(Obama's ally, Bill Ayers, demonstrating their brand of patriotism)More info on the couple convicted spying for Cuba. First off they said they didn't do it for the money. They did if for the principle of the thing. So what kind of "principles" did this couple hold?
From the WSJ:
...the alleged spooks are walking clichés, their every political and social attitude reflecting the mix of self-righteousness and naïveté that is the basis of post-1960s liberalism. Hugely privileged -- the great-grandson of Alexander Graham Bell, Mr. Myers went to prep school and sailed a 38-foot sloop -- the couple idealized the poor. Seamlessly, they moved from antiwar activism to pro-abortion activism and then, in the fullness of time, along with everyone else, to environmentalism. He was an academic -- enough said. She got into politics, like so many others, via the McGovern campaign. They grew pot in their basement. And, yes, they spied on behalf of Castro's murderous regime not for the money but on principle. They'd been searching for a sense of meaning. But here's the thing: What makes them clichés is that there are so many others like them. In left-of-center precincts across America, from the Upper West Side to the studio lot where Sean Penn is filming his latest movie, and including countless college campuses in between, Fidel Castro is even now regarded with understanding and, yes, something like affection.
Just your regular, (organic) garden-variety liberals. Oops! I'm sorry. I meant to say patriotic liberals.
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