Barack Obama gave a speech on patriotism today in Missouri. As always when Obama waxes "eloquent," the media swooned. And, as always, the speech raised interesting questions if you actually read it.Check out the whole thing for specifics.
The implicit premise of the speech was that Obama's patriotism is being widely questioned. As far as I've seen, that isn't true. What has happened is that Obama's judgment and political ideology have been questioned because he has chosen to associate himself closely with people who manifestly are not patriotic, like Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright. . . .
Finally, Obama's surprising ignorance of American history, on which we have commented a number of times, was again on display. . . .
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Tuesday, July 1
by
ebenezer
on Tue 01 Jul 2008 10:26 AM CDT
Presidential candidate Obama was in
our area yesterday talking about his notion of patriotism. He has
shown a penchant for getting his own history on the issues wrong in
these kinds of speeches as well as the broader history of his country.
The fellows at Power
Line have been particularly good at pointing out these lapses that
the main stream media ignore.
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