OBAMA WHO????

this man is a dangerous idiot and or demagogue or both. Either way he is extremely scary and dangerous.

We do stand above the rest and we must continue to do so. The American freedoms and values that brought our grandparents, great-grandparents and so on back to the beginning of the republic have been sliding down the toilet since the 1930's. Let what's his face go back to NIGERIA if he wants to make changes. We don't need him or the Clinton's or the damn Kennedy clan trying to ruin/run our lives. All they and their ilk have accomplished is to degrade and run down this country. And before I forget, that other JFK needs to be remembered: John Fitzhugh Kerry.

We Stand Above

By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 4:20 PM PT

The Presidency: Just days after his wife declared she had never been proud of her country until now, Barack Obama says America mustn't act like "we stand above the rest of the world." A disturbing pattern is emerging.

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The most famous image Ronald Reagan liked to inspire Americans with was that of the "shining city upon a hill." Far from being original, it dated from America's very beginnings.

In the 17th century, John Winthrop, the elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, used the vision to describe to his fellow Pilgrims the special meaning of their new land. "We must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us," he said.

In his farewell address, one of the three greatest presidents of the 20th century explained that what he saw "was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace." That, Reagan said, "is how I saw it and see it still."

Millions of immigrants have come to America believing it to be the greatest country in the world, standing above their places of origin in the opportunities available here. They and their children and grandchildren continue to believe the U.S. stands above the rest of the world.

The French thinker Alexis de Tocqueville, who famously visited America in the early 19th century, described some of the character traits that set our country apart. "In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States," he wrote, "and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned."

But in his Austin, Texas, presidential debate last week with Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama denied that America is exceptional. Explaining why he would unconditionally meet with the ruler of an enemy country like Cuba, the Democratic front-runner said:

"If we think that meeting with the president (of the United States) is a privilege that has to be earned, I think that reinforces the sense that we stand above the rest of the world at this point in time."

A president who doesn't understand that America stands above the rest of the world is likely to be — especially in wartime — a president who, like Jimmy Carter, leads us into a dangerous national decline.