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Election in hand, Obama exposes his true radical anti-colonialist philosophy
Newt Gingrich was right. Obama is stuck in a Kenyan anti-colonialist mind-set.
Here's proof. The very first sentence of his victory speech...
Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward.
It moves forward because of you. It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope, the belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams, we are an American family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people.
Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/political/obama-victory-speech-text-full-transcript-read-complete-election-2012-speech-from-roll-call#ixzz2BZnIfKMJ
It moves forward because of you. It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope, the belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams, we are an American family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people.
Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/political/obama-victory-speech-text-full-transcript-read-complete-election-2012-speech-from-roll-call#ixzz2BZnIfKMJ
I was always astounded by the Gingrich/deSouza attempted smear of Obama as anti-colonialist.
As opposed to what?
