Obama To Ramp Up Class Warfare Rhetoric, Invoke Teddy Roosevelt In New Speech

Posted by Brian
Will Cite The Opportunity For Everyone To Pay Their Fair Share

Obama Is About To Give A Huge Class Warfare Speech



President Barack Obama will travel to Osawatomie, Kansas on Tuesday to emphasize the need for Americans to pay their "fair share."

It's an argument that many in the Republican party reject as class warfare, but Obama will draw on a Republican president — Theodore Roosevelt — to justify his message.

Roosevelt's 'New Nationalism' speech on August 31, 1910 called for new government reforms to level the playing field for average Americans against a class of industrial barons.

Read more at Business Insider

Related articles

• Forget Hope. Obama Has A New Strategy For 2012 (businessinsider.com)
• Check Out Teddy Roosevelt's Amazing 1912 Speech That Proves Nothing Ever Changes In Politics (businessinsider.com)