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 Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject: Obama's election brings out the sunshine patriots. |
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The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., has an interesting little piece titled
"Winds of Patriotism Renewed":
Ronnie Chapman has hidden away his American flag for much of
the past eight years. "I felt it was no longer a symbol of
the country I love, but of Bush and support for his war,"
said the 48-year-old pharmacist from Cary. "The first thing
I did the morning after the election was take it from my den
and fly it proudly in front of my house."
Chapman's response to the presidential election reflects the
emergence of an unusual--and some might say contradictory--new
figure: the flag-waving liberal.
After a divisive presidency and strident campaign in which
patriotism was used as a wedge issue, supporters of President-elect
Barack Obama are hanging flags, donning Old Glory lapel pins
and humming the national anthem.
"We just feel this pride and this swelling of joy," said Cheryl
Kimmel, 49, of Cary, who worked on Obama's campaign with her
18-year-old daughter, Jeanelle Alexander. "We're extremely proud
to be Americans today."
"For years it's felt like patriotism was a Republican thing,"
said Raven Moeslinger, 21, a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill. "Now
I feel like we've reclaimed it."
"The night after the election, I got in bed and started reading
the Declaration of Independence for the first time in a long
time," said Sherry Harmon, 55, of Cary. "I felt I needed to
touch base with our roots because I think we need to refresh
our ideas of who we are as Americans."
The paper notes that some Republicans see the flag-waving Democrats "as
sunshine patriots, stirred more by partisan victory than love of country."
Don't they have a point?
For the past eight years (and longer) we have heard from those on the liberal
left that there is no inconsistency between loving your country and
disagreeing strongly with the policies of its government. That is true. The
country is bigger than the party in power; you can love the former while
despising the latter. That does not seem to be the way the people in the N&O
story feel, though. Their love for America is conditional upon their party
being in power.
--
It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
for them, it's failing. |
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creosote
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Obama's election brings out the sunshine patriots. |
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On Nov 18, 3:22 am, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
| Quote: | The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., has an interesting little piece titled
"Winds of Patriotism Renewed":
Ronnie Chapman has hidden away his American flag for much of
the past eight years. "I felt it was no longer a symbol of
the country I love, but of Bush and support for his war,"
said the 48-year-old pharmacist from Cary. "The first thing
I did the morning after the election was take it from my den
and fly it proudly in front of my house."
Chapman's response to the presidential election reflects the
emergence of an unusual--and some might say contradictory--new
figure: the flag-waving liberal.
After a divisive presidency and strident campaign in which
patriotism was used as a wedge issue, supporters of President-elect
Barack Obama are hanging flags, donning Old Glory lapel pins
and humming the national anthem.
"We just feel this pride and this swelling of joy," said Cheryl
Kimmel, 49, of Cary, who worked on Obama's campaign with her
18-year-old daughter, Jeanelle Alexander. "We're extremely proud
to be Americans today."
"For years it's felt like patriotism was a Republican thing,"
said Raven Moeslinger, 21, a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill. "Now
I feel like we've reclaimed it."
"The night after the election, I got in bed and started reading
the Declaration of Independence for the first time in a long
time," said Sherry Harmon, 55, of Cary. "I felt I needed to
touch base with our roots because I think we need to refresh
our ideas of who we are as Americans."
The paper notes that some Republicans see the flag-waving Democrats "as
sunshine patriots, stirred more by partisan victory than love of country."
Don't they have a point?
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All flag wavers are idiots, regardless of party. That Republicans
think they are "the only true patriots" is what cost them the
election. People are sick and tired of that self-serving bullshit,
and self-serving it is. They're just out to make a buck and would
turn their back on this country at the drop of a hat if it interfered
with their ability to scam their fellow citizens out of their hard-
earned savings. They put a couple of years in the military and spend
the rest of their lives thinking about themselves and their family and
nobody else, then claim the exclusive mantel of "patriot." It makes
me wanna puke. That liberals are now claiming to be patriots is more
of the same crap. |
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CharlesTheCurmudgeon
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: Obama's election brings out the sunshine patriots. |
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"Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote in message
news:ZvCdnZLy_Z4eX7_UnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@giganews.com...
| Quote: | The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., has an interesting little piece
titled
"Winds of Patriotism Renewed":
Ronnie Chapman has hidden away his American flag for much of
the past eight years. "I felt it was no longer a symbol of
the country I love, but of Bush and support for his war,"
said the 48-year-old pharmacist from Cary. "The first thing
I did the morning after the election was take it from my den
and fly it proudly in front of my house."
