State of the Union

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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

Its not much different than what FDR or Kennedy said

FDR said something like this? Really? He may have--he said many things in his various addresses and fireside chats, but he also did things that (as politicians do) that didn't match his rhetoric. On the other hand, he was quite blunt in saying some things that don't match your brief speech.

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

glad you asked -

First, get off your asses, quit complaining and make a difference. You have the power, the knowledge and the resources to make things better. The "man"is not holding you down. You are holding you down.

He openly criticized the rich, the "money changers" as being the oppressors who made life miserable for the little guy, and that the average citizen was not at fault, but, in fact, did not have the power to make things better. He did, in effect, say that the "man" is holding you down. And he said in his first innaugural address that the people had given him the mandate to be their savior, and if his initial plans did not quickly make things better he was asking Congress to grant him, "in the face of the crisis," broad executive power (translation: more than the Constitution granted) to provide the necessary "leadership" that the people asked for.

My job as president is to protect the country and ensure we have laws that preserve our freedoms.

He proceeded to degrade Constitutional law which preserves our freedoms with creation of regulatory agencies that exceeded his Constitutional powers and appointing Supreme Court judges that would rule favorably toward his creations. He was the greatest instigator of "planned" economy in U.S. history. His anti-business, pro-government regulation, heavy taxation created the longest uncertainty for business growth and longest depression in U.S. history.

My job is not to find you a jobn not to fund your education or your retirement.

FDR absolutely made it his job to "find you a job." He hired a great number into newly created make-work federal jobs. And he created a partial retirement fund in Social Security.

Our govt is too big, we tax you to push paper that authorizes more paper to be pushed. Its over, today. I dont have all the answers but I know we can do it. You can do it. Suck it up, work hard, lets move forward. I am tired of the crap in congress, tired of the media, tired of everyone talking. Lets get to work. Its starts today.
Thank you

He enlarged our government and it has continued to get larger ever since.

- would have brought down the house and would have ENSURED his re-election

And he often did bring the house down and got re-elected 3 times by promising and doing quite the opposite of your speech. To a great extent, Obama is carrying on the FDR tradition.