by Tina Grazier
I realize we have bigger fish to fry at the moment with the election pending, however, I also find it worthwhile to call attention to a disturbing pattern. Once again the President leaves a key word out of the text as he quotes from the Declaration of Independence. This is the second time the President has done this in public remarks. It cannot be an unintended error.
The President is touted as a brilliant man, a Constitutional scholar. It’s difficult to imagine that anyone who has studied the Constitution in depth, as it is claimed that he has, has not also studied the Declaration and other founding documents as well. There really is no excuse or reasonable explanation for this horrific blunder. Therefore, I am compelled to ask for the second time why he is doing this. What could possibly be motivating the man? What exactly is his intent?
Here’s the portion of his remarks made to the DSCC (Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee) that reveal the offensive omission:
Most of us here came from someplace else — or our parents came from someplace else, or our grandparents, our great grandparents came from someplace else. And they were inspired by a particular idea, this idea of America. As wonderful as the land is here in the United States, as much as we have been blessed by the bounty of this magnificent continent that stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific, what makes this place special is not something physical. It has to do with this idea that was started by 13 colonies that decided to throw off the yoke of an empire, and said, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that each of us are endowed with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
The above quote is excerpted from “Remarks by the President at a DSCC Dinner in Rockville, Maryland – October 18, 2010, 8:03 P.M. EDT”
If the idea started by the 13 colonies was so “special” and if Obama acknowledges this special thing is not something “physical” why not include the exact thing that makes the idea immutable? Why leave the Creator OUT!
The quote should be expressed thusly, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
A few days ago, before a group of legal scholars and students, a candidate for the Senate was derided and laughed at when she dared to suggest that the words “separation of church and state” are not in the Constitution. She was right; the legal scholars were wrong…just as Obama is wrong in leaving the word “Creator” out of the quote from the Declaration of Independence. Yet I haven’t heard similar sneers about our Presidents lapses of intelligence or knowledge about the founding documents. Is that because these lawyers and scholars also choose to leace the Creator out of our founding?
Someone in the media should ask President Obama to answer for this disrespectful, ahem, error. Without a convincing explanation thoughtful Americans can only to conclude that our President believes that governing bodies have the power to grant rights and privileges to citizens…a dangerous road for us to allow him to set foot upon!
The President’s omission is deeply offensive to me and not just because I am a Christian but because, as an American citizen, that word means that no human being living or dead, now or in the future and likewise no governing body of men has the authority to grant me those inalienable rights. This is the precise thing that makes America unique and special!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
