America's Relativist in Chief

The American Thinker ^ | September 25, 2009 | George Joyce

[Scanian]

The task of unpacking just one portion of President Obama’s recent convoluted speech at the UN is eerily reminiscent of Winston Churchill’s famous description of Soviet foreign policy: “a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma.” For certifiable proof take a look at the following bizarre series of thoughts that collectively reveal a president without much in the way of an anchor – historical, intellectual, or moral:

“Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect. Each country will pursue a path rooted in the culture of its people and in its past traditions. And I admit that America has too often been selective in its promotion of democracy. But that does not weaken our commitment; it only reinforces it. There are basic principles that are universal; there are certain truths which are self-evident -- and the United States of America will never waver in our efforts to stand up for the right of people everywhere to determine their own destiny.”

Now, let’s unpack this nonsense:

[Diogenesis]

Obama may be proslavery (both conventional Islamic slavery
and Obama-type neoslavery) and proterrorist, but he and ACORN
really only do it for the children.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Kind of like the hippie credo, “Do your own thing.” He’s championing the “right” of each nation (or society or gang of thugs) to do its own thing. This seems to be the only absolute of the relativist.

[sergeantdave]

Yep, crypto-Marxist gobbledygook. It means whatever the ghetto commie wants it to mean, so long as it leads to totalitarian power. Brainless, knuckle-dragging leftist oafs in academia and the propaganda press will struggle over the hidden message in this delusional tripe and find an explanation to feed to their band of useful idiots. But we know what the end-game is - power for themselves via complete control over everyone.

However, these brainwashed Leninist clowns made a major tactical mistake - wrong time and wrong country. It’s not the 1930s and this isn’t fascist Germany or Soviet Russia.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect. Each country will pursue a path rooted in the culture of its people and in its past traditions. And I admit that America has too often been selective in its promotion of democracy. But that does not weaken our commitment; it only reinforces it. There are basic principles that are universal; there are certain truths which are self-evident -- and the United States of America will never waver in our efforts to stand up for the right of people everywhere to determine their own destiny.

The problem is that Obama seems to be on the side of Hugo Chavez. For those who believe that Chavez stands for democracy, Obama's speeches will sound great.

[Scanian]

Except that it’s never the people’s “thing”—it’s always the “thing” of some dictatorial regime.

[Scanian]

Hey, didn’t the peanut farmer vouch for the honesty of Chavez’s election? That should be good enough for us. s/o

[Rockingham]

Is Obama apologizing for the overthrow of the Confederacy? Of course, he means no such thing, but the relativism of his idiotic UN speech can be taken to that conclusion.

[Scanian]

That would be a good one for conservative pols to make a mental note of if they ever get into a debate with him.