Say Anything Blog

Remember back when victory in Iraq wasn’t certain and Democrats claimed that anyone criticizing their defeatism was questioning their patriotism?  And declared that questioning of other people’s patriotism was verboten in American politics?

Well it’s funny how things change when the shoe is on the other foot:

“It is unacceptable for this un-American, frankly, behavior of these U.S. senators to cause this country to go from a recession into a depression,” [Michigan Governor Jennifer] Granholm said during a radio interview Friday morning.

Michigan Rep. John Dingell chimed in too:

“Last night, some Southern Senators kicked American workers in the gut,” Dingell said in a statement released by his office. “Let’s be clear about what happened in the Senate: Senators from states where the international automakers do considerable business unpatriotically blocked a bill that was supported by the White House, that passed the House with a bipartisan majority, and that had the support of 52 Senators.”

And, of course, UAW boss Ron Gettelfinger couldn’t help but get in on the action as well:

“They thought perhaps they could have a twofer here maybe: Pierce the heart of organized labor while representing the foreign brands.”

Just for the record, when it comes to Democrats, calling Iraq a lost war before we won it and drying to de-fund our troops while they’re still fighting and dying on the battlefield is patriotic.

Opposing the use of billions taxpayer dollars - at a time when Americans can ill-afford to spend them - to bailout ineptly-run car companies and the parasitic unions that foisted ridiculous labor contracts on them is unpatriotic.

Got that?  Now toddle off and buy American.  We don’t want any of those slimy foreigners selling products that are cheaper and better crafted than those made by expensive, unionized American labor.

(via Paul Ibrahim)