Franklin Roosevelt gave us the New Deal. John Kennedy gave us the New Frontier. In a major domestic policy address at Georgetown University this week, Barack Obama promised — eight times — a “New Foundation.” For those too thick to have noticed this proclamation of a new era in American history, the White House Web site helpfully titled its speech excerpts “A New Foundation.” As it happens, Obama is not the first to try this slogan. President Jimmy Carter peppered his 1979 State of the Union address with five “New Foundations” (and eight more just naked “foundations”). Like most of Carter’s endeavors, this one failed, perhaps because (as I recall it being said at the time) it sounded like the introduction of a new kind of undergarment.
In fact, Carter used it the same context. He declared, “we are building a new foundation for a peaceful and a prosperous world,” and repeated it three times (not four) during the course of the speech to describe national “strength”, international cooperation, and economic growth. Carter wound up leaving the US mired in economic stagnation, rocked backwards by Soviet aggression, and impotence in the Iranian hostage situation — all of which happened within a year of this speech.We often asserted that Barack Obama was a Carter retread. We didn’t expect him to make it so obvious by lifting Carter’s speeches and nomenclature. Who wrote Obama’s speech anyway, Joe Biden?
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/17/the-sting-starring-barack-obama/We often asserted knew that Barack Obama was a Carter retread retard. We didn’t expect him to make it so obvious by lifting Carter’s speeches and nomenclature. Who wrote Obama’s speech anyway, Joe Biden?
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