Posted by
Steve on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:32:23 PM
Barack Obama and his people seem to think that they are more important than the United States. First, they replaced the Great Seal of the United States with the Great Seal of Barack Obama. Then, on this world tour, they replaced the American Flag on the plane with the Obama flag. That is showing that they do not respect the United States or its important symbols.
Symbols are important to people. They mean things. Symbols have deeper meanings besides the superficial meaning that the actual symbol means. The Great Seal of the United States has deeper meaning than just a good photo opportunity. The Obama crowd thinks that since the Great Seal looks good in Presidential pictures, they will replace it with their rendition and it will look good in Obama’s pictures. That thought lasted just one outing. The outcry was enough to put that thought on the back burner. The outlandish symbol that they came up with was part of the problem. They came up with something that was better drawn in some cartoon as a joke. They were taking themselves seriously when they used the symbol. They got their hands slapped and have not used it again.
Now, they have taken the flag off of the plane used to transport a person who wants to be President of the United States. That is an incredibly stupid thing to do, especially since they replaced it with some symbol that the campaign uses. That is putting the campaign above the American people. Candidates for President have to have the flag present all of the time. They need to have it on their lapels. They need it on the stands when they speak. They need it as a backdrop when they are seen anywhere. They also need it on the transportation they use. Removing the flag is another slap in the face of the American people. It is like saying that they are campaigning for President of Obama country. I for one do not live in Obama country and do not intend to live in Obama country. I live in the United States of America and do not intend to live anywhere else.
The people running the Obama campaign need to realize that he is running for President of the United States of America. They need to quit putting the campaign’s symbols over the symbols of the United States. As a United States Senator, he is entitled to use certain symbols. He should use those symbols and no others. He does not want to make the voters that are patriotic upset. They represent a sizeable voting bloc and can make sure that he does not get elected President. Right now, he is seriously damaging his campaign to use campaign symbols over the expected symbols of the United States of America.
The other thing that is interesting is the media bias. There are probably at least a hundred media people travelling with Obama on his vacation around the world. So far, this vacation has produced nothing of substance and few pictures of note. They are trying to make Barack Obama look like a world leader when he is a neophyte. They may pull it off with the people that do not know what time of day it is, but not with anyone with at least two brain cells.
John McCain went to New Hampshire yesterday and was greeted by one reporter and one photographer. That is disgraceful for the news media. All three major networks should have been present as well as Fox News and CNN for a minimum. The major print media should have had representatives present. He should have had a minimum of twenty news media with about the same number of photographers. The news media in general has decided that McCain is not newsworthy no matter what he says or where he goes. That is a disgraceful performance for news outlets or outlets that say they are news outlets. They do not have to root for McCain to win, but they do have to cover his campaign.