Posted by
Katherine Harms on Friday, July 25, 2008 5:52:08 PM
When I was growing up in southeast Missouri, real scoundrels were often characterized as being “lower than a snake’s belly.” That was the phrase that came to mind when I heard that Obama cancelled his visit with wounded soldiers in Germany. What made the description so apt is the reason for his cancellation.
On the website of the Drudge Report, the links to articles on this subject were quaintly displayed next to each other. The link for one article read “Obama Campaign: Pentagon Nixes Troop Visit …” Immediately below it was a link which read “Pentagon: Obama Campaign Nixes Troop Visit…”
Obama’s reason for not visiting the troops turns out to be very simple. The Pentagon told him that he, his Senatorial staff, and his secret service detail were welcome. They also told him that his campaign staff and his press entourage were not welcome. B. Hussein Obama was offered a chance to visit with the troops and honor their service, but he was forbidden to make a publicity stunt out of it. No photographs of a wayward tear on his cheek at the sight of a wounded soldier. No video of his heartfelt reminder to a paralyzed Marine that “this is our moment.” No carefully orchestrated handshakes and hugs for the public to admire. Obama could have spent two quiet, respectful hours with people who have paid the price for his freedom to berate America in front of a crowd of Germans. He could have met a number of patients and said in the hearing of no one but the patients, “Thank you for your service.” Nobody stood in the way of his opportunity to honor our troops.
If one single event displays the ego and immaturity of B. Hussein Obama, this is it. I thought his speech to the German people showed everyone that he has no respect for the country he aspires to lead, and I thought it showed all of us his complete lack of qualifications, not to mention his unreadiness, to be our president. I thought that hanging a banner at the Western Wall in Jerusalem with his name in Hebrew letters was a completely adolescent stunt. He even allowed his prayer at the Wall to be publicized, and lo and behold, it is all about him. I thought we didn’t need any more evidence that this is not the man we should elect as our president. But then he amazed us all with yet one more messianic moment in which he demonstrated the he himself is more important than anybody, even more important than the warriors who are wounded in defense of our freedoms.
B. Hussein’s unwillingness to honor our troops without an audience demonstrates dramatically that he lacks the character, the maturity, or even the intelligence required to be President of the United States of America.