The Debate: Barack Obama’s Most Important Statement
Posted on September 27, 2008
Cross posted from Radarsite
Why bother weighing in with just one more take on Friday night’s Presidential Debate? By now, every conceivable angle has been covered. Predictably, both camps have claimed victories. What could be said that hasn’t already been said, and said by more astute pundits than myself?
Well, there is one little thing. One little sentence that sticks out in my mind and just will not go away. One small phrase which Obama uttered that to me has more significance than everything else he stated during this contest. And here it is: “America is the greatest country in the world, but–” But. That’s the word that matters, folks. That’s the word that more than any other reveals the goals of this candidate. America, he goes on to explain, is not the same country it was when his Kenyan father sent him here to school with those high expectations. Children around the world no longer look at America the same way. This, then, would be the sacred crusade of an Obama presidency: to restore that faded luster to our American star. To get people around the world to like us once again. To make it possible for his wife to be truly proud to be an American for the first time in her lifetime. Barack Obama sees it as his mission to make it up to the world for all of America’s past transgressions. To make America more universalist.
My God. Where has this man learned his American history? From the Reverend Wrights of this world? Is this what we want? What we need right now? Is this the new America? A regretful America, ashamed of itself and of its history? A humbled America, apologizing to the world for its existence and for its success? Do we really want a more internationalist America, an America more beholden to the world’s agenda than to our own? Do we really want to relinquish more of our sacred national identity?
Just ask the poor betrayed Brits how they like their new found internationalism. Their merging of cultures and their loss of their own. Ask the Brits how they feel about the EU and Brussels.
What a President Obama would do about the present financial crisis on Wall Street is important, very important. What a President Obama would do about the emerging Russian Bear, or the crazy Atom Bomb-coveting Iranian Mullahs is very important. His views on the best way to manage the GWOT are extremely important. But, to this particular writer, his stated vision of America and what he wants America to be could very well be the most important issue of them all.
Regardless of your party affiliation, if you feel, as I do, that the United States of America owes no one any apologies, and has every right to promote its own interests and to protect those interests, without interference from any foreign powers or organizations of foreign powers, then we just cannot let this man win the presidency. We cannot give away this great nation of ours this easily. – rg
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D. Thank you for that correction. However, it alters nothing of substance in my small essay.
“It is so disturbing that there are people like you out there that think it is taboo to question the way things are run in this country.” How neatly you have twisted my words to suit your purpose. I am saying this, and I’ll say it again very clearly. The very last thing we need in America right now is anyone who seeks to undermine the moral authority of their own country during a time of their country’s most imminent peril, a time of war. America “questions the way things are run” more than any other country in the world. Every conceivable criticism has been leveled at every government of ours since our founding. But to use the excuse that you are trying to help your country by embracing the opinions of our detractors or our sworn enemies at a time like this is indefensible.
Your last sentence is too repulsive to respond to.
“nitpicking bias trash”
Now, that’s a good line. I’ll have to remember that one. lol.
Did you Obamaites all send out your emails to gather some support here, or is this leftist drivel all your own?
“In addition, I’m sure it was subconscious on your part, but your “short essay” makes it appear as if Obama is some outsider, some non-American.”
What?? Are you referring to the fact that he referred to his Kenyan father?
However, since you brought it up, I think Obama is anti-American, and his anti-American wife and his whole anti-American crew are anti-American, for all of the reasons stated above. Obama doesn’t like America or American history. For Obama, the problems of this world were all brought on by America. Therefore we must change America.
If that’s patriotism, then give me the straight-forwardness of enemies.
If we went back to being the America his Kenyan father came to, Obama wouldn’t be in the serious running for president, that’s for sure.
Changing Washington isn’t the same as changing America. Washington might be broken, but America itself is not.
And the truth is that the world does NOT see us as the great beacon it once did, because of the Bush doctrine and the terrible mistake of invading a country for false reasons.
We can NOT allow that to continue. We cannot just go invading a country for false reasons and expect the world to see us as freedom fighters
And I’m afraid that – regardless of how one may feel about the issues or who ‘won’ the debate – John McCain showed me why he should NOT be president. While we may disagree with Obama, there is no excuse for rudeness to a man many Americans do support. How can a man bring our country together if he cannot be civil to his rival? John McCain refused to even glance at Obama let alone address him directly.
When you add to this the historic importance of this event – that 40 years ago 2 people were killed in riots to keep African Americans from attending the University where we now had a debate with the first major party African American nominee – it was important for the white candidate to acknowledge history. Mr. McCain not only didn’t acknowledge this historic occasion, he didn’t acknowledge the presence of his African-American rival at ALL. When asked by the moderator to address his opponent directly his response was “Do you think I can’t hear him?!”
This is not only RUDE, it smacks of blatant racism. I, personally, was embarrassed and ashamed of McCain’s behavior.
“This is not only RUDE, it smacks of blatant racism. I, personally, was embarrassed and ashamed of McCain’s behavior.”
Dude get a life! You wack job Liberals lable everything Racism. Get over it. The mainstream of America turns a death ear to your garbage.