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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: patriotism

patriotism stories: 19 news summaries
OPINION

Obama-Bashing Is Manchurian Candidate Crap

Claims he has an anti-US agenda go well beyond Bush-loathing

Oct 19, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Liberals questioned George W Bush's legitimacy and wanted him to fail, writes Michael Tomasky, so what's the difference between those Bush haters and the birthers, teabaggers, and "paranoid" “committed conservatives” who Tomasky writes are way “off the continuum” of political debate over Barack Obama’s presidency?... More »

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Barack Obama • nationalism • Michael Tomasky • George W. Bush • patriotism • conservatives • opinion polls • Obama administration • President Obama • Typhoid Mary

 Booted for Unpatriotic 
 Bathroom Trip, 
 Yanks Fan Sues 

Suit alleges cops chucked man from stadium for God Bless America trip

Apr 16, 09 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fan manhandled out of Yankee Stadium for trying to go to the restroom while God Bless America played is suing the NYPD, the Yankees, and the city, Gawker reports. Bradford Campeau-Laurion—whose suit is backed by the New York Civil Liberties Union—charges that two cops, believed to be... More »

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NYPD • New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • lawsuit • baseball • God Bless America • patriotism • Bradford Campeau-Laurion

OPINION

 Noonan: 
 Don't Panic, 
 We're Still America 

From Madoff to Detroit, people feel it's all collapsing, and they're wrong

Dec 19, 08 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - From Bernard Madoff to Rod Blagojevich, Americans have lost faith in the people running things. “It’s the age of the empty suit,” one of Peggy Noonan’s friends mused recently. Our institutions have proven impotent and absent, and now “people feel all trends lead downward from... More »

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America • Peggy Noonan • patriotism • hope • Bernard Madoff

 Palin Sorry for 
 'Pro-America' Remark 

Candidate says sorry for misunderstanding; discusses what she'd do as VP

Oct 22, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin apologized last night for any misunderstandings created by her remarks about "pro-America areas of this great nation." The candidate told a CNN interviewer she hadn't meant to imply that parts of the country are unpatriotic. "If that's the way it came across, I apologize,"... More »

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Gavin Newsom • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview • patriotism

OPINION

When Did Patriots Stop Paying Taxes?

Palin dead wrong; now is time for US taxpayer to step up: Friedman

Oct 8, 08 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is really asking for it, writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times, when she blithely criticizes paying taxes as unpatriotic—especially when Uncle Sam needs the cash to pay for wars and a bailout that she supports. Does Palin "think borrowing money from China is more... More »

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taxes • Thomas Friedman • energy dependence • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • patriotism • financial crisis

Opinion

Obama on Warpath Pleases, Worries Pundits

It was the right speech ... the speech Dem had to give ... a mashup of speeches ...

Aug 29, 08 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The chattering class saw strength—even Rovian aggression—in Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, for better or worse. A sampling of what observers are saying:
  • The Democratic nominee managed to be about voters, not himself, magnificently deflecting John McCain’s entire “celebrity” narrative, Michael Tomasky writes in the
... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Democratic National Convention • Obama 2008 • speech • patriotism

 New McCain Attack:
 Obama Wants
 to Lose War 

Republicans say Dem is serving own purposes

Jul 14, 08 1:57 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Opinion

 Real Patriots Criticize
 the Government 

American ideals more important than scare of the minute

Jul 4, 08 6:50 PM CDT
(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... More »

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constitution • civil rights • freedom of speech • patriotism

OPINION

Black, Red, White & Blue 

Obama's patriotism questioned at historic moment

Jul 4, 08 5:55 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Election 2008 • African-Americans • patriotism • Fourth of July

 Say, That
 Star-Spangled
 Banner Is Huge! 

Gigantic flags greet sports fans nationwide

Jul 4, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(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... More »

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stadium • flag • USA • patriotism

OPINION

 Patriotism Is 
 Latest Plank 
 in Balancing Act 

Dem is battle-tested, yet he still needs to define himself in many voters' eyes

Jul 1, 08 8:39 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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Barack Obama • Election 2008 • patriotism • balance

Obama Rejects Clark's Remark About McCain

In patriotism speech, Dem says no to devaluing service

Jun 30, 08 3:52 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

2 Candidates, 2 Americas:
Old Values vs. New

McCain represents tradition that's changing

Jun 13, 08 7:50 AM CDT
(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."... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Peggy Noonan • Election 2008 • patriotism • tradition

OPINION

  Get Back to the
 'One Nation,'
 Barack 

Candidate lost message of patriotism, unity in wooing white working class

May 21, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Opinion

 Let's Stick This Pin
 on the Constitution 

If it's that big a deal, then make patriotic lapel pin the 28th Amendment

May 20, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Obama Bristles at GOP: 'Lay
Off My Wife'

Dem front-runner also scolds McCain on lobbyist connections

May 19, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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

Obama camp blasts 'shameful' tactic

May 16, 08 5:34 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

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

On unpopular side of issues, McCain and Co. seem set to play to biases

May 14, 08 10:28 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

 Obama Needs 'Act II' 

And its focus should be America itself, Noonan advises in the Journal

Apr 25, 08 6:49 PM CDT
(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 “... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Democratic National Convention • Peggy Noonan • patriotism • George Washington

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