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Unpatriotic Republicans?

12:45 PM, Dec 15, 2008 • By JOHN MCCORMACK
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In light of John Dingell's and Jennifer Granholm's recent statements attacking the patriotism of Republicans who opposed the auto bailout, John Henke rounds up a few other recent examples of Democrats' criticism of "un-American" and "anti-patriotic" Republicans:

"[Some Southern Senators] unpatriotically blocked a bill..." -- Rep. Dingell

"It is unacceptable for this un-American, frankly, behavior of these U.S. senators..." -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm [...]

"John Ashcroft is not a patriot."-Howard Dean

"[In the Bush administration, there is] a group of people around the President whose main allegiance is to each other and their ideology rather than to the United States."-Howard Dean

"We hear them in the cries of the false patriots who bully dissenters into silence and submission".-Ted Kennedy

"I don't think it's patriotic to put on a flight suit and prance around on the deck of an aircraft carrier looking for a photo op." - Gen. Wesley Clark

"The policy that the administration is following in Iraq is ... anti-patriotic at the core..." - Sen. Bob Graham

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