Obama Just Defined Himself As Unpatriotic

Not having Boone Pickens’ millions, I wager a dollar to your dime if you can prove, by Barack Obama’s own definition, that he is patriotic.

At his Independence, Missouri speech (live stream here, or text here or AP report here) today on patriotism, Obama says:

I also believe that patriotism must, if it is to mean anything, involve the willingness to sacrifice – to give up something we value on behalf of a larger cause.

All you have to do is prove that Barack Obama ever personally sacrificed anything tangible “on behalf of a wider cause” instead of just benefiting and personally profiting.

That includes working in the various social services he mentions.

Here’s a partial list of how Obama might make himself truly patriotic, by his own definition.

• Publicly and explicitly denounce and separate himself from his radical supporters who have behaved, as Obama says, “by attacking the symbols, and in extreme cases, the very idea, of America itself – by burning flags; by blaming America for all that was wrong with the world; and perhaps most tragically, by failing to honor those veterans coming home from Vietnam, something that remains a national shame to this day .”
That includes MoveOn.org, whose ad Obama mentions as unpatriotic for attacking “a general providing his best counsel on how to move forward in Iraq was accused of betrayal.” That will include John Kerry, as well, who has never renounced his VVAW activities.

• Divorce his wife, who said until recently she had no pride in America. As Obama says, “I believe those who attack America's flaws without acknowledging the singular greatness of our ideals, and their proven capacity to inspire a better world, do not truly understand America.”
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• Personally contribute from his wealth and show how he has ever volunteered for social services. As Obama says, “not only those who have signed up to fight for our country in distant lands, but those who are fighting for a better America here at home, by teaching in underserved schools, or caring for the sick in understaffed hospitals, or promoting more sustainable energy policies in their local communities.”

Then, we might see Obama truly sacrifice, not only his material benefits from being a politician, but many of his most ardent supporters, to be a patriot.

Obama's very thin record, not only in itself disqualifies him to be president, but what record there is of self-promotion and personal profit instead of any personal sacrifice.

READ about some of Obama's fibs in his speech.