Posted by
preservefreedom on Thursday, October 02, 2008 12:00:00 AM
"I believe that most Americans would agree on the problems that this country faces .... They include the need once again for an economy that works. The economy today is in very, very bad shape ..... It is not getting better. It is getting worse. All the leading indicators now point downward, and stock investors are now losing confidence.... We need a government that works, and we need a government that cares, and once again we have to get back to work on education, on health, on housing, on the environment, on energy; and we need a foreign policy that once again reflects the values and the beliefs of the American people. This will take leadership, and we need leadership, too. The Republican administration, the Republican party has had eight years to solve these problems. All of them have gotten worse. The Republican ticket does not offer new plans for their solution but is engaged in a frantic effort to defend the past. This nation desperately needs new leadership."
Was it Barak Obama? Joe Biden? How about Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reed?
No. It was Walter Mondale in the 1976 Vice-Presidential Debate.
So much for Obama and the Democrats being an agent of change. "The Chosen One" has been repeating the very same Democratic mantra that we have been hearing since the Great Depression.
Need I remind anyone what happened after the 1976 debate? We elected Jimmy Carter. Do we really want to swallow that pill again? Let's learn from the mistakes of the past.
We do need change in Washington. We need reform that only John McCain and Sarah Palin can deliver. After all, they are the only ones who actually have a record of standing up to the status quo.
Don't be fooled by the media. The financial problems we are facing are a result of government intrusion. We can not afford the policies of Barak Obama because he only wants to increase the burden that government places on the tax payers. Free market solutions are the answer.