Published on Monday, October 06, 2008
By Pasadena Star Staff Writer
Sen. John McCain has made patriotism an issue in his campaign for the presidency.
Patriotism is indeed a legitimate issue and Sen. McCain, shot down, captured and imprisoned for years, suffered greatly. Patriotism, however, must extend beyond military service. Of the dangers threatening our country today, one of the most subtle has been the erosion of standards of honorable behavior and failing ethics.
We have had a president who has lied, given support to torture and whose enemy combatant ploy in which at his whim, a citizen can be jailed for years without evidence, without trial, with no appeal and with no explanation of the charges - this is fascism.
The principle focus of patriotism today must be the defense and reaffirmation of the ideas and ideals that made our country great.
Surely truthfulness is one of these ideals. How then can we support a candidate for the presidency whose campaign includes many lies - most recently one falsely accusing Sen
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