Posted on 03/01/2005 9:51:42 PM PST by doug from upland
Edited on 03/01/2005 10:17:15 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
For those who were not alive at the time, you read it in your history book. John Kennedy: Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.
In more recent times, we heard Ronald Wilson Reagan: Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.
And a little more than a month ago on a frigid day in Washington D.C., we heard the words of another man. Those words are destined to become among the most famous words in history. George W. Bush: Today, America speaks anew to the peoples of the world: All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: the United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you.
I am pleased to be able to say that I was there to hear those words. I heard them live. People longing from freedom around the world have heard them on tape and seen them on the internet. Those words are having a profound effect around the world.
George W. Bush will be remembered for those words, just as Kennedy and Reagan are remembered for the above citations.
As an aside, for what will Bill Clinton be remembered? I did not have sex with that woman. . . . That man wasted the eight years that he was given. Absolutely wasted them. As the evil Hillary Clinton does an extreme makeover to fool America, I hope that people will never forget the lesson taught by her husband -- never again trust a Clinton with foreign policy and with the quest for freedom.
The smell of freedom is in the air. People everywhere know that George W. Bush will never waiver. The left can protest in the street all they want. He has told strangers around the world that this nation stands with them. He means it, and the whole world now knows that he means it. We are blessed that this man of character and vision is in the White House. We are watching the world change as we never could have imagined.
Great post. You are so right!
Bill Clinton could deliver a stirring speech, but the words were empty. President Bush speaks from the heart and his actions speak for themselves.
If things continue on the path they are heading right now, historians are gonna be quite busy for years to come explaining how this Presidents was so misunderestimated
Great tagline. Thanks for your service.
Big Time bump!
I still can't believe what's happening in Middle East!!! Bush has proven liberals and leftists wrong time after time. First, Aghanistan, then Iraq, then Lebanon... The question now is what's next.
As I said on another thread, we just don't know the outcome for all of these events. However, without Bush's words and wisdom, these events WOULD NOT happen.
He has told strangers around the world that this nation stands with him. ---- should say "them" not "him." I asked the Admin Moderator to change it.
And Libya got the message. We may never know, but I believe that Iraqi scientists were working in Libya to build Saddam's bomb.
- Bush43, 1st Inaugural, January 2001
Powerful words from a great president!
Fortunate you are, dfu. Stirring words from our President. He's the Actionator.
Great post, Doug! :o)
Actually, his speeches made my eyes glaze over. Good point though : DFU did forget the words Bill Clinton will be remembered for:
"I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinski."
I did put those words in the post.
We'll see how fortunate I am. I've been sick since I came home.
I hope we're able to increase the pressure on the mad mullahs of Iran.
Duh. People longing from freedom ----- obviously, it is longing for freedom.
Let's hope the students are emboldened in Iran. They can make it happen.
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