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After Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech, anyone still questioning whether he is really 
a Christian, rather than a Muslim aligned with fanaticism, needs to seek therapy forthwith. Anyone still unconvinced that Obama is really an American committed to his nation’s values, rather than an imposter who doesn’t pledge allegiance to his critics’ satisfaction, should probably surrender to the asylum. Obama’s speech, an artful balance of realism and idealism, was both a Judeo-Christian epistle, conceding the moral necessity of war, and a meditation on American exceptionalism. He was, in other words, the unapologetic president of the United States and not some errant global villager seeking affirmation/Kathleen Parker, Washington Post. More here.
Question: Did President Obama’s speech in Oslo put to rest questions that he’s the unapologetic president of the United States who puts his country’s interests first?
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Nick_Adams on December 14 at 2:14 p.m.
Unfortunately, there is always going to be a number of folks who will question Obama’s patriotism. However, it appears that his speech in Oslo won over a fair number of conservatives—at least for the day. In addition to Ms. Parker, Newt Gingrich and Pat Buchanan also commended both the tone and content of the President’s remarks. I believe that Newt even called the speech “historic”.