From the mayor's subsequent appearance on "Fox and Friends" is the following:“I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America,” the former New York mayor said at a dinner attended by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Liberals are acting as though they're
horrified by the recent comments by former New York Mayor Rudy
Giuliani that he doesn't believe that President Obama loves America.
Of course, the left is probably thrilled that he said something that
they think they can use as political ammunition against the GOP. It
seems startling that the former mayor would say such a thing about
the president, until one considers the facts as he explained them and as we have heard about them before.
When we examine Obama's rhetoric before and during his presidency,
his opinions as stated in his book Dreams from My Father, and his
known influences in his younger days, it's not such a surprising
thing for Mr. Giuliani to say. What makes it a little surprising is
that this statement comes from such a well-known and respected
source.
Far from “tarnishing his legacy,”
he has merely stated the obvious.
It is true that the young Obama was
mentored by communists, domestic terrorists and anti-Semites.
Giuliani points out that he was in Jeremiah Wright's church for 17
years. But of course, Obama was never present to hear one of Wright's
anti-American tirades. Really? We're supposed to believe that?
A CNN reporter dismissed all the
criticisms of Obama's ties with radical leftists with the simple
statement that they are “getting old,” not that they aren't true.
The anchorwoman says “good reporting” in response, but it isn't
really reporting at all. Another CNN commentator incorrectly refers
to Dinesh D'Souza's well-researched documentary 2016, which
asserts that Obama was and is influenced by the extreme
anti-colonialism of his father and others, as “fictionalized.”
The
fact that Obama cannot bring himself to say to “Islamic terrorism”
defies not only reason but honesty. Both Charles Krauhammer and George Will have referred to
this as “pathological.”
Radio
host Mark Levin has a good analysis of Giuliani's comments:
These
things, plus Mr. Obama's constant apologies for America, his refusal
to consider the United States an exceptional nation, his kowtowing to
Arab leaders while disrespecting the prime minster of Israel to the
point of working against his reelection, do not reflect the views of
someone who loves America. While we cannot fully know Obama's inner
motivations, we can tell a lot by his words and actions. “By their
fruits ye shall know them.”
