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RUSH: Let\u2019s listen a little bit to Romney\u2019s acceptance speech.<\/p>\n

ROMNEY: Tonight is a victory for optimism over Washington-style pessimism. (applause) What we\u2019re going to see in the next few days is Democrats say that they\u2019re the party of change. (grumbling) You\u2019re going to hear Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards, saying that they\u2019re the party of change, and I think they would bring change to America, just not the kind we want. You see, I think they take their inspiration from the Europe of old: Big Government, Big Brother, big taxes. They fundamentally in their hearts believe that America is great because we have a great government — and we do have a great government, but that\u2019s not what makes us the best nation, the strongest nation, the greatest nation on earth. What makes us such a great nation is the American people. I take my inspiration from Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush, who said we are a great and good people. It\u2019s exactly what we are, it\u2019s why we will always be the most powerful nation on earth.<\/p>\n

RUSH: We cut the applause out of all these speeches last night just to save time. What did that sound like to you, Mr. Snerdley, his acceptance speech there? (interruption) Mmm-hmm. You heard some of that on this program yesterday, is that what you said? (interruption) Yeah. I didn\u2019t want to say it myself but Snerdley apparently confirms my suspicions. Now, let\u2019s listen. You just heard Romney. He\u2019s all rah-rah on America. Let\u2019s listen to Huckabee, who made his concession speech last night in South Carolina.<\/p>\n

HUCKABEE: Months ago, when none of the other Republicans were talking about the economy, when they all said it was doing great, I said, ‘You better keep your eye on it, because if you\u2019 just not (sic) spend your time talking to people, but if you spend some time listening to people, you\u2019re going to find out that there\u2019s a world of hurt out there in America.\u2019<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, so that\u2019s a pretty good contrast between these two speeches. One\u2019s a concession speech, Huckabee, and the other an acceptance speech by Romney. So you people wonder what populism is, you just heard it. ‘I know you\u2019re hurting. Everybody is hurting, and nobody hears it but me, because I\u2019m out there listening to you. Everybody is just talking to you, but I know you\u2019re hurtin\u2019.\u2019 You know, human nature is what it is. People would love the sympathy of people who think they\u2019re hurting. In fact, what was it last night? I forget what network I was watching. It must have been Fox. They had somebody analyzing the latest polls on the economy, and, of course, no big surprise. They found most people doing fine, but they think their neighbors are doing bad. It might have been Mike Barone. I\u2019m not sure who it was. It doesn\u2019t matter who it was, but what you learn from this is that there\u2019s not a ‘world of hurt\u2019 out there. There\u2019s always economic angst. <\/p>\n

The housing market is, of course, a source of angst for people as the value of their homes declines. Well, it\u2019s a paper loss, and that\u2019s why people sit tight. It\u2019s going to come back. There\u2019s no question. But they still see the value of the house falling, and there\u2019s nothing they can do about it, and so it does cause some angst. The problem is taxes. Once again, it always is overlooked. It\u2019s never mentioned by people, but the taxes are not falling as the value of the homes value. Your property tax isn\u2019t going down; your assessments aren\u2019t going down, but the value of your house is. Now, that\u2019s where you need to look. All trails, all roads lead to Rome. All roads lead to government. You want to find out why things are costing you too much and why things are being devalued, I\u2019m telling you, folks: look to government, and you\u2019ll find in most cases, not all, the explanation for it. But to say that there is a ‘world of hurt\u2019 out there is an attempt to create as many people thinking that as possible — and then, of course, accompanied by, ‘I\u2019m going to take care of your pain, because I\u2019m the only one who understands that you are feeling any.\u2019 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Let\u2019s listen a little bit to Romney\u2019s acceptance speech. ROMNEY: Tonight is a victory for optimism over Washington-style pessimism. (applause) What we\u2019re going to see in the next few days is Democrats say that they\u2019re the party of change. 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