In light of John Dingell's and Jennifer Granholm's recent statements attacking the patriotism of Republicans who opposed the auto bailout, John Henke rounds up a few other recent examples of Democrats' criticism of "un-American" and "anti-patriotic" Republicans:
"[Some Southern Senators] unpatriotically blocked a bill..." -- Rep. Dingell "It is unacceptable for this un-American, frankly, behavior of these U.S. senators..." -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm [...] "John Ashcroft is not a patriot."-Howard Dean "[In the Bush administration, there is] a group of people around the President whose main allegiance is to each other and their ideology rather than to the United States."-Howard Dean "We hear them in the cries of the false patriots who bully dissenters into silence and submission".-Ted Kennedy "I don't think it's patriotic to put on a flight suit and prance around on the deck of an aircraft carrier looking for a photo op." - Gen. Wesley Clark "The policy that the administration is following in Iraq is ... anti-patriotic at the core..." - Sen. Bob Graham