Obama completed 100 days in office. And here’s my modest list of five highlights:
“By doing this, we will ensure America’s continued global leadership in scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs.”
- He angered conservatives by categorically stating that US is not a Christian nation.
“One of the great strengths of the United States is … we have a very large Christian population — we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.”
- He deliberately avoided religious symbolism to be associated with a speech he was making as the President. The White House asked Georgetown University to cover a monogram symbolizing Jesus’ name in Gaston Hall, where President Obama delivered a speech, according to CNSNews.com.
- He (deliberately?) nominated three people amongst others, who ‘have publicly stood against church dogma’ as US ambassador to Vatican. Vatican vetoed them.
“Vatican sources told Italy’s Il Giornale newspaper that among those rejected were Caroline Kennedy and two other Roman Catholics who were unacceptable to the pope because they have publicly stood against church dogma.”
- He hosted a Passover dinner at the White House in what is believed to be the first by an American president.
As you may notice, I did leave out his right noises on Guantanamo and Iran etc. from my list. I picked the ones that are small, subtle yet significant and most strongly represent his challenge to conservatism in America. For conservatism, in my humble opinion might yet turn out to be a bigger threat to US of A than the other more publicized ones.
another example of why you may be right…
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/05/10/gingrich-still-doesnt-want-obama-to-speak-at-notre-dame/