Obama’s patriotism
By Joan Vennochi | Sunday, April 20, 2008 | The Boston Globe
“…Barack Obama believes his patriotism can’t be challenged. Maybe he should talk to Michael Dukakis, Al Gore, and John Kerry.
‘I am absolutely confident that during the general election that when I’m in a debate with John McCain, people are not going to be questioning my patriotism, they are going to be questioning how can you make people’s lives a little better,’ declared Obama during last week’s contentious debate with Hillary Clinton.
Obama wants the race for the White House to be about hope. It probably won’t be.
In 1988, Dukakis said the campaign was about ‘competence, not ideology.’ His opponent, George H.W. Bush, made it all about ideology. The GOP turned Dukakis into a civil liberties-loving elitist who let convicted felons free to strike again….”…BS
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