Pro-America vs. Anti-America

There has been some confusion over what Sarah Palin meant when she said, “The best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, very pro-America areas of this great nation." Unfortunately, Palin did not elaborate in her speech on just what she meant by “pro-America” and conversely, what constitutes “anti-America.” McCain adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer offered one example of what Palin meant by pointing out that northern Virginia is not “real Virginia.” Rep. Michelle Bachmann then went on Hardball and told Chris Matthews, “I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America? I think the people would love to see an expose like that.” But many Americans are still unclear as to what is pro-America and what is anti-America, so I have made a handy chart that will give you some examples. This list is by no means exhaustive so please feel free to provide your own examples in the comments. (Photo by Stanley J. Forman)

Pro-America	Anti-America
Republicans	Democrats
Small towns	Cities (except for Ground Zero in New York)
The South (except northern Virginia and the parts of Florida where liberal New York Jews live), the Midwest (except for Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin), the West (except for the Pacific Coast and Colorado), western Pennsylvania	The East (except western Pennsylvania), the Pacific Coast, Colorado, parts of the Midwest that have turned against God, northern Virginia
Christians (except for Unitarians), Neocons	Liberal Jews, Unitarians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and other atheists
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader	Saturday Night Live
Country music (except for the Dixie Chicks), Christian rock	Non-Christian rock, hip hop, electronica, classical, jazz, folk, blues, salsa, reggae, bossa nova, sea shanties, etc.
Hank Williams, Jr.	Hank Williams, Sr.
A six pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon	A venti soy milk latte
Iceberg lettuce	Arugula
American Idol	Project Runway
American Carol	A Christmas Carol
Homeschooling	Daycare
Regent University	The Ivy League
Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush	Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Bill Clinton
Leaving Gs off the ends of words	Pronouncing “nuclear” correctly
Soccer moms	Soccer
Professional wrestling	Olympic wrestling
A wide stance	Coming out
Shotgun marriages	Gay marriages
SUVs	Hybrids
Twilight	His Dark Materials
Chronicles of Narnia	Harry Potter
Conservapedia	Wikipedia
Pregnant teens who keep their babies	Teens who use birth control
Intelligent Design	Interior design
Seven houses	One house you can’t afford
Anger	Compassion
Myspace	Facebook
Godtube	Youtube
Abstinence-only sex education	Biology
The Rapture	Global Warming
Fargo (the accent)	Fargo (the movie)
Guns	Lawsuits
Death penalty	Abortion
Waterboarding	Skateboarding
Talk radio	NPR
Aspirin	Socialized medicine
Dr. Phil	Oprah Winfrey
Anna Nicole Smith	Princess Diana
Supreme Court cases whose names I can’t remember where Roberts, Alito, Scalia and Thomas are in the majority	Roe v. Wade
William Buckley	Christopher Buckley, Lord Buckley
Sexy librarians	American Library Association
Robocalls that interrupt your dinner	Polls that interrupt your dinner
Legacy admissions	Affirmative action
Second Amendment	Ninth Amendment
G. Gordon Liddy, Eric Rudolph, Timothy McVeigh	The Weather Underground
Social Darwinism	Theory of Evolution
Signing statements	Legislation
Joe Lieberman	Colin Powell
Pakistan	Spain
Stephen Baldwin	Alec Baldwin
Red Dawn	Dawn of the Dead
White	Black

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