5 Founding Father standards Obama botched
Exclusive: David Barton compares 2 presidents' Farewell Addresses
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President Barack Obama’s Farewell Address received many critiques (including that it “was longer than the goodbye speeches of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush combined”); but was his address good? To answer that question, it needs to be measured against a fixed standard, which is the Farewell Address of George Washington – considered the most significant political speech delivered by any president. For decades, students took an annual written test on that address, and subsequent presidents recommended it to Americans in their generation. Even President Obama cited from it during his own address.
Consider five standards Washington erected in his Farewell Address that can be used to measure the Obama presidency as he now leaves office.
1. Promote Unity. George Washington acknowledged that even though we had “shades of differences” in “religion, manners, habits, and political principles,” it was most important that “The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.” Being Americans is the key to unity.
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