Madison, WI | February 12, 2008
“We can’t keep playing the same Washington game with the same Washington players and expect a different result – because it’s a game that ordinary Americans are losing.”
“It’s the dream of the woman who told me she works the night shift after a full day of college and still can’t afford health care for a sister who’s ill. She needs us to finally come together to make health care affordable and available for every American.”
“It’s a game where lobbyists write check after check and Exxon turns record profits, while you pay the price at the pump, and our planet is put at risk. That’s what happens when lobbyists set the agenda, and that’s why they won’t drown out your voices anymore when I am President of the United States of America”
“It’s a game where trade deals like NAFTA ship jobs overseas and force parents to compete with their teenagers to work for minimum wage at Wal-Mart.”
“It’s a game where Democrats and Republicans fail to come together year after year after year, while another mother goes without health care for her sick child. That’s why we have to put an end to the division and distraction in Washington, so that we can unite this nation around a common purpose, a higher purpose.”
“It’s a game where the only way for Democrats to look tough on national security is by talking, and acting and voting like Bush-McCain Republicans, while our troops are sent to fight tour after tour of duty in a war that should’ve never been authorized and should’ve never been waged. That’s what happens when we use 9/11 to scare up votes, and that’s why we need to do more than end a war – we need to end the mindset that got us into war.”
“instead of spending hundreds of billions of dollars in Baghdad, we could have put that money into our schools and hospitals, our road and bridges – and that’s what the American people need us to do right now.”
“Everywhere I go, I meet Americans who can’t wait another day for change. They’re not just showing up to hear a speech – they need to know that politics can make a difference in their lives, that it’s not too late to reclaim the American Dream.”
“It’s the dream of the father who goes to work before dawn and lies awake at night wondering how he’s going to pay the bills. He needs us to restore fairness to our economy by putting a tax cut into the pockets of working people, and seniors, and struggling homeowners. ”
“It’s the dream of the woman who told me she works the night shift after a full day of college and still can’t afford health care for a sister who’s ill. She needs us to finally come together to make health care affordable and available for every American.”
“It’s the dream of the teacher who works at Dunkin Donuts after school just to make ends meet. She needs better pay, and more support, and the freedom to do more than just teach to the test.”
“That’s why I’ll make college affordable with an annual $4,000 tax credit if you’re willing to do community service, or national service.”
“I’ve fought in the courts as a civil rights lawyer to make sure people weren’t denied their rights because of what they looked like or where they came from. I’ve fought in the legislature to take power away from lobbyists.”
The remarks are from the Potomac Primary Night by Barack Obama
This is the status quo if I have ever heard it. If he is able to make the changes he proposes in his last few speeches Washington will have to move to France. It sounds good and I really do hope that changes are made in Washington however the Lobbyists, aren’t going anywhere. Congress, and the Country Club, I mean the Senate, are in control of what things happen in Washington. Even if he is able to get all of those club members to go along with his proposals your tax dollars are going to fly out of Washington like chips out of a Mobark.
Who is going to pay for all the irresponsibility of individuals? You, me, the government, you and me. I am cashing in my certificates taking my cash and digging a hole. Punish Corporations, punish wealth, punish achievers, and reward single moms working at Dunkin Donuts with some story that sounds like bad decision making. Invest in teachers and the educators that have put us exactly where we are in the first place. This is where Barack is making a plea to the NEA. Why does Barack refer to the single moms like they are the only women out there having a hard time growing with life and making decisions? Try not being a single mom and think a bit before you, well.
Give, give, give. Give to the people in New Orleans that weren’t smart enough to come out of the rain much less rebuild a city. It wasn’t an Epiphany of only George Bush to know days before Hurrincane Katrina hit it was going to be a huge storm. If they weren’t smart enough and prepared enough to find alternate means of getting out then why should we invest in that kind of mindset? Harsh as it might seem tough love isn’t ever easy, ask Barack. Super Obama is going to fix it by giving money to inept people, doing inept things, and he will have a Bureaucrat report directly to him and that will make it all better. Just give needles and heroin to an addict and hope they all act like good citizens and don’t use it. Barack will be in meetings for his entire Presidency just to keep up with all the people who are going to have to report to him personally regarding the status of every program of every department, county by county, city by city, state by state.
The talk of free, education, free health care, increased minimum wages to keep pace with inflation; Look, these are personal responsibility decisions of every persons life and the Government of Barack Obama isn’t going to fix this. I agree Health Care is expensive but the cost is not the reason people don’t buy it. They expect people like Barack Obama to come along and give them something while they have cell phones, big screen tv’s, gold chains around the neck and spinner wheels on their car that cost as much as a yearly policy. They go on trips, hang out at the Mall buying high priced goods on a 18+% credit card then claim we need Credit Card Policy Reform. In the future I will opine with specificity about his plan for Education Funding, Tax Credits, Alternative Minimum Tax Rates, Minimum Wage Increases, and the Incentives he proposes for Industry. Finally it amuses me to here such a brilliant individual propose Oil Independence. Saudis get ready Barack is going to turn off the Oil Faucet and Americans get ready to experience a major shift in the utilities you are currently paying. Now that I think about it wind is free.
I want a utopia just as much as the next guy but also realize the entrenched mindset and tradition Washington and Politics has. Politics has become a lucrative occupation and as long as there are millions and billions of dollars on the line it will be the Status quo.