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Townhall
Giuliani Versus
Obama
Thomas Sowell
Feb 24, 2015
The firestorm of denunciation of former New York mayor Rudolph
Giuliani, for having said that he did not think Barack Obama loved
America, is in one sense out of all proportion to that remark --
especially at a time when there are much bigger issues, including wars
raging, terrorist atrocities and a nuclear Iran on the horizon.
Against that background of strife and dangers on the world stage, it
may seem as if Barack Obama's feelings, or Rudolph Giuliani's opinion
about those feelings, should not matter so much, especially when it is
hard to know with certainty how anyone feels. Yet when someone is the
leader of a great nation at a historic juncture, it is more than idle
curiosity to know what drives him.
It is not clear what the basis was for so much outrage at Mayor
Giuliani's opinion about President Obama. Was it that what Giuliani
said was demonstrably false? Was it that Barack Obama is supposed to be
considered innocent until proven guilty?
Anyone who simply looks at the factual evidence as to whether Obama
loves America, or does not, will find remarkably little to suggest love
and a large amount of evidence, over a long period of years, showing
his constant close association with people fiercely hostile to this
country. Jeremiah Wright was just one in a long series of such people...
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