Ramesh’s post reminded me to take a gander at Nexis to see what Frank Rich had to say about questioning the patriotism of the opposition in years past. This used to be the mother-of-all-no-nos for Rich. Alas, according to Nexis, Rich has used the term “patriotism” or “patriotic” in 100 different articles for the NYT alone. I don’t have anything like the time or interest in wading through all of that, but I think it’s interesting how he fixates on the topic.