Terrific!… Governor Bob McDonnell Gives GOP Response to SOTU– Thanks His Daughter For Serving in Iraq (Video)

Governor Bob McDonnell (R-Virginia) did a terrific job delivering the GOP response to the SOTU tonight.
This guy was REALLY good!

What a class act. Governor Bob McDonnell not only thanked the US military but thanked his oldest daughter Jeanine for serving in Iraq. She was a platoon leader in Iraq.

It was nice to see someone give the troops the credit they deserve.


Seated behind Governor McDonnell were his staff, not props:
** Staff Sergeant Robert Tenpenny, who served with McDonnell’s daughter Jeannie in Iraq
** Lisa Hick-Thomas, Virginia’s Secretary of Administration
** Jim Cheng, Secretary of Commerce and Trade
** Janet Polarek, Secretary of the Commonwealth

CBS News posted the full text of his response:

Good evening. I’m Bob McDonnell. Eleven days ago I was honored to be sworn in as the 71st governor of Virginia.

I’m standing in the historic House Chamber of Virginia’s Capitol, a building designed by Virginia’s second governor, Thomas Jefferson.

It’s not easy to follow the President of the United States. And my twin 18-year old boys have added to the pressure, by giving me exactly ten minutes to finish before they leave to go watch SportsCenter.

I’m joined by fellow Virginians to share a Republican perspective on how to best address the challenges facing our nation today.

We were encouraged to hear President Obama speak this evening about the need to create jobs.

All Americans should have the opportunity to find and keep meaningful work, and the dignity that comes with it.

Many of us here, and many of you watching, have family or friends who have lost their jobs.

1 in 10 American workers is unemployed. That is unacceptable.

Here in Virginia we have faced our highest unemployment rate in more than 25 years, and bringing new jobs and more opportunities to our citizens is the top priority of my administration.

Good government policy should spur economic growth, and strengthen the private sector’s ability to create new jobs.

We must enact policies that promote entrepreneurship and innovation, so America can better compete with the world.

What government should not do is pile on more taxation, regulation, and litigation that kill jobs and hurt the middle class.

It was Thomas Jefferson who called for “A wise and frugal Government which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry ….and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned…” He was right.

Today, the federal government is simply trying to do too much.

Last year, we were told that massive new federal spending would create more jobs ‘immediately’ and hold unemployment below 8%.

In the past year, over three million Americans have lost their jobs, yet the Democratic Congress continues deficit spending, adding to the bureaucracy, and increasing the national debt on our children and grandchildren.

The amount of this debt is on pace to double in five years, and triple in ten. The federal debt is already over $100,000 per household.

This is simply unsustainable. The President’s partial freeze on discretionary spending is a laudable step, but a small one.

The circumstances of our time demand that we reconsider and restore the proper, limited role of government at every level…

Governor McDonnell was excellent. Really good– And the message was well written. Kudos to the GOP.

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