[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

I noticed a bunch of liberal callers on talk radio echoing this patriotism canard, I wondered where it came from til I read this. Here's their best shot at citing (out of any context) the "evidence" of their victimhood and persecution;

The Bush Administration and the GOP Questions Your Patriotism

"There are reminders to all Americans that they need to watch what they say, watch what they do, and this is not a time for remarks like that. There never is." White House Spokesman Ari Fleischer, 9/26/2001

"To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America's enemies." Attorney General John Ashcroft, 12/6/2001

"[Democrats] need to be very cautious not to seek political advantage by making incendiary suggestions." Vice President Dick Cheney, 5/17/2002

"Those comments may not undermine the President as he leads us into war, and they may not give comfort to our adversaries, but they come mighty close." Dennis Hastert, 3/18/02

"This destructive rhetoric does nothing more than demoralize our troops and second-guess our commander in chief." Tom Delay, 3/20/03

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

thought you'd enjoy this

[Mark]

"This destructive rhetoric does nothing more than demoralize our troops and second-guess our commander in chief."

Tom Delay, 3/20/03

OK liberals, let's poll the troops.

[votelife]

what's the matter with these comments? They're very appropriate in dealing with Daschle et all...

[TomGuy]

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As I read that, the following came to mind:

If I had a haaaaammmmmeer,
I'd hammer in the mooooorning,
I'd hammer in the eeeeevvvvvvning,
all over this laaaauuunnnnnddddd......

Sounds like Terry is wanting to resurrect the hippies movement of the 60's.

[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

I hope McAuliffe is stupid enough to keep this up through November 2004. I would love to see the general election fought on patriotism.

[backhoe]

More about Loathsome Terry and his sleazy pals here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/723210/posts

Liars-- and Sleaze, Incorporated... ( my files on the clintons and friends )

various links | 7-27-02 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

[bert]

Let's just face it. The Eurocrats are just down right unAmerican. They would sell out america the second they had the chance.

The rank and file are on average dumber than fence posts and vote as they are told.

[jocko12]

THIS MUST BE DNC FAX STUFF!!!!

[Roscoe Karns]

According to Bush and the GOP, you aren't a patriot if you:

When did Bush or anyone in his administration ever say, or even insinuate, that people who questioned his "right-wing agenda" were unpatriotic? Give us some quotes or shut up, McAuliffe.

[Corin Stormhands]

The Bush Administration and the GOP Questions Your Patriotism

Dang, they could've at least added "So does Free Republic..."

[ChadGore]

Sincerely,
Terry (the guy who convinced the party to defend the indefencable in the late 90s, and turned the DNC into election loosers in 200 and 2002)
McAuliffe

[MattAMiller]

...the real goal of all true patriots: beating Bush in 2004!

Has Terry McAullife just questioned my patriotism? Isn't that supposed to be a big bad awfull thing that nobody can do to anybody else? No we went further and anyone else who supports the President of being unpatriotic.

He actually says it. Bush has never said anything of the sort. And he said it in the course of accusing Bush of saying it. What an idiot. I'll be pulling this one out everytime some mouth-breather trys the patriotism line on me. Obviously Democrats are meansprited dolts who see the world in stark black-and-white terms, unlike us sophisticated intellectual Republicans.

[MJY1288]

Here is my take on this letter, and I think I will just rewrite it for Terry :-)

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George Bush Thinks You Are Unpatriotic

Dear $,

We've seen it over and over again: George W. Bush is using the patriotism of the American people to rally the country to support his administrations efforts to rid the world of terrorist. THE NERVE OF THIS GUY!

President Bush will never get it, we are supposed to find out why these blood thirsty radical Muslims hate us, NOT kill them. I believe that if we are going to have any chance of taking back the White House in 2004 we must do all we can to claim he is challenging our patriotism for asking us to support America's effort in the War on Terrorism.

Here is how it works: Remember how we successfully painted Joe McCarthy as a "Red Baiter" even though he was correct about the Soviet spies in our Party? Well! We can do this again by playing the part of the victim, as we know, nobody plays the victim card like we democrats. So every time George W. Bush challenges the positions we take on the war on terrorism or our long history of coming to the defense of every tin horn dictator on the planet, just pull out the "Patriotism Card" and race to the nearest microphone and scream as loud as you can "HOW DARE GEORGE BUSH CHALLENGE MY PATRIOTISM", I'm telling you this will work, just like the term "McCarthyism" has worked for us in the past.

I'm looking forward to further eroding the moral fabric of this Nation as your Chairman of the DNC.

Sincerely,

Terry McAuliffe
Chairman

[Old Sarge]

...the DNC will deliver to you new tools, new action items, and new messages from Democratic leaders...

And, there you have it, from BagMan himself. DNC Talking Points will be available this month.

Any Socialist who denies the existence of the DNC Fax is a proven liar from now on. And it's STRAIGHT from BagMan's mouth!

[Puppage]

Don't support massive tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of working families.

Is that why the democRATS, with Al Gore passing the deciding vote, gave us THE LARGEST TAX INCREASE IN OUR COUNTRIES HISTORY?

But, why let FACTS get in the way?

[LibKill]

May Terry choke on his own bile.

[CyberAnt]

"eroding our civil liberties"

First line is a LIE! No need to read the rest ... which is also lies!

[MWS]

A note to Terry and all the other paranoid Rats and other Libs out there:

The President has not questioned your patriotism.

With that said, it seems that their patriotism really ought to be questioned, if for no other reason, than simply for the fact that they are so adamant about denying fictitious accusations to the contrary. Methinks that they very well know that their patriotism ought to be questioned for much that they have done recently... hence their defensive stance on the issue.

On a somewhat related note, it is interesting how libs themselves are so quick to point out instances where they believe WE are not patriotic. A case in point, I've heard several libs making statements to the effect that if you drive an SUV if you don't "need" one, you are acting in an unAmerican manner. Likewise, aren't these the same people that love to label us as "flagwavers", as well as in other derisive terms? And, in labelling us such things, aren't they truly calling us "unpatriotic", as they define a "patriot" as someone who is willing to criticize the government when a conservative administration is running things?

Just my two cents on the matter.

[ladyinred]

Terry is white trash, trailor trash, and a commie to boot! And those are his good points. While we are wrapping ourselves in the flag, he and his ilk are spitting on it and burning it.

These remarks are an affront to those who died on 911 and all of our troops who sacrificed it all in our war on terror. The left is undermining our security while pretending to care so much for the good of this country. They are power hungry animals as vicious as they come.