Dear New York Times

I know you weren't raised properly, which probably explains why you think it's suddenly cool to wave the Stars and Stripes, but my dad always hung a flag outside our house on federal holidays throughout my life, throughout the awful Democrat presidencies and the good Republican ones. Oddly, patriotism wasn't dependent on one's political bent.

From Newsbusters:

You see, to the left, nothing American is "cool" or "theirs" when they are not in political control. They hate the half of America that leans center right so much that when folks with that ideology are in charge leftists feel that the country is not "theirs."

On the other hand, conservatives and Republicans claim the flag, the military and the country as theirs no matter who is in charge in Washington D.C. Oh, conservatives and Republicans may not be happy when leftists are in charge, but they rarely completely disown the whole country because of it. Conservatives and Republicans remain proud of the U.S. and its history whether the Democratic Party wins or not.

That's cuz we were raised right.