"Obama to call for mandatory national service. His goosestep is showing"
The Illinois senator also called for enlarging the Army by 65,000 soldiers and the Marine Corps by 27,000 troops. Heading into the Independence Day weekend, Obama said that he believes people are clamoring to serve their country.
Lance Stewart, an Army veteran who traveled with his family from Frederick for the speech, said a build-up of military forces after years of downsizing is "long overdue."
Why did the MSM downplay the military part, readers?
It's ALL FOOLEYS, isn't it?
COLORADO SPRINGS - Continuing to press the themes of values, faith, and patriotism, Senator Barack Obama exhorted Americans yesterday "to step into the strong currents of history" and volunteer for service to their country, pledging to dramatically expand opportunities for those accepting his challenge.
On a campaign swing that included visits to military bases, which he had largely steered clear of, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee sought to emphasize his own love of country.
"That's the bet our Founding Fathers were making all of those years - that our individual destinies could be tied together in the common destiny of democracy, that government depends not just on the consent of the governed, but on the service of citizens," he told a small audience filling a gymnasium at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. "That's what history calls us to do, because loving your country shouldn't just mean watching fireworks on the Fourth of July. Loving your country must mean accepting your responsibility to do your part to change it."
I have tried and am trying, sir.
I guess it is the wrong kind of change I'm looking for, huh?
Throughout the week, Obama has been striving to win over voters in Republican areas, defending his patriotism in Independence, Mo., on Monday; pledging to expand federal assistance to religious social service groups in rural Ohio on Tuesday; and preaching service in central Colorado yesterday. He will speak about veterans in Fargo, N.D., today, then will highlight the theme of family tomorrow as he celebrates Independence Day in Butte, Mont., with his wife and two daughters.
Yeah, and he's losing this prospective voter more each minute.
He emphasized what he called "the enormity of the American accomplishment," touring Peterson Air Force Base here and visiting the ultra-secretive North American Aerospace Defense Command, US Northern Command headquarters, and the Air Force Academy.
Yup, the "ultra-secret" NORAD -- at least, to the Zionist-controlled AmeriKan MSM and its brainwashed readers.
Such stateside military visits have been a rarity for Obama. Since entering the Senate in 2005, he has visited only the National War College and Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., along with two bases in Illinois, his home state.
But such installations are critical in the West, especially along Colorado's Front Range. Colorado gave President Bush 52 percent of its vote in 2004, compared with 47 percent for Senator John F. Kerry, but the vote in El Paso County, the home of Colorado Springs, was a far more lopsided 67 percent to 32 percent.
Why is the MSM acting as if 2004 means anything?
That was a LIFETIME AGO and IRRELEVANT, shit MSM!
Setting up a rigged election, aren't ya?
Obama did not shy from partisan controversy as he spoke here of Sept. 11, 2001, and the readiness of Americans to serve after the terrorist attacks.
"We were ready to step into the strong current of history, and to answer a new call for our country, but the call never came," he said. "Instead of a call to service, we were asked to go shopping."
Anybody feeling a DRAFT?!
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Oh, YOUNG PEOPLE, I am SO SORRY!!!
So SORRY your hearts are going to be broken by this man.
For what it is worth, I've been there, done that!
That's why I'm here -- and truth be told, finding out the truths and lies i9sn't pleasant at all.
