Give 'Em Hell, Obama!

This kind of crap goes on in every campaign, but it does get tiring. In Lorain, Ohio, a reporter asked Obama about the Republican attempt to portray him as unpatriotic.

Obama said, among other things, this: " ... I will respond to it ... with the truth: that I owe everything I am to this country."

He noted, correctly, that Republicans have no lock on patriotism. Would a party like this be considered patriotic?

"A party that presided over a war in which our troops did not get the body armor they needed, or were sending troops over who were untrained because of poor planning, or are not fulfilling the veterans' benefits that these troops need when they come home, or are undermining our Constitution with warrantless wiretaps are unnecessary?

"This is a debate I am very happy to have. We'll see what the American people think is the true definition of patriotism."