Perhaps he is as loyal to the Constitution as those who promote torture as legitimate expediency under the Constitution?
that his middle name has any bearing whatsoever on his allegiance that would be greatly appreciated.
Um...you know you're the only one who has attached any significance whatsoever to it other than it being his full name. Like Hillary Rodham Clinton.And if you could spare us the ridiculous and borderline delusional implications that his middle name has any bearing whatsoever on his allegiance that would be greatly appreciated.
You mean except for the guy that started this thread. Now if you had a habit of using full names for any of the candidates your argument would hold a little water but you don't. Don't play coy and don't play dumb.Um...you know you're the only one who has attached any significance whatsoever to it other than it being his full name. Like Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Project much?
Such as? Putting your hand on your heart during the anthem means nothing.I don't think his middle name is a big deal, but his actions & words gives me suspicions of his real loyalties. Can I prove that...no...just my personal take.
You mean except for the guy that started this thread. Now if you had a habit of using full names for any of the candidates your argument would hold a little water but you don't. Don't play coy and don't play dumb.
If you want to attack the man on his ideas and principles go right ahead. I'd probably agree with you in regards to many of his policies but when you make asinine little jabs at his heritage and then shrug it off when called on your BS you're making the rest of us look bad.
Neither of those are indications of ones loyalty or patriotism.
Here it is, complete with a video clip by ABC.
So it's either salute the flag or give up our guns? What makes you think it has to be one extreme or the other? Why the hell do people think the world is black and white? Shades of grey, my friend.Well this is one of those opinion things, but I think it does have significance when a US Senator does not salute or show respect to our flag. Doesn't matter what the Senator thinks of our present Government. Just like when I was in the Army, I saluted the flag. I think Senators have a similar obligation...not loyalty test, but just common respect to our flag.
On the other hand, you can take a more globalist view and think Nationalism is the root of all evil. We could do away with the flag and any national symbols. We would need to re-name the United States because that in itself is a nationalist type name. We could call it the new world, or better still Brave New World. Then we could have the New world police to make sure we don't revert back into any nasty nationalist habits. Of course in order to keep order citizens would need to pledge allegiance to the new order. Those that failed to keep in step would be declared obsolete and sent to my home state of Kentucky to live in caves. Did I mention we would need to turn in our firearms, no need for them with the New World Police keeping order. See, our problems are not really hard to solve.
So it's either salute the flag or give up our guns? What makes you think it has to be one extreme or the other? Why the hell do people think the world is black and white? Shades of grey, my friend.
The problem is there's no universal perception of "respect". I don't see that Obama was disrespecting anything at all. He wasn't giving the flag the finger, he wasn't turning his back to anyone, he wasn't talking during the pledge/anthem/whatever. He simply chose not to put his hand over his heart and chose not to wear the lapel pin.Just basic respect...that's all.
As much as I like The King's music, had I grown up in that age I would have been kept from drinking from white water fountains, eating in white restaurants and being taught in white schools. Not to mention the fact that where I grew up I would have been savagely beaten for kissing another boy and quite possibly ostracized for believing that "my uncle is a monkey."And we had Elvis too. You guys are just living in the wrong age.