- Posted by Christopher Estep on July 25, 2008
The Obamapalooza world tour should frighten every American. Seriously. For instance:
This is scary on a few levels. Think about it for a moment. This is a United States Senator campaigning for the office of President on foreign soil. I can accept the “touring the world” idea on some level, but there’s no excuse for campaigning in other countries!
Do you think these people have America’s best interest at heart or their own? Do you think these people love America? I was reading a blog description where the person attended the rally in Berlin. One comment which most people probably wouldn’t notice struck me as very telling:
A few American flags and prohibited banners come into view - and I wonder how these folks got through security....
And this is what we should look at and emulate? Part of the problem with Americans living abroad is that too many of them have “gone native” in that they may retain citizenship but they have rejected the distinct American culture in favor of their hosts. I cannot imagine ever wondering how American flags and “prohibited banners” (whatever that is supposed to mean) got past security and then being ok with that.
200,000 people came to Berlin to help elect an American. Yes, some were Americans abroad, but Barack Obama is indeed campaigning outside the United States. He is doing indirectly what he is prohibited from doing directly, and that’s solicit the support of those who have no place in our society.
Does anyone aside from the Obama Kool-Aid drinkers really believe that this wasn’t a fund raising trip in addition to a campaign rally? There is nothing preventing foreign nationals from indirect support through paraphenalia purchases and other sales. And those who are selling these Obama items (and who knows what else) then channel the money to the Obama campaign or a 527 group.
It’s no different than giving money to a terrorist front. The front may have a legitimate legal purpose, but the reality is that the funds support the terrorists.
The cult of personality is the most frightening thing about this man, even more than his lack of experience.