John, its a smear campaign meant to influence public opinion. Its been going on since Jan '07 when Faux did their madrassa hit piece on him, and this 'issue' had long ago reached critical mass, and he simply defended himself against them. Whether you wish to apply some arbitrary threshold of defending oneself against the smears only after some politicians have assisted in the smearing is irrelevant to his decision to defend himself. It would be stupid not to. Building on your laughable "Obama brought this up without anyone questioning his patriotism" claim, that his decision to push back "signifies insecurity" or that "they have to constantly state their patriotism" is simply more drivel. Perhaps the act of dems defending themselves against BS like this is unique to you.


>I don't think the "talking heads" count and I guess that's where we differ. I think it demeans Obama (or McCain for that matter) to worry about what some op-ed says. Again, I believe that he's making a statement of indignation to push a point and not really because it's a big deal. That's the way these guys deal, Chris.
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>>John, you're walking backwards by leaps and bounds. But i'm glad you finally got around to admitting it. Although you sound like Clinton with his "depends on the definition of IS is" contortions. This has been going on since Faux ran their madrassa story in Jan of '07. Pretending it hasnt is indefensible, as you have finally demonstrated. As i stated before, its delusional to claim that no one was questioning Obama's patriotism.