Letters to the Editor
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Talking Head Endorses Right-Wing Blowhard for Pulitzer
Here we go again with the Right Wing Party Hack line affirming that only Republicans care about the history of America, and therefore are the only ones fit to lead it. It's in their bones, after all.
This is another example of Republicans trying to frame the debate in terms which automatically put progressives at a disadvantage. Noonan is hoping that Obama will have to flail and contort to prove his patriotism. He will have to bend over backward to prove that he loves America. McBush, however, will not be held to such a test. How could he not love America? He's a Republican. Republicans are apple pie, Jesus, the flag, mom, and World War II all rolled up into one. Nevermind that they've been pulling the rug out from under this country for the past eight years. Nevermind that they've destroyed our economy. That they pulled us into a war we didn't need. Or that they treat our service members like pawns. Nevermind all of that.
Obama doesn't need to get misty eyed over the Wright Brothers or Henry Ford (and neither would I, about Ford. He was a greedy Anti-Semitic prick, despite building good cars.)
Obama has proven that he cares about this nation because he realizes that he is a living example of the possibility that America allows. He himself has said that only in America would his candidacy be possible.
After reading Brian Williams' article, I can only assume that Fox News will be calling him with a job offer by the end of the week. And shame on you, Mr. Williams, for giving into homophobia and engaging in gay bashing four paragraphs in.
The fact that I disagree with Peggy Noonan's article isn't the only reason I find fault with it. She has three different articles that she's cramming into one. The photo of the child being scanned by TSA gives me the chills, as does the first segment of her article. I shudder to think what kind of propaganda she would've written had she been living in Europe seventy years ago.