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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI don't think it's very patriotic to be criticizing the president in the middle of a war
If we are, as some people say, at war, then we need to be standing with our commander-in-chief. We ought not to be second-guessing him, undercutting his leadership. That only gives aid and comfort to the enemy.*
*This is not intended to be a serious statement.
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I don't think it's very patriotic to be criticizing the president in the middle of a war (Original Post)
bluestateguy
Dec 2015
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Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions. Nietsche
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2015
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Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)1. Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions. Nietsche
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)2. We criticized the hell out of Obama, Bush, and Bill Clinton.
Bush Sr. Didn't catch much flak, but there was no Internet to speak of.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)3. I used that once on a puke
that used to have it on a bumpersticker. He said he could do what he wanted, I reminded him of that now curiously missing bumpersticker and he left.