Obama and American exceptionalism

Just one more reason we need to vote Obama out of office: his remarks about American exceptionalism. He was asked if America was exceptional, and he said all nations believed they were exceptional. Notice that answer is a "no" without having to say so. But we are exceptional. Here are three ways, taken from Imprimis .

First, unlike all other nations past or present, we accepted as a self-evident truth that all men are created equal. For the first time in history, a country was established where a person's fate would be determined not by who the parents were, but by the individual's own freely chosen pursuit of happiness.

Secondly, in all other countries citizenship was a matter of birth. lineage, or blood. Foreigners never fully participated in society. But in the United States things were radically different. All it took to be a full-fledged American was to pledge allegiance to the new Republic.

Finally, in all other nations the rights enjoyed by the citizens were conferred by human agencies (kings, parliaments, princes). These rights could be revoked at will by these same agencies. But in America, the citizen's rights were declared to have come from God and to be "inalienable"--immune to revocation.

So, do we want another four years of someone who sees nothing special about our country? His wife, remember, said she had never been proud of her country until Obama's campaign in 2008. I don't think these two represent the best of our country. Let's hope we turn them out on Tuesday.