Bob Taft
Bob Taft
Robert Alphonso "Bob" Taft IIIis an Ohio Republican Party politician. He was the 67th Governor of Ohio between 1999 and 2007. After leaving office, Taft started working for the University of Dayton beginning August 15, 2007...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 January 1942
CountryUnited States of America
senior dream strong
Everything depends on a good job - strong families, strong communities, the pursuit of the American dream, and a tax base to support schools for our kids and services for our seniors.
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We live in a land like no other - a land of freedom and opportunity unparalleled on the face of the globe.
eye opportunity special
Let us seize the special opportunity that is ours to act boldly and decisively at a time when the eyes of our fellow citizens, both present and future, are upon us.
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I'm not focused on next year's election, ... Obviously, I'm not a candidate. I'm term-limited. I'm focused on doing the job I was elected to do as governor.
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Over the next several months we'll find reasons to disagree. Our path will not be easy. Yet our opportunity will never be so great.
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If we hesitate to spend money, we will lose time, and we do not have time to lose.
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Let us walk in the shoes of those who went before us, and conquer the third frontier on whose threshold we stand today.
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The most fundamental reality is this: for a nation with an economy that is so heavily dependent on oil, we have no coherent energy policy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil or our vulnerability to rapidly escalating price spikes like this one,
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Contracts are awarded based on merit, based on qualifications, based on experience and performance under our administration.
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Taft, I feel, has kind of made a joke out of all of us.
expectation failed high
I have failed to live up to those high expectation and the expectations of the public. I am very disappointed in myself,
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I applaud the president for his assistance in helping Ohioans who have suffered through the effects of severe weather.
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My friends, we're going to have to help ourselves. No one is going to save us. The federal government certainly isn't going to bail us out.
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I encourage all Ohioans to conserve motor fuel use whenever possible until the state's supplies are fully restored,