Big government [whose government?] is not the answer, but the alternative to bureaucracy is not indifference. It is to put conservative values and conservative ideas into the thick of the fight for justice and opportunity.
This is what I mean by compassionate conservatism.
And on this ground, we will lead our nation ... [Hypocrisy, again, thy name is Bush]
We must give our children a spirit of moral courage because their character is our destiny ...
We must help protect our children in our schools and streets, and by finally and strictly enforcing our nation's gun laws. [as long as we let terrorists buy machine guns at gun shows]
But most of all, we must teach our children the values that defeat violence. I will lead our nation toward a culture that values life ... [Tens of thousands of Iraqi men, women, and children might beg to differ, if they were still alive.]
Behind every goal I've talked about tonight is a great hope for our country. A hundred years from now this must not be remembered as an age rich in possession and poor in ideals. Instead, we must usher in an era of responsibility. [except when you get caught in a web of lies and treachery bordering on treason that has cost thousands of people their lives and our great nation its good name]
My generation tested limits, and our country in some ways is better for it. Women are now treated more equally. [as long as they don't think they own their own bodies]
Racial progress has been steady; it's still too slow. [Amen!] We're learning to protect...
... we're learning to protect the natural world around us. We will continue this progress, and we will not turn back. [Hypocrisy ... the refrain is all too familiar by now]
At times we lost our way, but we're coming home ...
We discovered that who we are is more than important than what we have. [unless what we are is insatiably greedy] And we know we must renew our values to restore our country.
This is the vision of America's founders. They never saw our nation's greatness in rising wealth or in advancing armies, but in small, unnumbered acts of caring and courage and self-denial. Their highest hope, as Robert Frost described it, was to occupy the land with character. And that, 13 generations later, is still our goal, to occupy the land with character. [and to occupy others' land with armies]
In a responsibility era, each of us has important tasks, work that only we can do. Each of us is responsible to love and guide our children and to help a neighbor in need. [as the federal government relentlessly cuts programs for the needy and relentlessly cuts taxes for the rich] Synagogues, churches and mosques are responsible, not only to worship, but to serve. Corporations are responsible to treat their workers fairly and to leave the air and waters clean. [What is beyond hypocrisy if not lies and pure evil?]
And our nation's leaders our responsible to confront problems, not pass them onto others. [no comment]
And to lead this nation to a responsibility era, that president himself must be responsible.
This is what I mean by compassionate conservatism.
And on this ground, we will lead our nation ... [Hypocrisy, again, thy name is Bush]
We must give our children a spirit of moral courage because their character is our destiny ...
But most of all, we must teach our children the values that defeat violence. I will lead our nation toward a culture that values life ... [Tens of thousands of Iraqi men, women, and children might beg to differ, if they were still alive.]
Behind every goal I've talked about tonight is a great hope for our country. A hundred years from now this must not be remembered as an age rich in possession and poor in ideals. Instead, we must usher in an era of responsibility. [except when you get caught in a web of lies and treachery bordering on treason that has cost thousands of people their lives and our great nation its good name]
My generation tested limits, and our country in some ways is better for it. Women are now treated more equally. [as long as they don't think they own their own bodies]
Racial progress has been steady; it's still too slow. [Amen!] We're learning to protect...
... we're learning to protect the natural world around us. We will continue this progress, and we will not turn back. [Hypocrisy ... the refrain is all too familiar by now]
At times we lost our way, but we're coming home ...
We discovered that who we are is more than important than what we have. [unless what we are is insatiably greedy] And we know we must renew our values to restore our country.
This is the vision of America's founders. They never saw our nation's greatness in rising wealth or in advancing armies, but in small, unnumbered acts of caring and courage and self-denial. Their highest hope, as Robert Frost described it, was to occupy the land with character. And that, 13 generations later, is still our goal, to occupy the land with character. [and to occupy others' land with armies]
In a responsibility era, each of us has important tasks, work that only we can do. Each of us is responsible to love and guide our children and to help a neighbor in need. [as the federal government relentlessly cuts programs for the needy and relentlessly cuts taxes for the rich] Synagogues, churches and mosques are responsible, not only to worship, but to serve. Corporations are responsible to treat their workers fairly and to leave the air and waters clean. [What is beyond hypocrisy if not lies and pure evil?]
And our nation's leaders our responsible to confront problems, not pass them onto others. [no comment]
And to lead this nation to a responsibility era, that president himself must be responsible.
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