Wow, those people from Western Pennsylvania are just da bomb according to McCain. And the rest of us are just, what, not-so-patriotic and not-so-God-loving? The stink of desperation rising from you is just rank, McCain.

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So, what happened to Southern Virginia being the real "America"?

Well evidently they are the "real" America but the western PA folk are the "real real" America.

Meanwhile the rest of us in "non-real" America can just go on being "non-patriotic", "non-worthy", "non Americans".

Nobody said that anybody was "non-real" America, "non-patriotic", "non-worthy", "non Americans".

There's a flaw in your logic . . .

She called some people very patriotic and pro-American. If I go to a city and say it is full of very patriotic and pro-american people does that mean I am implying other cities are not? By that logic one could never compliment anyone because when I am complimenting them I am insulting everyone else.

When you call someone patriotic you are not inferring that others are not. If I called you strong that means I think everyone who is not you is weak? If I call you stupid, that means I think everyone else is smart?

As least McCain didn't call them racists:

http://www.tribune-democrat.com/loca...yword=topstory

Less than a week after U.S. Rep. John Murtha came under fire for calling Western Pennsylvania a “racist area,” the congressman has used the word “redneck” to describe the area’s past.

In an interview with WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, Murtha said there is a history of racism in this part of the state.

“The whole area, years ago, was really redneck,” he said.

The longtime Johnstown Democrat apologized last week after he labeled Western Pennsylvania “racist” as he was discussing the presidential campaign with a Pittsburgh newspaper.

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The quote said "most patriotic" etc. "Most" certainly qualifies that no one else is quite that patriotic. There may be others who are almost as patriotic, such as the rest of those voting Republican.

They may not have called the rest us non-Republicans unpatriotic but it's implied. The R's have tried to usurp patriotism for years now. It happens over and over again in most speeches given by R's. If you were patriotic you would not be voting for that Democratic..fill-in-the-name. If you were truly patriotic you would not believe fill-in-the-blank. If you aren't with us, you're not a true patriot.

We've been hearing for months that Obama is not American, not a patriot, not one of "us." That leaves me to believe he is one of "them" and since I'm voting for him, I guess that means I'm one of "them" too.

I'm voting for "that one".

It's not really patriotism, it's tribalism. It's all about further dividing the country into "us" and "them."

I see a big piece of humble pie being served up in two weeks.

I was speaking to what Palin had said.

As far as the McCain quote, it's pandering. . .it's done on both sides. No big surprise.

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Well said, fellow them.

There you liberals go again grasping at anything you can Google!

Are you THAT desperate that you would just Google stuff and copy and paste it? How long did that take? LOL!

What are you talking about? So far McCain, Palin and their surrogates have called Southern Virginia the "Real Virginia" and called Northern Virginia "commie country." They have called Elon College "Real Americans" who love their country. They've done it in Pa. While it's certainly necessary to reach out to the base, do they have to trash the rest of the country that are not part of the base? It's very much us vs. them.