Liz Cheney Falsely Claims Obama Does Not Believe In American Exceptionalism

Posted: Friday, June 12, 2009 | Posted by Chico Brisbane | Labels: , ,

Liz Cheney continued her seemingly unending campaign to flood the American media, and once again, she said something that isn’t true. This time, on CNN last night, she criticized the Obama administration for being "focused on the president’s popularity overseas." "We’ve now seen several different occasions when he’s been on the international trips, where he’s not willing to say, flat out, ‘I believe in American exceptionalism,’" Cheney complained. But of course, Obama has said this. Last April during a press conference at the NATO summit in Strasbourg, France, Obama was asked if he "subscribe[s]…to the school of American exceptionalism."

Obama replied:
OBAMA: I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism. I’m enormously proud of my country and its role and history in the world. … And I think that we have a core set of values that are enshrined in our Constitution, in our body of law, in our democratic practices, in our belief in free speech and equality, that, though imperfect, are exceptional.

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No, Obama did not say "America is the best nation that ever existed in history, and clearly that exists today," as Cheney wishes. But she essentially wants him to stand in front of a room full of foreigners and say, "We’re better than you." This is exactly the kind of cowboy diplomacy that has hurt America’s relationship with its allies over the last eight years and ultimately
its standing in the world.