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Patriotism and the Presidential Campaign

There is no better time to talk about patriotism than the Fourth of July in the middle of a presidential campaign. John McCain and Barack Obama represent two different but very important patriotic traditions.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

There is no better time to talk about patriotism than the Fourth of July in the middle of a presidential campaign. John McCain and Barack Obama represent two different but very important patriotic traditions. That's according to Peter Beinart, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who wrote the cover story on this week's Time magazine.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Producer, 'One year Later'

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    Karen Radziner

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    Peter Beinart

    editor-at-large of Jewish Currents, author of The Beinart Notebook Substack, professor of journalism and political science at the City University of New York

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