President Bush Comes To Sarasota For Vern Buchanan...

Written By:Matt BruceManaging Editor & PublisherNews Sarasota.comA Newsbull Contributing Syndicated Columnist  SARASOTA, FL. (NS) - What a day for the President of the United States to come to Sarasota,FL. The skies were clear with some wind and temperatures were a verycomfortable 71 degrees at 12 noon... The President flew in to SRQ International Airport aboard Air ForceOne, his big blue and white jumbo 747 Jet around 12:40 pm ET... When Vern Buchanan stepped up on the podium at the Sarasota-BradentonConvention Center he was joined by President George W. Bush. The cheerswere tremendous and the noise was loud... The President started by saying "it is everyone's obligation to vote."He also thanked Vern's lovely wife Sandy and her two sons Matt andJames for their tremendous sacrifices made during Verns's Congressionalcampaign... The President also joked about his "relatives in Florida." He got hisbiggest laugh when he mentioned that both he and his brother "sharedthe same Campaign Consultant, their Mother." The President talked about the tax cuts all taxpayers got and mentionedwanting to lower taxes and make his tax cuts of last year "permanent." President Bush then talked about the growing economy and the economicboom being experienced by the United States. He said we were "the envyof the World." The President mentioned Vern Buchanan's previous experience as a"business entrepeneur who had created thousands of jobs." He also saidVern had been a part of "the American dream"... The President then pointed out that his Administration added 6.6million new jobs with wages that had gone up 2.2%. He then said "we'vecut the deficit in half, 3 years ahead of schedule." This is absolutelytrue and the Democrats don't want to remind the voters of it either... This Rally was designed to spark the GOP faithful and help get theVoters out to vote on November 7th. He also said he wanted to make histax cuts "permanent" and electing Vern Buchanan would help him towardsachieving that goal... In comments about the War on Terror the President said, "we have to beright 100% of the time, they have to be right only once." He alsoreminded everyone present that we were in a "War" and the terrorist'swe were fighting were "sworn to doing as much damage and hurting asmany of us as they could." The President then got one of his loudest ovations when he said, "Imade the right decision taking Sadaam Hussein out." He also said "theIraqi people deserve to be free." He concluded his comments by saying"our troops will come home with victory and not defeat." He said "the power of liberty is bring peace to the World," inreferring to the democratization of Iraq.. The President concluded his remarks about 2:08 pm ET and then shook asmany hands as he could in walking around and then out of the ConventionCenter... This was truly a great day for the residents of Sarasota and ManateeCounties in having the President of the United States come and visitus... 1490 WWPR and "The Captain's AMERICA" Radio Show were the only Localradio station broadcasting the President's visit LIVE. It was an honornone of us will soon forget... I spoke with Manatee County Sheriff Charlie Wells, in charge onSecurity for the event, FL. State Rep. Donna Clarke, Bradenton MayorWayne Poston, Sandy Tibbetts who is the Communications Director forVern Buchanan, former Bradenton Mayor Bill Evers and numerous localCity and County elected officials as they walked by... You can hear the radio broadcast we did from the Sarasota-BradentonConvention Center by going to: http://thecaptainsamerica.podomatic.com  For Now That's Just 'OUR' Opinion On The Campaign trail...  Matt Bruce'The Captain'Managing EditorNews Sarasota.comHost Of"The Captain's AMERICA" Radio Show'Heard On 1490 WWPR Radio InBradenton-Sarasota-Tampa-Venice, FL--------------------------------------------------------------------------------