{"id":106,"date":"2015-02-24T23:06:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T23:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/world-affairs\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2017-12-23T17:39:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T17:39:47","slug":"the-republican-on-television","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/our-world\/the-republican-on-television\/","title":{"rendered":"The Republican On Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Last updated: December 23, 2017 at 17:39 pm<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo by Kidaha\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/02\/eb3db50e2ff1023ecd0b470de7444e90fe76e7d41db1144193f4c1_640_television.jpg?w=678\" alt=\"television photo\" \/>In a separate\u00a0article, I wrote that Barrack Obama is, and will go down in history as, one of America&#8217;s greatest presidents.<\/p>\n<p>Related: Barrack Obama: One of America&#8217;s Greatest Presidents Ever.<\/p>\n<p>Related: Servants on Horses.<\/p>\n<p>Sometime early in the year 2015, President Obama came on air to address the <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/the-united-states-of-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nation<\/a>. He spoke about the progress the <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/countries-of-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">country <\/a>had made since he took office in 2008, and what he planned to do to make it even better.<\/p>\n<p>After him came the Republic with her rebuttal of President Obama&#8217;s presentation. I must admit that I was impressed when the woman appeared on television. She was the reflection of beauty, style and class. But I was even more awestruck when she started to speak. Her language was amazingly expressive, her pronunciation flawless, and her enunciation of English words remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t decide which I loved more: what she said or the way her lips moved when she spoke.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we were growing up&#8221;, she said &#8220;we didn&#8217;t have much, but all we really needed was our two hands, big dreams, and some really really hard work&#8230;. And because of this hard work and the sacrifices made by our parents, we were given some really great opportunities in life&#8230;. You know, when we were kids, and when it was raining, my mom used to slip those little bread bags over our shoes, so it wouldn&#8217;t get dirty; and I wouldn&#8217;t feel embarrassed, because as I entered the school bus, there were so many other kids with the same bread bags to protect their little shoes&#8230;. In Iowa, where I grew up, we learned the importance of hard work and sacrifice; but today, more and more Americans are working and not seeing much in return&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The quote above is taken from my memory and may not match the speech word for word.\u00a0I didn&#8217;t take a copy of the recording or wrote anything down, but the essence of her speech was this: President Obama was wasting too much: too much of hard earned American wealth without having much to show for it. Of course, this is the backbone of most Republicans&#8217; contentions. Whether such contention holds water or not, I will not debate, but I think this speech, by this particular Republican, as beautiful as it was, missed the most important point: <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/spirituality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God<\/a>, without whom no amount of work or sacrifice will get us anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Related: Everything comes from the hand of God.<\/p>\n<p>Related: Let&#8217;s talk about Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a separate\u00a0article, I wrote that Barrack Obama is, and will go down in history as, one of America&#8217;s greatest presidents. 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