Is it Still Patriotic to Oppose the President?

 In order to counter cries from the right that left was not patriotic the Democrats began to claim that opposing the president and his policies was in fact a patriotic thing to do. Hillary Clinton had this to say at one point:

 I am sick and tired of people who call you unpatriotic if you debate this administration’s policies. We are Americans and have the right to participate and debate any administration.

 The question now is, is it still patriotic to oppose an administration’s policies? Hillary claimed that is was patriotic to debate ANY administration’s policies.

 I oppose President-elect Obama, i oppose his policies and what he stands for. I intend to be right here writing about everything that Obama does that I do not agree with, and there is quite a bit. Does that make me patriotic? According to Hillary it does. Or does that only apply to certain administrations?

 The left attacks all of those who oppose Obama with smears and claims of racism. Evidently if you oppose Obama’s policies you are not only not patriotic but you are in fact a racist. When you try to debate the administration’s policies, as Hillary claims that we have the right to do, the left will smear you instead of debating your point.

 The racism card is a convenient and easy way out of debating the issues, it is easier to try and destroy a person by painting them as a racist than it is to debate them on the issues. Debating and opposing a person’s policies is not a personal attack, it is not the politics of personal destruction, it is a legitimate form of conversation on the issues that Americans are divided on.

 When you oppose President Bush you are patriotic, when you oppose president-elect Obama you are a racist. This overused and outdated smear is just plain insulting.