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Mistaken Patriots
Washington Post ^ | 17 October 2002 | Mary McGrory

Posted on 10/17/2002 5:24:11 AM PDT by CodeWeasel

Democrats know exactly how they feel about prescription drugs and the privatization of Social Security, but when it comes to war and peace, people dying and all that, they really have no comment.

They just salute the commander if chief and hope voters mistake them for patriots.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: congress; editorial; idiocy; iraq; mcgrory
Most of this column is typical McGrory idiocy, but the final two sentences, excerpted here, are right on target.
1 posted on 10/17/2002 5:24:11 AM PDT by CodeWeasel
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To: CodeWeasel
They just salute the commander if chief and hope voters mistake them for patriots.

I was hoping[?] that the "commander if chief" statement was a transcription error but sure enough there it was in the full article. What a mealy-mouthed and snide comment!

2 posted on 10/17/2002 6:53:04 AM PDT by SES1066
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