Finally, you conveniently decided that instead of answering my question, which was just asking you to clarify a hole in your above argument, you instead chose to insult me and essentially tell me that I'm not welcome on this board because I don't share all the same views as the majority.

So I'll rephrase the question. How was Columbia University being Leftist by asking Ahmedinejad, an extremely conservative international figure, to speak at their University. I'm not saying that the majority of the faculty and student body are or aren't Left leaning, because honestly, I don't know one way or the other. I'm asking how was that specific action, which you used as an example to support your argument, Leftist.

I actually think it's you who missed the point of the article that you're commenting on. Phillips states above that, "The truth is that even those that are critical of America love her dearly." He gets that even if you say that something the U.S. has done is wrong or immoral, you're saying that the action was wrong, not that you hate the country. You don't have to "become a republican and believe that this country is noble and does the right thing," as Tchristemac said above to be a patriot.

And don't get me wrong, I'm not begrudging your patriotism, or the patriotism of anyone on this board. You have your God-given right to disagree with the president, and your Constitutional right to voice your disagreement whenever and wherever you see fit. I just have to ask, why wasn't the Right as accommodating when they, namely the previously mentioned Ann Coulter, called anyone who publicly disagreed with Bush after 9/11 "treasonous." It's just policy differences right?

Now run along, and play elsewhere.