Patriotism should not be defined as a relentless assault on the nation’s traditions and customs but that’s what they want it to be today. Liberals want to define patriotism as being whatever they support and whatever they say no matter how offensive and damning they are.

We’re being lectured to on patriotism by a guy who had a problem trying to figure out when and where to wear the American flag pin, for crying out loud.
— Rush Limbaugh, 6/30/08

How has Obama shown his patriotism as a public man? Has he supported our war effort? He has not. By his own definition he’s not supported his country. Patriotism is supporting your country all the time. I heard him say it. He’s not done that. Has he spent much time with the Armed Forces? Depends on which Armed Forces: Bill Ayers or the United States military. Obama has spent his entire career condemning much of the country: bitter clingers, guns, religion, not just the government, but the country, as has his wife, as have his friends.

Which political party is it that is suggesting to us that terrorists deserve constitutional rights, the same constitutional rights accorded United States citizens. We don’t have the right to spy on terrorists. Which party is it that wants us to sue phone companies that allow terrorists to be spied on? Which party is it that’s doing its level best to discredit any intelligence gathering technique that is used in order to improve this nation’s security? No wonder they feel defensive about this. Which party was it that was saying that the surge would never work? Which party was it whose supporters ran a full page New York Times ad on General Betraeus?

Which party was it whose members accused Petraeus of lying before he opened his mouth? Which party has as a member a man who avoided voting on the MoveOn.org resolution in the Senate? He wasn’t there, he didn’t vote. It was Barack Obama. Which party has accused troops of murder and rape? The Democrat Party. Which party has members that have accused Club Gitmo operatives of torture and being like Pol Pot’s regime and the people who ran the Soviet Gulags? That would be Dick Durbin and the Democrat Party. Which political party has tried to kill — and they failed — war spending bills with poison pills and other techniques? It would be the Democrat Party. So no wonder they feel defensive about patriotism.

Okay, so now not only are we being lectured to on patriotism by Obama, we’re being told that only he can redefine it. He’s going to redefine patriotism for us. What he says after this doesn’t matter. We don’t need the Messiah to redefine patriotism. We know it when we see it. We know it when we don’t see it. And we see it plain as day when we don’t see it.

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