Armistead Reacts to Obama Speech
By: Stephen Crews
Updated: February 13, 2013
Bill
Armistead, Chairman of the Alabama Republican party released the
following statement upon the conclusion of President Obama's fifth
State of the Union Address this evening:
"It's
that time of year again. President Obama takes center stage and
performs before the American people. And, it is all about a performance
and not substance that
will benefit the hard working Americans who are trying to make ends meet
and others who don't have the means to make ends meet. He talks about
how concerned he is about the weak economy and the soaring national
debt. But Alabamians' have heard enough fancy
speeches from this President to know the truth: it's all talk and
nothing else. He's not serious about creating jobs. He's not serious
about deficit reduction. He's not serious about spending reform.
If
President Obama cared about the deficit, he would have kept his promise
to cut it in half by the end of his first term. If he cared about job
creation, he would
not have dismissed his Jobs Council earlier this month. Alabama voters
know what the president and his fellow Democrats are really after:
higher taxes. But they have already raised taxes! Not just on the rich
but on everyone who collects a paycheck. Now is
the time for real solutions and real reforms that put more money in
Americans' pockets and creates a better future for the next generation.
Tonight,
I am reminded of what Governor Robert Bentley said just last week in
his State of the State Address, 'if Washington wants to know how to fix
the nation's
budget crisis, they need to look no further than the example set by the
states - and especially the state of Alabama'.
I
am proud of the hard work our elected Republican leaders are doing in
Montgomery to Right Size Government. As Governor Bentley said last
week, President Obama should
take note of what can be accomplished when government works for the
people instead of working to find new ways to tax and spend the people's
money like the rhetoric we heard tonight coming out of President Barack
Husain Obama."
