John McCain Says He Didn't Love America!

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You know, when Barack Obama said we were entering the "silly season," he really wasn't kidding. Months ago, Michelle Obama said in a speech that during this campaign she was "really proud" of America for the first time. Her mistake was saying "first time," but nobody believes she meant that prior to this year she hated America.

It's faux outrage. A short grouping of words to latch onto like they were engraved into stone with maximum malice. Nonetheless, to this day right-wingers like Sean Hannity paraphrase it daily. It's more than silly, it's disingenuous and stupid. It plays in Peoria though, and that is what really stinks.

But did you know that John McCain once made a very similar statement? And his issue wasn't "pride" it was "love." He didn't use to love America! Can you believe the evilness in this man's heart? Heh. Of course I'm being sarcastic. I don't believe that McCain once hated America. But this remark should be repeated right back every single time the Michelle Obama quote is thrown out.

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McCain says he didn't love America before the age of 31

Yes, John McCain has repeatedly stated that he didn't love our country until he was captured as a POW during Vietnam. Here's what McCain said in March on FOX:

"I didn't really love America until I was deprived of her company."

Then there's McCain in 1999:

"It wasn't until I was deprived of her company that I fell in love with America."

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