Obama Patriotism

Watching Obama on 60 Minutes Made me Feel Patriotic... (Almost)

Peter Clothier | Posted 11.18.2008 | Media


Peter Clothier

What a thrill to have as a President-elect a man who speaks in whole sentences, who has well-enunciated thoughts, a readily accessible grasp of history -- and a sense of humor to boot.

Sam Stein

McCain Attacks Obama's Patriotism

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics


John McCain unveiled a new attack on Barack Obama's patriotism Saturday, jumping all over - and taking out of context - remarks made yesterday in whic...

An All-American Obama Nation (VIDEO)

Hilary Beard | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home


Hilary Beard

The McCain/Palin campaign has engaged in an abominable campaign of painting Obama and his backers as "un-American." But Obama's supporters know that the candidate personifies the American dream.

Nico Pitney

Inhofe Questions Whether Obama "Really Loves His Country"

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics


Some harsh talk from Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK): Regardless of what polls show, Inhofe said, voters will have to ask themselves a question once they ge...

Sam Stein

No Flag Pin For McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics


These topics are trivial in the long run. And Democrats would be hard pressed to make an issue out of this when they've been bemoaning the use of it a...

Real Patriotism

Warren Goldstein | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics


Warren Goldstein

Ok. I'm 57 years old and cast my first vote in 1972--proudly, I will add--for George McGovern, but in the intervening 36 years I have rarely felt pro...

Sam Stein

Obama Gets Surge Support From Kerry And Feingold

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics


Two of the Senate's most prominent war critics took to the defense of Barack Obama among withering criticism that his opposition to the surge was driv...

Sam Stein

Obama Accuses McCain Of Hiding Behind The Surge

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics


Continuing the campaign battles over issues of war and patriotism, Barack Obama accused John McCain of using the successes of the surge to hide the fa...

Obama's New Pennsylvania Push: "Buy American, Vote Obama"

Talking Points Memo | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics


The Obama camp is pushing a new theme in Pennsylvania tomorrow -- it's called the "Buy American, Vote Obama" campaign. ... According to an Obama aid...

Say It Ain't Jew, Joe

Marty Kaplan | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics


Marty Kaplan

Does Joe Lieberman not realize that he is using one of the oldest anti-semitic tricks in the book to accuse Obama of being the Islamic candidate?

Obama Muslim Smears Fought In Union Mailer

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The nation's largest labor organization mailed 600,000 fliers to swing union voters in four states Tuesday in an effort to help Dem...

Rachel Weiner

McCain's New Tactic: Savage Obama's Character

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics


The Politico reports that, having tried unsuccessfully to paint Barack Obama as a liberal flip-flopper, John McCain is getting personal: As Senator B...

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...