Conservatives attack Obama for his lack of patriotism

[Freida5]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j7h3tqXBVMkt-Ig_c0Dz025_-jJQD8V0M9VG0

Conservatives Say Obama Lacks Patriotism
By NEDRA PICKLER – 6 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Barack Obama's refusal to wear an American flag lapel pin along with a photo of him not putting his hand over his heart during the National Anthem led conservatives on Internet and in the media to question his patriotism.

Now Obama's wife, Michelle, has drawn their ire, too, for saying recently that she's really proud of her country for the first time in her adult life.

Conservative consultants say that combined, the cases could be an issue for Obama in the general election if he wins the nomination, especially as he runs against Vietnam war hero Sen. John McCain.

"The reason it hasn't been an issue so far is that we're still in the microcosm of the Democratic primary," said Republican consultant Roger Stone. "Many Americans will find the three things offensive. Barack Obama is out of the McGovern wing of the party, and he is part of the blame America first crowd."

Opponents of Sen. John Kerry proved in the 2004 election that voters are sensitive to suggestions that a candidate is not sufficiently patriotic. The Democratic presidential nominee's campaign was torpedoed by critics of his Vietnam War record called the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, even though he won multiple military honors and was lauded by his superiors.

[stellanoir]

1. "patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings"

Bob Dylan, later plagiarized by Lisa Simpson

LOL

[thereismore]

3. I believe Dylan plagiarized it from Thomas Jefferson. nt

[stellanoir]

10. and on and on it goes

I heard a quotation from Ecclesiastes (sp?) which I should have written own about "nothing being new. . ." or some such phrase.

I'll google it if I have time.

[thereismore]

19. Yep. Vanity, all vanity! nt

[thunder rising]

2. Freepers will always bring up patriotism and religion. Kerry is a war hero and they invented

Swift Boating" just for him. The Republican accusations remain the same the reasons change to make the words rhyme. (Joe Walsh). Don't cringe in front of the over zealot 19% it only excites them.

[VolcanoJen]

4. Democrats attack Republicans for their phony flag-waving, and their wretched war.

They are bastards.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Obama should just sing "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore" to them.

John Prine's classic has never been out of style.

[no_hypocrisy]

Dupe. Sorry.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Dupe. Sorry.

[bigdarryl]

7. SAME OLD BULLSHIT RETHUG PLAY BOOK

[mrreowwr_kittty]

8. Oh noes!!

Barack should just pack it up and concede to McCain now. :sarcasm:

[tularetom]

9. This is about the 5th posting of this article on DU

And it makes no more sense now than it did the first time. Of course they're going to go after him for his "lack of patriotism". What else can they possibly do? They have no record of their own to stand on. The Iraq war(?) is a clusterfuck, the economy is a joke, the administration is probably the most corrupt in history. They have no solutions for any of these problems other than stay the course. Aqnd voters have given up on more of the same as a policy. They want change. I don't give a flyin fuck if Obama wears a made in China flag pin on his lapel. I do care if he gets a fctory replocated to America that makes flag lapel pins. So if they swift boat Obama and everyone knows its bullshit does it have any effect. Probably it will, but I think people are onto that shit. They are going to do it to any Dem. But Obama is the Dem unflappable enough to stand up to it.

[JimGinPA]

11. Hillary Supporters Here, Like Rethugs, Hope It Will Stick...

Unfortunatly, most people are really smarter than that.

[NastyRiffraff]

17. You just can't help yourself, can you?

Do you have your computer on autopilot with rotating trash about Hillary's supporters to insert into almost every thread, no matter what the subject is?

I won't even bother responding to your accusation, because you're incapable of listening, or even understanding.

[TwilightGardener]

12. And water is wet, grass is green. He's a godless commie black panther muslim socialist

cut-and-runner who hates amurka. Whoop de doo. And yet we'll get through it.

[texas_indy]

21. My far right wing relative already told me how Obama is bringing sharia law to the US

and how he has been a sleeper Muslin plant for this very purpose.

*sigh* She's too far gone to bring back from the dark side.


Texas is Obama country! VIVA OBAMA!

[ProSense]

13. An odd judge of Barack Obama’s patriotism

An odd judge of Barack Obama’s patriotism

Posted February 24th, 2008

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I can appreciate the newsworthiness of the trend, especially given the way partisan outlets like Fox News have tried to make this nonsense a central issue of the campaign. And Pickler does note some of the flaws with the effort to smear Obama.

But why, then, quote Roger Stone?

Josh Marshall notes:

The AP’s Nedra Pickler asks disgraced Republican dirty-trickster Roger Stone for his opinion. Stone you’ll remember is the guy who got caught making threatening phone calls to New York Gov. Spitzer’s (D-NY) elderly father and last month set up an anti-Hillary group with the acronym C-U-N-T.

Surprisingly enough, Stone thinks the answer is yes.

Of course he does. You may not know Roger Stone, but I’m sure you know his work. He is a right-wing hatchet-man extraordinaire, brazenly cynical, and free of any sense of decency or honor in a political career that began as Nixon’s “youngest Watergate dirty trickster.” Various reporters have referred to him as “a state of the art sleaze-ball,” “an extreme rightwing sleazeball,” and the “boastful black prince of Republican sleaze.” (You might notice the common thread among the decriptions.)

more

Screw the RW!

[GarbagemanLB]

14. Obama needs to wear an American flag t-shirt and a hat that says 'USA #1' to prove his patriotism

[jwirr]

15. A REAL decomcratic symbol. Great idea.

[AlCzervik]

16. it's like deja vu all over again, i could swear i've seen this article about a brazillion times.

oh yeah, because i have.

[Forkboy]

18. And many Hillary fans will help the Right by playing along.

[gravity]

20. Bring it on

The republicans are scared shitless of Obama