{"id":17529,"date":"2013-02-14T07:13:59","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T12:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17529"},"modified":"2013-02-14T07:13:59","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T12:13:59","slug":"the-response-to-the-state-of-the-union-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17529","title":{"rendered":"The Response To The State of the Union Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who are not in shock by the fact that <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Marco Rubio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Marco Rubio<\/a> actually took a drink of water, here is the video and some highlights from his speech Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The speech and video are posted at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/02\/13\/full-text-and-video-of-marco-rubio-s-state-of-the-union-response.html\">Daily Beast<\/a>. The video is also on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lSs_VvBSQuU\">YouTube<\/a>. Here is the video:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lSs_VvBSQuU\" height=\"288\" width=\"503\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A few highlights from the speech:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>But America is exceptional because we believe that every life, at every stage, is precious, and that everyone everywhere has a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"God\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/God\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">God<\/a>-given right to go as far as their talents and hard work will take them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;This opportunity \u2013 to make it to the middle class or beyond no matter where you start out in life \u2013 it isn\u2019t bestowed on us from <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Washington, D.C.\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8951111111,-77.0366666667&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=38.8951111111,-77.0366666667 (Washington%2C%20D.C.)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Washington<\/a>. It comes from a vibrant free economy where people can risk their own money to open a business. And when they succeed, they hire more people, who in turn invest or spend the money they make, helping others start a business and create jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Presidents in both parties \u2013 from <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"John F. Kennedy\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">John F. Kennedy<\/a> to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ronald Reagan\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Ronald Reagan<\/a> \u2013 have known that our <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Capitalism\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capitalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">free enterprise economy<\/a> is the source of our middle class prosperity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;This idea \u2013 that our problems were caused by a government that was too small \u2013 it\u2019s just not true. In fact, a major cause of our recent downturn was a housing crisis created by reckless government policies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>And the idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers \u2013 that\u2019s an old idea that\u2019s failed every time it\u2019s been tried.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>More government isn\u2019t going to help you get ahead. It\u2019s going to hold you back.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>More government isn\u2019t going to create more opportunities. It\u2019s going to limit them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;And tonight, he even criticized us for refusing to raise taxes to delay military cuts \u2013 cuts that were his idea in the first place.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>But his favorite attack of all is that those who don\u2019t agree with him \u2013 they only care about rich people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Mr. President (band)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mr-president.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Mr. President<\/a>, I still live in the same working class neighborhood I grew up in. My neighbors aren\u2019t millionaires. They\u2019re retirees who depend on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Social Security (United States)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_Security_%28United_States%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Social Security<\/a> and Medicare. They\u2019re workers who have to get up early tomorrow morning and go to work to pay the bills. They\u2019re immigrants, who came here because they were stuck in poverty in countries where the government dominated the economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The tax increases and the deficit spending you propose will hurt middle class families. It will cost them their raises. It will cost them their benefits. It may even cost some of them their jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>And it will hurt seniors because it does nothing to save Medicare and Social Security.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>So Mr. President, I don\u2019t oppose your plans because I want to protect the rich. I oppose your plans because I want to protect my neighbors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Senator Rubio concludes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>This dream \u2013 of a better life for their children \u2013 it\u2019s the hope of parents everywhere. Politicians here and throughout the world have long promised that more government can make those dreams come true.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>But we Americans have always known better. From our earliest days, we embraced economic liberty instead. And because we did, America remains one of the few places on earth where dreams like these even have a chance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Each time our nation has faced great challenges, what has kept us together was our shared hope for a better life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Now, let that hope bring us together again. To solve the challenges of our time and write the next chapter in the amazing story of the greatest nation man has ever known.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Thank you for listening. May God bless all of you. May God bless our President. And may God continue to bless the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667 (United%20States)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">United States of America<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reason that a lot of the media has focused on Senator Rubio&#8217;s drink of water is that they don&#8217;t want you to hear the wisdom in the speech.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=564b3372-d289-43cf-8820-cf1bbb855784\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who are not in shock by the fact that Marco Rubio actually took a drink of water, here is the video and some highlights from his speech Tuesday night. The speech and video are posted at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17529\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4989,3891,1033,214,1289,1974,4990,170,285],"class_list":["post-17529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-capitalism","tag-god","tag-john-f-kennedy","tag-marco-rubio","tag-president","tag-ronald-reagan","tag-senator-rubios-response-to-the-state-of-the-union-speech","tag-social-security","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17532,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17529\/revisions\/17532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}