Quote Of The Day: Rhetoric Versus Reality Edition
President Obama concludes his remarks on the auto industry:
“But there is something I want everyone to remember. Remember that it is precisely in times like these—in moments of trial and moments of hardship—that Americans rediscover the ingenuity and resilience that makes us who we are. That made the auto industry what it once was. That sent those first mass-produced cars rolling off assembly lines. That built an arsenal of democracy that propelled America to victory in the Second World War. And that powered our economic prowess in the first American century.
Because I know that if we can tap into that same ingenuity and resilience right now; if we can carry one another through this difficult time and do what must be done; then we will look back and say that this was the moment when America’s auto industry shed its old ways, marched into the future, and remade itself, once more, into an engine of opportunity and prosperity, not only in Detroit, and not only in our Midwest, but all across America.”
Ironic counterpoint courtesy of CBS News and several recently laid-off employees of a Western Michigan GM dealership.
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Obama is right, the aura of America is that historically it overcame each challenge and usual came out stronger. Can Detroit and by extension America do it again? Odds are not great but there is plenty of precedent for it.
Fox gleefully highlights stories that focus on the downside of the administration's actions. A blind man could see it with a cane (thanks Dr. McCoy).