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Over the Kohls on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 3:04:11 PM
The timing of John McCain’s “Service to America” Tour couldn’t have been better. Many of us who follow the political trail to the presidential election in November are beginning to question the inner workings of relative newcomer Barak Obama and we are just now beginning to get our first look at the “real” Obama. We don’t know what formed his ideals and his thinking but the mis-adventures of Rev. Jeremiah Wright have begun to shine light on what was otherwise a mysterious past. John McCain’s tour hopes to show the American voters what it is that has helped form his political views and thinking and to reveal that the contrast between him and his opponents is very sharp indeed.
McCain started his tour on March 30 at McCain Field in Meridian, Miss which was named for his grandfather, an admiral, where he focused on his family’s military service. From there the tour moves to his high school in Alexandria, Va., where like most of us he sowed his wild oats. Today he makes two stops: first at the Naval Academy in Annapolis where he admittedly did not distinguish himself academically but followed his forbearer’s footsteps in service to our country. Second, is a stop in Pensacola, Fl. where he attended flight school.
The tour then proceeds to Jacksonville, Fl. where his wife and children lived while he was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Then on to Memphis where he will deliver a speech on the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death which occurred when McCain was still a prisoner of war. The tour ends in Arizona where he began his political career.
This tour accentuates and confirms what we know about John McCain and that is he is first and foremost a firm believer in the goodness of the United States of America and the opportunities that our country provides not only to all Americans but to millions around the world who wish to become part of the American experience. As for Obama, not so much.
There have been more and more tipoffs about how Obama really feels about this country. The issue he made over the wearing of an American flag lapel pin for one. He said that wearing a US Flag lapel pin “became a substitute for I think true patriotism” in effect calling those who wear a lapel pin false patriots. If he doesn’t want to wear one, that’s fine with me. But he should not denigrate those who do.
We have heard Michelle Obama’s wife say that for the first time in her adult life she is proud of America even in spite of all our glorious achievement during her adult life. This statement sounds like it was inspired by poisoned rantings of Rev. Wright. We’ve seen Obama, a presidential candidate, not use the proper protocol during the National Anthem by not placing his hand over his heart as Americans and especially candidates for the highest office in the land, are supposed to do.
Where does he learn such behavior? I think I know where and he’s been going there nearly every Sunday for 20 years.
What is a concern, however, is that the latest generation of American voter has been dumbed down so badly by our public education system that few of them even notice these failings by Obama and worse yet many of them concur with his line of thought. McCain is far and away the superior candidate for office of the three remaining candidates but McCain will have trouble getting his message out over the MSM. If McCain is to win, we’ll all have to do our share to help the cause.