Obama: “America is no longer what it once was”

Hot Air ^ | August 7, 2008 | Ed Morrissey

[Fox_Mulder77]

When presidential candidates answer questions from children about why they want the job, most will give an answer that uplifts the child and the candidate. Not Barack Obama. At a campaign stop in Elkhart, Indiana, a seven-year-old girl asked the Democrat why he wants to be President — and he told her that America has gone downhill:

[KansasGirl]

Good. We were due for another Obama gaffe running down Americans.

Nevermind, he just called the 75% of Americans who support drilling ignorant yesterday (or maybe the day before). I can’t even keep track of all the times Obama (or his wife) have attacked American and it’s voters.

[Deb]

Remembering Chelsey, on her first trip outside the country and making her first public statement, answered an African girl's question about what America was like, with something like, "It's a sad, depressed and racist land." That's not the quote, but it was a completely negative description.

Democrats can't help themselves...they have nothing good to say about America EVER!!!!

[MrB]

A future in which they might be

“punished with a child”.

Or, to quote his argument, if they were to have an abortion and the baby was accidentally born alive, it would be “too much burden on the woman” if the baby were allowed to live.

[Joe 6-pack]

"This is not the America I knew."

[stylin19a]

at least Jimmy served in the military and was a governor.
Obama gave a speech in 2002.

(yikes, I'm quoting Hillary)

[MrB]

Attacking America and its voters is what Leftists do.

Notice that when they lose, it’s never because their wrong ideas are rejected. It’s because the voters are too dumb to recognize the superiority of their ideas and leaders.

[N. Theknow]

(yikes, I'm quoting Hillary)

Cackle when you say that pilgrim.

[Ouderkirk]

As a matter of fact, Senator Obama, I AM QUESTIONING YOUR PATRIOTISM!

When you sit at the feet of a “minister” who damns America for 20 years, I QUESTION YOUR PATRIOTISM.

When you establish and nurture relationships with people like Bill Ayers, a domestic terrorist, who is on record as saying “Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon”, I QUESTION YOUR PATRIOTISM !

When you stand with politicians and prevent this nation from securing its own sources of energy, and thus become energy-independent, I QUESTION YOUR PATRIOTISM !

When you publicly declare “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction” and say nothing about standing with our armed forces who are sacrificing themselves to defend our way of life, I DEFINITELY QUESTION YOUR PATRIOTISM !!!

Go ahead...Senator, or anyone else on this planet...refute this if you can:

Barack Hussein Obama is NOT a patriot.

[Miss Didi]

Rush also played the clip of Mrs. O. on GMA telling Robin Roberts that Barry is NOT an elitist. Rush really cracked up over that one. Robin asked if the New Yorker cover bothered her and Michelle said nooooooo but she LOVED the new edition of Ebony which features her. (rolling eyes)

[LearsFool]

Indeed. The family is and has always been the great obstacle to utopian fantasies, and the great fortress against social pathologies. We surrender our defense of it and relinquish its protections at our peril.

[libs_kma]

"America isnt what it once was because of liberal thinking."

Thats exactly right. To be fair, The pubbies haven't been stellar in watching the tax dollars go back out the door, but look at the things that are "Not what they once were" and 9 out of 10 times there's a bunch of stinking, freaking liberals behind the reason.

[dforest]

This guy has to be the dumbest person on earth.

[Miss Didi]

Rush, like moi, says NOT to count the Clintons out. ;)

RUSH: When was the country better, Senator??? The Messiah needs to stick to the teleprompter and fast!

[weegee]

He longs for the days of 1968 when Democrats were blowing up the Pentagon, armories, police cars...

[N. Theknow]

RUSH: When was the country better, Senator??? The Messiah needs to stick to the teleprompter and fast!

WOW! Rush played a clip of McCain criticizing Obama!

Defib for me! STAT!

[Paladin2]

America hasn't been the same since gasoline went above 29.9 cents per gallon. I want that America back.

[woofie]

I liked America when it was persecuting Hollywood actors for joining the Communist party ...its gone down hill since then

[weegee]

BUT BUT BUT I thought Obama has promised us
CHANGE

And Barrack's own wife said we have to change our history, our traditions, (our past).

He's said we can't go on living like we always have.

This jive turkey doesn't like America's past. He could not point to a single time when life in America was "better".

[swarthyguy]

Young Lady, I’m running for President because I love America and want to ensure that the opportunities offered to me are available to you and your classmates so someday you too could stand where I am right now, or pursue your own interests as far as you wish to.

This is a great country and I’d like to make it greater.

Thanks for the question.

[Secret Agent Man]

Picture caption of Obama:

“Hey, I’d like a teleprompter too.”