IMPORTANT ACTION ALERTS are sure to show up soon. Apparently, CNN and the Associated Press are now “right wing hacks” for wondering about something the Left feels should not be an issue: is Obama patriotic. As most of you on the right know, patriotism is simply a love of country. The Left doesn’t particularly like America, ergo, they are not patriotic and cannot be, because, dissent is not the highest form of patriotism when one starts with the position that America truly sucks. Their leading presidential candidate seems to feel the same way.
Far more notable is Barack Obama’s response to these depressingly familiar attacks. In response, he’s not scurrying around slapping flags all over himself or belting out the National Anthem, nor is he apologizing for not wearing lapels, nor is he defensively trying to prove that – just like his Republican accusers – he, too, is a patriot, honestly. He’s not on the defensive at all. Instead, he’s swatting away these slurs with the dismissive contempt they deserve, and then eagerly and aggressively engaging the debate on offense because he’s confident, rather than insecure, about his position
Republicans do not have to defensively prove they love America. Democrats do. They d not do it too well, either.
Obama responds to CNN’s smear: Join In against ‘right wing hack attacks’. Obama responds to the new smear campaign against him quite deftly. CNN and the AP should be ashamed of themselves. I didn’t know lapel pins were so important to national security.
Actually, they are, when one is running for president of the USA, and some of us are concerned with electing a president who does not like the country he wants to be president of.
It became clear yesterday that the GOP plans to attack Obama as an unpatriotic candidate in the general election, based on silly measures of what that means. So the video for the day – which I can’t embed – can be found at the link below.
Bang the Drum goes on about his Grandma being in Kabul in the 70’s, wearing traditional garb. Here she is in Afghani garb. Challenge her patriotism or give her credit for being open others’ cultures and customs. If you choose the latter, you’re right. Probably. Because they are two completely different things that BtD is speaking about.
I’m sure by now you’ve all seen the odious article by Nedra Pickler of the AP concerning Barack Obama’s supposed lack of patriotism, as defined by flag lapel pins. Â As Shane Hensinger pointed out, this is the same Nedra Pickler who has consistently repeated right-wing talking points and inserted them into the AP wire.
Shane’s diary included an action tool to contact the AP and MSNBC about their Cavuto Mark question about Obama’s patriotism, but that is not enough.
Wait for it, here it comes!
action alert: tell the asspress they are
jane at fdl has an action alert to let the asspress know that it’s not ok to question obama’s patriotism at the behest of the gop:
Bwahahahahahaha! Check out her “contact the media over this right wing smear” page. Hilarious!
Notice two things: 1st, the Left doesn’t like when the media goes after them, and typically goes ballistic. They should toughen up, take off the silk boxers and penny loafers, and grow some cajones.
Second, none of those mentioned actually, you know, defended Barack Obama. Some like Bang the Drum made a weird connection with his Gradma (who seems like a pretty cool lady, but, didn’t mean a thing towards discussing Obama’s, or her’s, patriotism.) But none of them can really defend his actions as patriotic. His love of country.
We all have loved ones. Friends, parents, siblings, children, spouses, girlfriends or boyfriends. They all have faults, which may annoy us and drive us nuts. But, we still love them, right? That is what patriotism is, but for country. Liberals are simply at the point of divorce, hating the ex, but mouthing empty platitudes about “still loving the bitch/bastard,” and promising to be friends. Then cutting their break lines.
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