The very core of what this country stands for is on the line -- the basic promise that no matter what you look like, no matter where you come from, this is a place where you could make it if you try.
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Nobody is guaranteed success. Nobody should be guaranteed success. This is the place where "you could make it if you try". The difference is the difference between could and should. This statement doesn't show it, but the Democrats act as if the mere act of trying is enough to guarantee success. If you don't make it, somebody has done you wrong.
You can have the opportunity to succeed, but it is a whole different subject to say that you should be guaranteed to "make it if you try". It has never been promised -- not in the Declaration of Independence, nor in the Constitution itself.
So, what exactly is this "basic promise" that Obama is talking about? And why does he believe that Republicans want to take away the opportunity to succeed? If anything, the Republicans are about giving opportunity, not taking it away. If anything, Democrats are about taking opportunity away, because they demand that nobody experience the pain of failure. If there's no risk of failure, there can be no gain of success. If there can be no gain of success, there can be no opportunity. You have to risk something in order to succeed. It can't be given to you.
If anything, this blog stands testimony to the fact that effort does not guarantee success. But you don't see me crying and begging the government to do something about it cause it is just so unfair. Boo freaking hoo!
Obama is all wet on this one.
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