The Speech I'd Like To Hear

Well, Obama gives his State of the Union speech tonight, and I’m not expecting any surprises. He'll talk about fighting for what he believes in, though I doubt he'll pledge to ram ObamaCare through as quickly as he can. He will bring up his populist-pandering of recent days, and talk about his renewed dedication to fiscal restraint and balancing the budget. (As if $250 billion out of $40 TRILLION over ten years amounts to much... some spending freeze.) Little will be of any surprise, and all will be signs of a President doing his best to blame others and resurrect his Presidency.

Here is some of what I’d LIKE to hear him say, but I don’t expect it to happen. I’m not going to try and write a speech that will take, as Obama’s likely will, three years to deliver, but I will try and cover some of the things I’d like to hear.


My fellow Americans.

A lot has occurred over the past year, but America is strong and remains strong. It is strong, not because of government, but because of the people who live and work here each day. It is strong because of our commitment to making it strong, and in keeping it strong.

We’ve had a wild ride on the economy, with conditions getting worse and worse as time went on. Unemployment has risen to 10% nationally, and has peaked, in areas, to over 40%. This must stop. We tried to stimulate the economy with massive government expenditures to create jobs, and this did not work. Right now we have 7 million fewer jobs than we did one year ago. This must stop.


Since government spending did not work, I intend to try different methods. I am not married to an ideology, especially if the exercise of that ideology proves harmful to our nation. Therefore, I will spearhead efforts to lower taxes and reduce the regulatory burden on businesses and individuals, trusting to the growth potential such actions have in a free market. I will also abandon immediately any new programs or laws that involve massive amounts of spending. Finally, I will be announcing shortly a series of spending cuts to equal not less than $100 billion a year to be implemented by Congress over the remainder of their current session.

These are bold steps, it is true, but they are precisely what is needed to help this country recover from its economic trials and tribulations.

Over the past year we invested a lot of time advancing a government-centric overhaul of our health care system. It has become clear in recent months that the American people do not want this bill to become law, so I am asking Congress to stop work on it immediately. Instead, we will shortly be producing a series of smaller bills, each one tailored to solve a single, well-defined problem with, if possible, a free-market solution.

From a terrorism standpoint, we have had better years. With one successful terrorist attack on American soil, one semi-successful airplane bombing, and several other failed terrorism attempts, it is clear that Islamic terrorists have not abandoned their hateful, destructive ways. I will be moving to have all future terrorist suspects in military courts, where those suspects can receive a fair and quick trial. I urge the military judicial system to move swiftly in this, however, and their progress in these regards will be reviewed closely.

I will also be ordering the CIA to cease monitoring of icebergs for signs of global warming, instead focusing on finding those terrorists so that our military can capture or kill them.

America is a great nation, and will remain a great nation regardless of whoever currently occupies the Oval Office. America’s reputation has suffered in recent months, and we will also be working to correct that. This is the greatest country on the earth, and we will work together to see that it remains so.

God bless you all, and good night.