Speech #1100008039

I used to work in the White House. and a wise man there told me: Lamar. our job here on the White House staff is to consider everything that comes to the White House as important. We need to push those things out and reserve for the President those things which are truly Presidential. The President talked about truly Presidential issues last night. and he did what Presidents are supposed to do. He did not give us a laundry list. He talked about Iraq. terrorism. energy independence. and health care costs. He said: Pick up immigration and deal with it. He said reduce the budget in 5 years. He gave us a strategy in each case. he tried to persuade us that he is right. and then he handed the ball to us.