I hate that word, patriotism, it means to follow blindly and has nothing to do with what being American is.
"Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. George Washington.
George William Curtis:
"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle."
"The government is merely a servant -- merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them." Mark Twain
Want me to go on? someone can most assuredly be a patriot and love their country and if that is the foundation for what being an American for them is, then who are you to judge that? It seems the man our capitol is named after tends to disagree with you a little.
On the Original topic of this thread, Toby Kieth in the article said he is a life long democrat . so this is shocking for what reason? Now if he has said he has never voted for a democrat in his life and is voting for Obama and I did read it three times and didn't see that anywhere, that would have been a pretty good surprise.
