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Preview of Obama speech on Patriotism in Missouri


From the Chicago Tribune:

The message will be that love of country is not defined only by such traditional measures as serving in the military or tracing one’s ancestors to the Mayflower. Patriotism, he and his supporters will say, can be reflected in living the American dream, which in Obama’s case means rising as the Hawaiian-born son of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother to professional and political prominence.

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“It’s more about the ongoing narrative that he has told throughout this campaign,” said a senior adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “It is an ‘only in America’ story.”

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As part of the patriotism theme, Obama also is expected to speak this summer near the Punchbowl National Cemetery in Honolulu, where his grandfather, a World War II veteran, is buried.

Obama’s first general-election ad, a 60-second biography launched earlier this month, foreshadows the patriotism theme, with images from his life story accompanied by his own words about what being an American means to him.

The speech will be given at noon today, E.S.T.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:23 am June 30th, 2008 in Politics 

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