A Great Speech From Michele Bachmann
The fundamental problem with Obama’s speech is that it did not realistically tackle the issues at large in our country. It was optimistic, and optimism is certainly necessary, but there is no reason for optimism if it is conveyed by a man who seems not to understand the very crucial decisions that need to be made about the state of our union. The key is being able to address serious problems, provide optimism about the future, and provide solutions that make sense in the broader context of the situation. Obama was heavy on part 2, but weak on parts 1 and 3.
Ryan followed that model well, but I thought Bachmann was even more impressive in her Tea Party response. Why? She was clear and concise. She clearly articulated the failures of the Obama Administration. She was engaging and substantive, and she spoke bluntly about the harsh realities facing our nation. Line by line, she hammered the Obama Administration on its poor policies, and when all was said and done, she compiled more substance into her 6 minute speech than Obama managed to crop together in 60 minutes.
However, even while addressing the critical issues at stake, she managed to convey a sense of optimism about the future. It’s a tough tightrope to walk between seriously discussing the state of our nation while also providing hope for a better future, but Bachmann pulled it off masterfully. The speech had a tone of hope about the future that focused not so much on the government, but on the American people. It’s a point that needs to be made, and needs to be made often. Here’s the speech:
You are crazy for thinking that was a good rebuttal. But you are drinking the kool-aid so I’m not surprised.
So, I take it you like over-regulation and higher taxes?
Mr. Butler…it was a great speach and pretty much on target. What everyone seems to be side-stepping is the issue of unfair trade with China and what huge corporations and our government have done together to our economy. The fact is that we have allowed these corporations and our government to GIVE AWAY the 15 to 20 year technological edge that helped safeguard our industrial base in order to capitalize on cheap/slave labor in China to help their bottom line. China opened it’s doors to companies and utilized its poverty and the masses in the form of cheap/slave labor to bring greedy companies inside its borders where it then absorbs the technology and installs another piece in its armor. By aggressively devaluing its currency it has been able to unfairly subsidize its exports in order to gain and dominate market share of the same technologies until competition is destroyed. China has also gone after resources on a global scale that is reminiscent of British colonialism at its peak and has been positioning itself through these acquisitions. They now control an unbelievable amount of natural resources and raw materials world wide and are even reaching into our own country to purchase. What China has accomplished through opening it’s doors to technology and manufacturing will soon become apparent. Positioning their currency as the world’s “Reserve Currency” is another big step down that road. It will not only allow them to address some internal problems that devaluation has caused…it will give them an incredible lever in purchasing power to acquire more goods and raw materials and minimize strain on their economy. Cutting taxes is great. Reducing regulations that harm development of new businesses is great. However, we can cut taxes to the bone and not be able to compete with a workforce that is paid a small fraction of what Americans need to make a living. Tariffs are the only way we can hope to level the field and we had better get with the program. We are now borrowing money from China to buy what we used to make and soon we will lose the people who knew how to make those things.
It apparently didn’t translate well into troll.