Can We Challenge Their Patriotism Yet? By Ben Shapiro
"Democrats insist they are not seditious. “Democrats,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) claimed in January 2006, “are just a patriotic as Republicans.” John Edwards (D-North Carolina) won’t stand for anyone challenging his patriotism: “Patriotism is about refusing to support something you know is wrong and having the courage to speak out with strength and passion and backbone for something you know is right.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defends her patriotism by citing President Bush: “President Bush told House Democrats, ‘I welcome debate in a time of war. I do not believe that if you happen to agree with me you don’t share the same sense of patriotism I do,’ the president said.”
Let’s take the Democrats at their word: they want to be considered patriots. Fair enough. Patriotism, according to the Random House dictionary, means “devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty.”"
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