But Are They "Real Americans"?
February 7, 2009
| 3:50 PM
I couldn't help but notice this line in today's NYT piece about the Senate deal on the economic stimulus:
"Mr. Obama also called the two Republicans [Susan Collins of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania], as well as Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, another Republican expected to support the agreement, to acknowledge that they were acting against pressure from their party and, one official said, to thank them for their patriotism in helping to advance the bill at a critical time."
Awww, man. Are we still doing that -- calling our allies "patriots" and thereby implying that our opponents are not? Seems very ... 2008.
(JOHN MERCURIO)
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