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Cindy McCain Must Be Proud of Jim Crow
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Either she's a liar or a sociopath:
"I am proud of my country. I don't know about you? If you heard those words earlier, I am very proud of my country," Mrs. McCain said while revving up the crowd and introducing her husband.
When asked at a media availability afterward if they were responding to Michelle Obama's comments that this election was the "first time" she was "really proud" of the U.S., Sen. McCain deferred to his wife-who reiterated her previous words.
"I just wanted to make the statement that I have and always will be proud of my country," McCain said.
How nice.
Given that she's lived through segregation, My Lai, and Abu Grhaib, though, that's a fairly disturbing thing to say. Always? Really? No matter what it does?
Of course this is about Michelle Obama's comments and the phony outrage machine that they inspired. To wingnuts, patriotism means being proud of your country like a child is proud of her mommy -- it can do no wrong. Ever.
(Adding, it's okay to hate the half of the country that votes Democrat, because those people aren't real Americans.)
UPDATE: McCain Would Ask For “Permission” To Defend America
St. McCain is such a global test surrendermonkey Chamberlain appeaser.
Sen. John McCain of Arizona, close to clinching the GOP nomination, called Sen. Barack Obama "naive" today and faulted the Illinois senator for waffling on an earlier commitment to abide by public financing limits.
One day after Obama scored double-digit victories in Wisconsin and Hawaii in his drive toward the Democratic presidential nomination, McCain blasted him for advocating a bombing of Al Qaeda hide-outs in Pakistan. "The best idea is not to broadcast what you're going to do, that's naive," said McCain, who also questioned the very notion of "bombing Pakistan without their permission."
It's difficult to imagine just how many days of phony wingnut outrage we'd be subjected to if Obama said he needed foreign country's permission to defend the United States.
Remember this?
"When our country's in danger the president's job is not to take an international poll. The president's job is to defend America," Bush said.
Hellz yeah! said the wingnuts, then. What will they say now?
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Blue Texan is a regular contributing blogger for FireDogLake.
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