Jonah looks closely at Obama’s salute to the Navy Seals.
“At a time when too many of our institutions have let us down, they exceed all expectations. They’re not consumed with personal ambition. They don’t obsess over their differences. They focus on the mission at hand. They work together. Imagine what we could accomplish if we followed their example. Think about the America within our reach.”
The man who ran for the state legislature at age 34, who ran for a seat the U.S. House after four years in the state legislature, ran for the U.S. Senate at age 42, and ran for the presidency after two years in the Senate laments that America would be a better place if we weren’t consumed with personal ambition.
I haven’t choked on irony like this since Madonna complained that “a lot of our values seem to be materially oriented and so superficial.”
I am consumed by a personal ambition to work in lock-step-like teamwork with fellow Republicans to consign Mr. Obama's Presidency to the ash heap of history.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Imagine what we could accomplish if we followed their example. Think about the America within our reach.”
Everyone in the country in uniforms, in perfect obedience to the orders of superiors. Yes, Obama would like that.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYeah, no personal ambition by Barack Obama! Jeez Louise!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAs George Orwell explained back in 1945, "The 7 Commandments are abridged for the last time, simply reading, 'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.'"
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