Seconds before beginning what factions of the conservative pundit community billed as “the most important speech of his life,” President Obama hugged First Lady Michelle Obama, and you if paid close enough attention, you could see her tell him, “You got it, babe.”
With an economy that has shown nominal signs of improvement, yet remains marred with high levels of joblessness, the president needed to nail his two-term pitch to voters. In his quest to do so, he meshed the themes of “hope” and “change” from the previous campaign with the political realities of today.
“Now, our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn’t have much to say about how they’d make it right. They want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their plan.”
He then mocked the GOP’s way of governing:
“Have a surplus? Try a tax cut.”
“Deficit too high? Try another.”
“Feel a cold coming on? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning!”
He also defended the Democratic point-of-view in the wake of GOP caricaturing:
“We don’t think the government can solve all our problems. But we don’t think that the government is the source of all our problems, any more than are welfare recipients, or corporations, or unions, or immigrants, or gays, or any other group we’re told to blame for our troubles.”
Obama also listed some of his first-term accomplishments: Cutting taxes for the middle class, saving the American auto industry, and “signed trade agreements that are helping our companies sell more goods to millions of new customers.”
He went on to explain that, “After a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years.” Moreover, the Obama administration has raised fuel standards, doubled usage of renewable energy, and slashed oil imports that has made the country “less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in nearly two decades.”
Obama revealed that he was less than impressed with Romney’s use of sarcasm when touching on climate change during his acceptance speech, quipping in response that “climate change is not a hoax” and that “more droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke. They’re a treat to our children’s future.”
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