Posted on 02/22/2015 9:07:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has generated a firestorm by asserting, at a fundraiser for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, “I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the President loves America.”
Of course, that’s nuts. Barack Obama’s deep and true love for our country has been a hallmark of his career. “In no other country on Earth,” he said when he was seeking the presidency, “is my story even possible.” Obama said this, it should be noted, in his masterly speech on race — an issue that is America’s most difficult and tortured. If you can proudly assert your love of country in a speech addressing the legacy of what he called, “America’s original sin” — slavery — you really love this country.
But it got me to thinking: How do you show love of country?
Sure, you fly the flag in front of your house — as Obama does. Perhaps you wear a flag pin on your lapel — as Obama does. But love of country demands more than mere flag-waving. Let me suggest the top 10 ways all of us can show we love America:
10. Support a strong central government. The Articles of Confederation were a disaster. The U.S. Constitution was designed by men who wanted a strong central government so as to build unity, strengthen the economy and defend the homeland.
9. Be skeptical of too much centralized governmental power. Inconsistent? Well, that tension is at the heart of the American experience. George Washington and Alexander Hamilton wanted national strength; Thomas Jefferson and James Madison did not. To truly love America is to hold both ideas in your head at once.
8. Embrace immigrants....
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LOL!
Sorry, he already did and is taking a beating from the press for doing so. Not a lot more that he can do but he is trying and I appreciate that also.
He is my hero!
Embrace illegal aliens. Begala is a slut.
In other words, be an American hating leftist to show you love America.
These people really are clueless.
The truth is never a “terrible thing to say”.
In no other country on Earth,” he said when he was seeking the presidency, “is my story even possible.”
Really?
Hitler said the same thing and then went on to “fundamentally” change his country.
You change what you love? Uhm, I hate when girls change their hair, nail polish or perfume.
I like America. Land of the Free and Home of the Brave...
They hate Rudy Guiliani for showing their Emperor Has No Clothes.
And they’re taking it out on America.
How dare, how dare you question his patriotism!
But we have a right to question your fidelity to our liberal platform.
Rudy simply voiced out loud what most of the country has been thinking but which the press would never admit.
The louder they shriek the more attention it draws to just how alien and hostile to America Barky really is.
Paul Begala is all I need to read....
Wow, can you not commend him for his stance here? There are other things in life besides politics you know. This is one thing that I think that he stood up for and probably lost politically so why the angst?
I don’t think those 10 things are really for Rudy’s benefit but instead for idiot liberals who don’t know what to think until theyre told in a column by somebody like the forehead.
Maybe he’s taken Obummers love for radical Islam as “love for country”.
Funk Off Obama, you was raised as a privileged white, red green commie.
You never wher down for the struggle, you 3 card Monte punk
I’m just quoting from the boss. And I agree with Mr. Robinson 100% when it comes to life. Anyone who supports slaughtering babies is not a Conservative. I take the same stance when it comes to Ayn Rand. Her support for the abortion industry makes everything else about her moot.
“Sure, you fly the flag in front of your house — as Obama does. Perhaps you wear a flag pin on your lapel — as Obama does”
Obama didn’t wear a flag pin or fly the American flag in 2008. He didn’t even put his hand on his heart as the anthem was being said!
Wrong. the Constitution was created to put limits on the govt. The Founders didn’t want an uber powerful central govt.
Begala shows his hate of this country with these lies about it!
The forehead is groveling for a new pair of presidential knee pads.
Nut case.
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