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John Cole is one of my favorite bloggers, largely because he's a reformed Republican who is utterly disgusted with the direction the party of his youth has taken. This piece is awesome!
Lapel Pin Patriotism, Round Two By: John Cole February 24, 2008 at 2:18 pm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sen. Barack Obama’s refusal to wear an American flag lapel pin along with a photo of him not putting his hand over his heart during the National Anthem led conservatives on Internet and in the media to question his patriotism.
The AP’s Nedra Pickler asks disgraced Republican dirty-trickster Roger Stone for his opinion. Stone you’ll remember is the guy who got caught making threatening phone calls to New York Gov. Spitzer’s (D-NY) elderly father and last month set up an anti-Hillary group with the acronym C-U-N-T.
Surprisingly enough, Stone thinks the answer is yes.
Since Obama and the Democrats seem to have such a big problem with patriotism and lapel pins, I guess we need to have yet another photo montage of prominent Republicans demonstrating how to wear a lapel pin. Here goes:
Rick Renzi (R-AZ), recently indicted on multiple counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, extortion and insurance fraud, looks positively patriotic with his lapel pin.
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Always the dapper and patriotic dresser, Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA) displays his lapel pin after having his house raided by the Feds after a two-year investigation.
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No one can deny that Rep. Randall “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA) doesn’t make a statement with this lapel pin. Sadly, the Duke’s fashion choices are now limited as he is incarcerated for up to ten years after pleading guilty to tax evasion, conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, and wire fraud. Come 2016, the Duke will no doubt be modeling his patriotism in the form of a dashing lapel pin once again.
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Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) looks tanned and very patriotic with his red hair and blue suit and patriotic lapel pin. Sadly, his red hair might be gray before he can once again get the perfect tan, as he is currently serving a prison term for conspiracy to defraud the United States and for a charge of falsifying financial disclosure forms.
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Former Governor Bob Taft (R-OH) is dressed to impress with this lapel pin. Taft plead no contest to multiple misdemeanors.
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Larry Craig looks positively magnificent as he models this doubly patriotic lapel pin during his mug shot for a widely discussed bathroom incident.
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You know, now that I think about it, maybe it isn’t that big of a deal whether or not Obama wears a lapel pin.
*** Update ***
Oh NOES! Obama may or may not have worn “Muslim-like gear.” I sure hope the sweet dears at Sweetness and Light don’t see this:
President Bush in Africa, embracing brown people doing a “Death to America” tribal dance.
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Great post PD.
The Renzi's used to live here in my neighborhood. My brother told me he played football as a kid with one of the sons and the dad was a coach. He said he was pretty much an asshole. Shocker.
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Riot Actor 25 wrote:
Great post PD.
The Renzi's used to live here in my neighborhood. My brother told me he played football as a kid with one of the sons and the dad was a coach. He said he was pretty much an asshole. Shocker.
There's some speculation that Renzi used to be a spook. Before moving to Arizona and running for Congress, he had a job for 20 years in Northern Virginia that he doesn't talk about, and nobody really knows much about.
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My dad told me today that Barack Obama refuses to say the pledge of allegiance.
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My dad told me today that Barack Obama refuses to say the pledge of allegiance.
One of my managers has said that to me at least 3 different times. And I've explained the actual story each time. "...Well I got an email that said that so..."
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I'm pretty sure that David's post is just one giant logical fallacy. So there are curropt Republicans who wore the lapel pin. Obviously they were hypocrites. How does that in any way assuage the idea that Barack is not patriotic... Particularly when you examine his reasons for not wearing. What? McCain doesn't wear it? Did McCain come out and say that wearing lapel pins is false patriotism? Did McCain's wife come out and say that for the first time she has hope and pride in America? No.
So how about we get back on track and answer the question. Is Barack patriotic, and proud of this country? And does it really matter at all in the first place?
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LittleWing wrote:
I'm pretty sure that David's post is just one giant logical fallacy. So there are curropt Republicans who wore the lapel pin. Obviously they were hypocrites. How does that in any way assuage the idea that Barack is not patriotic... Particularly when you examine his reasons for not wearing. What? McCain doesn't wear it? Did McCain come out and say that wearing lapel pins is false patriotism? Did McCain's wife come out and say that for the first time she has hope and pride in America? No.
So how about we get back on track and answer the question. Is Barack patriotic, and proud of this country? And does it really matter at all in the first place?
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I don't think it makes a person a hypocrite to wear a lapel pin and commit crimes. Even criminals love America!
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LittleWing wrote:
I'm pretty sure that David's post is just one giant logical fallacy. So there are curropt Republicans who wore the lapel pin. Obviously they were hypocrites. How does that in any way assuage the idea that Barack is not patriotic... Particularly when you examine his reasons for not wearing. What? McCain doesn't wear it? Did McCain come out and say that wearing lapel pins is false patriotism? Did McCain's wife come out and say that for the first time she has hope and pride in America? No.
So how about we get back on track and answer the question. Is Barack patriotic, and proud of this country? And does it really matter at all in the first place?
Well, being a logical fallacy is part of the joke. Ya know?
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