Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Oh, That's What Loving Your Country Means:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_05_22-2005_05_28.shtml#1117066059
Here's a line from a Republican Party press release about the latest
national security legislation:
Sixty-eight senators proved late Monday that they love their
country more than they love the ideological extremists who
increasingly drive the opposition to a sound national defense.
Pretty outrageous, no, that people would suggest that those who
disagree with them on national defense don't adequately "love their
country"? Shame on the Republicans for that one.
Or it would be a shame, if the Republicans had issued such a press
release. As it happens, they didn't; the "love their country" phrase
is at the start of a [1]Boston Globe editorial:
Fourteen Senators proved late Monday that they love their country
and their institution more than they love the ideological
extremists who increasingly drive the national debate.
Oh, that must be OK, then -- after all, if you oppose the filibuster
compromise, you must just not love your country enough.
Thanks to [2]OpinionJournal's Best of the Web for the pointer.
References
1.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/05/25/the_senate_steps_back/
2. http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/
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