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General Petraeus’ testimony on Capitol Hill last week undermined numerous Democratic talking points about the progress of the war and the situation on the ground in Iraq. But through their own behavior before and during the hearings, the Democrats themselves were responsible for exploding one of their most cherished myths: Republicans were the partisans prone to a particularly nasty form of character assassination – that is, challenging the patriotism of those who disagree with them. Democrats have long claimed to be victims of Republican challenges to their love of country. As early as 2003, John Kerry told the Associated Press,...

Here's the text of Michael Moore's Tuesday speech following his Monday appearance with former President Jimmy Carter. Moore is the authentic voice of the Democratic Party in 2004, so read his remarks very closely:(applause and laughing) It’s all over but the votin’. Oh, you gotta feel bad for George W. Bush on some level, don’t you? (laughter) How does he recover? (laughter) You know, they uh, thank you for that warm welcome. They uh, hey I look the same as I did five minutes ago. (laughter) I haven’t changed my ball cap in five years. (laughter) I was wearing the...

Cambridge, Mass. (CNSNews.com) - Left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore attacked "right-wingers and Republicans" as "hate-triots" who "believe in the politics of hate-triotism" during a speech to a "Take Back America" event on Tuesday. The event was hosted by the Campaign for America's Future. A sometimes screaming and impassioned Moore told an overflow crowd of nearly one thousand people at a Boston hotel that the country is overwhelmingly liberal. "Most Americans, in their heart, are liberal and progressive. It's just a small minority of people who hate. They hate, they exist in the politics of hate, they don't believe two consenting adults...

Cambridge, Mass. (CNSNews.com) - Leftwing filmmaker Michael Moore attacked "right-wingers and Republicans" as "hate-triots" who "believe in the politics of hate-triotism" during a speech to a "Take Back America" event on Tuesday. The event was hosted by the Campaign for America's Future. A sometimes screaming and impassioned Moore told an overflow crowd of nearly one thousand people at a Boston hotel that the country is overwhelmingly liberal. "Most Americans, in their heart, are liberal and progressive. It's just a small minority of people who hate, they hate, they exist in the politics of hate, they don't believe two consenting adults...

Sometimes a political figure becomes so hated that he can't do anything right in the eyes of his enemies. President Bush has achieved this rare and exalted status. His critics are so blinded by animus that the internal consistency of their attacks on him no longer matters. For them, Bush is the double-bind president. If he stumbles over his words, he is an embarrassing idiot. If he manages to cut taxes or wage a war against Saddam Hussein with bipartisan support, he is a manipulative genius.

CBN.com  The Christian Broadcasting Network | Home > CBN News Check your local listings for airtimes. (Current show is updated every weekday at 5pm EST.) TERRORISM Hatriotism: The Anti-American Agenda By CBN News July 12, 2004 CBN.com – Former Muslim, turned born-again Christian, Dr. Ergun Caner was born in Stockholm, Sweden and raised as the son of an Islamic leader. In 1982, he converted to the Christian faith. As a result, his father disowned him. But that same day, both of his brothers accepted Christ. Dr. Caner has authored eight books on Islam, and is currently a Professor of Theology...

CONSIDERING THAT I'm writing this from inside the bunker of what many regard as the Alliance of Neocon Warmongers, it bears mentioning that Michael Moore and I have one surprising trait in common: We both believe that the war in Iraq was ill-advised, ill-planned, and ill-executed, an apparent failure bordering on unmitigated disaster, that was never in our best national interest. Around our office over the last two years, I've made these arguments to colleagues, open-minded types who, after they put me through my water-boarding/naked pyramid sessions, say they'll take it under advisement. And I make the disclosure now so...

Persian Turkish immigrant raised a Sunni Muslim has a message for the filmmaker: ‘You spit in the face of my dead countrymen’ http://www.jewishworldreview.com | He was lauded with a twenty-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. A.O. Scott of the New York Times calls his movie a "passionate expression of outraged patriotism." At the June showing of Fahrenheit 911 before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science in Los Angeles, he received a standing ovation of over a minute. And Michael Moore's most recent work spits in the face of my dead countrymen. As yet another innocent person...

He was lauded with a 20-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. A.O. Scott of the New York Times calls his movie a "passionate expression of outraged patriotism." At the June showing of "Fahrenheit 911" before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science in Los Angeles, he received a standing ovation of over a minute. And Michael Moore's most recent work spits in the face of my dead countrymen. As yet another innocent person has their head severed by Islamic "extremists," Moore apparently glosses over the fact that democracy, in general – and America, specifically – is under...