Conventional Thought Part 2
I just finished listening to President Bush's acceptance speech from 9/2 at the RNC. He began with an excellent recap of the past four years, summing up the aftermath of September 11th, and other domestic and foreign issues. He said that America, in the past four years, "made the hard journey...up the mountain...and now the valley is in view," and that there is "greatness in the future." He then moved on to thoroughly endorse Cheney as his one and only Vice President. He showed more confidence in Cheney than anyone else has in the past 10 months. Needless to say, I now share this confidence. He then moved on to acknowledge the late, great Ronald Reagan, who will "always define our party."
Bush then proceeded to move into the body of his speech and the domestic policies. It revolved around the theme of letting people pursue their own choices and dreams, and not those of the government. Bush also reaffirmed his belief as a Compassionate Conservative, wanting "the government to improve, not run" people's lives. He seeks to do this by making tax relief permanent, protecting small businesses from frivolous lawsuits, and seeking to give those small businesses the same discounts on health care that large corporations do. Tort reform showed up to protect small businesses, as well as those in medical fields from frivolous lawsuits. Tax code reform was also suggested, as well as creating personal Social Security "nest eggs" using an individual's own tax dollars, invested the way they wished, and untouchable by the government. All these would make "America...the best place to do business" in the global economy. The President promised to appoint less activist judges, those who "know the difference between personal opinion and a strict interpretation of the law" of the land, the Constitution.
Much of the foreign policy was recap of what we have been hearing for the past year, but only if you avoid the liberal media bias (very difficult to do). That does not make it a bad thing, rather, it demonstrates the President's unwavering position on the War On Terror. He also said that three quarters of al Queda's key operatives have been "detained or killed." He also spoke about the very nature of the extremist terrorists, saying, "Freedom is their greatest fear...[and] Freedom is on the March."
"If America shows uncertainty or weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch." -President George W. Bush, September 2, 2004
Bush then proceeded to move into the body of his speech and the domestic policies. It revolved around the theme of letting people pursue their own choices and dreams, and not those of the government. Bush also reaffirmed his belief as a Compassionate Conservative, wanting "the government to improve, not run" people's lives. He seeks to do this by making tax relief permanent, protecting small businesses from frivolous lawsuits, and seeking to give those small businesses the same discounts on health care that large corporations do. Tort reform showed up to protect small businesses, as well as those in medical fields from frivolous lawsuits. Tax code reform was also suggested, as well as creating personal Social Security "nest eggs" using an individual's own tax dollars, invested the way they wished, and untouchable by the government. All these would make "America...the best place to do business" in the global economy. The President promised to appoint less activist judges, those who "know the difference between personal opinion and a strict interpretation of the law" of the land, the Constitution.
Much of the foreign policy was recap of what we have been hearing for the past year, but only if you avoid the liberal media bias (very difficult to do). That does not make it a bad thing, rather, it demonstrates the President's unwavering position on the War On Terror. He also said that three quarters of al Queda's key operatives have been "detained or killed." He also spoke about the very nature of the extremist terrorists, saying, "Freedom is their greatest fear...[and] Freedom is on the March."
"If America shows uncertainty or weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch." -President George W. Bush, September 2, 2004
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