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  • July 2008

    • New McCain Attack: Obama Wants to Lose War

      Talking Points Memo  |  Jul 14, 08 1:57 PM CDT

      New McCain Attack: Obama Wants to Lose War

      (Newser) - John McCain’s inner circle tried a new line of attack against Barack Obama today, charging that the presumptive Democratic nominee and his entire party want to lose the Iraq war to serve their own political purposes. Said McCain’s top foreign policy hand, “Senator Obama seems to think losing a war will help him to win an election.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Iraq  • Afghanistan  • Harry Reid  • patriotism  • Lindsey Graham

    • Real Patriots Criticize the Government

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jul 4, 08 6:50 PM CDT

      Real Patriots Criticize the Government

      (Newser) - Patriotism is the word of the day, but what does it mean? For Cynthia Tucker of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , it means fighting for your country’s ideals. "I believe I'm lucky to be an American because our founding document embraces the revolutionary idea that any citizen should be able to criticize his government without fear of retaliation," she writes. More »

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      civil rights  • constitution  • patriotism  • freedom of speech

    • Black, Red, White & Blue

      Washington Post  |  Jul 4, 08 5:55 PM CDT

      Black, Red, White & Blue

      (Newser) - For black Americans, patriotism is a complex sentiment, but "complicated relationships tend to be the deepest and strongest," writes Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post . Barack Obama’s candidacy shows how far we've come, but "it is not common, in my experience, for sitting US senators to be questioned on their love of country," Robinson observes. More »

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      Barack Obama  • election 2008  • race  • blacks  • patriotism  • Fourth of July

    • Say, That Star-Spangled Banner Is Huge!

      New York Times  |  Jul 4, 08 4:30 AM CDT

      Say, That Star-Spangled Banner Is Huge!

      (Newser) - A decades-old trend for field-sized Stars and Stripes at sporting events shows no signs of flagging, writes the New York Times . A flag big enough for the Statue of Liberty to wear as a cape will cover Yankee Stadium's turf before the upcoming all-star game—and the giant 150-foot banner is considered small by modern standards. More »

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      patriotism  • stadium  • USA  • flag

    • Patriotism Is Latest Plank in Balancing Act

      Washington Post  |  Jul 1, 08 8:39 PM CDT

      Patriotism Is Latest Plank in Balancing Act

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is still doing battle to define himself, with his patriotism the latest thrust, Dan Balz writes in the Washington Post . But as he wrapped himself in the flag yesterday, Obama was revealed as both “stronger and weaker” than earlier in the year—stronger because he’s battle-hardened, but weaker because "he remains not yet fully formed in the minds of many voters." More »

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      Barack Obama  • election 2008  • patriotism

  • June 2008

    • Obama Rejects Clark's Remark About McCain

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 30, 08 3:52 PM CDT

      Obama Rejects Clark's Remark About McCain

      (Newser) - Barack Obama today rejected surrogate Wesley Clark’s suggestion that being shot down in Vietnam didn’t qualify John McCain for the presidency, the LA Times reports. A rep said Obama “honors and respects” McCain’s service. In a speech in Independence, Mo., Obama said: “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”  More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • negative campaigning  • Vietnam  • Missouri  • patriotism  • Wesley Clark

    • 2 Candidates, 2 Americas: Old Values vs. New

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 13, 08 7:50 AM CDT

      2 Candidates, 2 Americas: Old Values vs. New

      (Newser) - It's not just youth vs. age, Peggy Noonan writes of the general election contest that began in earnest this week, it's a battle of the Old America vs. the New America—"between the thing we were, and the thing we have been becoming for 40 years or so." The Old America McCain represents values patriotism, tradition, honor, character, stoicism, she writes. The New, Obama's America, values education, achievement, making bold decisions, breaking tradition. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • election 2008  • patriotism  • tradition

  • May 2008

    • Get Back to the 'One Nation,' Barack

      New Republic  |  May 21, 08 1:55 PM CDT

      Get Back to the 'One Nation,' Barack

      (Newser) - Give us our “one nation” Obama back, the New Republic editors demand: Barack has been "sapping the charisma from his campaign” to chase down the white working class, and now that Clinton is (all but) gone, it’s time to pivot back to pure patriotism. Trumpeting national unity was Obama’s “greatest political strength” earlier in the year, and suddenly his feelings about America have become a “liability.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Hamas  • patriotism  • Bill Ayers  • unity

    • Let's Stick This Pin on the Constitution

      CNN  |  May 20, 08 3:13 PM CDT

      Let's Stick This Pin on the Constitution

      (Newser) - If flag pins are so very important, it ought to be illegal not to wear one, Roland Martin writes on CNN. The obvious root of all our nation’s problems stops with Amendment 28: Elected officials must wear flag lapel pins. Heck, why stop at pins? Shouldn’t the candidates be wearing red-white-and-blue socks, Uncle Sam hats and star-spangled underwear, too? More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • constitutional amendment  • patriotism  • flag lapel pin  • flag

    • Obama Bristles at GOP: 'Lay Off My Wife'

      Talking Points Memo  |  May 19, 08 1:12 PM CDT

      Obama Bristles at GOP: 'Lay Off My Wife'

      (Newser) - Barack Obama today responded with vigor to Tennessee Republicans' spotlighting wife Michelle’s “proud of my country” comments, saying, “these folks should lay off my wife.” Appearing on ABC, the Democratic front-runner tried to lay down some boundaries for the general election, Talking Points Memo reports, saying that while he’s fair game, it's “unacceptable” to “make Michelle an issue in this campaign.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Michelle Obama  • Tennessee  • lobbyists  • patriotism

    • Tenn. GOP Rips 'Anti-American' Mrs. O on Web

      CNN  |  May 16, 08 5:34 AM CDT

      Tenn. GOP Rips 'Anti-American' Mrs. O on Web

      (Newser) - The Tennessee GOP has produced a controversial internet video attack on Michelle Obama, blasting her recent remarks that she was proud of America "for the first time in my adult life." The four-minute video, released yesterday to coincide with her campaign visit to the state, features Tennessee residents boasting of their pride in America intercut with Mrs. Obama's comments. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Michelle Obama  • Republican Party  • Tennessee  • smear campaign  • patriotism  • loyalty

    • When GOP Says 'American,' It Really Means 'White'

      Washington Post  |  May 14, 08 10:28 AM CDT

      When GOP Says 'American,' It Really Means 'White'

      (Newser) - John McCain’s first post-primary ad declares him “the American president Americans have been waiting for," and the repetition tells all, Harold Meyerson writes in the Washington Post . Forget "strong," or "experienced," he notes. For the GOP, " ‘American’ is a term to be used as a wedge issue, a way to distinguish their more racially and religiously homogeneous party from the historically more polyglot Democrats.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • McCain 2008  • race relations  • patriotism  • American

  • April 2008

    • Obama Needs 'Act II'

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 25, 08 6:49 PM CDT

      Obama Needs 'Act II'

      (Newser) - Act I was his grand entrance, and Act III will be his acceptance speech at the party convention, but now Barack Obama needs an Act II, Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal —and the subject of the act should be America. John McCain carries love of country “in his bones,” but Obama hasn’t closed the deal because ordinary voters don’t yet get the “content” and “fullness” of his patriotism. More »

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