Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>And he shows our country no respect.<<<


Have no idea why he did that but I give him the benefit of the doubt even though I'm not a big fan. Looks like he's spent most of his life in public service of some capacity and/or doing volunteer work. Typically not what citizens disrespectful of their country choose to do with their time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama


The patriotism stuff is getting out of hand during these election campaigns imo. Seems like the debate over who's more patriotic takes up as much time as all other issues combined. Why would they run in the first place if they lacked respect for the country? If your patriotism fell short, would you volunteer for a 4-year, 16-18 hr/day, 7 days a week job that pays $400K and forces you to fake your patriotism in front of TV cameras and reporters on a daily basis?

Did some travel overseas this summer and this exact topic came up. I was asked why we spend so much time discussing this every four years. Must be an American phenomena or maybe a GOP/Karl Rove initiative. Was this ever discussed prior to Bill Clinton entering the picture?