Posted on 05/28/2010 8:02:49 AM PDT by Fight4Freedom1
President Obama promised us we would make history. We certainly have. Last week, he invited Mexican President Felipe Calderón to the White House. There, in the presence of his foreign guest, President Obama humiliated himself and us by his attacks on the new Arizona law passed to cope with illegal immigrants.
But it got worse. Soon, Calderón was invited to address a joint session of Congress. There, in the well of the House of Representatives, the Mexican leader himself sharply criticized Arizona's law. He was applauded by Democrats from both houses, even given a standing ovation.
This was surely historic. Never before has the United States of America submitted to such an indignity. Never before has any president or Congress so abjectly allowed our country to be maligned.
This takes some doing. Jimmy Carter previously held the record for supineness. Carter allowed Iran to hold 52 Americans hostage for 444 days in Tehran from 1979 to 1981. During that time of "American Held Hostage" -- ABC News' formulation, not mine -- Iranian hostage-takers were allowed to shuttle back and forth to sessions of the United Nations. Their diplomatic immunity was scrupulously respected by an impotent administration.
Nor is this a partisan criticism. President Richard Nixon also humiliated America when he ordered Air Force One to land at Shanghai in 1972 before proceeding on to Beijing. It was a jet-age kowtow. Once in the Forbidden City, Nixon toasted Mao Zedong, the murderer of millions. Nixon wished Chairman Mao long life even as his honoree had brutally cut short the lives not only of his own long-suffering people, but also of thousands of American GIs in the Korean War.
We know Obama dislikes Winston Churchill. He pitched Churchill's bust out of the White House upon entering. He probably has never read about Churchill's famous speech to Congress during those stern days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Within a week of December 7, 1941 -- "a date," as President Roosevelt said, "which will live in infamy" -- Americans found themselves dragged into a world war against Japan and Nazi Germany.
Can anyone imagine the reaction if Churchill had chosen that moment of history -- December 26, 1941 -- to carp about the United States' tardy entry into World War II?
As Prime Minister, Churchill might have reminded his listeners in that Joint Session of Congress how Woodrow Wilson had failed even to submit the signed French Guarantee Treaty of 1919 to the Senate for ratification. A strong case could have been made by Churchill that Wilson's failed diplomacy after World War I was the reason they were all embroiled in a Second World War. He did go so far as to call this terrible new war "the unnecessary war."
There would be no such gross insult to America, no such political insanity from Churchill at that sublime moment at history's center stage. He had nothing but praise for the Great Republic. He had nothing but gratitude for a United States that had "drawn the Sword of Freedom and thrown away the scabbard."
Churchill was cheered lustily by Members of Congress -- from both sides of the aisle. Democrats and Republicans applauded the brave Prime Minister. He had been given the supreme honor of giving the lion's roar when Britain stood alone. Now, he was the first foreign leader to address a Joint Session of Congress. As he said at the time, if his father had been American, and his mother British, instead of the other way around, he might have gotten here on his own.
Barack Obama's mother was American. And he did get here on his own. He may be our president, but it has yet to be shown that he understands what it means to be an American. The first lesson might be: Never apologize for your country to any foreign audience. Never. And never stand by while your country's colors are trailed in the dirt. Never. Never.
obama is an undocumented worker
I heard yesterday that 46% of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama is doing. Who are these people and what planet are they living on. Can you believe that 46% of our population is a sleep or in a political coma?
Obama was advised not to release anything pertaining to his earlier life or record because politically running on no record was better than running on a bad one. This guy has been manufactured by the progressive leaders, who wish to control the United States. You don’t see George Soros talking politics for the record. Any honest study of this man would have to conclude that he is evil. Just look at how this administration is structured. The cabinet, although most are known lightweights, they not real controversial. The real power are the czars and advisers who were appointed by Obama and not reviewable by the congress. Everything about this administration should be odorous to all that care to take a whiff.
Obamas biggest ally in his makeover and takeover of America is the so called mainstream media. They should be held accountable by the American people. There is no ethical journalism left in this country, except on the internet. Even Fox news has changed recently. There slogan of “fair and balanced” is being practiced by debates with the most disgusting progressives they can find. They have either made a deal with the administration or are afraid of the administration. All you need do is look at who owns and controls the media.
they don’t want the pollster to call them a racist.
This was surely historic. Never before has the United States of America submitted to such an indignity. Never before has any president or Congress so abjectly allowed our country to be maligned.
The image of democrats cheering the Mexican leader bashing AZ for protecting it's citizens against his citizens should be front and center in all Nov. campaign ads.
I am starting to believe that the reason Obama won’t be at Arlington Cemetery this weekend is that the military doesn’t want him there...
A few days ago a widow whose husband is in Arlington stated to me that she didn't want Obama there...I'm certain she's not alone.
To my mind, the more time Obama spends golfing and shooting hoops the less time he's spending destroying the nation. The real problem is, he has quite a few staffers who seem to work tirelessly to destroy the nation.
Perhaps he wants the “flyover people” to think that now that the “16-month deadline” to withdraw troops from Irag has actually come to pass and that there is no war on and no reason for him to be there—but I actually believe he wasn’t even invited because the military can’t stand what he’s doing to the country. West Point didn’t receive him well.
And then again, maybe not.
“I heard yesterday that 46% of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama is doing. Who are these people and what planet are they living on. Can you believe that 46% of our population is “a sleep or in a political coma?”
They are people like my stepfather who watches the news regularly and yet had not heard that North Korea sunk a South Korean vessell killing all on board.
They are people like my dear Aunt who is a staunch supporter of Israel (believes it is her religious duty to support God’s ‘chosen’) and yet had NO IDEA that Obama hasn’t sold ANY weapons to Israel and practically shat on the Prime Minister. She also watches the news.
These are the problems we face and until the conservatives realize that while we have information passed on the internet, we MUST MUST MUST gain a way to get information to the mass public. These people I speak of are not American Idol goobers who don’t care about the world or politics, but the main stream media has a monopoly on the message going out.
And even had a cousin who discredited what I said about Obama because it ‘came from the internet’ as if the information that I obtained from a legitimate news source was Snopes and to be taken with a grain of salt. We here at FR are internet savvy and well informed. We also tend to believe that there are a lot of people like us and there just isn’t.
Obama as a president is like giving LSD to a doctor before an operation.
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