"Country First" will be theme of Republican Convention

[Eric J in MN]

The phrase "America First" was used by opponents of the US entering WWII.

So it's strange for the similar phrase of "Country First" to be used by supporters of American military use abroad.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/08/giuliani_to_give_keynote_at_go.php

[LSK]

1. which country? Iraq???

:rofl:

[SuperTrouper]

3. LMAO

:rofl:

[patrice]

10. Gerogia? China? Saudi Arabia?

[FrenchieCat]

2. Corporations first would be more apt!

[harun]

11. That would be the translation

[NightWatcher]

4. "Airport Bathroom Tapdancing" was a close second

[scheming daemons]

5. Country music? eh.... fuck that........ we should make our "Rock and Roll First"

:P

[flpoljunkie]

6. CFMA!

[flpoljunkie]

13. Going to war because you want to, and NOT because you HAVE to is NOT putting your country first!

And, it shows a total lack of maturity, leadership and judgment, John McCain!

Must Read: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/us/politics/17mccain.html?ref=politics

[patrice]

7. Definitions please. Country? First?

Always ask them what they mean and, when they tell you, ask them what they mean by that . . . just keep it up, because they can't tell you the truth.

[yardwork]

8. That's the lamest slogan I've ever heard.

Nobody says "Country First." Southerners say, "God first..."

It's terribly lame. I hope they go with it!

[BlueIdaho]

9. That has a nice fascist ring to it - huh? nt.

[tomg]

14. I was thinking the same thing.

Actually, I think they went with "Country First" because "Deutschland Uber Alles" had already been used.

[WeDidIt]

12. BREAKING: THEME OF ENTIRE GOP CONVENTION DETERMINED

They put it in the form of a question...

WHAT WILL WE MOST FUCK UP?

[flpoljunkie]

16. Do the Republicans think Bush 'put country first' when he invaded and occupied Iraq?

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

15. Indeed

the country of the plutocrats,
the country of thieves
the country whose constitution is now toilet paper
the country of the war profiteers
the country of the police state
the country of spying on Americans
the country of torture
the country of wars everlasting
the country of big oil, big pharma and the other overlords
the country of golden parachutes for the incompetent
the country where you get all the health care you can afford and not one bit more
the country of lying, deceit and subversion
the country that ignores the veterans once they come home injured or traumatized
the country that thinks women are incapable of making decisions about their own lives and bodies
the country that thinks it is to run the world by virtue of divine right and the pursuit of the almighty dollar

That is the country that the Repukes want to put first. Not Jefferson's America, nor Theodore or Franklin Roosevelt's, nor Eisenhower's, nor JFK and RFK's.

Gods, how these "people" disgust me. :puke:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. "And YOU'RE next!" nt

[DevonRex]

18. Looks like they're playing by Mark Penn's playbook. nt

[CJCRANE]

19. I like both kinds of music: Country

and Western.

[jenmito]

20. Translation: "WAR First." (Or "Bomb First, Ask Questions Later.") I hope Obama comments

on the Repub. Convention's "theme" and blame them for trying to scare people into thinking Obama would put HIMSELF first OVER country, and that if they were so "patriotic" and caring about the safety of their country, why did McCain say he'd invade Iraq even knowing what he knows today, with all the unnecessary deaths.

[moondust]

21. Ultranationalism.

n/t