Drained Patriotism

It's like a growing epidemic, the decreasing amounts of patriotism still in tack within America. The concept was foreign as it was in America prior, where as it was there, but it wasn't as huge as it was, say, September 12th 2001-one day after, and the months to come, following the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington D.C.

Moveon.org is probably the biggest ringing example of how rotten things have gotten. First off, they can't even get their facts straight. When the U.S. Senate, rightfully, distances themselves from the left wing extremist site by signing a bill that would denounce any connection, they throw up a banner on their site saying they were condemned. It's liberal crusades such this, that love to manipulate the words of others in order to increase the gain.

I'm reminded of John Kerry. Kerry botched a joke to have the words come out sounding as if he was declaring our hard working men and women overseas fighting, were uneducated and illiterate. Well, we've all botched a joke or two in our life. But to say that it was a botched joke aimed at the president as justification? You don't have to endorse his views, but you should support him. He's your commander in chief, and your leader. ELECTED leader. If he's really bad enough not to support, than that should be bad enough to impeach, correct? Well, no impeachment ever came. Is that because Congress has had a tendency in recent years to sit there and complain about the current state of things without doing anything, or because Bush really is not guilty of any impeachable offense? Well, it could be a little of both. Let's face it, senators and representatives are supposed to be elected officials who represent the people. But do these people listen to their people and carry out their wishes? Obviously not, if Bush's approval rating is sinking at a continuous rate. So what does that say about our Congress? Why does Bush keep getting attacked, while Congress, who has the ability to do something, has done nothing?

John Edwards, ex-running mate of John Kerry in the 2004 elections is now campaigning for president's seat. He himself has made a splash, when he described the war with a comparison to a bumper sticker. The war is a bumper sticker? You call it a gimmick to the people? Our neighbors, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, friends, sacrificing their lives to fight Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and suppressing oppression in Iraq, is a gimmick? Listen, there are some things wrong with that picture. Al Qaeda committed acts of violence against the United States on September 11, 2001. Afghanistan was justified, as it was avenging the deaths of people who were murdered just because of the land they were born in. Iraq? The timing may not have been the best, but it, never the less, was justifiable. You have a mad man, a mass murderer, an inhumane and grossly sadistic monster who is complete, total control of a country. He tested chemical weapons on his own people, using them as guinea pigs. Somehow, stopping that, is unjustified and just a gimmick. People go on to attack the U.S. for not going to places like Africa who are experiencing the same level of terror. Well, look at this way. After America went into Iraq, people attacked them for going too fast, being imperialistic, etc. So now that we've listened to the people, they want us to speed up. What sense does that make?

Back to Moveon.org, who seems to be the self-proclaimed source of "Democracy in Action." Democratic and disgusting. Their ad attacking General Petraeus was just one horrifying campaign. Petraeus or Betray Us? You can't tell me that a group of comfortably safe liberals has more knowledge of the battlefield and the situation than the people who are fighting so they can sit there and complain without being disturbed by threats of terror. Moveon.org claims that most of America wants us out of Iraq. Well, cite your sources, buddy. Find a legitimate poll that has no target demographic and accurately reflects the consensus of American thought. The president doesn't have more interest in political attacks. But thanks, by the way, for pointing that out. But thanks Eli Pariser, that proves you care more about political attacks than our soldiers. Because by attacking Petraeus, the top commander over our troops, you are essentially attacking the United States Military. There is not a greater source of anti-patriotism, than attacking those brave men and women who are making constant sacrifices over seas. They left their families, husbands, wives, and friends to go fight the people who wish to degrade humanity and reduce all that we've done. Pariser, Moveon.org, they've made sacrifices so you can sit there and attack them.

AND, you accuse the president and Patraeus of cherry-picking data? Try looking at all those biased polls that the democrats have been relying on to show that their friends want us out of Iraq, while not targeting those they know who wouldn't. Nobody is perfect. But Pariser and his internet posse make it sound like it's a new tactic invented by Bush. Not the case.

But want more anti-patriotism? Try the senator and presidential candidate Hilary Clinton, who is the wife of former president Bill Clinton. While the Senate passed the resolution to distance themselves from Moveon.org, who practices disgusting acts of anti-patriotism, Senator Clinton voted against the resolution. Another senator who is in for the presidential bid, Barack Obama, didn't even vote. So what does this say about the people who preach about change and a better country? Obama can't crawl out of a neutral hole and Clinton would rather pair up with the black holes of anti-patriotism that currently is increasingly engulfing this country.

The bottom line is this: For America to again operate properly, some changes need to be made. First, the members of Congress need not to keep turning everything into a game of politics. People like Nancy Pelosi continuously preach about this, when in all truth, they are guilty of it as well. Hypocrisy doesn't stand well either. Then, this country needs to unite behind the president. If he hasn't been impeached, then he hasn't done anything extraordinarily wrong. If you believe other wise, then you should rethink the people you elect to represent you. But until then, you must stand behind the man you elected. Because while you may not agree with everything, and you might not want to endorse him, you still should support him. George Bush is faced with a difficult job and nobody is perfect. This country needs to unite as a whole again. This country needs patriotism again. Unite.