Tea Party Express Speech

On November 9th I spoke at the The Tea Party Express rally in Birmingham AL. There were several hundred in attendance.

Here is the transcript of the speech...

DURING THE PAST 10 MONTHS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS ATTEMPTED SOMETHNG NO ADMINISTRATION IN RECENT MEMORY HAS HAD THE GAUL TO TRY – TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE WAY OUR COUNTRY WAS INTENDED TO FUNCTION, BY CHALLENGING THE LIBERTIES GRANTED TO EACH OF US IN OUR BILL OF RIGHTS.

AND ALTHOUGH THIS ASSAULT FROM THE LEFT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT THREAT TO OUR GOAL OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS –

THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS IN FACT DONE SOMETHING WONDERFUL - SOMETHING FEW OTHER ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE – EVEN IF IT WAS QUITE UNINTENTIONAL
NOT SINCE THE PROTESTS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR – LONG BEFORE MANY OF YOU WE’RE BORN – HAVE SO MANY PATRIOTIC AMERICAN’S UNITED TO FIGHT AGAINST THE MISDIRECTED POLICIES OF A MISGUIDED GOVERNMENT.


BUT UNLIKE IN YEARS PAST WHERE PEOPLE PROTESTED CERTAIN POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT SUCH AS WAR OR TAXATION – TODAY WE UNITE FOR A MUCH BROADER CAUSE…

TO DEFEND THE CORE VALUES WE ALL SHARE AND TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY AGAINST THE TYRANNICAL POLICIES OF A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS LOST TOUCH WITH ITS FOUNDING PRINCIPLES AND IT’S PEOPLE.

BUT DESPITE THE BATTLE THAT LOOMS BEFORE US - I AM MORE EXCITED THEN EVER ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY.

AS CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES WE HAVE LONG BEEN FREE TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS - BUT, NOT UNTIL NOW HAVE WE HAD SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE OUR FUTURE.
DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS WE HAVE HEARD PEOPLE TALK OF STEALING OUR COUNTRY BACK

BUT THE TALK HAS CHANGED FROM STEALING IT BACK - TO STEERING IT FORWARD – FROM ALTERING THE COURSE, TO CHARTING IT.

AND AS WE WITNESSED FIRST HAND IN VIRGINIA AND NEW JERSEY – WE ARE ON THE RIGHT COURSE, WE ARE CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS…

WE ARE WINNING!

BUT THIS FIGHT TO RECLAIM OUR NATION HAS JUST BEGUN
AND EVERYDAY THE STAKES GET HIGHER AS THE TACTICS OF THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO FORCE RADICAL CHANGE UPON US GROW MORE DESPERATE AS WE WITNESSED SATURDAY WHEN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED NANCY PELOSI’S HEALTH CARE BILL UNDER THE CLOAK OF DARKNESS

AND AS THEIR TACTICS GROW MORE DESPERATE, WE MUST INTENSIFY OUT EFFORTS.
BUT BEFORE WE CAN HOPE TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THIS NATION WE MUST BETTER UNDERSTAND THE THREAT TO OUR COUNTRY.

AS GOD FEARING CONSERVATIVES - WE ARE PREDISPOSED TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING HIGHER THAN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOVERNMENT. WE LOOK BEYOND GOVERNMENT FOR DIRECTION BECAUSE IN OUR HEARTS WE KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING HIGHER THEN GOVERNMENT THAT BESTOWS OUR RIGHTS UPON US

LIBERALS ON THE OTHER HAND - THROUGH YEARS OF INDOCTRINATION AND THE ADOPTION OF SO MANY DEPENDENCY CREATING SOCIAL POLICIES HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT IS THE GRANTER OF ALL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES.

TO THEM GOVERNMENT IS LORD AND MASTER. THIS IS THE BASIS OF THEIR BELIEF AND VISION FOR A SECULAR AMERICA

THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS HAVE BECOME THE PARTY OF…

*SOCIALISM AND ENTITLEMENT
*THE DISMANTLING OF BUSINESS
*THE END OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS
*SANCTUARY CITIES THAT PROTECT ILLEGAL ALIENS
*PRO CHOICE
*GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS
*THE REPLACING OF THE FAMILY OF THE CENTRAL INFLUENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN.

*THEY ARE THE PARTY OF REMOVING PRAYER FROM OUR SCHOOLS AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION FROM OUR LIVES

BUT THE THREAT TO OUR WAY OF THINKING DID NOT ARISE OVERNIGHT AND IT WILL NOT ABATE OVER NIGHT WE CANNOT HOPE TO WIN THE SOULS AND MINDS OF THOSE WE DISAGREE WITH BY RHETORIC ALONE OR BY HOLDING TOWNHALL MEETINGS OR EVEN RALLY'S ALONE.

WE MUST RESOLVE TO TAKE A GENERATIONAL APPROACH. WE MUST COMMIT TO THE STRUGGLE FOR THE LONG TERM. WE MUST RECRUIT INTO OUR RANKS MORE PEOPLE WHO CHERISH LIBERTY AS MUCH AS WE DO. WE MUST ENCOURAGE OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES TO JOIN MOVEMENTS SUCH AS THIS ONE, TO BE VOCAL, TO FIGHT FOR THE CONSTITUTION THAT HOLDS THE FOUNDING IDEALS OF THIS LAND

SO WE MUST EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, THEIR NATIONAL HERITAGE, AND THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO PROTECT AND DEFEND BOTH BEFORE THE LIBERAL POLITICIANS SUCCEED IN INDOCTRINATING THEM.

AS CONSERVATIVES WE CAN NEVER HOPE TO ACHIEVE A LASTING RESULT IN THE PRESERVATION OF OUR COUNTRY IF WE ONLY RESPOND TO THE INTERMITTENT BAD POLICIES OF INTERMITTENT BAD GOVERNMENT.

WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT FRUSTRATES US THE MOST IS THAT WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY LIBERAL AMERICANS CANNOT SEE WHAT WE FEEL IS SO PAINFULLY OBVIOUS.

THAT THE FAILED POLICIES OF THE PAST ARE NO FOUNDATION UPON WHICH TO BUILD A FUTURE FOR OUR FAMILIES, OUR STATE AND OUR NATION.

UNFORTUNATELY MANY PEOPLE IN THE ENTITLEMENT CLASS HAVE BECOME BLINDED BY THE PROMISE OF UTOPIA.

A PROMISE WHICH HAS BEEN BROKEN TIME AND AGAIN – BUT WHICH THEY STILL CLING TO.
BUT OUR GOAL IS NOT TO PASS JUDGMENT ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL SHORTCOMINGS OF LIBERALS BUT RATHER TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF BECOMING DEPENDENT UPON GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR SURVIVAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

IN THE WORDS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN…
”THE STRUGGLE OF TODAY IS NOT ALTOGETHER FOR TODAY BUT FOR VAST FUTURE ALSO"

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY HE BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA