If you're liberal, does that make you unpatriotic? Inversely, does being conservative make you unpatriotic? While these questions could be answered with "no", I'm going to view these as rhetorical, since both sides subconsciously perform rather unpatriotic deeds on a daily basis. The purpose in doing so is to end the "I'm a patriot and you're a traitor because of my political affiliation". You're only a traitor if you do such god awful disservice to our country. Let's continue.
I don't know who started it first, but it's usually the conservatives casting the first stone if opposing arguments does not please them. And the liberals don't help by countering with something similar. To ease the serious ambiance, watch this.
It's Bill Maher with his take on people accusing him of being a traitor. I tried to find a conservative representative's take on the matter, but I couldn't find one. In either case, Maher does a funny rant using the "Scooter" Libby trial as a counter to conservatives questioning his patriotism. The man is being charged with five felonies and Bush wants to pardon him.
It's a bit biased of me to choose a liberal comedian to back up my points, but conservatives are just too easy to pick on because of their stubborn stance on matters. However, Maher's remarks on the Bush Administration, especially the "Scooter" Libby trial involving Valerie Plame are all pulled from the news media; which isn't a partisan attack. There has to come a point where Republicans and Democrats see a piece of news like this and agree: "This is wrong, it shouldn't have happened and someone needs to be punished; not pardoned".
Links of interest:
http://www.scooterlibby.com - A site for proving his innocence.
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