Ever since the 1820s, Americans have used the founding fathers as a mirror to themselves. This is what we see in that mirror today. Until I see James Madison posting up Mao, I don't believe this country has reached its potential.
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Shorter Jonah Goldberg: Obama's "patriotism problem" is that he isn't a complacent reactionary like me. Exactly the kind of logic that led to the National Review's "patriotic" defense of apartheid..