Just a Slip?

Last weekend, the Commander-in-Chief, using the Teleprompter-in-Chief, was speaking to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, when he quoted the following from the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.".

So, what's the problem with that? Well, the actual words that Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration are, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Yes, he left out "by their Creator." Not surprisingly, the Drive-By media is ignoring this slip, but the Conservative Blogs have picked up on it. See what we wouldn't know without blogs? Imagine if George W. Bush would have made such a slip...all we'd hear about is what an idiot he is, but the Bamster screws up, and the media is silent.

Pundits have posed 2 possible theories on this. The first is that it was a mistake by the Teleprompter-In-Chief and Obama wasn't quick enough to catch it. The second, and more plausible, is that Obama's speech writer intentionally left it out so as not to offend Americans who don't believe in God. Notice that neither of these options actually blames Obama.

I'm going to propose a 3rd theory. I'm going to propose that this was an intentional omission by a man who believes that all rights come from the government and not our Creator. This is a man, who by his actions and words obviously has a god complex, and believes that the government he currently runs, should be the central force in our lives. Furthermore, I believe he doesn't agree with the Founders on much. I think that President Obama believes that the Founders gave us too much freedom and limited the power of the Federal Government too much, so I think part of him wants to change the words of the Founders, or the meaning of those words, to suit his purposes whenever he can.

And, to think, Obama would have gotten away with it too, if not for those meddling right-wing blogs and their ability to remember the actual text of the Declaration of Independence.