Larry - I believe that Liberal candidates definitely campaign as more conservative than they are. Even in legislation, Pelosi is calling the public option the "competitive" option, bringing to mind visions of a free market approach.
President Obama quotes:
Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes. (conservative to a point...that point being 250K)
I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class.
No one is pro-abortion.
Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.
We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.
You will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime.
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I would contend these quotes have conservative and common sense roots. He campaigned on hard work, no tax hikes, and rejected an entitlement culture.