Chapman's response to the presidential election reflects the
emergence of an unusual--and some might say contradictory--new
figure: the flag-waving liberal.
After a divisive presidency and strident campaign in which
patriotism was used as a wedge issue, supporters of President-elect
Barack Obama are hanging flags, donning Old Glory lapel pins
and humming the national anthem.
"We just feel this pride and this swelling of joy," said Cheryl
Kimmel, 49, of Cary, who worked on Obama's campaign with her
18-year-old daughter, Jeanelle Alexander. "We're extremely proud
to be Americans today."
"For years it's felt like patriotism was a Republican thing,"
said Raven Moeslinger, 21, a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill. "Now
I feel like we've reclaimed it."
"The night after the election, I got in bed and started reading
the Declaration of Independence for the first time in a long
time," said Sherry Harmon, 55, of Cary. "I felt I needed to
touch base with our roots because I think we need to refresh
our ideas of who we are as Americans."
The paper notes that some Republicans see the flag-waving Democrats "as
sunshine patriots, stirred more by partisan victory than love of country."
Don't they have a point?
For the past eight years (and longer) we have heard from those on the
liberal
left that there is no inconsistency between loving your country and
disagreeing strongly with the policies of its government. That is true.
The
country is bigger than the party in power; you can love the former while
despising the latter. That does not seem to be the way the people in the
N&O
story feel, though. Their love for America is conditional upon their party
being in power.
--
It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
for them, it's failing.
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And if I fly my flag or wear my lapel pin, it's upside down.
Charles the Curmudgeon |
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z
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Obama's election brings out the sunshine patriots. |
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On Nov 18, 9:04 am, creosote <Jaggedri...@aol.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On Nov 18, 3:22 am, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., has an interesting little piece titled
"Winds of Patriotism Renewed":
Ronnie Chapman has hidden away his American flag for much of
the past eight years. "I felt it was no longer a symbol of
the country I love, but of Bush and support for his war,"
said the 48-year-old pharmacist from Cary. "The first thing
I did the morning after the election was take it from my den
and fly it proudly in front of my house."
Chapman's response to the presidential election reflects the
emergence of an unusual--and some might say contradictory--new
figure: the flag-waving liberal.
After a divisive presidency and strident campaign in which
patriotism was used as a wedge issue, supporters of President-elect
Barack Obama are hanging flags, donning Old Glory lapel pins
and humming the national anthem.
"We just feel this pride and this swelling of joy," said Cheryl
Kimmel, 49, of Cary, who worked on Obama's campaign with her
18-year-old daughter, Jeanelle Alexander. "We're extremely proud
to be Americans today."
"For years it's felt like patriotism was a Republican thing,"
said Raven Moeslinger, 21, a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill. "Now
I feel like we've reclaimed it."
"The night after the election, I got in bed and started reading
the Declaration of Independence for the first time in a long
time," said Sherry Harmon, 55, of Cary. "I felt I needed to
touch base with our roots because I think we need to refresh
our ideas of who we are as Americans."
The paper notes that some Republicans see the flag-waving Democrats "as
sunshine patriots, stirred more by partisan victory than love of country."
Don't they have a point?
All flag wavers are idiots, regardless of party. That Republicans
think they are "the only true patriots" is what cost them the
election. People are sick and tired of that self-serving bullshit,
and self-serving it is. They're just out to make a buck and would
turn their back on this country at the drop of a hat if it interfered
with their ability to scam their fellow citizens out of their hard-
earned savings. They put a couple of years in the military and spend
the rest of their lives thinking about themselves and their family and
nobody else, then claim the exclusive mantel of "patriot." It makes
me wanna puke. That liberals are now claiming to be patriots is more
of the same crap.- Hide quoted text -
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patriot, parrot... same diff. |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:43 am Post subject: Re: Obama's election brings out the sunshine patriots. |
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On Nov 18, 5:22 am, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
| Quote: | The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., has an interesting little piece titled
"Winds of Patriotism Renewed":
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mccain/palin collared all the votes of the Moonshine Patriots. |
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