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"Inspiré" par les déclarations de l'ancien maire de New York Rudy Giuliani et du Gouverneur du Wisconsin Scott Walker (qui ont clairement laissé entendre que le président n'aime pas les États-Unis), le New York Times a fouillé dans les anciennes déclarations de Barack Obama pour y trouver des "déclarations d'amour" à son pays. L'exercice peut paraître futile, mais cet angle d'attaque n'est pas nouveau chez les républicains et Walker sera probablement candidat à la présidence en 2016. Quand on joue sur l'ignorance...
"In 2004, during the Democratic National Convention speech that galvanized his political career, he offered these words of affection for the United States: “I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible.”
Mr. Obama has not shied from criticizing the United States for what he sees as its historical shortcomings, an approach that has angered conservatives like Mr. Giuliani for years.
In fact, several of Mr. Obama’s most emphatic expressions of patriotism appear in close proximity to his critiques of America, a review of his speeches shows.
Right before Mr. Obama declared his love for America in Berlin, he had this to say:
“I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we’ve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We’ve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.”
“But I also know,” Mr. Obama said, “how much I love America.”
ttp://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/02/22/president-obama-has-in-fact-expressed-love-for-his-country/?ref=politics
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