Will Thomas Quotes
We all know by now that Barack Obama is not a patriot. After all, he doesn't always wear a flag pin, and he objects to the idea that he should be required to in order to run for office.
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This is a classic libertarian position.
This quotation shows American tolerance and freedom of speech even for our head of state.
This was a particularly heinous insult. In this campaign, some Republicans began claiming that President Obama was not a legitimate President because he was not born in America as the Constitution requires. Despite the fact that the State of Hawaii validated his birth certificate and the local newspapers carried announcements of his birth, many continued to make the accusation along with the parallel accusation that he was a Muslim and not a Christian despite his Church Membership all of his adult life. For many the purpose was to delegitimize Obama and they added the claim that he was anti American. So when Sununu, a major party leader said this the implication was particularly egregious. Sununu, to his credit, did apologize for the language he used and the implication thereof, but the quote is an excellent example of what has happened when campaigns get hyper-partisan. Even senior, veteran politicians get carried away and say things they regret. The 2012 was a particularly hyper-partisan campaign.
The right wing hatred of President Obama hit a low point in 2012, when a very wealthy Republican zealot could make a statement like this and not get repudiated by the Republican party leaders. Rarely before in modern times had a President been accused of not acting like an American by a responsible politician or political leader. The irony is that the American voters totally repudiated Forbes, and selected Obama for President, Senator and other posts, and despite Forbes’ attacks was recognized by most people as a great American. Forbes, in contrast, one of the wealthiest men in America could not get elected to any public position thought he ran several times.
Will Thomas, born 1958 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is a novelist who writes a Victorian mystery series featuring Cyrus Barker, a Scottish detective or "private enquiry agent," and his Welsh assistant, Thomas Llewelyn. The Barker/Llewelyn novels are set in the 1880s and often feature historical events, people, and movements. Martial combat is a recurring theme throughout this hardboiled series. In interviews, Thomas has said that Barker is based on men such as Richard Francis Burton and Edward William Barton-Wright, founder of Bartitsu.
