How patriotic are Donald Trump, Palin, and Huckleberry?

[JohnnyRingo]

All of them claim to have the answers to the country's woes, and just need to take leadership to steer us into safe waters. They openly criticize the president, calling him clueless and incompetent and are eager to offer some very vague hints to their own plans. Of course they don't want to tip their hands very far before they assume office for some reason, but the message is that they're much smarter and far more capable than the man currently in the White House.

Everyone of those would-be patriotic candidates have expressed the desire to make money over public service. They need money, money, money, so the country can go screw itself into disaster while they collect their fortune. It's true that no one runs for the highest office because they think there's some pot of gold at the end of that rainbow that ages a person beyond their years, and these greed mongers are proof of that reality.

To them Jimmy Carter is an idiot for hammering nails at a HUD development when he could be selling his furniture on Ebay. They apparently think every VISTA volunteer is wasting valuable time they could spend trying to cheat customers out of a dime, and that no endeavor should go without substantial pay. Of all the possible Republican candidates out there, only the ones who have no real jobs have so far come forward to toss their hats in the ring. There was no "Newt Gingrich Show" on Fox News. His contributor status came with very little financial reward, and unlike the others, he has nothing to lose.

Barack Obama and his wife both had flourishing careers ahead of them when he decided to run, and that's the difference between a patriot who wants to help his country, and a putz with a big mouth.

[niyad]

1. only if you think of this phrase "patriotism is the last refuge of fools and scoundrels"

[Tx4obama]

2. And John McCain said if he was elected pres, he'd tell the secret of how to get OBL.

The republicans are all full of bullshit :)