Republican National Convention Releases Governor McDonnell Speech ExcerptsTampa, Fla. - The 2012 Republican National Convention released the following excerpts of
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell's prepared remarks to be delivered to the convention today,
August 28.
"The times call for new leadership to get this great nation out of debt and back to work.
The choice is clear: the status quo of the entitlement society, or dynamic change to an
opportunity society.
We need a President who will say to a small businesswoman: congratulations, we
applaud your success, you did make that happen, you did build that!
Big government didn't build America: You built America!
Small businesses don't come out of Washington D.C. pre-made on flat bed trucks.
That coffee shop in Henrico; that florist in Virginia Beach....that bakery in
Radford...they were all built by entrepreneurial Americans with big dreams....not a big
spending government with a wide open wallet full of other people's money!"
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"Conservative fiscal policies are working, and so are more Americans in states with
Republican governors.
Now, just think what we can do if we had a President who would support us, not obstruct
us.
Someone who has created jobs in the private sector, who understands the economy, and
who has actually balanced a budget....or heck, for that matter, who has actually passed a
budget!
We need President Mitt Romney!
When Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan get to work with Susana Martinez...Scott
Walker...John Kasich ....Terry Branstad and governors from both parties across this
country, we will get people back to work!"
