Posted on 06/30/2008 5:34:36 AM PDT by kristinn
Barack Obama will give a speech today about patriotism, said Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs on MSNBC's Morning Joe.
Gibbs said Obama will say that no one should question his or his rival John McCain's patriotism.
The speech will be given in Independence, Missouri.
A press release from the Obama campaign Sunday night gave this description:
“Senator Obama will discuss what patriotism means to him and what it requires of all Americans who love this country and want to see it do better.”
Well there are some ground rules. Don’t question our either our patriotism!
As if there is any reason to question McCain’s.
Bwahahahahahaha! Does anyone notice the irony here? If patriotism wasn’t an issue for Obama then he wouldn’t even have to give this sort of speech to begin with!!!!
Oh I see so if you do not agree with Obama’s definition, then you must hate this country, and want to see it do worse. I see how it works... This coming from the man who attended the church ,for 20 years, of G.D. America... Now he is going to tell me how to be a good American. What a joke...
Just words!
His or McCain’s -— bwahahaha!! No equivalence there, eh?
bet everybody dollars to donuts that his handlers make sure he has his flag lapel pin on.
Obama has done more to ridicule this country's past than to honor it.
He's like a spoiled brat... no... he is a spoiled brat.
I wonder whose speech he’s lifting this time.
The MSM will immediately attack anyone who questions Obama’s patriotism or tell the truth about Obama’s life or Obama’s qualifications to be president or even uses Obama’s middle name.
Perhaps he should listen rather than give speeches. Listen to the soldiers winning in Iraq before he tells them how patriotic it is to retreat!
Hope and change, hope and change, hope and change -- it's all he's got.
“Just words!”
With advertising, that’s all it takes.
In a related story, Bill Clinton has requested that no one question his marital fidelity.
Don’t you just love it , when someone says “no questions can be asked”.... just makes you want to drill them with questions. What did Obama ever do for this country? NOTHING!
Robert Mugabe ballot will be next!
As a matter of fact, Senator Obama, I AM QUESTIONING YOUR PATRIOTISM!
When you sit at the feet of a “minister” who damns America for 20 years, I question your patriotism.
When you establish and nurture relations ships with people like Bill Ayers, domestic terrorist, who is on recored as saying “Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon”, I question your patriotism.
When you stand with politicians and prevent this nation from securing its own sources of energy, and thus become energy-independent, I question your patriotism.
When you publicly declare “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction” and say nothing about standing with our armed forces who are sacrificing themselves to defend our way of life, I question your patriotism.
Go ahead...you, Senator, or anyone else on this planet...refute this if you can:
Barack Hussein Obama is not a patriot.
Will he have an American flag pin on his lapel...
this clown has about as much credibility as a screen door on a submarine...
I wonder how many flag pins he’ll be wearing?
I always find it amusing when someone has to “explain” their patriotism
Obama is a dope for bringing this subject up! What's that line 'Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. '
I’m willing to bet that Obambi will try to define Patriotism as acting ‘collectively’ to help better your fellow man’s condition.
Ask not what you can do for your country,but what your govt can give to you. BHO.
“If patriotism wasn’t an issue for Obama then he wouldn’t even have to give this sort of speech to begin with!!!!”
If you throw a rock at a pack of dogs; the one that yelps loudest is the one you hit...
He might try that -- but he'll introduce a special exemption for military personnel who serve in units overseas, bringing freedom to people who have known only dictatorship -- he's against that sort of thing.
WOW he employees speech writers. I'm so impressed....
Here are things I know about Patriotism, that Obama does not know about Patriotism.
1. It is not issued by the Government.
2. It can not be taken away by the Government.
3. Being a Political Hack has nothing to do with being a Patriot.
4. It is much harder and difficult to be a Patriot then to be a Politician. More personal sacrifice is required.
well, we had a speech on race, fatherhood, patriotism, I am waiting on him to tell me how much weight I should lose.
(Barack Hussein Obama is not a patriot.)
We have winner...............
Short, to the point and accurate.
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All I can say is, “rah, rah.” (Notice the lack of enthusiasm?)
It is like everything else. Heroism, wealth, patriotism; if you have to tell people you have it. You don’t have it.
“The louder he spoke of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons”
Emerson
Lapel pin? Hell, they will have him on a stage like George C. Scott at the the beginning of the movie Patton!
A topic he is no doubt well versed in. </sarcasm>
Well, it's certainly not going to be, "As not what your country can do for you," etc., is it?
Now THOSE are LAPEL PINS!
Why is he dragging McCain into HIS speech? I don’t think many have issues with John McCain’s patriotism. Now if he had said Michelle’s, or Pastor Wright’s, then it might be something to listen to.....
A country according to William Ayres, Reverend Wright or Louie Faharrhakan.
For his big unity theme event, Team Obama choose a town named Unity.
For this patriotism speech a few days ahead of Independence Day, they’ve chosen Independence, MO.
Fortunately, there doesn’t appear to be a town or city in the U. S. named Labor, so they’re out of luck for a Labor Day speech. Unless they do it in Mexico, which does have a town named Labor.
Of course not, it will be the usual liberal blather about how “dissent is the highest form of patriotism” and more garbaage about how the Dear Leader gave up the chance to work for a white-shoe law firm to become a community organizer, which shows his TRUE patriotism. I could write this speech right now in about 5 minutes.
I don’t question his patriotism.
I don’t question ice-water in Hell, either.
I won't be waiting on one foot for the discussion to begin, since I am still using that foot waiting for the national discussion on race that Barry promised during his Philadelphia speech, in which he could no more disavow the Rev. Jeremiah Wright than he could his own white granny...still hopin’ though. I've got a few thoughts on the race debate and black culture these days, from Armstrong Williams on down.
I don't need instruction, especially from the Obamas.
“For his big unity theme event, Team Obama choose a town named Unity.
For this patriotism speech a few days ahead of Independence Day, they’ve chosen Independence, MO.”
I noticed that too. Guess I shouldn’t expect him to make a major speech at my old hometown, Blackfoot, Idaho. ;o)
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