Just
a few short notes on yesterday’s State of the Union address. Short, because anyone who is interested
likely watched it and observed exactly what I will reflect upon here. Those who are less interested in the actual
state of our union than they are in talking points and personal or political
agendas don’t really care anyway since their minds are already fully made up,
even in advance of the speech.
It has been a long time since I have heard such positivism and pride in America
and to me it sounded wonderful. There
was hope and love for country. President
Trump was able to give a long litany of the many good things that have been
done for the people (not the powered elite) during his first year as president. But, whether one agrees with all his
accomplishments or not, one has to admit that his actions have all been for the
people of this country and that his presidency is making the lives of our
citizens better, both literally and in the mental state of hope that is on the
rise in America. And, the underlying
theme was that the President truly understands and believes that ours is a
government of the people and that it is his intention to return our government
to those people from a group of power hungry elites who think they know better
than the populace what is good for them and who have hijacked our government
over the last several years.
Beyond
the words coming from the President, the most interesting and telling aspect of
the speech was the reaction of the Democrats in attendance. How could they sit stone-faced, cringing, or
worse when the President pointed out things like: the lowest minority unemployment rates ever; the
heroic deeds performed by our first responders and military; the growth in our
economy and the positive effects it is already having on the regular people in
this land; and even the infrastructure plan that Democrats themselves once
supported before this president was elected.
When the President laid out an enormously generous immigration proposal
the Democrats openly booed. And of
course they sat on their hands and glared when he spoke of pride in our
country, our spirit, and our flag, just as they refused to show any support for
the President’s calls for bipartisanship and working together across the aisle.
If
the Democrats truly cared about this country they would cheer its successes and
positive effects on the people of this land regardless of who brought them
about. So what we seem to have learned
is that is not at all what the Democrats care about. They are totally enveloped in their bubble of
hate: hatred of Donald Trump, hatred
that their very flawed candidate lost the election, hatred of any success that
the President might have, even when it is for the good of the people that they
supposedly represent. They do not want
to see the people benefit from a strong economy, they do not want to see or
feel pride in our country, they don’t even seem to want to help the DACA folks
whom they claim to support. They do not
want to work together with their colleagues across the aisle for the good of
our country. They just want to
hate. And in doing so it seems that they
hate the very country itself and the democracy and freedom that are its shining
lights.
So,
what do these Democrats want? It seems
it is only their own power. They do not
care about America or Americans except as they might be useful to them in
obtaining and retaining power. And, if
the people are happy, doing well, then the Democrats fear losing their power
since their approach is to keep the people down and unhappy so that they must
be dependent on the offerings of the Democrat’s vision of big government and
its companion loss of personal independence and freedom. President Trump and his return of power to
the people and its companions of hope and success are a threat to the Democrats’
elite power. Of course they hate Trump.
Rather than think of the people and cheer the successes that President Trump
has brought and continues to bring to this country and its people, the
Democrats can do nothing but hate and attack.
Anyone who watched the State of the Union speech saw this loud and
clear. Anyone who didn’t should watch a
replay of the entire speech and see the reactions of these alleged representatives
of the American people to the many
successes for those people over the past year which the President
outlined. You have to watch the speech,
because the media (which is primarily the voice of the power hungry Democrats)
will not give an objective or full account.
Rather, they will pickily find this or that small flaw, then return to
the Russia story which continues to be the hope of the Democrats to remove from
office a man who truly represents the people and their country.
I
end with the concluding lines of the President’s speech (lines that caused at
least one Democrat to walk out in disgust).
How can any true American not stand and applaud?
It was that same yearning for
freedom that nearly 250 years ago gave birth to a special place called America.
It was a small cluster of colonies caught between a great ocean and a vast
wilderness. But it was home to an incredible people with a revolutionary idea:
that they could rule themselves. That they could chart their own destiny. And
that, together, they could light up the world.
That is what our country has
always been about. That is what Americans have always stood for, always strived
for, and always done.
Atop the dome of this Capitol
stands the Statue of Freedom. She stands tall and dignified among the monuments
to our ancestors who fought and lived and died to protect her.
Monuments to Washington and
Jefferson -- to Lincoln and King.
Memorials to the heroes of
Yorktown and Saratoga -- to young Americans who shed their blood on the shores
of Normandy, and the fields beyond. And others, who went down in the waters of
the Pacific and the skies over Asia.
And freedom stands tall over one
more monument: this one. This Capitol. This living monument to the American
people.
A people whose heroes live not
only in the past, but all around us -- defending hope, pride, and the American
way.
They work in every trade. They
sacrifice to raise a family. They care for our children at home. They defend
our flag abroad. They are strong moms and brave kids. They are firefighters,
police officers, border agents, medics, and Marines.
But above all else, they are
Americans. And this Capitol, this city, and this Nation, belong to them.
Our task is to respect them, to
listen to them, to serve them, to protect them, and to always be worthy of
them.
Americans fill the world with art
and music. They push the bounds of science and discovery. And they forever
remind us of what we should never forget: The people dreamed this country. The
people built this country. And it is the people who are making America great
again.
As long as we are proud of who we
are, and what we are fighting for, there is nothing we cannot achieve.
As long as we have confidence in
our values, faith in our citizens, and trust in our God, we will not fail.
Our families will thrive.
Our people will prosper.
And our Nation will forever be
safe and strong and proud and mighty and free.
Thank you, and God bless America.
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