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It really does seem that the GOP ties Bush and the love of America together, like an a=b concept of Bush and America (You love America, then you love Bush ... you hate Bush, then you hate America). It's really sad.
I love America but I hate what has happened to it. :(
Great ballot, great comments.
by mojo on Fri Sep 03, 04 3:45pm
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It is all very troubling
So obvious, they're (especially cracke head Zell) trying to put a statement. It goes like this "If you don't like Bush then get the hell out of here". Stuff like that.
You can do both.
elvis: True ... but I believe that the two do not *have* to go together ... despite assertions to the contrary.
I didn't watch it. I was busy watching "Everybody Loves Raymond". Plus seeing all the Swastikas at the republican convention is nauseating.
Free speech allows each of us the right to criticize the president. You have the administration and the country confused. America will be around long after Bush is gone.
Very childish. Love bush = love America? It seems the GOP ran out of ideas. Simply pathetic. How about hiring some kind of a big shot ad agency instead of relying on your own crappy ideas? Boy, is that the best they could do, Love me, love America? LOL. Hilarious.
I don't get that impression, maybe you are nitpicking
"Either you're with us or you're against us."
Dubbya himself said that as we were gearing up for his war in Iraq. This was a very devisive statement designed to make you feel unpatriotic if didn't agree with him about the invasion.
I agree with Stewie. "I love America but I hate what has happened to it."
by dand on Sat Sep 04, 04 11:11am
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for or against speech was directed at goverments around the world, not that american people
not at american people
and even with that, it was directed toward our known enemies, the axis of evil nations as he put it. virtually all of our allies supported usa on the terror war and afghanistan, was only until Iraq that we started having disagreements with them.
mike: True, that was originally directed externally. However, other Americans have since "adapted it" to internal dissent, as well.
I'll clarify: I did not mean to imply that was a Bush directive to Americans. Thatbeing said, I am not sure all Americans know the difference.
you could be right Cathexis
I have never come across one person outside of B&W that says if you do not support Bush's policy you are not patriotic. I've heard people say they are for Bush but not the war in Iraq, against Bush and the war, for the war but against Bush's policy on the economy. But never , if you are against Bush you are unamerican or unpatriotic
by USMC on Sun Sep 05, 04 10:03am
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If the Republican party is doing this, not sure it is resonating down to the people.
by USMC on Sun Sep 05, 04 10:42am
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I coem across this attitudea lot in reading ... letters to teh editor, especially.
In face-to-face exchange, most people don't get that confrontational, IMO. But in writing ... !
Just guessing, but the military folks may be more couth about this kind of thing.
Obviously, I can't type worth a damn. :-/
A good and patriotic American loves the United States for all it's good and bad points and like me, belives that we can and will change the bad into good. I could not care less if you're a Republican or a Democrat. To love this nation means you will die for it and do what ever you have to do to defend it and advance it. Political parties are the problem. I owe my allegiance TO THE NATION and not to any one person who may be in charge for 4 or 8 years (that being said, when push comes to shove, the President is our leader and for that, deserves as much support as can be given). I'm loyal to the people of the country, to the Constitution, to the ideals of freedom and Democracy and to ensuring that the majority of our country is in agreement as to the direction the country is heading. As for critisims of Bush, if someone wants to labe me a traitor because I question him sometimes, well, that's there problem because they are in fact the ones who are violating the very ideals that our Founding Fathers wanted to instill in the country: goverment of the people BY the people.
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