The only way to”define” something like Patriotism is by example, not by words, which can only inspire feelings that already exist in the heart.

And, since the only way to “define” patriotism is by example, he’s well on his way to at least defining what he means by it. Not only that, but we can also see how he is redefining a lot of other qualities we thought we understood, until he clarified the issue for us, for example …

“indifference is caring”
“inexperience is wisdom”
“stinginess is generosity”
“lies are truth”
“waffling is commitment”
“division is unity”
“materialism is spirituality”
. . . and, of course . . .
“hate for one’s country is love of it”

I also suspected what you are so clearly showing, but it’s nice to see the numbers that confirm my suspicions. Nice analysis.

Since I’m not much on trusting anything to the calibre of journalists we have today – most especially interpretations of polls – I wandered over to see the the questions and numbers myself.

I’m not sure what they are basing that headline on. Frankly, the guy looks consistent, and hasn’t lost much momentum at all. i.e.:

Next, we’d like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people – snip

Barack Obama:
2008 May 1-3: 58 favorable, 37 unfavorable

2008 Apr 18-20: 60 favorable, 34 unfavorable

2008 Mar 14-16: 62 favorable, 33 unfavorable

2008 Feb 21-24: 61 favorable, 32 unfavorable

2008 Feb 8-10: 58 favorable, 34 unfavorable

He’s not moved much in approval ratings, and finds himself today where he was in February. A 4 pt spread at max.

Here’s more:

Just your best guess, do you think in general Barack Obama strongly agrees, agrees, disagrees, (or) strongly disagrees with the more controversial comments Jeremiah Wright has made?

5 strongly agrees
21 agrees
42 disagrees
25 strongly disagrees
7 no opinion

Regardless of whether you think Obama agrees with Jeremiah Wright’s statements, how do you think Obama has handled the controversy

21 very well
43 well
27 poorly
7 very poorly
2 no opinion

Let’s see… 67% believe Obama disagrees or strongly disagrees with Wright. And 64% feel he handled the situation very well or well. More questions there, and more similar “ho hum” kind of answers.

So my question is… this shows Obama was damaged by Wright how???

Quite the contrary, IMHO. Looks to me like this little stage play is a SRO hit on the Beltway – a big “Mission Accomplished” for His Messiahship. Came thru relatively unscathed, and now wanders sans Wright as the monkey on his back.

BTW, does anyone notice that Wright has dove back under the covers and out of the media spotlight? He did a hit and run in one weekend, then lays low while Obama disentangles himself. Were he out to get Obama, would he not be out there every chance he gets?

Ayers is slime and the fact that Obama associated with him, as he did with Wright reveals a pattern.

The photo Curt posted of Obama at the Iowa steak fry from last fall indicates that what Ayers and Wright believe is what Obama believes as well.

If an air conditioner falls from a third or fourth story alley window and lands on a flag stomping terrorist, does it make a sound?

Let the Chaos continue!

ChrisP

I saw that part about Obama distancing himself from Obama and thought…. that’s gotta be a typo.

Then, as I began my response to you, something said to me…. you better look at those links first.

I’m glad I did.

That was rather funny.

Many times I think that Sky55110’s posts are created as an attempt at humor as well. Then I realize that he really believes the stuff he types on here.

This along with the racist Preacher he went to should tell eveyone he has not got the judgement to run forthe Presidency of the United States.

Should have looked at the links first. Funny