's been long overdue.
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