The meaning of patriotism in the age of Obamacare.

In the short story, 'The Man Without a Country' by Edward Everett Hale, the character American Army lieutenant Philip Nolan laments his prior hatred for his own country which condemned him to a life in exile without mention of the United States.

"One day, as he is being transferred to another ship, he beseeches a young sailor never to make the same mistake that he had: "Remember, boy, that behind all these men ... behind officers and government, and people even, there is the Country Herself, your Country, and that you belong to her as you belong to your own mother. Stand by her, boy, as you would stand by your mother ... !"


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Here is the deal.

If Republicans admitted the truth they would have to admit the following:

1. Democrats are just Democrats and not Socialists.
2. Obama's foreign policy of fewer boots on the ground is probably the right one in ME
3. The ACA is a reasonable response to an intractable problem.
4. Obama is a legitimate leader battling real tough problems in the real world.
5. Most of what the federal govt does is endorsed by the American people including Republicans.
6. Republicans are losing in the demographics battle and their message is lost in the wingnut end of the Party.