July 30, 2008

Barack Obama

This week's Wings of Justice winner comes to us from a very special reader: our winner from last week! L.F. Eason III of North Carolina sacrificed his job to stand up to the hypocrisy of politicians falling all over themselves to honor Jesse Helms, whom Eason said practiced a "doctrine of negativity, hate, and prejudice."

So of course we couldn't help but take notice when Eason drew our attention to the much-overlooked impact of Sen. Barack Obama's European tour:

I feel that Senator Obama convinced much of Europe that America could move past the Bush fiasco and not be the tyrant they've dealt with for the past seven years. I never thought Americans could be liked in Europe for several generations, but Senator Obama seems to have accomplished that most important goal in the span of a single speech.

On the home front, I particularly liked his remark, "The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand." The only way to secure our southern border is to help eliminate the inequity between our countries. If we put the money that would have gone into building this new iron curtain into humanitarian relief and identifying who is here, it will do far more to secure our border and the safety of America. Senator Obama earned the Wings of Justice award for this incredible European trip. There is hope for America again!

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