Original Post Date: 4-20-11
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You
saw the forces aligned against fiscal reform. You saw the obstruction, and the destruction. You saw these violent rent-a-mobs trash
your capitol ,and vandalize business. Madison, you held your ground. Your Governor did the right thing. And you [won! Your beautiful
state won]!
Let me tell you what isn't courageous. It's politicians promising the American voters
that, as we drown in 14 trillion dollars of debt, they're going to cut 100 billion dollars out of this year's budget. Bet then they
cave on that, and they reduce that down to [61 billion dollars after they get] elected.
Identifies your army, you know it.
Now
there is a lesson here in the beltway politico. Something they need to understand. The lesson comes from here in Madison. So, our
lesson is to the GOP establishment first. [And yah I'll take on the GOP establish]ment. What more can they say about us?
So I say poised.
And I'll get behind it.
So to the GOP establishment, if you stand on the platform, if you stand by your pledges, we will stand
with you. We will fight with you GOP. [We have your back].
[We didn't elec]t you just to rearrange the deck chairs
on a sinking Titanic. We didn't elect you just to stand back, and watch Obama redistribute those deck chairs.
What
we need is for you to stand up GOP and fight. [Maybe I should ask some of the Badger women's hockey] team, those champions...
Because
the members died. But the Messiah is jaded.
...[maybe I should ask them]...
...[if we should] be suggesting
to GOP leaders they need to learn how to fight like a girl.
And speaking of President Obama, [I think we
ought to pay tribute to him] today on this tax day Tea Party.
Face diversity if there's value in that.
Because [really he's the
ins]piration for why it is that we're here today.
[That's right the Tea Party movement] wouldn't exist without
Barack Obama.
The movement all means that they are sad.
We understood, finally, what it was we were about to lose. We were about
to lose the blessings of liberty and prosperity. They caused the working men and women of the country to get up off their sofas, to
come down from the deer stand, get out of the duck blind, and hit the streets, come to the [town halls, and] finally the ballot box.
No, our President isn't leading. He's punting on this debt crisis. The only future that Barack Obama is trying to win
is his own re-election. He's willing to mortgage your children's future to ensure his own. And that [is not the audacity of] hope.
That's cynicism.