Knock, Knock.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 10:05 pm Under World News
No, this isn’t a joke. Nor is it a story about a joke.
Remember growing up, you had a tree house in the backyard where your secret club members or group of friends met. Perhaps it was a secluded area in the woods or someone’s basement. Somewhere that only you and they knew about.
And when anyone would arrive, they wouldn’t just barge in. They would give the pre-arranged “secret code”. A knock. Another knock. A sign to those already there that someone they recognized wanted to join them.
Was it because the entryway was secured? Because there was an impenetrable door to be opened? Of course not. It was because they were asking permission to join those already there and that he / she would not enter unless they were told to do so. It became a tradition. A symbol of being a member of the club or group.
After the World Trade Center horror, Americans and their friends started their own club, meeting together to help each other through the grief. It wasn’t in a tree house or in the woods or in someone’s basement. In fact, there became so many members we couldn’t meet together at all. Now, the only way you can tell who is a member of the group is because of a small flag pin worn on their lapel or blouse.
Does the fact that Barack Obama refuses, for the most part, to wear a flag pin in his lapel mean he is less “patriotic” than the rest of us? I don’t believe so.
But as he seeks to lead our club, he tells the members that the “secret code”, the flag pin, is not important. It’s not germane to his ability to lead. Is he right? In your head, you agree.
However, when the prospective leader of the club is reluctant to give the “secret code”, the knock, knock, can it really be a surprise when the members become apprehensive and standoffish? Do the members want a leader who doesn’t respect their traditions, their symbolisms? In your heart, you’re not so sure.
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