Wednesday, July 4, 2018

We're Patriots, They're Not

Paul Mirengoff of Power Line reacts to a new Gallup poll asking Americans whether they are proud to be Americans. Honestly, there are few surprises in the data. His summary says most of it.
You can make the case that the single most important difference between Republicans and Democrats/conservatives and liberals is that Republicans are extremely proud of America, period, while Democrats are somewhat proud when they’re in power and not very proud when they’re not.
Like most conservatives, I harbor a barely concealed wish those who find our country objectionable would go pursue their fortunes somewhere they'd like better. They'd be happier and so would we.

I know, I know ... it'll never happen. Much of liberals' perverse joy in life is intentionally being a pain in our collective backsides. Denigrating our country while enjoying its blessings.

Later ... rereading the above, that last paragraph reminds me of a woman from NYC the DrsC met on a cruise ship. She proudly viewed any day she hadn't pissed off someone as a wasted day. She was a face-to-face troll, as well as a hostile leftist, with essentially zero redeeming qualities.