Political Quotes

“the remarks of the President in the State of the Union address last night were excellent remarks that summarized some of the concerns that many of us had relative to the issues raised last night by the President. The President, of course, did make and deliver a well prepared and excellent State of the Union as to style and presentation. He is a gentleman who has on many occasions shown us that he has the capacity to draw forth many ideas and concepts in addressing the people of this country through the forum of a joint session of the Congress. But I will say this about the President's speech, because I think it needs to be said; that is, that it had with it a large amount of irony. If you look at what he is suggesting in a number of policy areas, for example in the area of health care, where he has suggested that we essentially nationalize the system and allow it to be dominated by the Federal Government; in the area of education, where his program is one of calling upon the creation of an outline of a standard and curriculum which would be designed here at the Federal level and which will inevitably be forced upon local communities and States, either through litigation or through direct regulatory activity as part of the funding mechanisms and things like chapter 1; in the area of job training, where he is suggesting that we basically have a Federal make-work job program structured again along the concepts which were once before seen in this country, the CET…”