Good Quote

This quote was taken from The Week magazine of March 11, 2011. It says a lot.

"How about starting today, Republicans and conservatives accept the following two propositions: Barack Obama was born in the United States and he's a Christian. He may be wrong on a vast array of public policy issues, as I believe he is. But he is not an alien, nor is he a muslim, nor can his views be explained by Kenyan anti-colonialism. To argue otherwise, or even to hint otherwise, is irresponsible. The reason is obvious: Our nation depends on its citizens accepting the legitimacy of democratic outcomes, including ones that don't go our way. If we get to the point where we assume that our political differences can be explained only by some deeper, hidden evil in our opponents, then self-government itself is in trouble."   Peter Wehner in CommentaryMagazine.com


You probably can't get much more conservative than Peter Wehner, who served in both the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, yet I find myself agreeing with the main premise of the quote.

President Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize

Have you read President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech?  I hope you have.  His speech left me feeling glad to be an American, glad that we were smart enough to elect Barack Obama as President.  He understands that, even though he is labeled a liberal and a leftist, he knows the value of being able to defend our country.