Obama Patriotism

Civil Campaign? McCain Camp Says Obama Wants To Lose In Iraq

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics


The McCain campaign, which has said it doesn't question Obama's patriotism, is now doing something awfully similar: Claiming that Barack Obama and the...

McCain Campaign "Concedes" That Obama Is Patriotic

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics


This line from a top McCain adviser, in a Politico article on Obama's efforts to convince the electorate that he's American through and through, is un...

Don't Run it Up the Flagpole

Bob Franken | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


Bob Franken

Can we just stipulate that each of the candidates devoutly loves this country, since there's no way to disprove otherwise? Slimy rumormongering just won't cut it.

The Conspicuous Silence At The Heart Of Obama's Patriotism Speech

John Lumea | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home


John Lumea

Attacks on Obama's patriotism fueled by fear-mongering speculation about his religious faith demand a vigorous defense of patriotism on First Amendment grounds. That's not what we got this week.

Obama Rebukes MoveOn In Patriotism Speech

Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama used a speech on patriotism to rebuke MoveOn.org's "General Betray Us" ad last year: Caricatures of left and right . . . most evident ...

Obama: I Will Never Question Others' Patriotism

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics


INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Monday he will never question others' patriotism during the race and bla...

Obama To Counter Questions About Patriotism In Speech

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics


INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Monday he will never question others' patriotism during the race and bla...

Patriotism: Obama V. McCain

Time | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics


How the candidates define their love of country may help determine the election's outcome. Time asked each for his view of the meaning of patriotism. ...

Obama Wears Flag Lapel Pin For Second Day In A Row

Chicago Tribune | Mike Dorning | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics


So what is that on Barack Obama's lapel as he speaks at a town meeting in conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh's hometown, Cape Girardeau, Mo.? ...

Sam Stein

Questioning Obama, Neither ABC Moderators Nor Clinton Wore Flag Pin Either

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics


Underlining the inanity of last night's Democratic debate, at the same time that Senator Barack Obama's patriotism was being questioned because of his...

Obama's Lapel Pin Returns

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics


As a reader noticed, Obama was sporting the much-debated flag pin for his speech to veterans today....

Jason Linkins

Joe Klein On Obama: A 'Patriotism Problem'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics


Very few things fail to impress me more than sad arguments over a Presidential candidate's level of "patriotism." I am sufficiently convinced that al...

Does This Make George H.W. Bush Unpatriotic?

Huffington Post | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics


The Conservative blogosphere says that Barack Obama isn't patriotic enough to be President because he was photographed without his hand over his heart...

CNN Asks Viewers: Does Obama Show Proper Patriotism?

The Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 02.24.2008 | Media


I've got to say, I've never seen a reader poll like this on a mainstream media website (or, to be honest, a right-wing blog). This is currently on CNN...


 

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