From the Most Surprising to the Most Ridiculous Moment -- A Review of Obama's State of the Union....

Fox News ^ | 01.25.11 | Kevin McCullough

[painter]

Last night I told my wife during the speech I would love to see Boehner put a hand over his eyes and shake his head.

[upcountryhorseman]

Bjig “O”s patriotism is quite remarkable since he was never
exposed to American traditions or values.

[loveliberty2]

This writer's designation of "the most patriotic" moment only highlights the appalling lack of substance provided by the President. That he claims the basis of the founding of America was based on "the idea that each of us deserves the right to shape his own destiny" trivializes the uniqueness of the American idea, as expressed in the founding documents, as well as the speeches and writings of those who framed those documents and later Presidents and leaders.

A leader should not use a word like "ideals" or "ideas" unless he can, at the same time, identify clearly the substance of those ideals.

Yes, it can be done!

Jefferson provided the pen for all the Founders when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. According to President Lincoln, Jefferson "had the coolnesss, forecast, and capacity to introduce into a revolutionary document, an abstract truth, applicable to all men and all times, and so to embalm it there, that today, and in all coming days, it shall be a rebuke and a stumbling-block to the very harbingers [initiators of threatening change] of reappearing tyranny and oppression."

For more evidence of the Jeffersonian ability to identify and clearly state the principles of liberty, read his First Inaugural Address. In it, he outlines what he calls the "essential principles" of his Administration. Once identified and listed, he stated:

"These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and the blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety."

Another Jefferson statement is both eloquent and clear: "The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."

Where is the Presidential candidate who can provide such clarity for current generations? America and the world need such a genius if liberty is to survive for future generations.