I am an American
Little irritates me more than to be told that because I am a liberal, I must be anti-American and elitist and against everything. Let me say this very clearly:
I love this country.
It is not anti-American to criticize this country or the president or the election process or the dog catching policy of East Wazoo. It is the essence of these United States. It is one of the founding pillars--the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
And that saying? My country right or wrong?
This is how the whole thing goes--
My country right or wrong, when right to keep her right, when wrong to put her right.
It's what we sign on for, criticism and suggestions and opinions. Its why we educate ourselves, why we continue to learn, why we stay here. It's an obligation of every elected official that they serve all the people, that all people have a voice, that that voice--not the voice of business, not the voice of George W. Bush, not the voice of lobbyists--must be considered in every decision that's made.
Lots of people disagree with me. I don't consider them less than human, lesser citizens, or anti-American. I do consider some of them loud and obnoxious and incapable of getting a clue. As someone once said, that's what makes a horse race.
And, BTW, elitist? It is to laugh...