S.C.'s Kyle Carpenter's Medal of Honor, allows Obama to shine his brightest

President Barack Obama presented Gilbert (S.C.'s) U.S. Marine Cpl Kyle Carpenter (Ret.) the Congressional Medal of Honor, June 19.  (Cpl. Kyle Carpenter's Medal of Honor ceremony)

With that, Obama may have been afforded the most inspiring moment of his presidency.

Obama choked back tears, as he described Carpenter throwing himself on a grenade in Afghanistan to save the life of his fellow Marine. “He should not be alive today,” Obama said of the 24-year-old Marine, who was born in Mississippi.

“Greater love have no man than to lay down his life for his friends,”  Obama humbly, and with emotion, quoted from The Bible.

As Obama praised Carpenter, he presented it as sincere. He spoke of the fact that Carpenter flat-lined three times at the site of the explosion. He lamented Carpenter’s five weeks in a coma, and 40 surgeries. “His survival is a miracle, thank God,” Obama said.

Obama spoke, graciously, of Carpenter’s recovery and his completing of the Marine Corps Marathon.

In a lighter moment, Obama joked that Carpenter told him girls dig the scars. Obama seemed to genuinely like the young serviceman who had given his life - he thought - for his country.

And not only that, Obama talked in a way that expressed sincere love for this country.

“You're not going to get a better example of what you want in an a Marine” or what you want in an American, Obama said of Carpenter.

Obama was inspiring, respectful and personable. He spoke well of us.

In a room filled with Carpenter's family, and Marines from Carpenter's unit, Obama also praised the military doctors for doing “God's work.”

Obama's humility in front of The Creator was significant and seemed sincere.

The touching tribute to Carpenter, and to God, may have moved non-believers, too.

Radical leftist and obnoxious political commentator Bill Maher claimed - just after Obama's salute to Carpenter - Obama is a fake.

“Try as he might. President Obama’s public push to showcase himself as a man of faith just isn't believable, Maher said, three days after Carpenter's ceremony. “Obama’s always spouting spiritual (expletive) and I don’t believe it for a second.”

Maher's reaction to Obama seems to be that of one who is offended because it was so effective.
And atheists - as their religion dictates - are not so forgiving when the men they have created as gods, commit their version of blasphemy. 

Despite the reason, Obama was at his best during the celebration of the sacrifice of Cpl. Kyle Carpenter. For that we can thank him. We, our country, could use much more of Obama as he was June 19.

And as we note Carpenter's state of origin, we can also thank God for Mississippi.