Where are the NON Pro-American Areas of This Great Nation, Sarah?

Well, Gov. Palin should probably avoid Alaska, home to the Alaskan Independence Party.  Here's a quote from their founder that I cut and pasted from that organization's Web site (http://www.akip.org/introduction.html)

"I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions." Joe Vogler

Not to mention Utah, that hotbed of radical socialism, since the Salt Lake City Tribune has just endorsed Barak Obama, citing John McCain's poor judgment and recklessness in picking Gov. Palin as his running mate.

as unfortunate as it is, there is racisim in both the black and
white worlds. there are whites who are racist towards blacks and there
are blacks racist towards whites. at the end of the day, we're all
americans.

i don't question obama or biden's patriotism or
those who vote for them. i do believe, however, that some pockets of
the country are a little more patriotic than others. is that such a bad thing to
say?? 

there is racism in this country. there is also sexism in this country.

do
you think hillary or sarah would have gotten some of the questions and
flack they've gotten over these months if they had been men? you can
disagree all you want with sarah's views, but where are the women out
there crying out against sexism when folks like cnn's john roberts asks
if palin can be both a VP and care for a special needs child? i doubt
that would have been asked about biden. but because palin is GOP and
pro-life, the majority of women, especially in the NOW (also known as
National Organization of Liberal Women) stand quiet. In fact, their
quietness spoke volumes about who they really are.

if palin were
pro-choice, pro big government, anti iraq war, etc. i'm sure many women
on the left would be coming to her defense. the fact that we have a
woman who could possiby be the VP is exciting to me as a man. although
i disagree with hillary's views, i was excited for her efforts and
applaud her for her campaign. in fact, were mc cain to lose, i would
have rather seen hillary in there than a man who is obviously less
qualified than the three others (biden, mc cain, palin) in the race.

The thing that really bothers me is that I live in a place that Palin would find incredibly "pro-American", and so do my parents. There's no doubt that our votes will be wasted in November -- we're in the reddest of red areas. But I'm sure that if Palin met me or my parents she'd find something to be seriously wrong with us because we don't blindly support her and frankly find her remarks in the past few weeks to be thinly veiled racism. It seems from here that being "pro-American" is another word for something else, just like being a "community organizer" has been labeled as something horribly Communistic.

Erin, I love this country, but I know enough of history, as many other Americans do as well, to bristle at Palin's spin and the Republican message that we're only "true" Americans if we think exactly as religious conservatives do and agree with their agenda. Of course, this new thing about the pro-American parts of the country is a dual swipe, a claw at Obama and Obama supporters for which the McCain campaign is using code words like "socialist." You know, liberal (the dirty word) = socialist. Grrr. But I've been growling at this nonsense ( http://bigsole.blogspot.com/2008/10/mccalin-six-de... ) for a while now and how the Palin/McCain spin is the ugly side of nationalism.

McCain's brother, you may have heard, referred to northern Virginia, which is leaning toward Obama, as communist country. How fast can we say McCarthy?

I think even worse is Palin's hypocrisy. She can "pal around" with folks from the Alaskan Independence Party who don't "love" America, but throw rotten tomatoes at people who believe in freedom and justice for all.

Well, at least I can find a moment of relief with humor from PalinAsPresident ( http://bigsole.blogspot.com/2008/10/palin-as-presi... ). I hope she never gets closer to the Oval Office than that online game.

Nordette ( http://blogher.org/blog/nordette ) is a Contributing Editor with BlogHer.com whose personal blog is hosted on another site at this link ( http://bigsole.blogspot.com ).

( http://blogher.org/blog/nordette )

This is an election year. The most patriotic thing I will do is vote. I will crawl to my voting place if I have to, wait hours to cast my vote without complaint. But this so called "pro-American" is new speak for "white, not liberal." Pro-American does not include me.

There will be more of it. It will not be censored (as in distribution nor should it, I'm not for censorship). As for content knock that crap back to its source.

I'd hoped we would be just a little more evolved than we are. Good people on both sides need to stand and say. No, we are not going in this direction. There is a better way.

In M$M where are they?

Gena - Out On The Stoop ( http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com )

One of my favorite quotes about patriotism comes from the irreplaceable Howard Zinn: Patriotism isn't love of one's government, it's love of one's COUNTRY.

Hallelujah,Mr. Zinn.

I think Nordette has nailed it (as she often does) by mentioning the word "Nationalism". We are, as a nation, I think, mistaking nationalism for patriotism. 

Lord knows I love this country. In the rare position of being able to live the lefty dream of packing it in and moving to Europe, I choose to live here instead, to the sometimes chagrin of my mate. I am fiercly patriotic.

I don't love my government. Daily, I'm confronted with America's flaws. But I love this country, I love living here, I love the life that being American makes possible. When I'm confronted with attacks on my patriotism, I think, "That person doesn't know what patriotism means." 

Nerd's Eye View ( http://www.nerdseyeview.com )

Places with less ethnic diversity are pro-American places. Ok. Places with more ethnic diversity not pro-American places. Does this mean that Southern California has joined the Axis of Evil?

I am expected to love and embrace everything about America and if I don't, if I criticize or point out a problem or issue, I am anti-American? Oh, wait, I'm Black, my citizen is always in flux. I keep forgetting that.

There is no racism but then the President of a Republican Women's Club puts out a newsletter with old timey racial symbols. Responsible, clear headed Republicans, Black, White, Asian and everybody in between told Federle it was hateful and wrong. The state and national Republican political party stood up and said it was racist. I'll give them credit, it didn't take them long to denounce the act.

Do you know how many people showed me that piece of shit yesterday? It hurt each and every time and yet I was the one that had to have a civil response.

I'm telling you straight up. The next person that tries to tell me that racism is dead, not as bad or my personal favorite "Uses the race card as a means to perpetuate the victim mentality" is liable to get a foot up his/her ass.

Metaphorically and or literally. I'm not supposed to be this angry. I'm old enough to know better. This is how it works! Sorry Erin for the anger in this post. I don't feel like a fair minded, objective person today.

Gena - Out On The Stoop ( http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com )

because she clearly does not represent me. Which *could* be fine if I thought she was capable of at least representing me if elected.

Of course while I feel both sides have engaged in partisan politics, I at least get the feeling the Obama-Biden ticket would work to hear all voices and have them at the table. I have yet to hear that from McCain -Palin. But maybe I'm not listening enough.

Politics & News Contributing Editor
Queen of Spain ( http://queenofspainblog.com/ )

Lately, it's seemed to me that a major theme of this election is proving one's patriotism.  It's as if the candidate most patriotic should win.  This bothers me.  Don't we all love this country? 

I've tried to refrain from further criticism of Sarah Palin, but why does she tailor her message to some of us, not all of us.  As VPOTUS, wouldn't she be serving for all?  Apparently she does believe that we have two Americas; her kind and the "others."

http://www.storyrhyme.com/jcsblog