I think McCain is the strawman here in this response to political announcements on the 4th of July. I, for one, find it to be particularly reprehensible instead for Obama to don the cloak of the Patriots in his remarks.

The Declaration of Independence was a declaration against the tyranny of the government of King George. Nowhere did it mention health care reform (or, as is more cynically accurate, health insurance "reform"). Nowhere did it mention an energy policy. Nowhere was it presented as an outline for a business-as-usual political policy agenda.

No, the Declaration of Independence was fighting words! I would encourage all to read the Declaration of Independence within the context of what should be our proper response to the many abuses of power introduced by the Bush Administration, many of which are now sanctioned by the Obama Administration. The Declaration of Independence leaves little doubt about just how urgently Jefferson and Adams and the others would have responded to revelations about war crimes and Gitmo and CIA "Black Sites" and warrantless wiretaps and the suspension of habeus corpus rights and the murder of detainees and other such extreme human rights abuses.

McCain is a clown, and his ridiculous, denture-clattering pronouncements are to be expected.

Obama is another story. He is our President. Furthermore, he was elected in main part to restore the principles of governance spelled out so beautifully in our Declaration of Independence. He has failed miserably in this regard.

If he would now choose just a modicum of honor before political expediency, he would find the decency to at least lay low and not show his face around here during our celebration of the 4th of July. But who needs honor when there are so many lobbyists requiring servicing for a fee, eh? Obama chooses instead to continue with the very lucrative "business" of "governing" instead of defending our Constitution, and thus blasphemes our Founders in the process. We should all feel ashamed for allowing it to happen.