Isn't it about time we at DU recognized real patriots?Off hand

[Veggie Meathead]

I can think of Senator Byrd, Senator Kennedy,Sy Hersh, Paul Krugman,Jimmy Breslin.I urge all of you to jump in to add to my very incomplete list.When we are finished, I am hoping that we can all send a common thank you note to these patriots on behalf of all of us.I woulld certainly want to add the names of all the soldiers who have died in the evil enterprise in Iraq and those who have died in the WTC collapse.Just as important would be to include the Iraqi mothers and children who have been tortured at Abu Ghraib.

Please do your part.I would like us to be able to present our thank you note to President-to-be John Kerry.

[cheezus]

1. the late Paul Wellstone

Stand up, keep fighting.

[Hoping4Change]

2. Richard Clarke

[Lucky Luciano]

3. With regard to Senator Byrd,

I like him as a senator, but someone told me he used to have ties to the KKK??????????? Is this true?????? I would be very disappointed.

[Taverner]

5. He was in the KKK

And left. He regretted it, and gave several apologies.
Draw your own conclusions.

[Lucky Luciano]

10. Well, he certainly does not behave like a KKKer,

so I guess I can accept his apologies....he must have grown up in an evil environment and I am glad to see that he overcame it.

[Dogmudgeon]

18. Robert Byrd was in the KKK in his youth

I believe he was in his early 20s when he joined.

He wised up real quick and traded his sheets for military service, law school, and then public service.

And yeah, he was pro-segregation for a while. He wised up about that, too, and has worked diligently to reverse the damage he was party to.

I have a special place in my heart for people who get their heads out of their patoots and walk the high road. Robert Byrd is one of those people.

--bkl

[Don_G]

4. John Glenn

Especially for his contributions to the early space program.

[walldude]

9. Henry Waxman

C'mon this guy is dropping the hammer on Cheney and Halliburton, and he's not taking any shit.

[SmokingJacket]

Yes, WAXMAN!

He's really coming down on Bushco. He might be the one to get the indictments in the bag. I'm going to send him a valentine. Love him.

[noahmijo]

6. Yea how about US?

All of us on here who are demanding and fighting to get rid of those corrupt crooked bastards who are bent on ruining our nation to push their own twisted agendas while SPITTING on the very American values we hold dear.

:mad:

[freetobegay]

7. I hate the term patriots!

I would rather use "good Americans".

Add Senator Bob Graham, Wesley Clark, Senator John Edwards,

[NMDemDist2]

8. Jon Stewart IMO (and me and a bunch of you guys too)

i'm more trying to be a good citizen of my country and community than a "patriot"

[Veggie Meathead]

11. The only reason I wanted to use the term Patriots was to

forestall our opponents from wrapping themselves in the flag and claim we are all America bashers.

[LTR]

12. Sen. Russ Feingold

Only one to say "No thanks" to the Patriot Act.

[stavka]

13. Generally - aristocrats

I am not going to call them "The heroes" of America - I will thank them as good citizens with about 68% of their votes. - but they are owned.

I bet nobody who regularly posts here has lead a life any closer to these people than they have the King of Sweden.

Vote- Yes
Fawn - No

[JaySherman]

15. Cynical, are we? eom

[JaySherman]

14. Michael Moore, Sy Hersh, Howard Dean,

Dennis Kucinich, Thom Hartmann, Mike Malloy, Howard Stern, Rep. Bernie Sanders, Robert Byrd, Bev Harris, Will Pitt, Joe Wilson, Bill Moyers, Amy Goodman, Sibel Edmonds.

I'm sure I'm missing a few.

[TexasProgresive]

16. Bev Harris

for all her work in protecting and preserving the republic.

[mopaul]

20. Bev Freekin' Harris is a living hero and patriot......n/t

[bvar22]

17. Mark Dayton Senator MN

Mark Dayton has done a good job picking up Wellstone's torch.

Henry Waxman the Axe Man shining the light of TRUTH in the dark secret places where Conservative roaches hide.

Granny D, Jim Hightower, Tom Hartman, Randi Rhodes, Al Frankin, Guy James, Mike Malloy, Peter Werbe

Cynthia McKinney, Dennis Kucinich, Al Gore, Howard Dean, Max Cleland (abandoned by DLC)

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) the last true DEMOCRAT

Eliot Spitzer DA State of New York "The Peoples Lawyer" actually taking the fight to the billionaire white collar criminals. This man is FEARED in elite corporate boardrooms throughout New York.

Bill Moyers....a TRUE WARRIOR and PATRIOT

[WLKjr]

19. Ambassador Joesph Wilson

Howard Dean
Dennis Kucinich
Max Cleland
Al Gore
Joe Biden


These are just a few off the top of my head...

[Dogmudgeon]

21. The Rockers

John Mellencamp.

Willie Nelson.

Jon Bon Jovi. He just raised a million dollars, a couple of days ago, for John Kerry. He's also fast becoming one of the leading community activists and philanthropists in the Philadelphia area and South Jersey.

Speaking of which, Bruce Springsteen.

Michael Stipe. He co-produced Saved! Which means that Mandy Moore also fits into this group.

There's a whole bunch of "alternative Country" musicians, too, like Steve Earl, Lucinda Williams, and Slaid Cleeves who are politically aware, astute, and active.

Bono. Not an American, but an inspiration. Bono for Secretary General of the UN!

I'm sure I missed some. Many. But these are a start.

--bkl
R-O-C-K in the U-S-A!
R-O-C-K in the U-S-A!

[Dogmudgeon]

22. Y'know something?

That's an all-white group.

I don't know about too many of the African-American musicians and what they're doing.

Could somebody "drop some Science" on us about it?

Thanks!

--bkl
Pale and not-so-Precious