Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Jingoistic asshats

Bill in Portland Maine has some suggestions for CNN:
Sunday the Most Trusted Name in News asked on its homepage: "Does Barack Obama show the proper patriotism for someone who wants to be president of the United States?"
Here are some other poll questions they should ask:
When George W. Bush puts his hand over his stomach during the national anthem, he seems to be signaling that America is a piece of chewed-up food headed straight for the crapper. Is this proper patriotism?

Mike Huckabee says the Constitution needs to be amended to reflect God's standards, including, we assume, stonings for adultery. Is this proper patriotism?

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When President Bush says "we do not torture," and we find out that we really do torture, is this proper patriotism?

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When the White House guts the Fourth Amendment by enlisting the phone companies to abet the most blatant and illegal form of warrantless eavesdropping and then demanding retroactive immunity for them, is this proper patriotism?
You can read it all here.
--the BB

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