Patriotic in Independence

The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire reports that Obama will be giving a speech on patriotism today;

Barack Obama will be wearing his patriotism on his sleeve … and his jacket lapel today. The Democrat is expected to deliver a major speech addressing the issue of patriotism in Independence, Mo.

The speech comes as Obama tries to squelch criticism that he and his wife, Michelle, are unpatriotic. Last week the campaign launched its first TV ad touting the candidate’s “heartland values.” The ad will air in several Republican states.

The speech today is expected to address patriotism the way Obama addressed the issue of race during the Pennsylvania primary with a widely well-accepted speech in Philadelphia. The race speech came in the wake of incendiary comments made by Obama’s former preacher.

When was the last time we had to have a speech on patriotism? When John Kerry, the 3 decade anti-war nutjob had to tell us why we should think he’s patriotic. let me drop a simple fact out there for all of you potential politicians – if you have to explain your patriotism, you’re not patriotic and no number of carefully crafted words or phrases or background music or flags will change it.

And you can’t make yourself appear patriotic – it’s just the way you are and if you’re not patriotic everyone around you knows. Saying you love this country in the same breath that you say you want to change this country can’t be explained away.

Putting on a clown outfit doesn’t make you funny and putting on a flag doesn’t make you patriotic.

And what’s with the town names all of a sudden? Unity, NH with Hillary; Independence, MO for patriotism. I guess he’ll give his concession speech in Surprise, AZ.

Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Politics