I wonder if Barack Obama had a good Independence Day. I’m thinking not really. What is so special about independence to him after all? He is independent every day of the week. Independent of any real experience. Independent of conviction. Independent of class. And independent of good sense. Apparently. So it is largely just another day in the Obama household. Rather than spend time together with family celebrating the sense of what it means to be an American like the majority of us do, Obama chose to go out on the campaign trail. Demonstrating what he calls patriotism by campaigning for president. Some more of that new politics of hope in action. I wonder if he had a flag pin on? It would be so like him. Telling us that the flag pin is a substitute for real patriotism while sporting one proudly on his lapel. That’s patriotism...
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