they stopped making us put our hands over our hearts when we said the pledge in elementary school - that was never a "rule". if obama simply doesnt do that and people are literally getting up in arms about it?! Christ, the American people may already be so pussified that there's no hope!

inferia - Impala believes you are only an American if you are totally unquestioning and unwavering over anything thats done in this country. hes a very scary guy

When will you stop reading past what I say on the page? I promise, I'm a very simple person and don't imply any sort of meaning other than what I say.

So you and inferia are not patriotic. the world will still go on.

i support and love this country. i do not just roll over and let things go on that i dont believe are fair or just. thinking otherwise is unpatriotic

this isnt communism, i dont have to be scared about being taken into a back alley and killed.

It was the national anthem. And no, he hasn't "refused" to do so, he just occasionally has not done so... mainly through lack of habit. Am I offended? No... while I'm a little surprised that a politician hasn't made a habit out of it, most Americans (in my experience) don't put their hands over the hearts for the anthem. It's just not as habitual as for the pledge. I recall many a day at summer camps and other events where I was literally the ONLY PERSON out of a hundred+ kids and counselors to do the hand-over-heart thing for the anthem. Nowadays, it's probably about 50/50 for me... personally, I don't hear either the pledge or anthem that often.

I do agree that refusal to put one's hand over heart for the anthem... or refusal to say the pledge of allegiance (both things have been falsely claimed about Obama) would be unpatriotic. But occasionally forgetting to do something for the anthem? No, that's just human.

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Mark Richter is two words!

I'll agree with being critical is not necessarly unpatriotic, but the values thing I have to disagree with. Someone with values is more likely to keep to what they say they will do, be it good or bad. I really like McCain, because he has been critical of Republicans, way before it was popular. Go back 2001 December, every decmocrat and republican is all for war. Democrats pormised to reduce Iraq when they got the majority of house and senate. All they did was blast the military leaders for being inept. I think that both republicans and democrats are both plugging their ears in and saying we can do it without listening. I was hoping for hillary because she is more middle of the road, and wouldn't mind her as president. Second closest to the middle is McCain. Go Putin if you don't want nice.

mccain's values:
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f2/john-mccain-mma-523244/

he's a politician. their values are all the same. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I don't know. It's kind of weird that people (liberals, conservatives alike) thinking that their politician is some sort of saint. These are politicians, they have their agendas, and hopefully those agendas reflect the needs and desires of the people (and most of the time they do, depends on which "people" you're talking about). There are strong incentives to get their agendas accomplished, sometimes you bend, sometimes you don't. It's hard to say the value system for any regular person, let alone a politician.

Gay. I go to say hi on AIM and you're not even there.

Doesn't even look like him.

Becoming president isn't exactly the easiest way to make money.

nope.
but making people happy that give them money is a big motivation to do whatever it takes to make them happy.
a lot people can be made happy using a presidential label.

Smart girl?

I normally know personally all the people that I vote for with the exception of President, in this case I actually worked for the man for 6 months and have had sit down conversations with Michelle and Barack when they come to Texas. So yes, I will actually know the people that will be on this ballot.

Now, I have in the past avoided a race where I couldn't bring myself to vote for a Democrat because I couldn't stand them but also couldn't stand the Republican, so I didn't vote.

haha He is pretty cute and fun to be around. But he doesn't like my cat. He likes my cows and dogs.

And he's a super Conservative. I've already warned him that if he ever runs for office I will be there to run against him.