Compare and contrast the airhead Republican patriotism, if you will, by examining the replies to
"What it means to be American":
- How much do you believe in freedom? ... The person who believes in that the most is the best American, and the person who doesn’t isn’t an American. (Giuliani)
- It’s to share a common goal that all of us — a principle — are created equal and endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. (McCain)
- I believe that the freedoms of man derive from inalienable rights that were given to us by God. (Romney, about his Mormon faith not excluding him from office)
What do you hear about Serving in Silence, about second-class Army status for true patriots, about opportunity and freedom when it comes to gays and lesbians in the military, who have already been fully integrated by any number of our "coalition of the willing"?
- "I think the current policy is a decent policy." (R. Paul)
- "This is not the time to deal with disruptive issues like this." (R. Giuliani)
- "And I agree with what Mayor Giuliani said: that this is not the time to put in place a major change, a social experiment, in the middle of a war going on." (M. Romney)
- "So I think it would be a terrific mistake to even reopen the issue. It is working, my friends. The policy is working." (J. McCain).
transcript: NYT
video: WMUR
