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- bigriley, on 05/10/2008, -2/+6They need to run this as a spot in West Virginia!
- mollyk, on 05/10/2008, -2/+5wow. thanks - I am proud to be an American.
- tcbishop12, on 05/09/2008, -3/+5Very nice. Thanks.
- LloydBentsen, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1I think it is sexy.
- inactive, on 05/10/2008, -4/+2He refused to honor the national Anthem and instead of putting his hand over his heart like a patriot he put them on his crotch.
He has repeatedly done all he could to disarm Americans, that's not patriotism.
He refuses to sponsor or cosponsor the Enumerated Powers act, again unpatriotic.
He supports giving away our soveriegnty to a world court or global governance, again not patriotic and bordering on idiotic.
Add to that his hatred of white people and his lack of any leadership ability and you get the picture of a man not worthy of the vote from any freedom loving American.
If Obama is selected as the nominee it will make history. It will be the first biracial candidate and the first Dem candidate to finish third on election day.
Obama is as far from being a patriot as you can be. - inactive, on 05/10/2008, -7/+5Can you really call him a senator when his entire time in that position has been spent running for President?
This would be better shown at the onion. - rolfv, on 05/10/2008, -3/+1Ok, that's just too cheesy
- insllvn, on 05/10/2008, -7/+3I guess it is only propaganda when it is about someone you don't like...
What is funny, is I went to you tube looking for a clip from Triumph of the Will to serve as an extreme example of propaganda that is obviously such because it contains a hated figure. I want to be clear, I am not comparing Obama to Hitler, just using Triumph of the Will as an example. What is funny, is that I wound up watching several speeches Hitler made that were featured in the film, and they are all WITHOUT EXCEPTION more substantive than the video in this article. I had hoped to find a scene or montage of Hitler with Wagner blaring in the background so that I could say "look, you can do this with anyone," but what I discovered is that this isn't even particularly good propaganda. Just an interesting observation.
Secondly, this is drivel of the highest order. It doesn't prove Obama is a patriot, not that he should need to, it proves that he has said the pledge of allegiance and is quite photogenic. I wish politicians were allowed, or hell even required, to have more nuanced ideas and opinions than "America, ***** Yeah!" There is a lot that is good about America and a lot that is bad. America is inherently nothing, just land and people. The ideas it was founded upon are outdated, as many are quick to point out whenever Ron Paul talks about self-determination of currency. The dream of a people who governed themselves and wouldn't trade liberty for temporary security, of a people with that pioneer spirit that questioned authority and thought for itself is what? A memory? None of these things are America, if they ever were. Patriotism is over rated, it is the fuzzy feel good nothing of a lazy people who are too busy watching Fox News and American Idle to think seriously about any real issues. Is it so terrible to imagine a president who doesn't trumpet USA USA USA!? Modern American nationalism is a cunning blend of religion (Obama, like all the others is a Christian because he must be), national identity (USA USA USA! We beat the ***** Nazi's! Hurray!), and consumerism. This is the land of anti-intellectualism and shoot-first-ask-questions-later. God forbid someone stand up and say we are ***** up our *****. God forbid someone stand up and say America is falling short of its founding ideals, hell of basic human decency. FFS, torture is A OK because it doesn't violate cruel and unusual punishment (it is not a punishment you see)!?! Scalia said so. God forbid someone stand up and say "Shame on you! We can and should be better."
GOD DAMN AMERICA GOD DAMN AMERICA GOD DAMN AMERICA!
Wow, that isn't at all where that started in my head. Sorry for the rant. - GhostWithToast, on 05/09/2008, -6/+2Isn't that snorg tees versus busted tees advertising war going on right now funny?
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