Posted on 06/06/2005 7:35:43 AM PDT by RightConservative
Of all the great divides between the left and right wigs of American politics, one stands out more vividly with each passing year. That divide, the greatest of all divides is over one thing, patriotism
Yes, yes, I know, those on the left will be very angry and disconcerted over such a clear assertion. They will, I am sure, send me a plethora of emails telling me how very wrong I am, and that is OK with me. They will be incensed anyone would dare question their love of America, and again that is fine with me.
No matter how loudly or how often the political leftists in America protest in favor of their patriotism to America the facts are very clear. No matter how passionate the left claims to be about the Constitution, America�s history, or security, the truth shows them to be the opposite.
Now the Left may indeed love America as much as the right does. They may care as deeply for the best interest of this great nation. They may admire and support our military as much as Conservatives do. They may have as much reverence for the Founding Fathers as the political right does. If they truly do, however, they have very odd manners of showing it.
Take the matter of the Founders of America. Both sides of the political aisle love to boast of their love and admiration of the Founding Fathers. Yet when the boasting is put to the ultimate test, it is the Left, which starts to show a disdain, rather than devotion to the principles of the founders.
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