Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama spent a Missouri Monday defending his patriotism, in light of recent attacks.

“At certain times over the last 16 months, I have found, for the first time, my patriotism challenged — at times as a result of my own carelessness, more often as a result of the desire by some to score political points and raise fears and doubts about who I am and what I stand for.”

Obama has taken a decent bit of rapping on his patriotism in general, stemming from an incident where he didn’t wear a flag pin, as well as from allegations that he doesn’t say the pledge of allegiance.

No flag pin?! RELEASE THE FUCKING HOUNDS!

YES.

The first black man to be elected the Democratic Presidential Nominee. YES.

Shocker.
Even though countless people have begged him to stay out Ralph Nader said he’s running for President as a third party candidate. 73 year old Nader is running under the idea to “shift the power from the few to the many.” Sounds great on paper right?

Mike Huckabee enjoyed reminding CNN that Nader’s past runs have shown that he pulls votes from the Democrat and said “So naturally, Republicans would welcome his entry into the race.” Thanks for the reminder Mike…

Nader added “If the Democrats can’t landslide the Republicans this year, they ought to just wrap up, close down, emerge in a different form.” Kind of a good point if you think about it.

For the record most of us here at Synthesis are pulling for Obama.

Now this is some good propaganda to really light the fire under them ball caps. A Democratic congressman from the Department of Homeland Security sent his aides to visit hospitals, detention centers and places of mass gathering to determine their preparedness for disease outbreaks. Two of the stops were Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord and the racetrack in Talladega, Ala, which can gather crowds of 200,000, some of whom camp in the parking lots before the events. (Kinda sounds like Greatful Dead concerts of yore, only with less tolerance for “your kind.”). They were advised to get vaccinated for hepatitis and a whole bunch of other killjoy maladies beforehand. Well, this has apparently upset some key Republicans -

Republicans said the suggestion of vaccines usually recommended for travel to Third World countries showed that the Democrats were out of touch with real Americans.

“While red-blooded, patriotic Americans were packing their coolers and gathering their families in preparation for attending last week’s race at Talladega, a leading Democrat was advising staff to get immunized,” said a news release by the National Republican Congressional Committee titled “Talladega Frights: Democrats Allergic to NASCAR Nation.”

Now why would anyone assume that a NASCAR tailgate party could possibly be a breeding ground for disease?

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