Brain Fertilizer

So,,, how do you feel our mulitple-amputee former elected official has been unpatriotic? Just curious.

And we've discussed my feelings on Lindauer already, so no sense in rehashing that.

That's just it: I don't think he is. I have not seen a single statement by any prominent or even semi-prominent Republican who said he is unpatriotic. They criticized his voting record, and response was "How dare you question his patriotism!?!?!"
Now, if you can provide an article or statement by a Republican that does call him unpatriotic, I'll apologize.
However, I've seen Kerry do the exact same thing:
Someone will say something like, "Sen. Kerry voted against the F-15, the B-1, and the M-1, weapons systems that were important in the Cold War mutual deterrence with the USSR and integral to our success in the Gulf War." and John Kerry will respond with "How dare they question my patriotism! I served in Viet Nam!" Yes, and protested against it and criticized his commanders and accused everyone of war crimes while still on active duty, then denied it later. That's not questioning his patriotism, that questioning his integrity. Big difference.

And Jo, you're not helping matters by going to "questioning his patriotism" as the default interpretation of any criticism whatsoever.

Just sayin', is all.

Not so fast, Kevin...Nathan used the word in his post first, hence my response. ;)

But you are so quick to jump, aren't ya? It's nice to see that despite the move to a new site, some things here stay the same. :)

Jo, he was talking about Lindauer, not Cleland.

Still so quick to squirm and redefine... ;-)

Heck, I didn't even mention a triple amputee elected official anywhere in this post, and you still asked "How" did I consider him unpatriotic? You had already assumed I did. You were already accusing me of that smear.

That's exactly the point I'm making with this post.