Jim Jordan: “Frankly, we are going to need that spirit when we confront the challenges that we face. I call it the David attitude.…”

“Frankly, we are going to need that spirit when we confront the challenges that we face. I call it the David attitude. You may remember the old story from Scripture. When the Israelites were camped against the Philistines, and every day the Philistine giant would walk out and issue the challenge. He would ask: Who will fight Goliath? The Israelites' response was: He is so big, we can never defeat him. But David's response was: He is so big, I can't miss. That is the attitude we need to confront the challenges we face. You think about the challenges that America faces today, unprecedented in our Nation's history. First, we have the terrorist threat as real and serious as it gets. We have this debate in our culture over whose set of values are going to win. There is a core set of principles, a traditional set of American values that made this Nation special. We should not be afraid to defend and protect and promote those principles and values. But the challenge I want to focus on tonight is fiscal discipline.”