Feeling Stirred?

Not shaken? Obama has released some “stirring” excerpts from his statement tonight.

“At the end of the day, the best way to bring our deficit down in the long run is not with a budget that continues the very same policies that have led to a narrow prosperity and massive debt. It’s with a budget that leads to broad economic growth by moving from an era of borrow and spend to one where we save and invest.

“That’s what clean energy jobs and businesses will do. That’s what a highly-skilled workforce will do. That’s what an efficient health care system that controls costs and entitlements like Medicare and Medicaid will do. That’s why this budget is inseparable from this recovery – because it is what lays the foundation for a secure and lasting prosperity.

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“We will recover from this recession. But it will take time, it will take patience, and it will take an understanding that when we all work together; when each of us looks beyond our own short-term interests to the wider set of obligations we have to each other – that’s when we succeed. That’s when we prosper. And that’s what is needed right now. So let us look toward the future with a renewed sense of common purpose, a renewed determination, and most importantly, a renewed confidence that a better day will come.”

Did these “stirring” Inspirational words come from Jon Favreau’s pen? Probably.

I actually do think we have an obligation to our fellow citizens. We have to defend one another’s rights – that common defense thing. We have to make sure we are not beaten down by a government bent on our submission to its policies. We need taxation without vindictiveness. And we need to decide for ourselves what is best for ourselves.

Apparently, too much to ask.